University of Cambridge International Examinations International General Certificate of Secondary Education
University of Cambridge International Examinations International General Certificate of Secondary Education
University of Cambridge International Examinations International General Certificate of Secondary Education
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1 (a) Circle the characteristics in the list below that are shared by all living organisms. For
Examiner's
Use
(b) A student peeled a layer of cells from the inside of an onion bulb. She placed them in a
drop of water on a microscope slide and covered them with a coverslip.
Fig. 3.1 shows what she saw when viewing the cells through a microscope.
Fig. 3.1
(i) The cells in Fig. 3.1 are all similar to each other.
(ii) State two ways in which the cells in Fig. 3.1 differ from animal cells.
2 [2]
(c) Onion cells often contain stores of starch. When a person eats an onion, the starch is
digested.
(i) Explain why nutrients such as starch must be digested before they can be used by
the human body.
[2]
(ii) Outline the roles of each of the following in the digestion of starch. For
Examiner's
Use
teeth
enzymes
[2]
2 The Periodic Table on page 20 shows the chemical elements in rows (left to right) and For
columns (up and down). Examiner's
Use
(ii) State the chemical symbol of the element which has a proton (atomic) number of 32.
[1]
Complete the table by writing the names of elements chosen from the list into the
correct boxes.
Table 2.1
element use
[3]
(c) A teacher placed a small piece of potassium into a container filled with chlorine gas. For
She also mixed together some iron filings and sulfur powder. Examiner's
Use
clouds of particles
made of a white solid
the elements mix but no
change is observed
container initially
full of chlorine gas
flames
Fig. 2.1
(i) State two observations which showed that the elements potassium and chlorine
were combining to form a compound.
[2]
(ii) Suggest the word chemical equation for the reaction between potassium and
chlorine.
[1]
(iii) Iron sulfide is a compound made of the elements iron and sulfur.
Using this example, describe two ways in which a mixture of two elements differs
from a compound of the elements.
[2]
3 (a) Fig. 3.1 shows an astronaut on a space walk. His space suit is designed to stop For
dangerous electromagnetic radiation from the Sun reaching the astronaut’s body. Examiner's
Use
Fig. 3.1
(i) Name two types of electromagnetic radiation that can harm the body.
2 [2]
(ii) State one way in which electromagnetic radiation can harm the body.
[1]
(b) Two astronauts are in a rocket being launched to the Moon. One of the astronauts has
a mass of 96 kg. The gravitational field strength on the Moon is about one sixth of that
on Earth.
(i) the mass of the astronaut on the Earth and on the Moon,
[1]
(ii) the weight of the astronaut on the Earth and on the Moon.
[1]
(c) The astronauts land on the Moon, which has no atmosphere. They use radio signals to For
talk to each other. Examiner's
Use
Explain why sound waves need a medium, such as air, to travel through.
[2]
State the formula that you use and show your working.
formula
working
J [2]
4 (a) A student investigated the conditions needed for the germination of mustard seeds. For
Examiner's
Use
Fig. 4.1 shows the apparatus at the start of his experiment.
Tubes A to E were placed in the laboratory at room temperature. Tube E was placed in
a freezer at – 4 ºC.
A B C D E
– 4 °C
black
card
oil
seeds
boiled moist
water cotton
dry moist wool
cotton cotton
wool wool
Fig. 4.1
(i) Which one of these factors should the student have kept the same for all of the
tubes? Circle the correct answer.
(ii) After three days, the seeds in tubes B and D had germinated.
Use these results to deduce the conditions needed for the germination of mustard
seeds.
[3]
(b) In a tropical rainforest, the trees often grow very closely together, which reduces the For
amount of light reaching the forest floor. Examiner's
Use
The seeds of many species of rainforest trees will not germinate unless they get plenty
of light.
[1]
State the tube in Fig. 4.1 in which the result would differ from those he obtained for
mustard seeds.
[1]
(c) (i) Tropical rainforests have a very large number of different plant species.
Suggest how this could lead to a high species diversity of animals in tropical
rainforests.
[2]
Explain how else cutting down rainforests may damage the environment.
[3]
(a) (i) State one fuel from the list which is an example of a fossil fuel.
explanation
[2]
(ii) The chemical formulae of some substances which can be used as fuels are shown
below.
C2H6O H2 CO C2H2 C
[2]
(b) At an oil refinery, useful products are separated from petroleum (crude oil).
. [3]
(c) A student suggested that when the liquid fuel ethanol is burned, carbon dioxide gas For
should be produced. Examiner's
Use
Fig. 5.1 shows apparatus which he used to find out if this was true.
ethanol is drawn up
through the string
solution X
ethanol
Fig. 5.1
solution X
observation
[2]
[1]
2 cm
2 cm
Fig. 6.1
(a) (i) Name a suitable piece of apparatus for measuring the length of the cube.
[1]
State the formula that you use and show your working.
formula
working
g / cm3 [2]
Fig. 6.2
Complete the diagrams below to show the arrangement of particles in a liquid and in a
gas.
liquid gas
[2]
(c) (i) Explain, in terms of particles, why a solid expands when heated.
[1]
(ii) Describe one problem caused by a solid metal expanding when it gets hot.
[2]
7 When magnesium metal reacts with dilute hydrochloric acid, a soluble salt and a gas are For
produced. Examiner's
Use
(a) Complete the word chemical equation for the reaction between magnesium and
hydrochloric acid.
magnesium hydrochloric
+ +
acid
[2]
(b) A student used the apparatus in Fig. 7.1 to investigate the rate of this reaction.
side-arm bung
test-tube
excess dilute
hydrochloric acid gas syringe piston moves out as
gas enters the syringe
0.1 g magnesium
Fig. 7.1
The student dropped the magnesium into the acid contained in the side-arm test-tube
and put in the bung.
A stopwatch was used to time how long it took for the gas syringe to fill with gas.
The student carried out two experiments and the results are shown in Table 7.1.
Table 7.1
1 45
2 31
(i) Explain how the results show that the rate of reaction in experiment 2 was higher
than that in experiment 1.
[1]
(ii) Suggest two ways in which the rate of reaction between magnesium and dilute For
hydrochloric acid could be increased. Examiner's
Use
[2]
Explain why the student must not attempt the experiment shown in Fig. 7.1 using
sodium instead of magnesium.
[2]
8 (a) A torch (flash light) contains two cells providing a total voltage of 3.0 V across the lamp. For
When the torch is lit, the current flowing through the lamp is 0.3 A. Examiner's
Use
State the formula that you use, show your working, and state the units of
resistance.
formula
working
[3]
(ii) To measure the current through the lamp and the voltage across the lamp, the
student set up the circuit in Fig. 8.1.
Fig. 8.1
Write the letters A and V in the two circles on the diagram to show the correct
positions of the ammeter (A) and voltmeter (V). [1]
(b) Complete the sentences below to describe the energy changes which take place when For
the torch is used. Examiner's
Use
9 Fig. 9.1 shows a section through a human heart seen from the front. For
Examiner's
B C Use
D
A
Fig. 9.1
(a) (i) The walls of the heart are made of cardiac muscle.
[2]
(ii) State the name of the blood vessels that supply the cardiac muscle with oxygen.
[1]
(iii) Give the letters of the two labelled blood vessels in Fig. 9.1 that contain
oxygenated blood.
and [1]
(b) Plants also have transport systems in which liquids flow through vessels. However,
they do not have a heart.
[2]
[1]
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1 4
H He
Hydrogen Helium
1 2
7 9 11 12 14 16 19 20
Li Be B C N O F Ne
Lithium Beryllium Boron Carbon Nitrogen Oxygen Fluorine Neon
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
23 24 27 28 31 32 35.5 40
Na Mg Al Si P S Cl Ar
Sodium Magnesium Aluminium Silicon Phosphorus Sulfur Chlorine Argon
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
39 40 45 48 51 52 55 56 59 59 64 65 70 73 75 79 80 84
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
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
85 88 89 91 93 96 101 103 106 108 112 115 119 122 128 127 131
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
37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54
Cs Ba La Hf Ta W Re Os Ir Pt Au Hg Tl Pb Bi Po At Rn
Caesium Barium Lanthanum Hafnium Tantalum Tungsten Rhenium Osmium Iridium Platinum Gold Mercury Thallium Lead Bismuth Polonium Astatine Radon
55 56 57 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86
0653/22/M/J/10
*
226 227
Fr Ra Ac
Francium Radium Actinium
87 88 89
140 141 144 150 152 157 159 162 165 167 169 173 175
*58-71 Lanthanoid series
Ce Pr Nd Pm Sm Eu Gd Tb Dy Ho Er Tm Yb Lu
90-103 Actinoid series Cerium Praseodymium Neodymium Promethium Samarium Europium Gadolinium Terbium Dysprosium Holmium Erbium Thulium Ytterbium Lutetium
Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), which is itself a department of the University of Cambridge.
58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71
a a = relative atomic mass 232 238
Key X X = atomic symbol Th Pa U Np Pu Am Cm Bk Cf Es Fm Md No Lr
Thorium Protactinium Uranium Neptunium Plutonium Americium Curium Berkelium Californium Einsteinium Fermium Mendelevium Nobelium Lawrencium
b b = proton (atomic) number 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103
The volume of one mole of any gas is 24 dm3 at room temperature and pressure (r.t.p.).
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