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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE LOCAL EXAMINATIONS SYNDICATE
General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level
There are forty questions on this paper. Answer all questions. For each question there are four possible
answers A, B, C and D.
Choose the one you consider correct and record your choice in soft pencil on the separate Answer Sheet.
Each correct answer will score one mark. A mark will not be deducted for a wrong answer.
Any rough working should be done in this booklet.
A copy of the Periodic Table is printed on page 16.
o 5 10
2 The graph shows how the distance travelled by a car changes with time.
z
distance
Ol...oo:::::::.....-------------l~
o time
10
speed
m/s / \
5 / \
/ \
o V \
o 10 20 30 40 50 60
time/s
What was the distance travelled by the car during the time when it was moving at a steady
speed?
Which pair of forces acting on the object causes the greatest acceleration?
A B
BON 20N BON 20N
) ) ) (
C o
BON 40N BON 40N
( ( ( :>
.. F
piston
pivot
40cm
6 A boat pulls a fishing net with some fish for 5 km. The force it has to apply is 20 000 N.
What is the work done in pulling the net with the fish?
7 A substance consists of particles that are close together and moving past each other at random.
The average speed of the particles is gradually increasing.
A a liquid boiling
8 The diagram shows a copper box filled with boiling water. The outside surface of each side is
different.
dull white
dull black ~
_/ ,
o_··_...· _.. ·······f-···--·_··
~--+----7 shiny black
shiny white
A dull black
B dull white
C shiny black
o shiny white
8
9 An X-ray machine uses X-rays of wavelength 10-10 m. They travel with a speed of 3 x 10 m / s.
A 0.3 x 10-18 Hz
B 3.0 x 10-2 Hz
C 0.3 x 102 Hz
o 3.0 x 10 18 Hz
B radio sound
C sound light
11 The diagram shows a patient having her eyes tested. A chart with letters on it is placed behind
her and she sees the chart reflected in a plane mirror.
2m 3m
·I~ ·1
,patient chart
L~~~
I~~O
~~
~~
How far away from the patient is the image of the chart?
A 2m B 4m C 5m D 7m
12 Which of the following, in the electromagnetic spectrum, has the shortest wavelength?
A gamma rays
B microwaves
C radiowaves
D ultra-violet
13 The diagram shows a displacement-time curve produced by a sound wave of amplitude 2 units.
displacement
+2
O-f--~---T-....,.--+---r--tr--~--r" time
-2
displacement
+2
+1
A O~-~-..,,-....,.-~r----r--T--~---,,- time
-1
-2
displacement
+2
+1
B 0 -+----1t---+--+--+-+-~f----+--T'"" time
-1
-2
displacement
+4
+2
C 0-+--+----+--+--+---+--1--+----.- time
-2
-4
displacement
+4
+2
o 0 -+--...------\--~-f--r----1t----r--"T"" time
-2
-4
15 The diagram shows a cell connected in series with an ammeter and three resistors (100, 200,
300). The circuit can be completed by a moveable contact M.
16 A student measures the current in a lamp and the p.d. across the lamp.
A B
C D
17 The circuit diagrams show identical pieces of resistance wire X connected to the same cell in
different ways.
In which circuit will the cell lose its energy the fastest?
A B
,.------1"1--------.
II
-0 -0------
X X X
C 0
II
P
X X
,.. ,..
~ ~
,.. ,..
~ ~
X X
X
19 Two bar magnets are placed near each other with their poles as shown. A student plots the
resultant magnetic field with a compass. The Earth's magnetic field can be ignored.
At which point does the compass point towards the top of the page?
eA eB
ec
eo
conductor
21 A student intends to measure the rate of the reaction between a stated volume of hydrochloric
acid and a lump of calcium carbonate.
A B
flask and
stopwatch syringe
C D
50
40
30
20
10
measuring thermometer
cylinder
compound X
excess
HN0 3 (aq)
r_-----A- - - - - - - - - "
B +
colourless
solution
NaOH(aq
,
white precipitate
which dissolves in
excess NaOH(aq)
What is compound X?
A aluminium sulphate
B calcium carbonate
C copper(II) carbonate
D zinc carbonate
C They all have the same number of electrons in their outer shells.
Which volume of hydrogen at r.t.p. is produced if 6 9 of magnesium reacts with an excess of the
acid?
3
C 12dm
26 20 cm 3 of aqueous 1.0 mol / dm 3 lithium hydroxide exactly neutralise 40 cm 3 of aqueous 0.25 mol /
dm 3 sulphuric acid.
Which set of conditions will give the fastest initial rate of production of oxygen?
concentration temperature of H2 0 2
of H 2 0 2 solution solution
mol/dm 3 °C
A 0.5 28
B 1.0 24
C 1.5 28
0 1.5 30
29 Substance X produces iodine from aqueous potassium iodide and changes acidified aqueous
potassium dichromate(VI) from orange to green.
A 5 B 7 C 9 o 11
31 Magnesium sulphate cannot be prepared in the laboratory by the reaction of dilute sulphuric acid
with
A magnesium.
B magnesium carbonate.
e magnesium chloride.
o magnesium oxide.
element W X Y Z
atomic number 7 14 15 18
Which two elements are in the same group of the Periodic Table?
A caesium
B lithium
C potassium
o rubidium
34 The diagrams show the reactions of three different metals with dilute hydrochloric acid.
bubbles of
hydrogen
W X Y
35 Which of the following explains why recycling ensures that metals will be available in the future?
36 In which list are the major components of the atmosphere placed in order of increasing
abundance?
H H
\ /
C=C
/ \
CH 3 Cl
Which structure shows a part of the polymer chain formed from three molecules of the monomer?
H H H H H H
I I I I I I
A -C-C-C-C-C-C-
I I I I I I
CH 3 CH 3 Cl Cl CH 3 CH 3
H H H H H H
I I I I I I
B -C-C-C-C-C-C-
I I I I I I
CH 3 Cl CH 3 Cl CH 3 Cl
Cl H Cl H Cl H
I I I I I I
c -C-C-C-C-C-C-
I I I I I I
CH 3 CH 3 CH 3 CH 3 CH 3 CH 3
H Cl H Cl H Cl
I I I I I I
0 -C-C-C-C-C-C-
I I I I I I
H CH 3 H CH 3 H CH 3
H He
Hydrogen Helium
1 2
7 9 11 12 14 16 19 20
Li Be B C N 0 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 5i P 5 Cl Ar
Sodium Magnesium Aluminium Silicon Phosphorus Sulphur 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 5c 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 5r Y Zr Nb Mo Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag Cd In 5n 5b Te I Xe
Rubidium Strontium Yttrium Zirconium Niobium Molybdenum Technetium Ruiheniurn 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
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 Rhemum Osmium Iridium P1alinum 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
Francium Radium Actinium
87 88 89 r
140 141 144 150 152 157 159 162 165 167 169 173 175
*58-71 Lanthanoid series
r90-1 03 Actinoid series Ce Pr Nd Pm 5m Eu Gd Tb Dy Ho Er Tm Yb Lu
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
D
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 dm 3 at room temperature and pressure (r.t.p.).