Q1.

A cyclist goes on a long ride. The graph shows how the distance travelled changes with
time during the ride.

(i)      Between which two points on the graph was the cyclist moving at the fastest speed?

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(1)

(ii)      State one way cyclists can reduce the air resistance acting on them.

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(1)

(iii)     How long did the cyclist stop and rest?

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(1)

(iv)     Write down the equation which links distance, speed and time.

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(1)

(v)     Calculate, in km/hr, the average speed of the cyclist while moving.

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Average speed = .............................. km/hr

(3)
(Total 7 marks)

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Q2.
A sky-diver jumped out of an aeroplane. After falling for some time she opened her
parachute. The graph below shows how the speed of the sky-diver changed from the
moment she jumped out of the aeroplane until she landed on the ground.

(a)     What happened at 180 seconds and at 360 seconds after the sky-diver jumped
out of the aeroplane?

180 seconds ………………………………………………………………………..

360 seconds ………………………………………………………..………………

2 marks

(b)     There was an increase in air resistance on the sky-diver as her speed increased.
Explain how the graph shows this.

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1 mark

(c)     Two sections of the graph show where the air resistance was equal and opposite
to the sky-diver’s weight. Which sections are they?

          Give the letters.

…………………… and …………………

1 mark

(d)     (i)      Use the graph to estimate how far the sky-diver fell between 180 s and 360 s.

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1 mark

(ii)     Why can this only be an approximate figure?

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1 mark
Maximum 6 marks

Q3.
A man does a ‘bungee jump’ over a lake. He jumps from point A with an elasticated rope
tied to his ankles. The rope reaches down to point B when it is not being stretched.

          The man falls past B, and the rope begins to stretch. He falls past point C to point
D, which is the lowest point he reaches. Then he begins to move upwards again.
Eventually he comes to rest at point C.

(a)     (i)      At which point, A, B, C or D, is the man when

the tension in the rope is greater than his weight? ...............................
1 mark

(ii)     At which point, A, B, C or D, is the man when

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 the tension in the rope is equal to his weight? .....................................
1 mark

(b)     The graph shows how the man’s speed varies with time as he falls from point
A to point D and bounces back upwards.

          The point when the man jumped from A has been labelled on the curve.
Label the points on the curve when the man was at points B, C and D as he fell.
3 marks

(c)     The total energy of the man and the rope includes the man’s potential energy, his
kinetic energy, and the elastic (strain) energy stored in the stretched rope.

          Describe how the elastic (strain) energy in the rope changes as the man falls
from point A to point D.

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2 marks
Maximum 7 marks

Q4.
(a)     The diagram below shows a car park barrier.

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 (i)      Calculate the turning moment produced by the barrier about the pivot.
Give the unit.

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2 marks

(ii)     The barrier is horizontal. The weight of the barrier is balanced by an iron
counterweight. Calculate the downward force produced by the counterweight.

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1 mark

(b)     An electromagnet is placed beneath the iron counterweight as shown below.

          When the switch is closed the barrier rises.

Explain how the electromagnet can be used to raise the barrier.

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2 marks
maximum 5 marks

Q5.
(a)     The diagram shows a gardener using a steel bar to lever a tree stump out of the
ground.

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When the gardener pushes with a force of 300 N the tree stump just begins to move.

Calculate the moment produced by the gardener on the steel bar.

Write down the equation you use, and then show clearly how you work out your
answer and give the unit.

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Moment = ........................................
(4)

(b)     Using a longer steel bar would have made it easier for the gardener to lever the tree
stump out of the ground.

Explain why.

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(3)
(Total 7 marks)

Q6.
Cholera is a disease caused by bacteria. These bacteria produce a poison.
The poison prevents the large intestine from absorbing water from the food passing
through it.

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 People with cholera can lose more than a litre of water per hour.

(a)     Give one function of water in the body.

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1 mark

(b)     People can be injected with a vaccine against cholera. The vaccine contains a tiny
amount of the cholera poison and not the cholera bacteria. As a result, people
become immune to cholera.

          Describe how vaccination makes a person immune to cholera.

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2 marks

(c)     The cholera poison makes the skin permeable. A new method of vaccinating against
cholera is to put a small amount of the poison, mixed with other vaccines, on a
plaster. The plaster is left on the skin for a day. The vaccines pass through the skin
and the person becomes immune to cholera and to other diseases.

(i)      Why should only a tiny amount of the poison be used?

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1 mark

(ii)     Suggest one advantage of vaccinating people in this way.

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1 mark
Maximum 5 marks

Q7.
The drawing shows an experiment to investigate photosynthesis in weed from a pond.

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          Bubbles of gas produced during photosynthesis were given off from the pond weed
and collected in the test tube.

(a)     Name the gas given off in photosynthesis

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1 mark

(b)     What two substances are taken in by the plant and used for photosynthesis?

1. ..................................................................................................................

2. ..................................................................................................................
2 marks

          Light of different intensities was shone onto the pond weed. The number of gas
bubbles given off in one minute at each light intensity was counted. The results are
shown in the graph.

(c)     Which letter on the horizontal axis shows the light intensity at which the rate of
photosynthesis first reaches its maximum?

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1 mark

          Blue, green and red light were then shone, in turn, onto the pond weed. The
number of bubbles of the gas given off in one minute was counted. The results are
shown in the table.

           

          The leaves of the pond weed contain a green pigment which absorbs light for
photosynthesis

(d)     (i)      Name this pigment.

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1 mark

(ii)     Using the information in the table, tick a box by one colour of light which
is strongly absorbed by the pigment.

blue           

green         

red             
1 mark

(e)     Sugar is also produced during photosynthesis.

          Give two ways in which the plant uses sugar.

1. ..................................................................................................................

    ..................................................................................................................

2. ..................................................................................................................

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2 marks
Maximum 8 marks

Q8.
(a)     The electronic arrangements of six elements are shown in the diagrams below. They
are labelled A-F. Each electron is shown by an x.

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 (i)      Which element is in group 6 of the periodic table?

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1 mark

(ii)     Three of the elements are metals.

Give the letters of two elements which are metals.

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1 mark

(b)     When element B reacts with another element, each atom of B loses its outer
electron to leave an ion with a full outer shell of electrons.

          What will be the charge on the ion formed from an atom of element B?

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1 mark
Maximum 3 marks

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Mark schemes

Q1.
(i)      C and D or D and C
accept CD
accept DC
accept answers in terms of time
1

(ii)      any one from:

          streamline position streamline clothes

accept crouched position
accept tight clothes
accept design of cycle
accept cycle slower
1

(iii)     0.5 hours or 30 minutes or 1800 seconds

must have unit
1

(iv)     speed =

 
accept any correct rearrangement
accept s = d/t or  v  s/t
accept velocity for speed

accept  

if subsequent use of  correct

1

(v)     16
allow for mark for each of time = 3.5 hours
distance = 56km
allow e.c.f. from part (a)(iii) if correctly used
an answer of 14 gains 2 marks
allow 1 mark for correct attempt to average the three
sections
3
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Q2.
(a)     180 seconds: the parachute opened
1

360 seconds: she landed

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 answers must be in the correct order
do not accept ‘her speed dropped’
1

(b)     any one from

•    the slope of the graph decreases or the curve gets less steep

•    the graph begins to level out

•    the acceleration gets less

accept ‘it curves between A and B’
1

(c)     B and D
letters may be in either order
both letters are required for the mark
1

(d)     (i)      any answer between 1000 m and 1350 m

the unit is required for the mark
1

(ii)     because its speed takes time to reach 6 m/s

accept ‘because the speed is not constant’

•    because it was slowing down at first

•    because the speed is difficult to read

accept ‘because the speed may not be exactly  6 m/s’
accept ‘because the graph curves at the corner’
1
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Q3.
(a)     (i)      D
1

(ii)     C
1

(b)

 
one mark each for correctly labelling B, C and D

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 accept B anywhere on the curve between 3.3 and 4.3 cm
from A
C is at the highest point on the curve
D is at the point where the speed is zero
3

(c)     zero from A to B

1

increases from B to D
accept ‘increases after B’
do not accept ‘it increases’
accept ‘it is zero from A to B and then
increases’ for both marks
1
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Q4.
(a)     (i)      75
accept ‘50 × 1.5’
1 (L7)

         Nm
do not accept lower case n
1 (L7)

(ii)     750

accept ‘ ’ or ‘50 × 15’

accept the numerical answer to part (i) ÷ 0.1
1 (L7)

(b)     any one from

•    a current flows in the coil

•    the coil or the iron core becomes magnetised

accept ‘there is a magnetic field’
or ‘the electromagnet switches on
do not accept ‘the core becomes magnetic’
1 (L7)

any one from

•    the counterweight is attracted to the coil or core or the electromagnet

•    the electromagnet produces a bigger moment

accept ‘the left-hand side of the barrier moves down’
‘the right-hand side moves up’ is insufficient
1 (L7)
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Q5.

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 (a)     (i)      360
allow 1 mark for correct length used ie 1.2 m
allow 2 marks for substitution into correct equation - ie 300 ×
1.2
allow 1 mark only for an answer 240
3

(ii)     Newton-metre or Nm
1

(b)     the force is applied further from the pivot

1

which causes an increased moment to act on the steel bar

1

and therefore an increased force acts on the tree stump

1
[7]

Q6.
(a)     any one from

•    for transport or for blood or plasma

accept ‘it stops cells becoming dehydrated’
‘it stops the body becoming dehydrated’
or ‘it keeps us hydrated’ are insufficient

•    it is needed for sweat or for cooling

•    for tears

•    it is a solvent

•    for getting rid of waste

•    it is needed for gas exchange

•    it is a lubricant

•    it is part of the cytoplasm

accept ‘allows chemical reactions to take place’
accept ‘for digestion’
1 (L7)

(b)     any two from

•    white blood cells

•    (produce) antibodies or antitoxins

•    prevent further infections or destroy the toxin or poison

accept ‘destroy or kill the bacteria’
2 (L7)

(c)     (i)      any one from

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 •    so that the patient does not get cholera
accept ‘the person might die’

•    so the poison does not prevent the large intestine from
absorbing water
accept ‘intestine’ for large intestine
do not accept ‘small intestine’
1 (L7)

(ii)     any one from

•    no need for injections

•    some people are afraid of needles

accept ‘it does not hurt’

•    less or no risk of infection

do not accept ‘so they can be vaccinated against several
diseases’
1 (L7)
[5]

Q7.
(a)     oxygen
1

(b)     carbon dioxide

do not accept light
1

          water
do not accept chlorophyll
1

(c)     D
if more than one letter is given award no mark
1

(d)     (i)      chlorophyll

1

(ii)     blue or red

if blue and red are both ticked award the mark,
but if green is ticked award no mark
1

(e)     any two from

•    as an energy source or for respiration

accept ‘for energy’ or ‘for food’

•    to make starch

accept ‘for growth’ or ‘as a starting

•    to make cellulose material for other compounds’

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Q8.
(a)     (i)      F
1

(ii)     any two from

•    A

•    B

•    C
two letters are required for the mark
1

(b)     one positive or +1 or 1+

accept ‘B+’ or  ‘+’ or ‘positive’
do not accept ‘1’
1
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