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There are forty questions on this paper. Answer all questions. For each question there are four possible
answers A, B, C and D.
Choose the one you consider correct and record your choice in soft pencil on the separate Answer Sheet.
Each correct answer will score one mark. A mark will not be deducted for a wrong answer.
Any rough working should be done in this booklet.
A copy of the Periodic Table is printed on page 20.
Electronic calculators may be used.
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A breathing
B eating
C photosynthesis
D respiration
2 The diagram shows an animal cell. The maximum diameter of the diagram is 25 mm.
A egestion
B fertilisation
C phagocytosis
D transpiration
A carbohydrates
B fats
C proteins
D vitamins
transports transports
mineral ions sugars
A
B
C
D
tendons
8 How do the contents of inspired air differ from those of expired air?
A less less
B less more
C more less
D more more
glucose + P Q + R
P Q R
geotropism phototropism
A gravity light
B heat water
C light gravity
D water heat
1
2
anther ovary
A 1 2
B 1 4
C 2 4
D 3 2
X
Z
ovary uterus
A X Y
B X Z
C Z X
D Z Y
microscopic plants
microscopic animals
herring fish
mackerel fish
red fish
cod fish
A 1 B 4 C 5 D 6
14 The apparatus used to remove sand from a mixture of salt and sand is shown.
stirrer
water
salt and
sand
beaker 1 beaker 2
The contents of beaker 1 are stirred and then poured into the funnel above beaker 2.
What is in beaker 2?
P Q R S
T
A Q B R C S D T
key
hydrogen
sulfur
type of
formula
substance
A HS compound
B HS mixture
C H2S2 compound
D H2S2 mixture
17 The diagram shows the apparatus used for the electrolysis of lead(II) bromide using inert
electrodes X and Y.
lamp
electrode X electrode Y
lead
sodium
carbonate
beaker vinegar
watch glass
water
Which statement about the reaction explains why the water freezes?
A It is a redox reaction.
B It is an endothermic reaction.
C It is catalysed by sodium carbonate.
D It is thermal decomposition.
Which row describes what happens to the carbon dioxide and to the carbon during the reaction?
A oxidised oxidised
B oxidised reduced
C reduced oxidised
D reduced reduced
A carbon
B copper
C sulfur
D zinc
tests results
add dilute hydrochloric bubbles of colourless gas, R,
acid to solid Q which turns limewater milky
add aqueous sodium
green precipitate
hydroxide to a solution of Q
A
B
C
D
24 Which metal reacts with dilute hydrochloric acid but does not react with cold water?
A copper
B calcium
C sodium
D zinc
A It boils at 100 C.
B It turns blue cobalt chloride paper pink.
C It turns blue copper sulfate crystals white.
D It turns pink litmus paper blue.
Which row describes the method of separation of petroleum and the type of bond in hydrocarbon
molecules?
method of
type of bond
separation
A distillation covalent
B distillation ionic
C fractional distillation covalent
D fractional distillation ionic
28 The graph shows how the speed of a car varies with time.
speed
0
0 time
What is the density of the metal from which the cube is made?
A gas or liquid
B gas only
C liquid only
D solid or liquid
The table gives the melting point and the boiling point of benzene and of glycerine.
benzene 5.4 80
glycerine 18 290
A 0 C B 50 C C 90 C D 300 C
A conduction
B convection
C evaporation
D radiation
34 A student vibrates the end of a horizontal rope and sends a wave along the rope. The wave is
shown in the diagram.
wave
direction
5.0 cm
40 cm
What is the amplitude of the wave, and what is the wavelength of the wave?
amplitude / cm wavelength / cm
A 5.0 10
B 5.0 20
C 10 10
D 10 20
Which diagram shows the path of light passing from diamond (denser) into air (less dense)?
A B
air air
diamond diamond
30
20
C D
air air
diamond diamond
30
20
Which is not a useful precaution to help protect her from the X-rays while the machine is
operating?
37 A police car sounds its siren when travelling to an emergency. The siren produces two different
sounds P and Q, which are emitted alternately.
Q Q Q
P P P P
Which of the two sounds P and Q is the louder and which has the higher pitch?
A P P
B P Q
C Q P
D Q Q
current
Which changes to the resistance of the resistor, and to the potential difference across the
resistor, must produce a smaller current?
potential
resistance
difference
A decrease decrease
B decrease increase
C increase decrease
D increase increase
39 An electrically charged student produces soap bubbles. When he holds his hand near the
bubbles, they move away quickly from his hand.
electrically
charged soap bubbles
student move away
quickly
insulator
40 In the circuit shown, three identical resistors are connected with four ammeters P, Q, R and S.
R
A
A A
P S
A
Q
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I II III IV V VI VII VIII
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
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
16
85 88 89 91 93 96 101 103 106 108 112 115 119 122 128 127 131
55 56 5771 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86
0653/12/M/J/16
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 89103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 114 116
actinoids
Fr Ra Rf Db Sg Bh Hs Mt Ds Rg Cn Fl Lv
francium radium rutherfordium dubnium seaborgium bohrium hassium meitnerium darmstadtium roentgenium copernicium flerovium livermorium
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
The volume of one mole of any gas is 24 dm3 at room temperature and pressure (r.t.p.)