IGCSE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS Methodist

High School
CLASS VIII D UNIT TEST 3 PRACTICAL CHEMISTRY [10]
BIOLOGY [10]
Q. 1

An experiment was carried out to investigate the effect of light intensity on the rate of
photosynthesis of a water plant. The diagram below shows the apparatus used.

(a)

Suggest how you ensure that the plant had a good supply of carbon dioxide?

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(b)(i)

Which gas is given off by the plant?

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(ii)

How could you test for this gas?

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(c)

How could you prevent the heat from the lamp affecting the experiment?

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(d)

(e)

How would you use this apparatus to investigate the effect of increasing light intensity
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on the rate of photosynthesis?
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The diagram shows some of the processes which take place in a green plant.

(i) Name A, B and C.

A................................................. B........................................... C............................................
(ii)
What is the function of the chlorophyll?

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(iii)

In what form do plants such as potatoes store sugar?

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Q. 2(a) Hannah mixes sand and water together. The mixture can be separated using the equipment below.

IGCSE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS Methodist

High School
CLASS VIII D UNIT TEST 3 PRACTICAL CHEMISTRY [10]
BIOLOGY [10]

(i)

What name is given to this method of separating?

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(ii)

Explain why sand can be separated from water using this method.

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(iii)

Hannah wants to separate some different mixtures.

Complete the table below to show how Hannah could separate each mixture quickly.

(b)

Linda had a piece of red sandstone. She hammered it

into pieces and then ground them into a powder using a
pestle and mortar.
She put the powder into a measuring cylinder with
water and shook the mixture. The contents settled.

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IGCSE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS Methodist

High School
CLASS VIII D UNIT TEST 3 PRACTICAL CHEMISTRY [10]
BIOLOGY [10]
(i)

Linda said her results showed that sandstone is a mixture of two substances. How could she tell,
from the results, that sandstone is a mixture of substances?
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(ii)

Linda then poured the cloudy water from the measuring cylinder through filter paper in a filter
funnel.

She said there might be salts dissolved in the colourless, clear liquid that came through the filter.
What could Linda do to find out if there were salts dissolved in the colourless, clear liquid? [1]
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(iii)

What would she see if there had been salts dissolved in the colourless, clear liquid?

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(iv)

Sandstone is a sedimentary rock. Four stages in the formation of sedimentary rock are
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listed below. They are not in the correct order. [compacted deposited weathered transported]
Put these stages in the correct order. One has been done for you.