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6: SCIENCE : DOUBLE AWARD 0569/03
Paper 3 October/November 2014
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READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST
For Examiner's Use
Write your Centre number, candidate number and name in the spaces provided
at the top of this page. ,l

Write in dark blue or black pen.

You may use a soft pencil for any diagrams, graphs or rough working. 2
Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid.
DO NOT WRITE IN ANY BARCODES. 3

Answer all questions. 4

Write your answers in the spaces provided on the Question Paper.
The number of marks is given in brackets [] at the end of each question or 5
part question.
You may use a calculator. 6

A copy of the Periodic Table is printed on page 20. 7

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1 Fig. 1.1 shows a pendulum clock.

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B l 0"8 cm

Fig. 1.1

A bob of mass 0.025 kg takes 1.0 second to complete one oscillation.

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(a) Define an oscillation.

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(b) Determine the time taken by the bob to move from A to B.

time taken = ....t11

(c) (i) Catculate the potential energy gained by the bob when it moves from B to C.
(g= 1oN/kg)

t
Potential energy = ... l2l
(ii) Calculate the velocity of the bob when it passes point B.

velocitY = l2l
(iii) What assumption did you make in answering (c) (ii)?

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2 Street lamps are connected to a transformer which is supplied voltage from a power station.
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Fig.2.1 shows the type of transformer the lamps are connected to.

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from
power to lamps
station

Fig.2.1

(a) Name the type of transformer shown in Fig. 2.1.

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(b) Explain how the voltage output to the street lamps is produced

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(c) Fig.2.2 shows some identical street lamps connected in parallel.

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A

Fig.2.2

The potential diflerence across lamp A is 240V. Each lamp is marked 40W; 240V

(i) State the value of the potential difference across lamp B.

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(ii) Draw a simple circuit diagram to show how the lamps are connected

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(iii) Suggest one advantage of having the lamps in parallel.

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(iv) Calculate the energy, in joules, converted by each lamp in 12 hours.

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energy 121

(v) Calculate the resistance of each lamp. Use the equation power (P) =
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resistance 121

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3 Fig. 3.1 shows light travelling from air into a glass block of critical angle 42"
The diagram is not drawn to scale.
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Fig.3.1

(a) Name the process occurring at point B

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(h) ln Fig. 3.1, complete the path of the light ray from point G 121

(c) The refractive index of glass is 1.5

Calculate the angle of incidence i.

angle of incidence = ...... .l2l

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4 Fig. 4.1 shows an experimental set-up used to study thermal energy transfer through
different materials. Uniform aluminium and iron blocks were fixed to a copper rod.

coin aluminium block midpoint copper rod wax

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wax iron block

Bunsen burner

Fig.4.1

ldentical coins were attached to the ends of the blocks using wax. After heating the
copper rod for a few minutes, the coin attached to the aluminium block fell down first.
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(a) Name the main method by which thermal energy from the flame reaches the aluminium
block.

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(b) Describe the process by which thermal energy reaches the aluminium block.

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(c) Explain why the copper rod is heated at the midpoint.

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(d) What conclusion can be made from this experiment?

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5 Radioactive iodine is used to trace the flow of blood in the body of a patient
Radioactive iodine ernits gamma radiation.

(a) What is the nature of gamma radiation?

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(b) Suggest two reasons why an emitter of gamma radiation is suitable to be used as a
tracer in the patlent's body.

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(c) State two health hazards of radioactive emissions.

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6 Choose one substance from the list that fits the given descriptions.
You may use each substance once, more than once, or not at all.

sodium carbonate catcium oxide sodium chloride

ammonia nylon chlorine
(a) It reacts with an acid to produce a gas that turns limewater milky.

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(b) lt is used in the manufacture of glass

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(c) lt is a gas that bleaches damp red litmus paper.

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(d) lt is a macromolecular compound

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7 Sodium is an element in Group I of the Periodic Table.
It has the electron configuration of 2,8,1.

(a) State why sodium is in GrouP I

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(b) ln which period is sodium found?

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Explain your answer.

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I (c) State how the sodium atom reacts with atoms of non-metals.

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8 Fig. 8.1 shows a blast furnace used in the extraction of iron.

hot air out

iron ore, limestone
substance W

hot air in

x
Y

Fig. 8.1

(a) (i) Name substance W

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(ii) At which position, X or Y, is molten iron removed?

Give a reason for your answer

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(b) A sample of the oxide of iron in the iron ore was analysed and found to contain 8'49 of
iron and 3.69 of oxygen.
Show, by calculation, that the formula of the oxide contained in the ore is FezOs.
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(c) The iron(III) oxide in the blast furnace is reduced to iron, Fe, as shown by the equation.

FezOg(s)+....... CO(g) --+ ....... Fe(l)+....... COz(g)

(i) Balance the equation by writing numbers in the spaces provided. t1l

(ii) Name the ore that contains iron(III) oxide, Fe2O3.

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(d) Copper(I) oxide, CuzO, can also be reduced using carbon monoxide as shown by the
equation.

CuzO +CO+2Cu+COz
ln an experiment, 28.89 of copper(I) oxide was completely reduced to copper

(i)
'I Calculate the relative molecular mass of copper(I) oxide, CuzO.

relative molecular mass = ... .l2l

(ii) Calculate the number of moles in 28.8 g of copper(I) oxide.

moles l2l

(iii) Calculate the number of moles of copper produced.

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moles .l2l

(iv) Calculate the mass of copper produced

MASS = l2l
(v) Calculate the volume of carbon monoxide, CO, measured at room temperature
and pressure (r.t.p.) needed to completely reduce 28.8 g of copper(I) oxide.
[1 mole of gas occupies 24dm3 at r.t.p.]

volume = l2l

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I Octane, CaHre, can be broken down to butane and butene as shown by the equation

CaHre4 C+Hro + C+He

(a) (i) Name the process represented by the equation.

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(ii) Name the catalyst used in this process

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(b) Draw the structural formulae of two isomers of butane, CqHro

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(c) Figures 9.1 and 9.2 show set-ups used to perform an experiment to distinguish
between butane and butene gases.
+ butane <-butene
gas gas

aqueous bromine aqueous bromine

Fig. 9.1 Fig. 9.2

(i) State the observations made in Fig. 9.1 and Fig. 9.2

observation in Fig. 9.1 ...........

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observation in Fig.9.2 ..

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(ii) Explain the observations in (c)(i) in terms of the structural differences between the
two gases.

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10 Fig. 10.1 shows parts of the human digestive system and some blood vessels.
The arrows show the direction of blood flow.

W
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pancreas

Fig. 10.1

(a) This person has recently eaten a meal containing protein.

Which blood vessel, W, X or Y, carries blood with the highest concentration of amino
acids?

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(b) (i) Name the enzyme that digests fats.

amylase
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(ii) Describe how fats are digested in the duodenum

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(c) The pancreatic duct can become blocked.

Explain why this would not affect blood sugar regulation.

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11 Fig. 11.1 shows a closed aquarium containing a green water plant. The aquarium is in
a dark room.

fluorescent lamp

water plant
water

Fig. 11.1

(a) Name the mineral ion which must be present for the formation of the green pigment in
plants.

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(b) Explain why bubbles are produced by the plant when the lamp is switched on.

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(c) Some fish were added to the aquarium.

Explain how the fish benefit from the presence of the plant when the lamp is switched on.

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(d) After the fish were added, the plant produced more bubbles than before.

Suggest why.

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12 Table 1 2.'1 shows the amount of some substances in the blood that flows through the renal
artery and renal vein.

Table 12.1

amount in blood in renal amount in blood in renal

substance
artery/arbitrary units vein/arbitrary units
oxygen 100.0 35.0

glucose 10.0 9.5

sodium salts 32.0 31.0

urea 3.0 0.5

water 180.0 178.0

t (a) (i) Describe and explain the changes in the amount of glucose between the renal artery
and renal vein.

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(ii) Suggest a reason for the difference in the amount of urea in the renal artery and
renalvein.

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L (b) A person with kidney failure receives regular dialysis treatment.

Explain how

(i) the loss of plasma proteins and red blood cells is prevented,

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(ii) the normal blood glucose concentration is maintained

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13 Fig. 13.1 shows a longitudinal section of a bean seed

radicle

seed coat
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Fig. 13.1

(a) On Fig. 13.1, name Parts R and S. l2l L

(b) Name the part of the flower from which the seed was formed.

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(c) During germination, starch stored in the cotyledons is broken down

Describe how the breaking down of starch occurs.

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(d) Water is one of the factors necessary for germination

Give a reason why water is needed.

to soften the seed coat and provide moisture for seed germination to take place
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14 Fig. 14.1shows an example of an aquatic ecosystem

tadpoles (primary consumer)

green nts (producer)

smallfish pike (tertiary consumer)

(secondary
consumer)

Fig. 14.1

(a) Using Fig. 14.1, construct a food chain with four trophic levels.
green plants, tadpoles ,small fish ,pike

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(b) Name the principal source of energy for the food chain you have drawn
sun
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(c) All the smallfish were killed by a disease.

Describe and explain how this may affect the population of

(i) pike,
decrease because small fish will be dead and there will nothing to feed on....

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(ii) green plants

decrease because tadpoles will feed on green plants hence increase in large amount

that lead to green plants getting finished

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(d) The pond is surrounded by farmland. Large numbers of green algae suddenly appear
on the surface of the pond.

Suggest the most likely cause of this algal growth

excessive use of fertilisers

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