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Cambridge O Level: Combined Science 5129/31
Cambridge O Level: Combined Science 5129/31
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INFORMATION
● The total mark for this paper is 40.
● The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].
DC (LK/CT) 321948/3
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1 A student investigates the effect of exercise on the breathing of two friends, A and B.
• counts the number of breaths that each friend takes in one minute while resting
• times the friends for 5 minutes as they exercise
• counts the number of breaths that each friend takes in the first minute after exercise.
Fig. 1.1
Table 1.1
difference in
number of
breaths in one breaths in
breaths in one
friend minute before one minute
minute before
exercise after exercise
and one minute
after exercise
A
B
[2]
(ii) Calculate the difference in number of breaths in one minute before and one minute after
exercise for each friend and record your answers in Table 1.1. [1]
(iii) State the name of the apparatus the student uses to measure the time.
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(iv) State two variables that the student needs to keep constant to make the investigation a
fair test.
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(b) The student measures the volume of air exhaled by one friend using the apparatus shown in
Fig. 1.2.
X air exhaled
clamp
water
Fig. 1.2
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(iii) In another investigation, the student uses the test for carbon dioxide to show that the
amount of carbon dioxide in exhaled air is greater than the amount of carbon dioxide in
atmospheric air.
The student collects a sample of exhaled air from friend A and a sample of atmospheric
air and then bubbles each sample through limewater.
Describe what the student observes when each sample is bubbled through limewater.
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(iv) The student repeats the test for carbon dioxide using a sample of exhaled air from
student B.
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[Total: 11]
2 A student investigates the force needed to push air into a bicycle tyre.
pump handle
force
meter tyre
Fig. 2.1
When force is applied at the pump handle, the handle moves down and pushes air into the tyre.
(a) The student wants to find the smallest force needed to push air into the tyre.
0
45 5
40 10
35 N 15
30 20
25
N
5N 10
A B
Fig. 2.2
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(iii) Explain why apparatus A is more appropriate for finding the smallest force in this
investigation.
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(b) In another experiment, the student investigates how the pressure inside the tyre changes
when the pump handle is pushed downwards.
A meter on the pump displays the pressure of the air inside the tyre.
Fig. 2.3 shows the pressure reading on the meter after 12 pushes on the handle.
80 10
60 0
12
0
20 4
0
pointer
160
psi
Fig. 2.3
(i) The meter in Fig. 2.3 measures the pressure in pounds per square inch (psi).
Record the pressure reading of the meter shown in Fig. 2.3 in Table 2.1.
Table 2.1
2 20
4 30
6 38
8 41
10 56
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[1]
(ii) On the grid provided in Fig. 2.4, plot a graph of the pressure reading on the y-axis against
the number of pushes on the handle on the x-axis.
Fig. 2.4
[5]
(iv) The value of the y-intercept shows that there is a systematic error in all of the readings.
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[Total: 11]
Hydrogen peroxide is a colourless solution and manganese(IV) oxide is a powdered black solid.
procedure
The student:
Manganese(IV) oxide and a colourless liquid remain in the flask at the end of the experiment.
gas syringe
0 10 20 30 40 50
cm3
gas collected
flask
Fig. 3.1
(a) (i) State the name of the type of flask shown in Fig. 3.1.
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(iii) The volume of the gas collected is less than the volume of the gas given off by the
reaction.
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(i) State the method used to separate the manganese(IV) oxide solid from the liquid.
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explanation ........................................................................................................................
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(d) The student then investigates the effect of changing the concentration of hydrogen peroxide
on the volume of gas produced in 60 seconds.
Table 3.1
3.4 11
5.1 15
6.8 12
8.5 25
10.2
11.9 34
13.6 40
Suggest the volume of gas produced when the concentration of hydrogen peroxide is
10.2 g / dm3.
explanation: .......................................................................................................................
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(ii) The student thinks that the volume of gas produced when the concentration of hydrogen
peroxide is 6.8 g / dm3 is an anomaly.
Explain how the data shows that this value may be an anomaly.
explanation ........................................................................................................................
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suggestion .........................................................................................................................
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[2]
(iii) Describe the relationship between the concentration of hydrogen peroxide and the rate
at which the gas is produced.
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[Total: 11]
Fig. 4.1
A student states: “As bananas ripen the stored starch is converted to reducing sugars”.
Plan an investigation to show how the starch and reducing sugar content is different between
banana A and banana B.
You are provided with the two bananas, all the food testing reagents found in a school laboratory,
and common laboratory equipment.
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