CONTEST 20

ROUND 1

PREAMBLE: A meal consists of three items. Explain how each item is ultimately the product of
photosynthesis.
1. The tilapia
ANSWER: The tilapia eat floating aquatic plants and filamentous algae which make their food
by photosynthesis
2. Potatoes
ANSWER: Potatoes are stem tubers containing food which the potato plant made in its leaves
by photosynthesis
3. Mushrooms
ANSWER: Mushrooms feed on decaying organic matter which comes from dead plants which
had made their food by photosynthesis OR
Feed on remains or faces of animals which fed on plants, or on animals which ate plants which
photosynthesised
4. What is the mechanical advantage of a simple gear train with a 20 tooth gear driving a 40 tooth gear?

ANSWER:

5. Find the velocity ratio of a simple gear train comprising a 20 tooth gear driving a 40 tooth gear.

ANSWER:

6. Find the velocity ratio of a simple gear train comprising three gears: a 20 tooth gear driving a 40 tooth gear
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8. At equilibrium how will an increase in pressure affect the equilibrium constant
ANSWER: The equilibrium constant remains unchanged
9. At equilibrium how will an increase in volume affect the equilibrium position
ANSWER: The equilibrium position will shift to the left or towards the reactants to reduce
the effect of increase in volume (Le Chatelier’s Principle).
PREAMBLE: Find the base number if the sum is correct
10. 352 + 135 = 531
ANSWER: 6 [2 + 5 = 1 + 6]
11. 323 + 144 = 1022
ANSWER: 5 [3 + 4 = 2 + 5]
12. 435 + 247 = 704
ANSWER: 8 [5 + 7 = 4 + 8]
13. Which of these is the terminal portion of the alimentary canal of a mammal?
ANSWER: Appendix B. Stomach C. Rectum D. Colon
Rectum
14. Which of these tissues serves the function of support and water co plants.
ANSWER: Parenchyma C. Sclerenchyma D. Xylem
Xylem
15. Which of the following best describes an ich lives on the remains of dead plants?
ANSparasite B. Saprophyte C. Commensal D. Symbiont
Saprophyte force makes an angle of QUOth the vertical. Fizontal component of the force.
ANSWER: QUOTE

16. The component of a force is QUOTE . Find the magnitude of the force if itngle of QUOTE
with the horizontal.
ANSWER: QUOTE

17. A horizontal QUOTE force is in equilibrium with an oblique force of magnitude QUOTE
. Find the angle the oblique force makes with the horizontal.
ANSWER: QUOTE
18. A balloon containing 3 moles of oxygen and 5 moles of helium has a pressure of 160 kPa. How many
moles of nitrogen must be pumped into the balloon so as to increase the total pressure to 200 kPa
ANSWER: Let the number of moles of nitrogen be x
Partial pressure of nitrogen is 40 kPa.
Therefore, [x/(8+x)] *200 = 40
8+x = 5x;
4x = 8
x = 2 moles
19. A sealed vessel contains 6 moles of oxygen, 8 moles of nitrogen and 10 moles helium. Calculate the
mole fraction of the oxygen and give your answer to 2 places of decimal.
ANSWER: Mole fraction of O2 = 6/(6 + 8 + 10)
= 6/24
= 0.25
20. A sealed flask thoxygen, 9 moles of niium has a total pressue the partial pressure of the nitrogen.
ANSWER: PN2 = 9/(6 + 9 + 10)*400
= (9/25)*400
= 144 kPa

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ANSWER: x1/4

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1. Find the length of a simple pendulum whose angular frequency is QUOTE .

ANSWER: QUOTE

2. State the conditions under which Newton’s Third Law applies to the collision between two bodies.
ANSWER: It always applies
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