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1 The hardness of a mineral is measured by how easy it is to scratch. Hardness is shown on a scale from 1 to 10, with 10 being the hardest.

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Hardness
Which list names three minerals in the correct order from softest to hardest? (A) (B) (C) (D) diamond, quartz, ruby opal, quartz, ruby graphite, opal, pearl ruby, quartz, opal

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Some students set up an experiment to investigate the effect of the Suns heat on paper of various colours. The students made ve cups using paper. All the paper was of the same type but with different colours. They left the ve cups in a sunny place for a number of hours.

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thermometer
lid of coloured paper

black

40 35 30 25 20 green red yellow white

coloured paper

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paper cup

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Time (hours)
After 2 hours the difference in the temperatures of the black cup and the white cup was (A) (B) (C) (D) 17 C. 20 C. 28 C. 37 C.

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Substances with electrons Substances with electrons Some substances have electrons that are free to move from one atom to the next. that ARE free to move that ARE NOT free to move copper plastic silver rubber Substances with electrons Substances with electrons

that ARE free to move that ARE NOT free to move that ARE free to move Substances with electrons Substances copper plastic copper that ARE free to move that ARE NO silver rubber silver copper p KEY KEY ru Substances that contain electrons that are free to move, let electricity pass through silver them. direction of direction of electron flow electron flow In an electric circuit, electrons move from the negative end of the battery to the positive end of the battery. KEY positive term KEY positive terminal negative term negative terminal The diagrams show four electric circuits with electrons moving in them. direction of direction of KEY electron flow electron flow Which diagram is correct? positive termi positive terminal direction of negative term negative terminal electron flow (A) (B) positive terminal (A) battery negative terminal
(A) copper battery (B) plastic (A) battery copper (C) (D) circuit (C) silver (D) rubber circuit silver rubber silver (C) plastic copper (A)

Substances with electro that ARE free to move copper silver Substances with electro

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Q1 the answer is (B). Hardness is given on a scale from 1 to 10, with 1 being the softest and 10 being the hardest of minerals. The question asks which three minerals are shown in order from softest to hardest. Only (B) is so listed: Opal (hardness 6), quartz (hardness 7) and ruby (hardness 9). Q2 the answer is (A). To find the difference in temperatures of the black cup and the white cup after two hours, you must interpret the graph and calculate the difference. The graph curves represent the changing temperatures of the cups over time. The temperature of the cups at 2 hours is found by locating the intersection of the vertical line from (time) 2 hours on the x-axis and the curve representing the temperatures of the black and white cups. The temperatures are found by reading the y-axis values for these intersections. The black cup temperature is 37 C. The temperature of the white cup is 20 C. The difference in temperature between the cups is 37 20 = 17 C. Q3 the answer is (C). According to the table, copper and silver are substances that contain electrons that are free to move. Therefore the electrical circuits in options (A) and (C) which are joined with copper and silver would let electricity pass through them. The electricity moves from the negative end of the battery through the circuit to the positive end of the battery. According to the arrows showing the direction of electron flow this only occurs in option (C).

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