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August 1982 5-a-day

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August 1982

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

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  1. 1st August 1982Name the piece of equipment used to separate an insoluble solid from a liquid.
  2. 2nd August 1982In an investigation into reaction time, a pupil's results are 0.18 s, 0.19 s, 0.61 s, 0.18 s and 0.20 s. Identify the anomalous result, and suggest one likely reason it occurred.
  3. 3rd August 1982Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "The map was old and torn."
  4. 4th August 1982Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for 'the corridor at midnight.'
  5. 5th August 1982A writer describes a departure board as 'flickering through a list of cancellations like a nervous heartbeat.' Name the technique used.
  6. 6th August 1982A character 'held his breath without realising it' as he entered a dark passage. What does this suggest about his feelings?
  7. 7th August 1982A poem has four lines per stanza with the rhyme pattern ABAB. What is this pattern called?
  8. 8th August 1982Is the claim 'reading is obviously more rewarding than scrolling through a screen' a fact or an opinion?
  9. 9th August 1982A question asks you to explain "how the poet's feelings towards winter change across the poem." What should your answer focus on?
  10. 10th August 1982A trapezium has parallel sides of 6 cm and 10 cm, and a height of 5 cm. Calculate its area.
  11. 11th August 1982Work out -4 - 7.
  12. 12th August 1982Find the highest common factor of 24 and 36.
  13. 13th August 1982Simplify 6x + 4 - 2x - 9.
  14. 14th August 1982A basket contains 15 lemons and 25 limes. Write the ratio of lemons to limes in its simplest form.
  15. 15th August 1982Calculate 56 + 29.
  16. 16th August 1982Work out 20 - 3 x 4.
  17. 17th August 1982A number is tripled and then 5 is added, giving 32. Form an equation and find the number.
  18. 18th August 1982Simplify the ratio 18:24 to its simplest form.
  19. 19th August 1982State one way a communicable disease differs from a non-communicable disease.
  20. 20th August 1982State the name given to a horizontal row of the periodic table.
  21. 21st August 1982A red filter is held in front of a torch shining white light. State which colour of light passes through the filter.
  22. 22nd August 1982State whether sound can travel through a vacuum (empty space), and give a reason.
  23. 23rd August 1982A pupil records the mass of a beaker of ice every 2 minutes as it melts. State which variable is the independent variable in this investigation.
  24. 24th August 1982Name the three states of matter.
  25. 25th August 1982In an extract, a character 'chewed his lip and stared at his shoes.' What does this suggest about the character's feelings?
  26. 26th August 1982Add a colon to this sentence in the correct place: The expedition needed three things warm clothing enough food and a reliable map.
  27. 27th August 1982Choose the correct word: There were ___ people at the concert than last year. (less / fewer)
  28. 28th August 1982Which two poetic techniques are both used in the line 'The branches creaked and clawed at the window'?
  29. 29th August 1982Find and copy one word from 'the anvil's patient, unmoving weight' that gives the anvil a human quality.
  30. 30th August 1982Which word class is 'desperately' in 'He desperately searched for a handhold'?
  31. 31st August 1982In the sentence 'The overexcited puppy chewed through the new shoe,' what word class is 'chewed'?