COMBINED SCIENCE: SYNERGY - AQA

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GCSE COMBINED SCIENCE: SYNERGY

Higher Tier Paper 3 Physical sciences

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Friday 7 June 2019

Afternoon

Time allowed: 1 hour 45 minutes

Materials For this paper you must have: ? a ruler ? a protractor ? a scientific calculator ? the periodic table (enclosed) ? the Physics Equations Sheet (enclosed).

Instructions ? Use black ink or black ball-point pen. ? Fill in the boxes at the top of this page. ? Answer all questions in the spaces provided. Do not write outside

the box around each page or on blank pages. ? Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not

want to be marked. ? In all calculations, show clearly how you work out your answer.

Information ? The maximum mark for this paper is 100. ? The marks for questions are shown in brackets. ? You are expected to use a calculator where appropriate. ? You are reminded of the need for good English and clear presentation in

your answers.

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Answer all questions in the spaces provided.

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Catalase is an enzyme.

0 1 . 1 What type of molecule is an enzyme?

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Hydrogen peroxide decomposes in the presence of catalase. This is the equation for the reaction:

2 H2O2(aq) 2 H2O(l) + O2(g)

Describe how the student could test for the gas produced.

Test Result

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4 A student investigated the effect of pH on the activity of catalase.

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0 1 . 3 Describe how the student could use an indicator to measure the pH of a solution. [2 marks]

Table 1 shows the results.

pH 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 10.0

Table 1

Enzyme activity in arbitrary units 0 6

22 37 44 34 16

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0 1 . 4 What is the optimum pH for catalase in this reaction? Use Table 1.

Optimum pH =

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5 0 1 . 5 How could the student find a more accurate value for the optimum pH?

Tick () one box. Decrease the hydrogen peroxide concentration Increase the pH range Increase the temperature to 60 ?C Use smaller pH intervals

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0 1 . 6 Explain the result for catalase at pH 3.0

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