What is the relative formula mass of methane?
How much volume does a mole of gas occupy?
Write the equation that relates 'current', 'charge' and 'time' in words
What is the purpose of an earth wire?
Which produces most energy, aerobic or anaerobic respiration ?
What is the main difference between aerobic and anaerobic respiration ?
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The Periodic Table is an arrangement of elements in the table according to what?
Define 'metal'
Explain how a fuse works What is 'double insulation'? What is the word equation for anaerobic respiration in plants?
What is the word equation for aerobic respiration ? 93
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Define 'non-metal'
Which is more reactive Lithium or Potassium?
What effect does increasing resistance have on electric current?
State two differences between a mains supply and a battery
What is the word equation for anaerobic respiration in animals ?
What is the name of the muscles between the ribs 96 95
Which is more reactive Chlorine or Bromine?
In Group 1 metals does the reactivity increase or decrease further down the group?
How is a voltmeter connected in a circuit? How is an ammeter connected in a circuit? What is the proper name for the 'windpipe' leadig to the lungs ? 97
What is the name of the muscular sheet of tissue below the lungs ? 98
in group 7 non-metals does the reactivity increase or decrease further down the group?
Name the unreactive group in the Periodic Table
State two reasons why a parallel circuit is more appropriate for domestic lighting
What is electric current?
What is the name of the air sacs in the lungs where gas exchange with the blood takes place ?
What is the name of the moist membraes that separate the lungs from the inside of the thorax ?
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All atoms of group 1 elements form what charge ions?
All atoms of group 2 elements form what charge ions?
What units are angles measured in?
What are the units of frequency?
What is the name of the addictive chemical in cigarette smoke ?
What is the role of the 'xylem' in plants ? 102 101
All atoms of group 6 elements form what charge ions?
All atoms of group 7 elements form what charge ions?
What is the standard unit of distance?
What is the standard unit of speed?
How do root hair cells allow for maximum absorption of water by plants ?
What is the evaporation of water from the surface of a plant called ?
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Why do all group 1 elements form 1+ ions?
Why do all group 2 elements form 2+ ions?
What is the standard unit of time?
Name the two types of wave
Name four factors that affect the rate of transpiration of a plant
Name the four constituents of blood 106
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Why do all group 7 elements form 1- ions?
Why do all group 6 elements form 2- ions?
What is transferred by a wave?
Define 'amplitude' of a wave
In blood, carbon dioxide, digested food, urea and hormones are carried by what constituent ?
What is present in red blood cells that help them to carry oxygen ? 107
What are the three alkali metals studied on this specification?
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How do all Group 1 metals react with water?
Define 'wavelength' Define 'frequency' of a wave Name two types of white blood cell Which constituent of blood helps the immune system to fight of disease ? 109
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What compounds of sodium, lithium and potassium are soluble in water?
Which compounds of alkali metals form alkaline solutions?
Define 'period' of a wave
What is the usual symbol for 'wave speed'?
What do lymphocytes release to destroy pathogens ?
Name the four chambers of the heart
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Name the three group 7 elements studied on this specification
What is the colour and physical state of chlorine at room temperature?
What is the usual symbol for 'frequency'?
What is the usual symbol for 'wavelength'?
Where does deoxygenated blood go from the heart ?
Which blood vessels carry blood from the heart and towards the other organs
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What is the colour and physical state of bromine at room temperature?
What is the colour and physical state of iodine at room temperature?
What is the usual symbol for 'period'?
State the equation that links 'wave speed', 'frequency', and 'wavelength' in symbols
Which blood vessels carry blood to the heart and away from the other organs
Which blood vessels carry blood through organs 115
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What is the difference between hydrogen chloride and hydrochloric acid?
What is the difference between solutions of hydrogen chloride in water and in methylbenzene?
State the equation that links 'wave speed', 'frequency', and 'wavelength' in words
State the equation that links 'frequency' with 'period' in words
Which blood vessels contain valves to prevent the backflow of blood ?
Name the three 'organs of excretion' in the human body 117
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chlorine + potassium iodide gives what?
sodium chloride + bromine gives what?
State the equation that links 'frequency' with 'period' in symbols
All electromagnetic waves travel at the same ___________ in a vacuum
In a kidney, what substance is reabsorbed into the blood from the collecting duct ?
In a kidney, where does the selective reabsorption of glucose occur ? 119
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What is the colour of copper (II) oxide?
What is the colour of copper carbonate?
Put these elctromagnetic waves in order of increasing frequency: gamma rays; infra-red; microwaves; radio; visible ultraviolet; X-rays
Put these colours in order of increasing frequency: blue, green, indigo, red, orange, violet, yellow
What substance regulates the water content of the blood ?
Name the three constituents of urine 121
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What is the colour of copper sulphate?
State the typical transition metal properties
Give two uses of radio waves:
Give two uses of microwaves:
Define 'homostasis' 123
The body regulates the water content and temperature. These are two examples of what ? 124
Place these metals in order of decreasing reactivity:
aluminium + iron oxide gives what?
aluminium, calcium, copper, hydrogen, iron, lithium, magnesium, potassium, sodium, zinc
Give two uses of infra-red:
Give two uses of visible light:
In humans, name the two systems that control responses 126
What three things are required for a 'coordinated response' ? 125
iron + magnesium oxide gives what?
Under what conditions does iron rust?
Give a use of ultraviolet light:
Give two uses of X-rays:
The brain, spinal cord and nerves to sense organs is all called___________ ?
when a receptor is stimulated, what is sent along nerves into the central nervous system ? 127
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Define 'galvanising'
Why does coating an iron object with zinc prevent rusting?
Give a use of gamma rays:
State a detrimental effect of excessive exposure to microwaves
Name the hormone: Made in the pituary gland and responsible for controlling the water content of the blood
Name the hormone: Made in the adrenal glands, this hormone prepares the body for physical activity 130 129
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What colour do K ions give in a flame test?
What colour do Na ions give in a flame test?
State a detrimental effect of excessive exposure to infra-red
State a detrimental effect of excessive exposure to ultraviolet
Name the hormone : Made in the pancreas, this hormone lowers blood glucose
Name the hormone: Made in the testes, this hormone controls male sexual characteristics 131
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What colour do Li ions give in a flame test?
What colour do Ca ions give in a flame test?
State a detrimental effect of excessive exposure to gamma rays
What type of wave are light waves?
Name the hormone: Made in the ovaries, this hormone regulates the menstrual cycle
Name the hormone: Made in the ovaries, this hormone control female sexual characteristics
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What is the test for NH4 compounds with sodium hydroxide solution?
What is the test for Cu with sodium hydroxide solution?
State the 'law of reflection'
What is the usual symbol for refractive index?
Name the type of reproduction that does not involve gamates
What is the male gamete cell ? 136
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What is the test for Fe with sodium hydroxide solution?
What is the test for Fe solution?
What is the usual symbol for 'angle of incidence'?
What is the usual symbol for 'angle of refraction'?
What is the female gamate cell ? 137
with sodium hydroxide
What is formed when the male and female gametes fuse ? 138
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What is the test for Cu with aqueous ammonia?
What is the test for Fe with aqueous ammonia?
State the 'law of refraction' in symbols
Define 'total internal reflection'
A flower is coloured green and has feathery stigma and a stamen that hangs outside the flower. What kind of pollination will it have ?
A flower is brightly coloured and has the stamen and carpels inside the flower. What kind of pollination will it have ? 139
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What is the test for Fe
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with aqueous ammonia?
Why does Cu iron form a dark blue precipitate with excess aqueous ammonia?
Define 'critical angle' What is the usual symbol for 'critical angle' What is the male gamete of a plant called ? 141
Pollen forms a pollen tube in the stigma and fertilises an egg. What is formed then ? 142
What is the test for chlorides?
What is the test for bromides?
State the relationship between critical angle and refractive index
what type of wave is sound?
What is 'ovulation' What is the name of the process when a sperm fuses with an ovum
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What is the test for iodides?
What is test for carbonates?
what is the name given to reflected sound?
what is the frequency range for normal human hearing?
What hormone thickens the uterus lining ready for a fertilised egg ?
Where are sperm cells made ?
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What is test for ammonia?
What is the test for carbon dioxide?
What is the unit of energy ?
What quantity has the units metre/second2 ?
Where are human egg cells made ? 147
What is the name of the tube that takes ovum from the ovary to the uterus ? 148
What is the test for chlorine?
What is the test for hydrogen?
What quantity is measured in Newtons ?
What is measured in 'watts' ?
Give an example of an artificial method of asexual reproduction in plants
Where in the female body is an embryo formed ? 150 149
What is the test for oxygen?
What is the test for water vapour?
Name the eight forms of energy used in the Edexcel Specification
Name the two types of potential energy used in the Edexcel specification
What is the name given to an embryo that has become recognisably human ?
Where in the nucleus of a cell are the genes located ? 152 151
Are all sodium, potassium and ammonium salts soluble in water?
Are all nitrates soluble in water?
Complete the energy transfer: In a battery, chemical energy is converted to ___________ energy
Complete the energy transfer: In a light bulb, electrical energy is converted to heat and __________
DNA is made of four chemicals. What letters are used to denote these chemicals ? What molecule makes up a gene ?
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Name the two sulphates that are insoluble in water
Name the three carbonates that are soluble in water
Complete the energy transfer: When a diver jumps from a board, gravitational potential energy is converted to _______ energy.
What is the law of conservation of energy
What is the definition of 'genotype' ? what are the different forms of genes called that give rise to differences in inherited characteristics
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Define 'hydrocarbons'
Define 'saturated compounds'
How is 'efficiency' calculated ?
A light bulb recieves 100 Joules of electrical energy every second but only converts 20 Joules per second to light. What is its efficiency ?
What is the definition of 'phenotype' 157
What is meant by 'homozygous' ? 158
Define 'alkanes'
Define 'isomers'
A motor recieves 50 Joules of electrical energy each second. It converts 30 J to kinetic and 20J to heat energy. What is its efficiency ?
Name the three ways heat energy can be transferred from one place to another
A genotype is described as Tt .Which allele is dominant ?
What is meant by 'heterozygous' ? 159
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Draw methane
Draw ethane
What form of heat transfer occurs in solids ?
Why does hot fluid rise ?
A genotype Tt is crossed with another genotype Tt. What is the probability of the offspring having genotype tt ?
What sex will a pero be if they have the sex chromosomes XX ? 162 161
Draw propane
Draw butane
What is the name given to the group of materials that do not allow energy to easily pass through them ?
What is the relationship between force, distance and work ?
What sex will a pero be if they have the sex chromosomes XY ?
Name the two types of cell division 164 163
Draw pentane
Define 'unsaturated hydrocarbon'
What is 'work' ?
Complete the equation: Work = Force x ________
What are 'diploid' cells ?
What are theoly cells in are body formed by meiosis ? 165
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Define 'alkenes'
What is the formula for ethene?
How is gravitational potential energy calculated ?
What is the value of 'g' ?
What is formed when a dipoid cell is divided by mitosis ?
What type of cell division takes place during growth, repair, cloning and asexual reproduction ? 167
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What is the formula for propene?
What is the formula for butene?
How much gpe does a 5kg mass have at a height of 3 metres ?
How much gpe does a 2 kg object gain if it is lifted by 1.5 metres ?
What is the name given to cells with only one copy of each chromosome ?
How many cells are produced during cell division by meiosis ?
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What is the test for alkenes?
Define 'acid'
How is kinetic energy calculated ?
A 10kg object has a speed of 2 m/s. What is its kinetic energy ?
How many chromosomes do human diploid cells contain ? 171
How many chromosomes do human sex cells contain ? 172
Define 'alkali'
Define 'boiling'
A 1 kg ball is thrown with a speed of 3 m/s. What is its kiinetic energy ?
A 2kg object has a kinetic energy of 4 Joules. What is its speed ?
What is a 'mutation' ?
Explain how populations of bacteria can become resistant to antibiotics
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Define 'chromatography'
what was the original use of chromatography?
What is the definition of 'power' ?
What is the equation that links power, time and work ?
nutrition, respiration, excretion and responding to stimuli - name 4 other basic characteristics of living things
Name the 6 main groups of organisms covered in this Edexcel specification 175
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Define 'compound'
Define 'condensation'
What power is need to convert 100 J in 5 seconds ?
A machine provides 100 watts for 20 seconds. How much energy is transferred ?
Name this group: These are multicellular organisms that are able to carry out photosynthesis
Name this group: These are multicellular organisms that have nervous coordination and are able to move from place to place
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is heat given out or taken in during condensation?
Define 'crystallisation'
A machine provides 100 watts for 1 minute. How much energy is transferred ?
What is the energy transfer in a wind turbine ?
Name this group: These do not carry out photosynthesis and their body is usually organised into a mycelium made from hyphae
Name this group: Thse are microscopic single-celled organisms that contain cell structure but lack a nucleus 179
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