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October 1988 5-a-day

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October 1988

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 7-8

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  1. 1st October 1988Write 0.6 as a fraction in its simplest form.
  2. 2nd October 1988Two fair coins are tossed together. Find the probability of getting at least one tail.
  3. 3rd October 1988Which of the seven life processes describes an organism getting rid of waste products made inside its body?
  4. 4th October 1988State the name of the change of state when a solid changes directly into a liquid.
  5. 5th October 1988A trolley of mass 20 kg is pushed with a resultant force of 60 N. Use force = mass x acceleration to calculate its acceleration.
  6. 6th October 1988Name the type of blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart under high pressure.
  7. 7th October 1988State whether gold is a very reactive or a very unreactive metal, given that it is found in the Earth as the pure metal rather than in a compound.
  8. 8th October 1988Name the part of a plant cell, not found in an animal cell, that carries out photosynthesis.
  9. 9th October 1988Before starting a watering investigation, a pupil writes this prediction: a plant given more water each day will grow taller than one given less water. State one piece of scientific reasoning that could support this prediction.
  10. 10th October 1988Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for "the map in the drawer."
  11. 11th October 1988Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'The fog rolled in from the sea.'
  12. 12th October 1988A character 'checked her watch for the third time in a minute and sighed.' What does this suggest about how she is feeling?
  13. 13th October 1988Which word class is 'cautiously' in the sentence 'She cautiously ran her glove along the rusted rail'?
  14. 14th October 1988A question asks you to "compare how the two poets present the sea." What is the best way to structure your answer?
  15. 15th October 1988Give one example of emotive language a writer might use to persuade pupils that reading is enjoyable rather than a chore.
  16. 16th October 1988In the line "Icicles hang like daggers from the eaves", which technique is used?
  17. 17th October 1988Calculate the circumference of a circle with a radius of 9 cm. Use pi = 3.14.
  18. 18th October 1988Find 30% of 150.
  19. 19th October 1988Work out 13^2.
  20. 20th October 1988Find 5/6 of 72.
  21. 21st October 1988A recipe for 4 people uses 200g of butter. How much butter is needed for 10 people?
  22. 22nd October 1988A tap fills a bucket at a constant rate of 3 litres every 2 minutes. Work out how many litres it fills in 10 minutes.
  23. 23rd October 1988Calculate 74 - 38.
  24. 24th October 1988Work out -7 + 15.
  25. 25th October 1988A journey of 240 km takes 4 hours at a constant speed. Work out the speed in km/h.
  26. 26th October 1988State one way the xylem is adapted for transporting water up a plant.
  27. 27th October 1988In a chromatography experiment, the solvent front travels 10 cm and a dye spot travels 4 cm. Calculate the Rf value of the dye.
  28. 28th October 1988An astronaut has a mass of 70 kg on Earth. State her mass on the Moon, and explain why her weight on the Moon is less than her weight on Earth.
  29. 29th October 1988Using the periodic table, state whether the element chlorine (Cl) is a metal or a non-metal.
  30. 30th October 1988State the name given to a chemical reaction that releases heat energy to the surroundings.
  31. 31st October 1988State the products formed when a metal reacts with an acid.