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AY 2023-24 GRADE 10
INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 120
• The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].
• The Periodic Table is printed in the question paper.
• This document has 28 pages. A blank page is indicated.
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Physics
(b ) A student investigates the effect of temperature on the rate of photosynthe sis of an aquatic
plant.
The student counts the number of bubbles produced per minute at different temperature s.
The number of bubbles produced per minute is an indication of the rate of photosynthe sis.
Table 1.1
teri'lperature / 0
c number of bubbles produced per minute
0 . 0
5
6
10
9
15
13
20
16
25
18
30 17
35 9
40 0
(i)
w
State the temperature that resulted in the fastest rate of photosynthe sis. rf'\
·· · · ~ · ·Y',-; ··Y. . ... .. . . .. . . .. . . ... .. . .. .. °C [1]
(ii) Place ticks next to all the statements that explain the results between 0 °C and 1 0 0
c.
The kinetic energy of the particles increases.
.....-
There are more frequent collisions between the substrate and enzyme. I
' i.....-
Fewer substrate molecules fit into the active site of enzymes.
The temperature affects the pH of the enzymes.
The numbe r of bubbles increases as more substrate is produced.
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1b [2]
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2 (a) Table 2.1 shows some information about the charges a.nd relative masses of th ree subatomic
particles.
Table 2.1
charge +1 no charge -1
relative mass 1
1 1
1840
Use the information in Table 2.1 to state the names of particles A, B and C.
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particle B ... : ..h . ~.......~ ·~_;;,;;;r·················· ································· ························
particle C J)).,-e.
·· ····· ······ ··············· ································································································
[3]
(b) Fig. 2.1 shows a diagram of an atom of magnesium.
nucleus
Fig. 2.1
(i) State why this atom of magnesium has a proton number (atomic number) of 12 and a
nucleon number (mass number) of 24.
Explain the difference in the melting points of magnesium oxide and water in terms of
attractive forces.
In an experiment, 2.0g of magnesium oxide reacts with excess dilute hydrochloric acid.
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. . . efore the player hits the ball.
3 Fig. 3.1 shows a tennis player throwing a ball in the air b
0
Fig. 3.1
(a) The ball has a mass of 56.25g and is thrown vertically upwards with a velocity of 8.0m/s.
!?or) \ c(
kinetic energy" .... ........ c§.:. . . . .. . . . . . J [3]
(ii) The tennis player notices that the ball has a velocity of zero when it reaches its maximum
height. ·
Name the form of energy stored by the ball at its maximum height.
Fig. 3.2
t
Calculate the force applied to the ball by the racket.
a ::: f:-y.yvv l-
<"'
fhm-:; F x "56-2-6'
%-'lb
--;. ;::
·c 6·. · · · ·
J
force= N [2]
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(c) A student removes one of the nylon strings from the racket to investigate how it deforms
when tensile forces are applied.
a-----nylon string
pointer
mass hanger
Fig. 3.3
The student adds masses to the mass hanger and records the extension of the nylon string.
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70
11 t- -- rr· .
- , --+ ++-
60 I
force I N ··1 ,_
.
- -
50
-
40
30 I+ - - - ¥
-
i., ' - - ,
20 I- -
-
"'
I
10
I- - -
- ,-- - - -
0
0 2 3 4 5 6 7
\
extension/ mm
Fig. 3 .4
(i) Use Fig. 3.4 to find the force required to give an extension of 3 mm.
(iii) Describe how the graph in Fig . 3.4 shows that the nylon string does not obey Hooke's
law.
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4 (a) A person monitored the concentration of glucose in their blood for 12 hours.
concentration
of glucose
in the blood L
2 7
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0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
time/hours
Fig. 4.1
(i) The concentration of glu~ose in the blood increases rapidly after a meal is eaten .
Suggest the number of meals the person had during the 2 hours.
(ii) Complete the sentences to explain the results between 2 and 3 hours.
(c) Name the term used to describe the mechanism that is used to return blood glucose
concentrations to a normal level.
N~W!~ (D 1~1
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ID ·
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L-gasoline
..,.....,, -naphtha
~-kerosene
.7
•_. . .:-C-
-diesel oil
fuel oil
heated -
petroleum
~-bitumen
hot (350 °C)
Fig. 5.1
(a) Explain why it is possible to separate the s tances in petroleum by fractional distillation .
Table 5.1
fraction use
naphtha
diesel oil
bitumen
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(c) But ane is a hyd roc arb on fou
nd in the refinery gas fraction
.
Co mp lete Fig . 5.2 to sho w
the structu re of a butane mo
lecule.
Sh ow all the cov ale nt bon
ds.
H B
I I I
-H -----. C - C. - C
I I
H +-I 4-I
Fig . 5.2
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(f) T he rea ctio n of hyd rog en
wit h oxy gen to ma ke wa ter
is ano the r exo the rmi c reactio
n.
Loo k at the equ atio n for
this rea ctio n . It sho ws all
the ato ms and all the bonds.
l ~
(i) Pu t a
+H ~
pla ce .
8
+
[ ]
1
(ii) Exp lain wh y the rea ctio n
of hyd rog en with oxy gen
is exo the rmi c.
Us e ide as abo ut bon d bre
aki ng and bon d ma~
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r .
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es listed .
(a) Electricity may be obtained using the sourc
fossil fuels
geothermal
solar
tidal
non-renewable
wind
~tat:;ciht~=~es
I (i)
............. .................... .
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. le a.c. generator.
(c) Fig. 6.1 shows a diagram of a s1mp
coil
a.c. output'
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Fig. 6.1
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N
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{/ .."·~........ , .. .. . CJ.¥.~ ',,(f.~.L ..
. : . : : :: : : :°. :~ -: . . : : . : · ;~;
(ii) On the grid provided in Fig. 6.2, sketch a graph of voltage ou
generator.
voltage
output
Fig. 6.2
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F
•
E
/./1---- - - A
• 0 •
Fig. 7.1
(a) Identify the letter that repreS'l:lnts the part in Fig. 7.1:
(c) The part labelled Bin Fig. 7.1 is responsible for translocation.
(ii) Name the two main substances transported by the part labelled B.
Place in the boxes to show the correct features of transpiratio n and translocat ion.
Table 7.1
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chips (calcium carbonate) and dilute
A scientist investigates the reaction between marble
hydrochloric acid.
L
3 of dilute hydrochloric acid.
The scientist uses 20 g of marble chips and 40 cm
beaker- - - - - - ;
3
00
0
- t - - - - - 40 cm dilute
hydrochloric acid
- =-~1-:::.....-::::::;;;,,::::=;::::=='==:T
marb le---- c-=-==
chips
' (146.2g) f----- balance
Fig. 8.1
0.6
'
H- 1-i- ,,..
0.5 I ' ' '
'
' It H
H-
'' I I
'
0.4
loss in
mass
lg 0.3 '
' '
·- - I
0.1
-
•T· •· --
+ . - H -
I+ -L
nt
0.0 240
0 40 80 120 160 200 280
time I seconds
Fig. 8.2
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(a) (i) Us e Fig . 8 .2 to sta te the
los s in ma ss aft er 40 se nd
co s·
IOS SI·n ma ss-- .... .... .. 0., .... .... . . ........................ 9 (11
\ (ii) Us e Fig . 8.2 to sta te ho
w lon g it tak es for the rea ctio n to sto p.
\b) The scientist does the experiment again. tim e= ·······r·f._··:. . . . . . . nd5 1
seco []
Th is tim e the sci en tist
us es dilu te hyd roc hlo ric
firs t exp eri me nt. aci d wh ich is less conc
entrated tha n in the
Th e rea ctio n is slo we
r.
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(c) tM :.:..... .................... (2]
Ca rbo n dio xid e ga s is
ma de in the rea ctio n .
Sta te the ch e~ ica l tes
t an d its po siti ve res ult
f o ~ e gas
.
tes t .... .... ... f.:.A1:01t ....~
. ...........:......... ............. ..... ......... .........
.............. .......... ..........
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-·u ............... ........................ .
(d) In thi s ex pe rim en t, Q.4
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7 g of car bo n dio xid e
ga s is .m ad e.
Ca lcu lat e the vo lum e
oc cu pie d by 0.4 7 g of
car bo n dio xid e ga s.
Th e mo lar ga s vo lum
e at 25 °C is 24 dm 3 .
Sh ow yo ur wo rki ng .
. -
(Ar : C , 12; 0 , 16 ]
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.
9 is part of the electromagnetic spectrum
Visible light is a transverse wave and
e wave .
(a) State what is meant by a transvers
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1 . ..
glass
air
Fig. 9.1
block. [2]
the ray takes through and out of the
(i) Complete Fig. 9.1 to show the path
it enters the glass
L.
what happens to the ray of light as
(ii) State the term used to describe
\ bl~Cb~ •
.B£.~ ...\f. ..
....... .................. .....................
. [1]
.~.... ..fu. ~ ... ... ,tM1P.( ..
\
20
-r
T ©-
L----
Fig. 9.2
(d) Fig g 3 shows tw:lam:~ i:ntical to the to::~:~P,'~~n~::~ .... ,......... W [2]
Fig. 9.3
,-~
& = .u-
~~ x30
chargy @ . ..-.'................... u n i t = - ~
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40 L-
. - HH
35
30
- - -
25 - -,
I..L -- .!-
number of -l--
:J"..
people
20 '-- ... + -T
15 -
-
,.
10 --- -- ..
5
--
0 0
A AB B
blood group
Fig. 10.1
(i) State the total number of people who had their blood group recorded. CD
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(ii) Describe the evidence in Fig. 10.1 that shows blood group is an example of discontinuous
variation.
platel et
blood clotting
- - -- -- -- ,
red blo od ce ll
tra ns po rt of ions, solub
le nutrients and horm
ones
w hit e blo od ce ll
• transport of oxygen
_
',. .,....
(c) De sc rib e tw o wa ys the
str uc ture o red blood cell is adap
ted to its function .
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ic Table.
nt in Gro up I of th e Pe riod
So diu m , Na , is an ele me
stru ctu re 2.8 .1.
So diu m has the ele ctro nic
sod ium ion s, Na +.
(a) So diu m ato ms can form
chl orid e ion s, cz-.
Ch lori ne ato ms can form
ion and a chl orin e ato m
of ele ctro r1s, how a sod ium ato m for ms a sod ium
De scr ibe , in term s
form s a chl orid e ion .
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....!.t-...B7.f.P..ee....+~c#. .....
... ...
sod ium ato m
...~ ~
····· ······ · ························
.. .....lo ... .... ....0... ..C.O.¥W !: ....
. ,
..~ .e.ch,.QV\: ..fo ..
.. ...Ul . . ... .. .
chl orin e ato m .. . \J ....')~ (?Q .t.~ ... M
.......... ......... .
..... ..... .... .................... ............................. .......... ......... ..... [1]
... ..:....................
\
De term ine the form ula of
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f1J
.................... ..... Ai. ..tL3 .......... ..........
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( d) Fig. 11 .1 shows the apparatus used to extract a Ium inium from alumin ium ore.
steel case
carbon cathod e
molten alumini um
Fig. 11.1
s
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t'l'\.4&l-t.
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1
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I
2Cu0 + C 2Cu + CO
2
C arbon is the reducin g agent in this reactio.n.
.1/.(due.:,r .--~
\ ::r.UtMJ.~ ....i ....
--h k ---~ ---. w.w.-~- ~
... J:f ..:fu:~...CA.. ..~ & . ~ ... ~ f . . ~ .. : ........... ...... [1]
--""'·"'········
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30
speed
m/ s
5..n:1mmmr:1+1:m+1++++H-r1
1. H-H-Hitttm
- i.,!., 1
0
0 50 100
time/s
150 200
j
Fig. 12.1
(a) Use Fig. 12.1 to calculate the distance travelled by the train in the first 100 s.
-;:- _!.,._6),..V\..•
Z--
(b) Use Fig. 12.1 to calculate the acceleration of the train from Os to 100 s.
Cl::= V-Ll
(c) Use Fig. 12.1 to describe the motion of the train from 100 s to 200 s.
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(d) Fig. 12.2 shows the forces acting on the train when it is travelling at constant
speed.
1.96 x 106 N
1.96 x 106 N
(i)
6 . ... . . 111
(ii) Calculate the mass of the train.
\
W-::-
On sunny days, the inside of the train can get very hot.
Explain why painting the train white would reduce the heating effect.
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