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1 Look at the diagram of some structures in an animal cell.

A
B
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(a) Write down the name of structure A.
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(c) Structure C is an enlarged part of structure B.

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2 Look at the data about some elements. 3 This question is about sound waves.

Look at the graph that shows the waveform of a sound wave.

mass volume density
element 4
in g in cm3 in g / cm3
3
A 10 2.22 4.5
2
B 10 7143 0.0014
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C 10 3.70 2.7 distance
from centre 0 time
D 10 0.88 in cm
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(a) Calculate the density of element D.
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Include the equation you use.
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(a) What is the amplitude of the sound wave?

density = g / cm3
[2] amplitude = cm [1]

(b) Which element, A, B, C or D, is a gas? (b) (i) Describe the effect of increasing the amplitude of the sound wave.

[1]

Explain your answer using information from the table. (ii) Describe the effect of decreasing the frequency of the sound wave.

[1]

4 Nebulae are found in space.

[1]
(a) What are nebulae made from?

and [2]

(b) Nebulae act as stellar nurseries.

Write down what happens in stellar nurseries.

[1]

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5 Water is essential for plant growth. 7 Yuri investigates the resistance of six different lengths of wire.

Complete these sentences about the pathway of water in flowering plants. Look at the electrical circuit Yuri makes.

Water from the soil enters plants through cells called .

This process is called .

Water moves up a plant stem inside the .

A
Water vapour is lost from the surface of leaves by the process of .
[4]

6 Look at the table showing some properties of Group 1 elements.

length of
V wire
melting point boiling point density radius of an atom
element (a) Write down the name of the equipment Yuri uses to measure the voltage across the length
in °C in °C in g / cm3 in pm
of wire.

lithium 181 1342 0.53 152 [1]

sodium 98 883 0.97 186

(b) Look at Yuri’s results.
potassium 64 759 0.89 231
length of wire voltage current resistance of wire
rubidium 39 688 1.53 244 in cm in V in A in Ω

There are trends in the properties of Group 1 elements from lithium to rubidium. 10 0.45 0.64 0.7

Write about three trends in the properties of the Group 1 elements shown in the table. 20 0.63 0.47

1 30 0.76 0.38 2.0

40 0.82 0.23 3.6

2
50 0.89 0.27 3.3

60 0.99 0.24 4.1

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Calculate the resistance of the 20 cm length of wire.

[3]

Write your answer in the table. [2]

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(c) Draw the graph of resistance in Ω against length of wire in cm by: 9 Look at the picture of a panda.

• labelling the x-axis

• writing the scale for the x-axis
• plotting the points.
5.0

4.5

4.0

3.5

3.0
resistance
in : 2.5
Pandas live in forests in the mountains of southwest China.
2.0
Pandas eat bamboo plants.
1.5
Bamboo is found in forests in some parts of southwest China.
1.0
Climate change is decreasing the amount of bamboo.
0.5 Pandas need to eat 11 kg to 38 kg of bamboo each day to survive.

0 (a) Suggest the impact of climate change on the panda population.

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[1]
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(b) Write down three reasons for your answer in (a).
[2]
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(d) Yuri reads the ruler, ammeter and voltmeter correctly.

The result for the 40 cm length of wire is anomalous.

2
Suggest one reason for this anomalous result.

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[1]

8 Complete the sentences about the formation of the Moon. [3]

The theory for how the Moon formed is called .

One piece of evidence for this theory is that the composition of rocks on the Earth and on

the Moon is .
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10 Look at the model of a particle of water, H2O. 12 This question is about energy.

(a) Tick (9) the law which states that energy cannot be created or destroyed.

H O H conduction of energy

conservation of energy
(a) The chemical bonding in water is covalent.

Describe what is meant by a covalent bond. dissipation of energy

transfer of energy
[1]
[1]

(b) Complete the sentence.

(b) The diagram shows the energy transfers in an electric lamp.
When two or more atoms are joined together by covalent bonding,
60 J of energy
a is made. [1] transferred electrically electric
lamp energy transferred as light

(c) How many covalent bonds are shown in the model of a particle of water?
15 J of energy transferred as
[1] heat to the surroundings

11 Priya investigates inheritance of sex in humans. Calculate the percentage of the energy transferred electrically to the lamp which is
transferred as light.
She analyses two human blood samples.

(a) Suggest one way Priya reduces the chance of getting a disease from the blood samples she
analyses.

[1]

(b) Explain why it is a good idea that Priya analyses more than two samples.
percentage of energy transferred as light = %
[2]

[2]

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13 Mia makes two salts. 14 Pierre investigates the amount of rainfall for 6 months near his school.
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She mixes 20 cm of an acid with 1 g of a solid in a beaker. He does two experiments to measure the total rainfall for each month.

She repeats this with a different solid and a different acid. He uses the same method and the same location for both experiments.

She notices that one reaction mixture warms up and the other cools down. Look at Pierre’s results.

January February March April May June

reaction mixture salt made what happens
rainfall experiment 1 310 235 205 260 330 300
in mm experiment 2 410 52 150 410 150 25
zinc and
zinc sulfate warms up
sulfuric acid
(a) Pierre concludes that his results are precise.
sodium carbonate and
sodium ethanoate cools down Tick (9) to show if his conclusion is correct.
ethanoic acid

(a) Zinc reacts with sulfuric acid. yes no

Zinc sulfate and hydrogen are made. Give a reason for your answer.
Write the word equation for this reaction.

[1] [1]

(b) Mia wants to know which reaction has the largest energy change. (b) A scientist does the same investigation as Pierre at the same location.
Suggest what Mia does to find out which reaction has the largest energy change. The results of the scientist are correct.

Look at the scientist’s results.

[1]
January February March April May June
rainfall
310 235 205 260 330 300
in mm

Pierre says,
‘My results for experiment 1 are accurate.’

Tick (9) to show if his conclusion is correct.

yes no

Give a reason for your answer.

[1]

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15 Carlos makes an electrical circuit using three identical lamps. 16 Aiko investigates the fossil of a fish.

A1

A2

(a) Name this type of electrical circuit.

[1]

A B
(b) The reading on ammeter A1 is 1.2 A.

Calculate the reading on ammeter A2. (a) Measure the length AB in mm of the fossil fish in the diagram.

length of fossil = mm [1]

(b) Aiko measures the mass of the fossil.

Look at the reading on the balance.

A [1]
420.4 g
Write down the mass of the fossil to the nearest whole number.

mass = g [1]

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sodium chloride

Explain your answer.

before mixing

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nitrate
Look at the diagram of the equipment he uses.

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is careful not to let any liquid leak out of the flask
records the total mass of the flask and its contents

records the mass of the flask and its contents again.

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assembles the equipment as shown in the diagram before mixing

turns the flask and its contents upside down to let the solutions mix
after mixing

What happens to the mass of the flask and its contents during the reaction?
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17 Mike investigates the reaction between silver nitrate solution and sodium chloride solution.

precipitate of
silver chloride
solution and a
sodium nitrate

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The Periodic Table of Elements
Group
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 2
H He
hydrogen helium
Key 1 4
3 4 atomic number 5 6 7 8 9 10
Li Be atomic symbol B C N O F Ne
lithium beryllium name boron carbon nitrogen oxygen fluorine neon
7 9 relative atomic mass 11 12 14 16 19 20
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Na Mg Al Si P S Cl Ar
sodium magnesium aluminium silicon phosphorus sulfur chlorine argon
23 24 27 28 31 32 35.5 40
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
K Ca Sc Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu Zn Ga Ge As Se Br Kr
potassium calcium scandium titanium vanadium chromium manganese iron cobalt nickel copper zinc gallium germanium arsenic selenium bromine krypton
39 40 45 48 51 52 55 56 59 59 64 65 70 73 75 79 80 84
37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54
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Rb Sr Y Zr Nb Mo Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag Cd In Sn Sb Te I Xe
rubidium strontium yttrium zirconium niobium molybdenum technetium ruthenium rhodium palladium silver cadmium indium tin antimony tellurium iodine xenon
85 88 89 91 93 96 – 101 103 106 108 112 115 119 122 128 127 131

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55 56 57–71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86
lanthanoids
Cs Ba Hf Ta W Re Os Ir Pt Au Hg Tl Pb Bi Po At Rn
caesium barium hafnium tantalum tungsten rhenium osmium iridium platinum gold mercury thallium lead bismuth polonium astatine radon
133 137 178 181 184 186 190 192 195 197 201 204 207 209 – – –
87 88 89–103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118
actinoids
Fr Ra Rf Db Sg Bh Hs Mt Ds Rg Cn Nh Fl Mc Lv Ts Og
francium radium rutherfordium dubnium seaborgium bohrium hassium meitnerium darmstadtium roentgenium copernicium nihonium flerovium moscovium livermorium tennessine oganesson
– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71
lanthanoids La Ce Pr Nd Pm Sm Eu Gd Tb Dy Ho Er Tm Yb Lu
lanthanum cerium praseodymium neodymium promethium samarium europium gadolinium terbium dysprosium holmium erbium thulium ytterbium lutetium
139 140 141 144 – 150 152 157 159 163 165 167 169 173 175
89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103
actinoids Ac Th Pa U Np Pu Am Cm Bk Cf Es Fm Md No Lr
actinium thorium protactinium uranium neptunium plutonium americium curium berkelium californium einsteinium fermium mendelevium nobelium lawrencium
– 232 231 238 – – – – – – – – – – –