plumiWhat happens to products at the end of their useful life?: OCR GCSE Combined Science B questions
Every OCR GCSE Combined Science B exam question on C4.4 What happens to products at the end of their useful life?, 2018–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 26 questions on What happens to products at the end of their useful life?, as a list
- June 2025, Combined Science Paper 4 Foundation, Q8(c) (1 mark): The skater decides to recycle the old skateboard so that it does not take up space in landfill. State one other factor that should also be considered when dispo
- June 2023, Chemistry Paper 6 Higher, Q8(c)(i) (2 marks): One of the things considered during the manufacturing stage of the process is the use of the raw materials. Describe two other resources which should be conside
- June 2023, Chemistry Paper 6 Higher, Q8(c)(ii) (1 mark): Describe one other stage of a product’s lifetime which should be considered in a life-cycle assessment. [1]
- June 2023, Combined Science Paper 8 Higher, Q5(a) (6 marks): (a)* A supermarket wants to buy new shopping bags for their customers. They look at some data comparing the global warming potential (GWP) of different bags. GW
- November 2021, Combined Science Paper 4 Foundation, Q2(a)(i) (1 mark): Which packaging material produces the highest amount of packaging waste? Use data from Table 2.1. Put a ring around the correct answer. Aluminium Glass Plastic
- November 2021, Combined Science Paper 4 Foundation, Q2(a)(ii) (3 marks): Calculate the percentage of plastic recycled. Use data from Table 2.1. Use the equation: percentage recycled = total packaging recycled × 100 packaging waste Gi
- November 2021, Combined Science Paper 4 Foundation, Q2(b)(i) (2 marks): Which packaging material has the UK been most successful in recycling? Use data from Table 2.2 to explain your answer. [2]
- November 2021, Combined Science Paper 4 Foundation, Q2(b)(ii) (1 mark): Household waste for recycling is sent to a sorting centre. Steel contains iron. Suggest how the sorting centre could separate the steel cans from the aluminium
- November 2021, Combined Science Paper 4 Foundation, Q2(b)(iii) (2 marks): Producing glass from recycled materials uses less energy than producing glass from new resources. Name two other factors that would be important when deciding t
- November 2021, Combined Science Paper 8 Higher, Q7 (6 marks): 7* Beth is looking at a life-cycle assessment diagram for a plastic bottle made from the polymer HDPE. The energy used in the life-cycle of one plastic bottle i
- November 2020, Chemistry Paper 2 Foundation, Q4(a) (2 marks): Which two statements explain why plants are more sustainable raw materials than crude oil? Tick (3) two boxes. Crude oil is finite. Crude oil is found undergrou
- November 2020, Chemistry Paper 2 Foundation, Q4(b)(i) (2 marks): What should be considered when completing a life-cycle assessment for both polyester shirts and cotton shirts? Tick (3) two boxes. The amount that workers are p
- November 2020, Chemistry Paper 2 Foundation, Q4(b)(ii) (2 marks): Calculate the difference in the total energy used for the production of the two fabrics from raw materials. Use data from the table. Difference in total energy
- November 2020, Chemistry Paper 2 Foundation, Q4(b)(iii) (2 marks): Give two advantages to the environment of making polyester fabric rather than cotton fabric. Use data from the table to support your answers. 1. 2. [2]
- November 2020, Chemistry Paper 2 Foundation, Q4(b)(iv) (1 mark): Give one disadvantage to the environment of making polyester fabric rather than cotton fabric. Use data from the table to support your answer. [1]
- November 2020, Chemistry Paper 2 Foundation, Q4(c)(i) (2 marks): There are many different methods of disposing of shirts at the end of their life-cycle. The table gives some information about disposal by burning. Suggest two
- November 2020, Chemistry Paper 2 Foundation, Q4(c)(ii) (1 mark): When shirts are disposed of by burning, energy is released. Suggest one use for this energy. [1]
- November 2020, Combined Science Paper 4 Foundation, Q3(c) (2 marks): Suggest which material costs the least to recycle. Use data from Table 3.1 to explain your answer. [2]
- June 2018, Combined Science Paper 4 Foundation, Q5(a)(i) (1 mark): Which statement about the behaviour of polymers in seawater is correct? Tick (✓) one box. HDPE waste would float in seawater, but LDPE would sink. PET waste wou
- June 2018, Combined Science Paper 4 Foundation, Q5(a)(ii) (2 marks): A study identified the types of plastic litter in samples of seawater. Some of the results are shown in Table 5.2. Type of plastic litter Amount of plastic litt
- June 2018, Combined Science Paper 4 Foundation, Q5(a)(iii) (2 marks): The samples of plastic litter were analysed and the type of polymer was identified. The main types of polymer found are shown in the pie chart. acrylic polyuret
- June 2018, Combined Science Paper 4 Foundation, Q5(b) (4 marks): PET is the main type of polymer used for manufacturing plastic drinks’ bottles. Describe one of the processes for recycling PET from drinks’ bottles. [4]
- June 2018, Combined Science Paper 4 Foundation, Q5(c)(i) (2 marks): The scientists think that the bacterium may be useful in the recycling of PET. Suggest two ways in which the bacterium might improve recycling. 1 2 [2]
- June 2018, Combined Science Paper 8 Higher, Q4(a)(i) (3 marks): Which statements about the Life Cycle Assessment for PET bottles are true, and which are false? Put a tick (✓) in one box in each row. True False (✓) (✓) Coal,
- June 2018, Combined Science Paper 8 Higher, Q4(a)(ii) (4 marks): Describe one of the processes used to recycle PET drinks bottles. [4]
- June 2018, Combined Science Paper 8 Higher, Q4(b)(i) (1 mark): Suggest one way in which the bacterium might improve recycling. [1]
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