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#1. What is this component?
#2. What is an electrical fault?
#3. What is the name of the phase change from liquid to gas?
#4. Why did Ernest Rutherford's experiments with gold foil demonstrate that most of atoms consists of empty space?
#5. What state of matter has particles which are close together and move around each other?
#6. Which theory do we use to describe states of matter?
#7. Which of the following is an advantage of crude oil?
#8. What is the approximate radius of an atom?
#9. How is renewable energy usage changing as a percentage of total energy production worldwide?
#10. What do we call energy that is stored inside atoms?
#11. Radon gas diffuses out of soil and rocks and may build up in houses. What steps can we take to reduce the risk of radon gas in the home?
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#12. Which of the following is a disadvantage of wind energy generation?
#13. Find the volume of a silver block that has a mass of 159g and a density of 10.49 g/cm³. Give your answer in cm³ and to 1 decimal place.
#14. How can we upgrade our windows to reduce heat loss?
#15. Which process transfers heat using electromagnetic waves?
#16. Is nuclear fusion renewable?
#17. Which of the following is the source of coal?
#18. What is the function of a cell?
#19. What is the function of an LED?
#20. Using the equation ρ = m/V, calculate the density of a gold bar that has a mass of 25kg and a volume of 0.0013m³. Answer to 1 decimal place and give your answer in kg/m³. ? The units for density are kg/m³, do not include them in your answer
#21. Which factors affect the amount of radon in the air?
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#22. What is this Sankey Diagram showing?
#23. What is potential difference measured in?
#24. What is the source of energy for the sun?
#25. What is the name of the phase change from gas to liquid?
#26. What is this component?
#27. What is the purpose of fuses and circuit breakers?
#28. A train is travelling at 45 miles per hour. The driver puts on the brakes in order to stop at the station. Where is the kinetic energy of the train being transferred to?
#29. Which descriptions are correct?
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#30. Complete the sentence. Power is the rate at which.....
#31. Which greek letter represents density?
#32. What the the most dense state of matter?
#33. Is wind power renewable?
#34. What is this component?
#35. Is nuclear fission renewable?
#36. Is coal renewable?
#37. Does the total amount of current change from the positive to the negative terminal?
Because current is conserved.
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#38. During Ernest Rutherford's experiments with gold foil, why did some of the particles bounce back?
#39. Using the kinetic energy equation - calculate the kinetic energy of a car with a mass of 1200kg travelling at 10 m/s. Include units. ? If you do not remember the kinetic energy equation it is listed below the quiz.
#40. Is oil renewable?
#41. What do we call energy that is stored in objects that are at high altitude?
#42. Which of the following are problems with using biofuels as a replacement for oil?
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#43. Is this a parallel or series circuit?
#44. Which form of radiation is most ionising?
#45. Which process transfers heat through vibrations between particles?
#46. What is the function of a fuse?
#47. Scientists measuring a radioactive source would also be measuring background radiation. How would scientists accurately measure the radioactivity of a source whilst ignoring the influence of background radiation?
#48. Ernest Rutherford fired positive particles at a thin gold foil and showed that most of atoms is empty space. Which particles did he fire at the gold foil?
#49. A GM tube is often connected to a counter which clicks each time radiation is detected. What do we call the number of clicks per second or minute?
#50. What are cosmic rays?
#51. Which of the following are reasons why hydroelectric dams are problematic?
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#52. How can electrons change orbits?
#53. Which of the following is a disadvantage of nuclear fission?
#54. An electric motor does 70,000 J of work in 200 s. Calculate the Power of this action. Include the units and answer to 1d.p ? Do not include your workings in your answer
#55. Are ammeters connected in series or in parallel?
#56. Why do some foods, such as bananas, contribute to your exposure to background radiation?
#57. A student sets up a series circuit that has two filament lamps, a power source and a switch after the first lamp. Can the first lamp be turned off whilst keeping the second lamp on?
#58. Are most light waves visible to the human eye?
#59. Which of the following is an advantage of non-renewable energy sources?
#60. What is the purpose of the live wire in a plug?
#61. Complete the equation for power. Power (W) = work done (J) / ........
#62. What is the mass number of an element?
#63. Is solar power renewable?
#64. What is the name of the phase change from gas to solid?
#65. Are biofuels renewable?
#66. Are gases fluids?
#67. What do we use to slow the rate of heat loss out of a house?
#68. What is the function of a voltmeter?
#69. Cavity walls are often used to reduce heat loss through walls - why is this effective?
#70. What is the function of a diode?
#71. Which of the following is the equation for change in gravitational potential energy?
#72. What are positrons?
#73. Why is it dangerous to connect a live and earth wire?
#74. Ionising radiation can penetrate materials. Which is the correct order of types from least penetrating to most penetrating?
#75. Which device do we usually use to measure the radioactivity of a source?
#76. Conventional current goes from:
#77. Switches are both a functional and a safety component of a circuit. Complete the sentence: When switches are closed, no ........ flows around a circuit.
#78. Is geothermal renewable?
#79. What is this component?
#80. Which of the following things were hypothesised by John Dalton in 1805? ? select 4 answers
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#81. Medical staff often need to monitor their exposure to radiation from things like x-rays. Which device made of photographic film is sometimes worn by medical staff?
#82. Which is the correct definition for renewable energy resources?
#83. Fill in the gap. In a parallel circuit, the current ...... at a junction.
#84. Where is most of the mass of an atom?
#85. What are the units we use for measuring energy?
#86. How is gravitational potential energy stored?
#87. Is coal a fossil fuel?
#88. When a substance changes from a solid to a liquid, what happens to the mass?
Stays the same because there has been no change in the number of particles. We say that the mass has been conserved.
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#89. Which of the following is a disadvantage of solar panels?
#90. Fill in the blank - Thermal conductivity is the ability of a material to conduct or pass on heat through ........ with another material?
#91. What is background radiation?
#92. Energy can be transferred to useful and non-useful forms. Which of the following are non-useful transfers of energy?
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#93. Which of the following is a disadvantage of fossil fuels?
#94. Which scientist proposed the Plum Pudding Model?
#95. Which of the following is the correct equation for density?
#96. What do we call energy that is stored in chemicals?
#97. Which of the following is the source of oil and gas?
#98. How can you reduce the effect of friction in the chain on a bicycle?
#99. Why is the total energy transferred to a kettle's heating element, more than the total energy of the boiled water inside the kettle?
If you could accurately measure the movement of energy, you would always find that all of the energy is transferred. Energy cannot be created or destroyed, this is known as the Law of Conservation of Energy.
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#100. Is natural gas a fossil fuel?
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