Science Paper 1 - Retrieval Questions
Questions
1. What is the function of the mitochondria?
2. Which part of the cell controls the activities of the cell?
3. Name the type of cell that does not have a nucleus.
4. What is the function of ribosomes?
5. Which type of cell carries electrical impulses in animals?
6. What does 'diffusion' mean?
7. Name one factor that affects the rate of diffusion.
8. What is the function of the red blood cell?
9. Why do red blood cells not have a nucleus?
10. Which enzyme breaks down starch?
11. What is the test for starch?
12. What colour does iodine turn if starch is present?
13. What is the role of bile?
14. What is the main site of photosynthesis in a plant?
15. What gas is taken in during photosynthesis?
16. What is the relative charge of a proton?
17. What is the relative mass of a neutron?
18. What is the charge of an electron?
19. What does the atomic number tell you?
20. What does the mass number tell you?
21. What is an isotope?
22. Who developed the nuclear model of the atom?
23. What type of ions do metals form?
24. What type of ions do non-metals form?
25. What is ionic bonding?
26. What is covalent bonding?
27. Name one property of ionic compounds.
28. Why do simple covalent molecules have low melting points?
29. What is meant by the term 'polymer'?
30. What is the main difference between diamond and graphite in terms of bonding?
31. What is the modern periodic table arranged in order of?
32. What are group 1 elements called?
33. What are group 7 elements called?
34. What are group 0 elements called?
35. Why are noble gases unreactive?
36. What is the unit of mass?
37. What is the unit of force?
38. What is the unit of energy?
39. What is the formula for speed?
40. What is the formula for density?
41. What is the unit of density?
42. What is the formula for work done?
43. State the equation that links force, mass, and acceleration.
44. What is the unit of power?
45. What happens to particles when a solid melts?
46. What is the word equation for gravitational potential energy?
47. What is the equation for kinetic energy?
48. What is the law of conservation of energy?
49. What does efficiency measure?
50. What is the maximum value efficiency can have?
Answers
1. Releases energy through respiration.
2. Nucleus.
3. Bacterial cell.
4. Protein synthesis.
5. Nerve cell (neuron).
6. The movement of particles from an area of high concentration to low concentration.
7. Temperature, concentration gradient, surface area.
8. Carries oxygen around the body.
9. To provide more space for haemoglobin.
10. Amylase.
11. Iodine test.
12. Blue-black.
13. Neutralises stomach acid and emulsifies fats.
14. Chloroplast.
15. Carbon dioxide.
16. +1.
17. 1.
18. -1.
19. Number of protons (and electrons).
20. Number of protons + neutrons.
21. Atoms of the same element with different numbers of neutrons.
22. Rutherford.
23. Positive ions (cations).
24. Negative ions (anions).
25. Transfer of electrons between metals and non-metals.
26. Sharing of electrons between non-metals.
27. High melting/boiling points, conduct electricity when molten/dissolved.
28. Weak intermolecular forces require little energy to overcome.
29. A long chain molecule made of repeating units (monomers).
30. Diamond: each carbon bonded to 4 atoms; Graphite: each carbon bonded to 3 atoms with
layers.
31. Atomic number.
32. Alkali metals.
33. Halogens.
34. Noble gases.
35. They have full outer electron shells.
36. Kilogram (kg).
37. Newton (N).
38. Joule (J).
39. Speed = distance ÷ time.
40. Density = mass ÷ volume.
41. kg/m³ or g/cm³.
42. Work done = force × distance.
43. Force = mass × acceleration.
44. Watt (W).
45. Particles gain energy, move further apart, and change from fixed to flowing arrangement.
46. GPE = mass × gravitational field strength × height.
47. KE = 0.5 × mass × velocity².
48. Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transferred or stored.
49. The proportion of input energy transferred usefully.
50. 100% (or 1).