CONTEST 5

ROUND 1
MATHEMATICS
Preamble: Find the gradient function of the following equations:

1. 𝑥 2 − 𝑥𝑦 + 𝑦 2 = 0
𝑑𝑦 𝑦−2𝑥
Ans. =
𝑑𝑥 2𝑦−𝑥
2 3 4
2. 3𝑥 − 5𝑥𝑦 + 𝑦 = 0
𝑑𝑦 5𝑦 3 −6𝑥
Ans. =
𝑑𝑥 −15𝑥𝑦 2 +4𝑦 3
2 3
3. 5𝑥𝑦 − 4𝑥 𝑦 + 3𝑥𝑦 = 0.
𝑑𝑦 −5𝑦+8𝑥𝑦−3𝑦 3
𝑨𝒏𝒔: =
𝑑𝑥 5𝑥−4𝑥 2 +9𝑥𝑦 2
Preamble: Find the equation of the image of the given curve under a reflection in the
given mirror line
a) Curve: 𝑦 = 2𝑥 − 3, mirror line: 𝑥 = 2. Ans. 𝒚 = −𝟐𝒙 + 𝟓
b) Curve: 𝑦 = 5𝑥 + 4 mirror line:
𝑥 = 2. Ans. 𝒚 = −𝟓𝒙 + 𝟐𝟒
c) Curve: 𝑦 = 6𝑥 − 1 mirror line:
𝑥 = 4. Ans. 𝒚 = −𝟔𝒙 + 𝟒𝟕
CHEMISTRY
Preamble: state hybridization of the carbon in the following compounds
1. Propanoic acid Answer: C1= sp2, C2= sp3, C3= sp3
2. Propanone Answer: C1= sp3, C2= sp2, C3= sp3
3. Propanal Answer: C1= sp2, C2= sp3, C3= sp3

1. Calculate the pH of a buffer system formed from 0.0040 mol dm−3 of a weak acid of Ka 1.0 × 10−5
and 0.40 mol dm−3 of its salt.
Answer: 7.0

2. The pH of a buffer system composed of 0.500 mol dm−3 of a weak acid and 0.0500 mol dm−3 of its
salt is 4.0. Determine the Ka of the acid
Answer: Ka 𝟏. 𝟎 × 𝟏𝟎−𝟓
3. The pH of a buffer system composed of 0.020 mol dm−3 of a weak base of Kb 1.0 × 10−4 is
9.0. Determine the concentration of the salt in the buffer.
Answer: 0.20 𝐦𝐨𝐥 𝐝𝐦−𝟑
BIOLOGY
Preamble: Name the scientist or scientists who are associated with the following

A. Formulation of the cell theory.

Answer: Theodor Schwann and Mathias Schleiden
B. The first to propose that organisms should be classified into five kingdoms.
Answer: Robert Whitteker.
C. Discovery of mutation.
Answer: Hugo De Vries
PHYSICS
Preamble: Describe the motion of a charge particle fired into a uniform magnetic field with
velocity v at the following angle to the field.

A. 30 degrees
Answer: spiral / helical

B. 90 degrees
Answer: Circular

C. 0 degrees
Answer: rectilinear/ linear
BIOLOGY
Preamble: In the cyclic photophosphorylation, electrons travel from one electron acceptor to
another, name one electron acceptor.
Answer:
Ferredoxin (Fd); plastoquinone (PQ); cytochrome (Cy); plastocyanin (Pc) and primary electron acceptor (PEA).

PHYSICS
Preamble: What is the total energy of a pendulum under the following situation as it swings.
1. Pendulum bob at the extreme position
Answer: Total energy = maximum potential energy (Total energy is purely potential)

2. Pendulum at Equilibrium position

Answer: Total energy = maximum kinetic energy (Total energy is purely kinetic)

3. Pendulum between extreme position and equilibrium position

Answer: Total energy = sum potential energy and kinetic energy (Total energy is partly kinetic
and partly potential)
 ROUND 2 (SPEED RACE)
BIOLOGY
1. Which vertebra has the largest centrum and why?
Answer: Fifth lumbar vertebra (L5); it bears the most weight of the body.
2. Explain why some women show male secondary sexual characteristics though they have no testes
Answer:
Though women have no testes to produce testosterone, there are other glands such as the ovaries and adrenal
glands that produce small amount of the hormone. Over secretion of testosterone by these glands may lead to
masculine features in females.
3. What name is given to the space between the arachnoid matter and pia matter of the CNS?
Answer: Subarachnoid space.
MATHEMATICS

1. The sum of 3 consecutive even integers is 22 more than twice the first
integer, find the integers.
Ans. 16, 18, and 20.
2. Simplify √98.
Ans. 𝟕√𝟐
3. Express tan 22.5° as a surd.
Ans. −𝟏 + √𝟐
CHEMISTRY
1. Determine the sum of coefficients of reactants and products in the balanced equation of the
reaction; 𝐶6 𝐻6 + 𝑂2 → 𝐶𝑂2 + 𝐻2 𝑂
Answer: 35
i.e. (2𝐶6 𝐻6 + 15𝑂2 → 12𝐶𝑂2 + 6𝐻2 𝑂)
2. Determine the amount of O2 consumed per gram of reactants for the reaction.
2 Ca + O2 = 2 MgO
Answer: 0.40 g
3. Ether and alkanol are functional group isomers with the same molecular formula. Why is ether
more volatile than alkanol.
Answer: Due to the presence of intermolecular hydrogen bonding/hydrogen bonds in alkanol,
which is absent in ethers.

PHYSICS:
1. A radioactive isotope has a half-life of 4 years. If the initial activity of the isotope is 800 Bq, what is
the activity after 12 years?
Answer: 100 Bq
 2. A battery of e.m.f 12 V and internal resistance 1 Ω is connected to an external resistor of 5 Ω. What
is the power dissipated in the external resistor?
Answer: 10 W

3. A deuterium nucleus fuses with a tritium nucleus, releasing 17.6 MeV of energy. How much energy
is released when 1 g of deuterium undergoes fusion?
(1 u = 931.5 MeV/c²).
Answer: 5.28×1011 J
ROUND 3 (PROBLEM OF THE DAY)
QUESTION
In Drosophila, the genes for wing length and eye color are sex linked. Normal wing length and red eyes are dominant
to miniature wing and white eyes.
In a cross between a miniature wings, red eyed male and a homozygous normal wing, white eyed female, state the
appearance of the F1 generation.

ROUND 4 (TRUE/FALSE)
BIOLOGY

Set 1
Preamble: State whether the given statement is True or False
1. During aestivation, animals remain dormant during wet weather condition to conserve
energy. Answer: False
2. In hibernation, the body temperature of most animals drops with an increase heartbeat
rate to conserve energy. Answer: False.
3. Brumation is a term used to describe extended period of torpor in snails.
Answer: False.
Set 2
1. Water culture experiments involve measuring plant growth over time.
Answer: True
2. Water culture experiments are mainly for aquatic plants.
Answer: False
3. Water culture experiment can be used to study nutrient deficiency.
Answer: True.
MATHEMATICS
Set 1
1. The diagonals of a kite are congruent. Ans. False
2. The diagonals of a rhombus are congruent. Ans. False
3. The diagonals of a rectangle are congruent. Ans. True
Set 2
1. An associative binary operation is a commutative binary operation. Ans. False
2. A distributive binary operation is a commutative binary operation. Ans. False
3. If a binary operation is commutative on a set S, then S contains an identity element with respect to the
operation. Ans. False

PHYSICS
1. An ideal blackbody emits all possible wavelengths of radiation
Answer: True
2. The most interesting thing about the radiation curve of a blackbody is that, the radiation curve obtained
depends entirely on the temperature and not the shape, size or material of the blackbody
Answer: True
3. As the temperature of a blackbody increases, the wavelength for which the spectral intensity is
maximum shifts towards the left.
Answer: True
4. The rotational form of force is torque
Answer: True
5. Mass is to force as moment of inertial is to torque
Answer: True
6. Force goes with pure translation as torques goes with pure rotation
Answer: True
CHEMISTRY
For the reaction, 2SO2 (g) + SO2 (g ) ⇌2 SO3 (g ) ∆H = - 57.2 kJ/mol and Kc =1.7 x 10-16
1. The equilibrium constant decreases as the temperature increases
Answer: True
2. The equilibrium will shift in forward direction as the pressure increases
Answer: True
3. The equilibrium constant is large suggestive of reaction going to completion and so no catalyst is
required
Answer: False

1. Zinc is a better loser of electron than copper

Answer: True
2. Zinc respond differently when paired with magnesium compared to when paired with copper
Answer: True
3. Zinc is assigned the cathode in the zinc – copper cell
Answer: False
 ROUND 5 (RIDDLES)
BIOLOGY

 I support life with each tender bite

 My growth is triggered by hormones
 I am a significant feature that defines a certain class of animals
 I am characteristic of their females and provides a dual delight
 I am a source of nourishment day and night;
 Who am I
 Answer: Mammary glands
PHYSICS
1. At a temperature so cold, you will freeze the sight of me because I am a speed star.
2. I am unhindered and free in empty space.
3. My SI unit shows I am a time rate of movement.
4. I have double character.
5. From red to violet, I put on a glow.
6. What am I?
Answer: Light (or Electromagnetic wave)

CHEMISTRY
 I am an equation
 I am a very important equation that expresses actual happening in a chemical reaction.
 I am a selective in my display and therefore focuses on the principal substances and ions involved
in a reaction
 In my presentation, only aqueous compounds can be separated, whilst solid or liquid compounds
stay in solution to form molecule.
 Spectator ions have no place in my process as I disregard them.
 I am a chemical equation for the reaction that potentially forms a gas, liquid, or precipitate.
 Who am I?
Answer: Net Ionic Equation

MATHEMATICS

1. I am a binary operation.
2. I am in a way a meeting of minds.
3. I combine two sets and usually produce a smaller set.
4. I am where two curves meet.
5. I am a collection of common elements of two or more sets.
Who am I?

Ans. Intersection