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International General Certificate of Secondary Education

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COMBINED SCIENCE 0653/31

Paper 3 (Extended) October/November 2010
1 hour 15 minutes
Candidates answer on the Question Paper.
No Additional Materials are required.

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

Write your Centre number, candidate number and name on all the work you hand in.
Write in dark blue or black pen.
You may use a soft pencil for any diagrams, graphs, tables or rough working.
Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid.
DO NOT WRITE IN ANY BARCODES.

Answer all questions.

A copy of the Periodic Table is printed on page 20.
For Examiner's Use

At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together. 1
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part
question. 2

Total

This document consists of 19 printed pages and 1 blank page.

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1 Fig. 1.1 shows a rock that is falling from the top of a cliff into the river below. For
Examiner's
Use

cliff

falling
rock

river

Fig. 1.1

(a) The rock accelerates downwards at 10 m / s2. The mass of the rock is 4 kg.

Calculate the force pulling the rock downwards.

State the formula that you use and show your working.

formula used

working

[2]

(b) Fig. 1.2 is speed-time graph for the motion of the rock. This graph ignores the effects of
air resistance on the rock.
50

40

30
speed
m/s
20

10

0
0 1 2 3 4 5

time / s

Fig. 1.2

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Calculate the height of the cliff. For

Examiner's
Use
Show your working.

[2]

(c) The rock has an irregular shape.

Describe how you could find the density of an irregularly shaped object such as a rock.
You should state the apparatus you would use and the measurements you would need to
make.

[4]

(d) The rock contains radioactive substances emitting high levels of ionising radiation.

(i) State how the radioactivity could be detected.

[1]

(ii) Explain why it would be dangerous for a person to handle this rock without proper
protection.

[1]

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2 The gray wolf is a predator that lives in North America. For

Examiner's
Use
(a) In Wisconsin, Canada, the wolves’ diet consists mainly of white-tailed deer, beaver,
and snowshoe hares. These all eat plants.

(i) Construct a food web including all the organisms mentioned above.

[3]

(ii) State what the arrows in your food web represent.

[1]

(iii) With reference to your answers to (i) and (ii), suggest why wolves are rarer than
white-tailed deer.

[2]

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(b) People used to shoot gray wolves, because the wolves kill sheep on farms and deer For
that people like to hunt. Examiner's
Use

In 1978, a conservation programme for gray wolves began in Wisconsin and people
were no longer allowed to shoot them.

Some people in Wisconsin are opposed to the wolf conservation programme.

Discuss the arguments for and against conserving the gray wolf.

[3]

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3 (a) Copper metal reacts with oxygen gas to form copper oxide. Table 3.1 shows For
information about two different types of copper oxide. Examiner's
Use

Table 3.1

name colour chemical formula

copper(II) oxide black CuO

copper(I) oxide red Cu2O

(i) Copper is a transition metal.

State one property, shown in Table 3.1, which is typical of transition metals.

[1]

(ii) The formula of the oxide ion is O2-.

Use the formula of copper(I) oxide to deduce the charge on the copper ion in this
compound.

Show your working.

[2]

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(b) Fig. 3.1 shows apparatus used in the electrolysis of copper chloride solution. For
Examiner's
Use
– power +
supply
switch

Fig. 3.1

(i) On the diagram, label clearly the anode and the electrolyte. [2]

(ii) Copper chloride solution contains copper ions and chloride ions.

When the switch in Fig. 3.1 is closed, bubbles of chlorine gas form at the anode
and copper metal forms at the cathode.

Explain these observations in terms of ions, electrons and atoms.

[4]

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4 (a) Fig. 4.1 shows a ray of light hitting a mirror. The angle of incidence is 50°. For
Examiner's
Use

air

mirror

Fig. 4.1

On Fig. 4.1

(i) use a ruler to draw and label the reflected ray, [1]

(ii) use a ruler to draw and label the normal, [1]

(iii) label the angle of incidence. [1]

(b) Fig. 4.2 shows the wave traces made by three sounds.

trace A trace B trace C

Fig. 4.2

(i) On the grid below, draw the trace of a sound wave which has twice the frequency
of trace A.

[1]

(ii) On the grid below, draw the trace of a sound wave which has half the amplitude of
trace A.

[1]

(iii) Which two traces in Fig. 4.2 show sounds with the same loudness?

[1]

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5 In jet engines, hydrocarbon molecules from the jet fuel mix with air and burn. This releases For
a large amount of energy and produces a mixture of waste gases. These waste gases pass Examiner's
Use
out through the back of the jet engine into the atmosphere.

waste gases

air
jet engine

(a) Fig. 5.1 shows a molecule of octane, which is a typical hydrocarbon molecule in jet
fuel.

octane
key
carbon atom

hydrogen atom

Fig. 5.1

(i) State the chemical formula of octane.

[1]

(ii) Complete the word equation below for the complete combustion of octane.

octane + +

[2]

(b) Air contains the element nitrogen, N2.

(i) State the number of outer electrons in a single nitrogen atom.

[1]

(ii) Complete the bonding diagram below to show how the outer electrons are
arranged around the atoms in a nitrogen molecule.

N N

[2]

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(c) Table 5.1 shows information about some metallic materials. For
Examiner's
Use
Table 5.1

material strength density

mild steel very high very high

aluminium low low

duralumin
very high low
(an aluminium alloy)

Duralumin is used in the manufacture of aircraft.

Explain why the properties of this material make it suitable for this purpose.

[2]

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6 Fig. 6.1 shows a generalised reflex arc. For

Examiner's
Use
neurone
Y

neurone central nervous neurone

X system Z

receptor effector

Fig. 6.1

(a) Name the neurones labelled X, Y and Z.

Z [3]

(b) A student hears a sudden, loud bang. Receptors in his ear respond to the sound by
generating electrical impulses in neurone X. These impulses travel along the reflex arc,
eventually reaching an effector.

Suggest what the effector could be in this reflex, and how it would respond.

effector

response [2]

(c) Another reflex action involves the secretion of saliva into the mouth, in response to the
smell of food. Saliva contains the enzyme amylase.

(i) Describe the role of amylase in the digestion of food.

[2]

(ii) Explain why it is necessary for most types of food that we eat to be digested.

[2]

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(iii) On the axes below, sketch a curve to show how the activity of amylase from For
human saliva would vary with temperature. Examiner's
Use

activity of
amylase

0 10 20 30 40 50 60

temperature / °C

[2]

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7 (a) A student set up the electric circuit in Fig. 7.1. For

Examiner's
Use
It contains three lamps L1, L2 and L3.

It contains three switches S1, S2 and S3.

S1

S3

L1 L3

L2

S2

Fig. 7.1

In Table 7.1 write the words ‘on’ or ‘off’ to show when each lamp is lit or not lit for each
set of switch positions.

Table 7.1

switch position lamp ‘on’ or ‘off’

S1 S2 S3 L1 L2 L3
closed closed closed

closed closed open

closed open open

[3]

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(b) Fig. 7.2 shows an electrical device. For

Examiner's
Use

primary coil
secondary coil
20 turns
200 turns
23 V a.c.

Fig. 7.2

(i) Name the device.

[1]

(ii) Calculate the output voltage.

State the formula that you use and show your working.

formula used

working

[2]

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(c) Fig. 7.3 shows a simple a.c. generator. For

Examiner's
coil Use

N S

a.c.
slip rings output

Fig. 7.3

Describe and explain how the generator works. Your answer should refer to

• how a voltage is generated,

• why an alternating voltage is generated,

• why slip rings are used.

[4]

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8 (a) Explain why plants need light for photosynthesis. For

Examiner's
Use

[2]

(b) A student fixed a piece of black paper over a leaf, which was still attached to the plant.
He left the plant in the sun for two days.

He then removed the leaf from the plant and tested it for starch, after removing the
black paper.

Fig. 8.1 shows the leaf before and after he did the starch test.

black
paper

before testing after testing

Fig. 8.1

Complete the diagram of the leaf after testing in Fig. 8.1, using labels to show the
colours of each part. Do not colour the diagram. [2]

(c) In daylight, plant leaves take in carbon dioxide and give out oxygen. In darkness, they
take in oxygen and give out carbon dioxide.

Explain why this happens.

[3]

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9 Fig. 9.1 shows the apparatus a student used to measure the rate of reaction between some For
powdered metal and dilute hydrochloric acid. Examiner's
Use

test-tube full
of water

conical
flask

1.0 g powdered water

metal

dilute
hydrochloric acid

Fig. 9.1

When the student tilted the conical flask, the acid mixed with the powdered metal. Any
gas which was produced collected in the test-tube, pushing the water out. The student
used a stopwatch to measure the time taken for the test-tube to fill with gas.

(a) (i) Name the gas produced when metals react with dilute acid.

[1]

(ii) State the formula of the ion that is present in all dilute acid solutions.

[1]

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(b) The student used apparatus like that in Fig. 9.1 to compare the rates of reaction
between dilute hydrochloric acid and three powdered metals, X, Y and Z.

The results the student obtained are shown in Table 9.1.

Table 9.1

time for gas to fill the

metal mass of metal / g
test-tube / seconds
X 1.0 154

Y 1.0 28

Z 1.0 76

(i) The student was careful to ensure that the only variable (factor) which differed
between the experiments was the type of metal.

State two variables, other than the mass and surface area of the metals, that the
student must keep the same in each experiment.

2 [2]

(ii) Explain how the results show that the rate of reaction was the lowest when metal X
was used.

[1]

(iii) The student repeated the experiment with metal Y but this time he used a single
piece of metal which had a mass of 1.0 g.

State how the rate of reaction would differ from the experiment in which 1.0 g of
powdered metal was used. Explain your answer in terms of the collisions between
the surface of the metal and ions in the solution.

[3]

(c) When magnesium reacts with dilute hydrochloric acid, HCl, one of the products is
magnesium chloride, MgCl2.

Construct a balanced symbolic equation for this reaction.

[2]

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DATA SHEET
The Periodic Table of the Elements
Group
I II III IV V VI VII 0
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

publisher will be pleased to make amends at the earliest possible opportunity.

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
20

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

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37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54

133 137 139 178 181 184 186 190 192 195 197 201 204 207 209

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

226 227
Fr Ra Ac

Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), which is itself a department of the University of Cambridge.
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
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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