ASHANTI REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP CONSTEST 5

FUNDAMENTALS

PREAMBLE: Give one quantity of a reflex action

Ans: 1. it is involuntary

2. It is rapid

3. It is automatic

4. It responds to changes inside the body and outside

PREAMBLE: Find the lateral magnification of a compound microscope with the given the given
parameters

Objective lens focal length¿ 15 mm, eyepiece focal length ¿ 10.0 cm and separation between the
lenses ¿ 150 mm

ANS: -25

2. Objective lens focal length¿ 10 mm, eyepiece focal length ¿ 10.0 cm and separation between the lenses
¿ 160 mm
ANS: -40

3. Objective lens focal length¿ 16 mm , eyepiece focal length ¿ 25 cm and separation between the lenses
¿ 160 mm
ANS: -10

4. Objective lens focal length¿ 20 mm, eyepiece focal length ¿ 5 cm and separation between the lenses
¿ 200 mm
ANS: -50

PREAMBLE: Provide the group or period to which the given set of element belongs

1. Rhodium, Cobalt, Iridium

Ans: Group 9

2. Niobium, Indium, Tellurium

Ans: Group 7

3. Antimony, Arsenic, Bismuth

Ans: Group15

4. Lead, Polonium

Ans: Period 6

PREAMBLE: A particle starts from rest and moves in a straight line with uniform acceleration 4 m
1. Find the distance travelled in the first 2 s

Ans 8 m

2. in the second 2 s interval

Ans:24 m

3. in the third 2 s interval

Ans:40 m

4. in the fourth 2 s interval

PREAMBLE: Identify the organ of the female reproductive system described by the given phrase

1. Produces eggs and sex hormones

Ans: Ovary

2. Houses developing fetus

Ans: Uterus

3. Contains the opening to the uterus

Ans: Cervix

4. Conducts eggs from the ovary

Ans: Fallopian tube

1. Find the energy stored by a 5 milliFarrad capacitor when the charge on it is4 milliCoulomb

Ans: 0.4 milliJoule

2. Find the energy stored by a 5 milliFarrad capacitor when the charge on it is 10 milliCoulomb

Ans: 10 milliJoule

3. Find the capacitance of the capacitor which stores 20 milliJoule when the charge on it is

4 milliCoulomb
Ans: 0.4 milliFarrad

4. Find the capacitance of the capacitor which stores 5 milliJoules when the charge on it is
10 milliFarrad
Ans: 10 milliFarrad

PREAMBLE: Determine the molecular formula of hydrogen given that

1.0.30 moles Of a hydrocarbon has a mass of 49.2 g and an empirical formula C 3 H 5

Ans: C 12 H 20
 2. 0.045 moles Of a hydrocarbon has a mass of 8.19 g and an empirical formula C H 2

Ans: C 13 H 26

3. 0.026 moles Of a hydrocarbon has a mass of 12.4 g and an empirical formula C 3 H 14

Ans: C 15 H 20

4.0.050 moles Of a hydrocarbon has a mass of 11.4 g and an empirical formula C 4 H 9

Ans: C 16 H 36

PREAMBLE: Solve the trigonometric equation in the interval 0< x < π

1. tan 2 x=3

π 2π
Ans: x= radians∨x= radians
3 3
2 1
2. sin x=
2
π 3π
Ans: x= radians∨x= radians
4 4
2 3
3.cos x=
4
π 5π
Ans: x= radians∨x= radians
6 6
4. tan 2 x=1

π 3π
Ans: x= radians∨x= radians
4 4

ROUND 2 ROUND 2
1. Factorize the cubic expression x 3−3 x+ 2

Ans: (x−1)(x−1)( x+ 2)

2. Find the equation of the curve y=x 2 +5 after a reflection in the origin
Ans: y=− x2 -5
(x +5)
3. Find the domain of the function y=
√ x 2+5 x−50
Ans: {x : x ∈ R , x >5∨x←10 }

4. What mass of a 44.8 g sample of radioisotope of half-life of 4.20hours will remain after 25.2 hours
 Ans: 0.700 g
5. Calculate the mass of 0.200 mol of calcium borate Ca3 ¿
Ans: 47.6 g
6. Determine the number of atoms of the empirical formula of the sixth member of the homologous
series of alkynes
Ans: 19 atoms
7. If the linear expansivity of a substance is 2 ×10−6 K −1, what is the change in length of a 5m rode
made of the substance when its temperature changes from 25 ℃ ¿ 35 ℃
Ans: 1 ×10−4 m
8. A particle moves along a straight with a constant acceleration of 5 m s−2 find the displacement of
the particle at t=2 s given that it passes through the origin at t=0 with velocity 5 m s−1
Ans: 20m
9. If an object has rotational kinetic energy of 15 J when it rotate about an axis at 12 rad s−1 , what is
it rotational kinetic energy rotate at 25 rad s−1about the same axis
Ans: 200 J
10. What term describe the maximum size of population that can be supported by the environment
Ans: current capacity
11. What is the unit of a population
Ans: The number of organism per meter square
12. What is the fate of the chemical in an ecosystem
Ans: The chemical will be recycled in the ecosystem after being decomposed by decomposers

ROUND 4
1ST SET
1. Nerves are short
Ans: False
2. A nerve is composed of medium axons
Ans: False
3. A nerve is composed of dendrite
Ans: True

4. A nerve can have both axon and dendrite

Ans: True

2ND SET

1. The wavelength of red light is greater than the wavelength of orange light

Ans: True

2. The wavelength of green light is greater than the wavelength of orange light

Ans: false

3. The wavelength of violet light is the same as the wavelength of ultraviolet light

Ans: false
4. The wavelength of ultra-violet light is less than the wavelength of blue light

Ans: true

3rd SET

1. The values of ionization energy of alkaline earth metals are very similar to their closeness to each
other in the periodic table

Ans: False

2. Alkaline metals have higher ionization than alkaline earth metals due to a single valence electron

Ans: False

3. Alkaline earth metals have higher ionization than alkaline metals

Ans: True

4. The trend in first ionization energy between alkaline metals and alkaline earth metals depends on a
specific period being compared

Ans: false

4th SET

1. An equiangular parallelogram is a square

Ans: False

2. An equilateral rectangle is a square

Ans: True

3. An equiangular rhombus is a rectangle

Ans: False

4. An equilateral kite is a rhombus

Ans: True

5th SET

PREAMBLE: The following is a life process

1. Material transport

Ans: True

2. Waste excretion
 Ans: True

3. Production of off-spring

Ans: True

4. Energy acquisition

Ans: True

6TH SET

PREAMBLE: The magnetic field of a short bar magnet is zero at the given point or set of points

1. Everywhere in the plane that bisect the magnet

Ans: False

2. at the center of the magnet

Ans: False

3. at point on the axis of the magnet

Ans: False

4. in a plane perpendicular to the axis of the magnet and passing through the magnet

Ans: False

7TH SET

1. Hydrogen bonding occurs between a hydrogen atoms bound to a highly electronegative atom and
another electronegative atom

Ans: True

2. Hydrogen bonding is stronger than dipole-dipole interaction

Ans: True

3. .Hydrogen bonding can occurs between water molecules ammonia molecules and hydrogen fluoride
molecules

Ans: True

4. Hydrogen bonding contribute significantly to the structure and stability of the protons

Ans: True
8TH SET

PREAMBLE: If x % acid solutionis mixed with y % acid solution to give z % acid solution, then

( X +Y )
1. Z=
2
Ans: False

2. x Is between y∧Z

Ans: False

3. Y Is between x∧Z

Ans: False

4. Z Is between X ∧Y

Ans: True

ROUND 4

1ST RIDDLE

1. I am a three digit number

2ND RIDDLE

1. I am a periodic property
2. I am a chemical property
3. I influence the formation ionic and covalent bond
4. I play a crucial role in the determining
Ans: Electronegativity

3rd RIDDLE

1. I am an instrument
2. I am employed in the measurement of a scalar quantity
3. The quantity a measure is an intensive quantity
4. I operate on the principle of thermal equilibrium
Who am I?
Ans: Thermometer

4Th RIDDLE
1. I am an organism
2. I provide services to all living organism
3. I dominate the terrestrial environment
4. I stand tall, or lean on others for support
5. I contain employers chlorophyll A and B
Who am i?
Ans: Plants