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CRACKiT Tuition Botswana Mock National Examinations

Botswana General Certificate of Secondary Education

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CLASS: CRACKiT CENTER:

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SCIENCE DOUBLE AWARD

0569/03
Paper 3 September
2022 2 Hours

Students to answer on this question paper.

Additional materials: 1. Electronic calculator
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graphs.

Answer all questions.

If working is needed for any question, it must be
shown below that question.
Electronic calculators should be used.
At the end of the exam, fasten all your work
securely together.
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the
end of each question or part question.

The total number of marks for this paper is 100.

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This exam consists of 17 printed pages.

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1. A large spring is repeatedly stretched by an athlete to increase the strength of his arms.

Table. 1.1 is a table showing the force required to stretch the spring.

Table 1.1

(a) (i) State Hooke’s law.

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(ii) Use the results in Fig. 3.1 to show that the spring obeys Hooke’s law.

[1]

(b) Another athlete using a different spring exerts an average force of 400 N to enable her to extend
the spring by 0.210 m.

(i) Calculate the work done by this athlete in extending the spring once.

work done = …………………J [2]

(ii) She is able to extend the spring by this amount and to release it 24 times in 60 s.

Calculate the power used by this athlete while doing this exercise.

power = …………………W [2]

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2. Fig 2.1 shows a raft floating on water.

Figure 2.1

(a) A force of 25 000 N acts on the raft in the direction of the arrow shown in Fig 2.1

(i) State the name given to the force shown in Fig 2.1

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(ii) Calculate the mass of the raft.

mass = ......................................................kg [2]

(b) A sail is added to the raft, as shown in Fig 2.2

(i)Fig. 2.2 shows the horizontal forces acting on the raft at one moment.

Determine the acceleration caused by the horizontal forces in Fig 2.2

acceleration=..................................................m/s²[2]

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3. Fig. 3.1 shows a battery with an e.m.f of 12 V supplying power to two lamps. The total power
supplied is 150 W when both lamps are on.

Figure 3.1

(a) Calculate the current supplied by the battery when both lamps are on.

current = …..............................A [2]

(b) The current in lamp L2 is 5.0 A.
Calculate
i. the current in lamp L1,

current = ................................A [2]

ii. the power of lamp L1,

power = ...............................W [2]

iii. the resistance of lamp L1.

resistance = .................................Ω [2]

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4. (a) A student has a model electric lighting system. The model lighting system uses a transformer
with an input voltage of 240 V. The transformer has 1720 turns on the input coil and 100 turns on the
output coil.

(i) State the type of transformer used in the model electric lighting system.

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(ii) Calculate the output voltage of the transformer.

Output voltage =....................................................... V [2]

(b) Step-up transformers and step-down transformers have different coil arrangements. Describe
the differences in the coil arrangement for the two types of transformer.
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(c) Explain the advantage of transmitting electricity at high voltages, rather than at low voltages.
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5. Electromagnetic induction can be demonstrated using a solenoid, a magnet, a sensitive ammeter

and connecting wire.

(a) In the space below, draw a labelled diagram of the apparatus set up to demonstrate
electromagnetic induction.

[2]

(b) State one way of using the apparatus to produce an induced current.
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(c) Explain why your method produces an induced current.

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(d) Without changing the apparatus, state what must be done to produce

(i) an induced current in the opposite direction to the original current,

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(ii) a larger induced current.

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6. For each of the following, give the name of an element from Period 3 (sodium to argon), which
matches the description.

(a) An element which is gaseous at room temperature and pressure

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(b) An element that is added to water to kill bacteria

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(c) An element that forms a basic oxide of the type XO

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(d) An element used as an inert atmosphere in lamps

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(e) An element that forms an amphoteric oxide

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(f) An element that reacts vigorously with cold water to produce hydrogen

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7. 0.85g of carbon reacts with oxygen to form 2.96g of an oxide.

(a) calculate the mass of oxygen that reacted.

mass of oxygen=.......................................g [1]

(b) calculate the number of moles of oxygen atoms that reacted.

Moles of oxygen atoms=................................[2]

(c)calculate the number of moles of carbon atoms that reacted.

Moles of carbon atoms………………………..[2]

Deduce the empirical formula for the oxide of carbon.

[2]

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8. Molten potassium bromide can be electrolysed using the apparatus shown.

Figure 8.1

(a) Predict the products of this electrolysis at the

(i)positive electrode (anode),.................................................................................................................

(ii)negative electrode (cathode)...........................................................................................................[2]

(b) (i) Explain why graphite electrodes are used in this electrolysis.

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(ii) Give one other use of graphite.

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(c) When chlorine is bubbled through an aqueous solution of potassium bromide, the solution turns
red-brown in colour. Which substance causes the red-brown colour?
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(d) Silver nitrate decomposes when heated. One of the products is nitrogen dioxide. State one
adverse effect of nitrogen dioxide on health.

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9. (a) in an experiment,120cm³ of methane, measured at room temperature and pressure, was burnt
in excess oxygen. the equation for the reaction is

𝐂𝐇𝟒 + 𝟐𝐎𝟐 𝐂𝐎𝟐 + 𝟐𝐇𝟐 𝐎

(i)calculate the number of moles in 120cm³ of methane.

(1mole of gas occupies 24000cm³)

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(ii)use the equation and your answer to (a)(i) to calculate the number of moles of oxygen that
reacted.

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(iii)calculate the volume of oxygen, measured at room temperature and pressure, that reacted with
120cm³ of methane.

volume=……………………………..cm³[1]

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(b) The burning of methane is an example of an exothermic reaction.

(i) What is an exothermic reaction?

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(ii) Give another example of an exothermic reaction other than burning in oxygen.

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10. (a) Natural gas and petroleum (crude oil) are fossil fuels.

(i) Name one other fossil fuel

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(ii) Name the main constituent of natural gas.

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(iii) Name the gas in air that reacts with fuels when they burn.
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(b) Petroleum is a mixture of hydrocarbons.

Fig. 6.1 shows the industrial apparatus used to separate petroleum into useful products.

Figure 10.1

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(i) Name the process used to separate petroleum into useful products.
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(ii) State the meaning of the term hydrocarbon

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(c) Ethanol, C2 H5 OH and hydrocarbons burn to form carbon dioxide and one other product during
complete combustion.

(i) Name the other product. .............................................................................................................. [1]

(ii) Complete the diagram to show the structure of a molecule of ethanol.

[2]

11 (a) Define the term enzyme.

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(b) Lipase is involved in the breakdown of fats.

State the two products of fat digestion.

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(c) Digested foods are absorbed into the blood and carried to the liver. Through which blood vessel
do they travel?

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(d) What happens to excess glucose when it reaches the liver?

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(e) Fig. 3.2 also shows a diagram of part of the human alimentary canal and associated organs. On
Fig. 3.2, draw label lines with letters to show:

E where hydrochloric acid is made F where bile is made

G where amylase is made H where egestion occurs.

(c) (i) State where digested food is absorbed.

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12. A student investigated the rate of oxygen uptake during aerobic respiration in woodlice.
Woodlice are arthropods.

(a) State the word equation for aerobic respiration.

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(b) Fig. 12.1 shows the apparatus the student used. Soda lime absorbs carbon dioxide.
When the tap is closed air cannot move into or out of the apparatus. The coloured liquid moves when
the tap is closed.

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Figure 12.1

Table 12.1 shows the results of this investigation.

Table 12. 1

(i) Explain why the coloured liquid moves towards the woodlice during the investigation.

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(ii) Suggest why it is important that the temperature of the apparatus did not exceed 40°C.

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(iii) Respiration releases energy.

State two uses of energy in the body of a human.

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13 (a) State one adaptive feature of an egg cell and one adaptive feature of a sperm.

Egg
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sperm........................................................................................................................................................
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(b) Some actions can damage the health of a fetus during pregnancy. State two actions a woman
should avoid during pregnancy.
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(c) Fig. 13.1 shows a fetus in its mother’s body shortly before it is born.

Figure 13.1

(i) State the functions of the placenta.

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(ii) Describe two events, other than pain, that occur in the mother’s body during the process of labor
and birth. 1
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14 (a) Define the term drug.

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(b) State the name of one lung disease linked to smoking cigarettes.
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(c) Alcohol is a drug. State the name of the organ in the body that breaks down alcohol.
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(d)State two long term effects of drinking too much alcohol for a long time.

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(d) State the name of the group of drugs that are used to treat bacterial infections.
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