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Excretion is defined as the removal of toxic materials, the waste products of metabolism, and substances in excess of requirements.
Movement actually describes response to stimuli via sensitivity, not movement itself.
Nutrition is the process of obtaining nutrients, not maintaining a constant internal environment (that’s homeostasis).
Respiration releases energy from nutrients rather than manufacturing them.
✅ Answer: (A)
Movement actually describes response to stimuli via sensitivity, not movement itself.
Nutrition is the process of obtaining nutrients, not maintaining a constant internal environment (that’s homeostasis).
Respiration releases energy from nutrients rather than manufacturing them.
✅ Answer: (A)
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Cell membranes are present in both plant and animal cells, so options A and B are incorrect.
Cell walls are a rigid structure made of cellulose that surrounds plant cells only.
Animal cells never have a cell wall, so option C is incorrect.
✅ Answer: (D)
Cell walls are a rigid structure made of cellulose that surrounds plant cells only.
Animal cells never have a cell wall, so option C is incorrect.
✅ Answer: (D)
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Starch is a carbohydrate, so it is built from sugar monomers rather than amino acids, fatty acids, or glycerol.
Amino acids are the monomers of proteins, not carbohydrates.
Fatty acids and glycerol are the components of lipids (fats), not starch.
Many glucose molecules join together through condensation reactions to form the long-chain polymer starch.
✅ Answer: (C)
Amino acids are the monomers of proteins, not carbohydrates.
Fatty acids and glycerol are the components of lipids (fats), not starch.
Many glucose molecules join together through condensation reactions to form the long-chain polymer starch.
✅ Answer: (C)
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Enzyme-activity graphs plot the dependent variable, rate of reaction, on the y-axis.
The independent variable being changed, temperature, is plotted on the x-axis.
The curve typically rises to an optimum then falls sharply as the enzyme denatures at high temperature.
✅ Answer: (A)
The independent variable being changed, temperature, is plotted on the x-axis.
The curve typically rises to an optimum then falls sharply as the enzyme denatures at high temperature.
✅ Answer: (A)
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As light intensity increases from zero, the rate of photosynthesis rises proportionally at first.
Eventually another factor, such as carbon dioxide concentration or temperature, becomes limiting.
Beyond this point the rate levels off and stays constant even as light intensity keeps increasing, giving a curve that rises then plateaus.
✅ Answer: (D)
Eventually another factor, such as carbon dioxide concentration or temperature, becomes limiting.
Beyond this point the rate levels off and stays constant even as light intensity keeps increasing, giving a curve that rises then plateaus.
✅ Answer: (D)
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In the digestive system diagram, R is the labelled part corresponding to the small intestine, which secretes digestive enzymes.
S corresponds to the large intestine, which absorbs water from undigested food.
P corresponds to the gall bladder, which stores bile produced by the liver before it is released into the small intestine.
✅ Answer: (C)
S corresponds to the large intestine, which absorbs water from undigested food.
P corresponds to the gall bladder, which stores bile produced by the liver before it is released into the small intestine.
✅ Answer: (C)
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Water moves from the xylem into the mesophyll cells inside the leaf.
It evaporates from the moist surfaces of these mesophyll cells into the internal air spaces of the leaf.
The water vapour then diffuses out of the leaf through the stomata into the surrounding air, which is the final exit step rather than the evaporation site itself.
✅ Answer: (C)
It evaporates from the moist surfaces of these mesophyll cells into the internal air spaces of the leaf.
The water vapour then diffuses out of the leaf through the stomata into the surrounding air, which is the final exit step rather than the evaporation site itself.
✅ Answer: (C)
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Carbon monoxide reduces the oxygen-carrying capacity of blood rather than being addictive.
Nicotine is the addictive component of tobacco smoke, not a carcinogen.
Smoke particles and tar together are linked to lung damage, with tar specifically identified as a carcinogen that can cause cancer.
✅ Answer: (D)
Nicotine is the addictive component of tobacco smoke, not a carcinogen.
Smoke particles and tar together are linked to lung damage, with tar specifically identified as a carcinogen that can cause cancer.
✅ Answer: (D)
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Between 30 and 60 minutes the graph shows blood glucose concentration rising back up during continued exercise.
Adrenaline released during exercise stimulates the liver to break down glycogen into glucose, raising blood glucose levels.
Increased insulin release would lower blood glucose rather than raise it, so option 3 does not fit the observed rise.
✅ Answer: (A)
Adrenaline released during exercise stimulates the liver to break down glycogen into glucose, raising blood glucose levels.
Increased insulin release would lower blood glucose rather than raise it, so option 3 does not fit the observed rise.
✅ Answer: (A)
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The stigma is the structure that receives pollen grains during pollination.
In wind-pollinated flowers, the stigma is typically large, feathery, and exposed outside the flower to catch airborne pollen.
This is distinct from the anther, which produces pollen, and the ovary, which contains the ovules.
✅ Answer: (B)
In wind-pollinated flowers, the stigma is typically large, feathery, and exposed outside the flower to catch airborne pollen.
This is distinct from the anther, which produces pollen, and the ovary, which contains the ovules.
✅ Answer: (B)
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Cystic fibrosis is caused by a recessive allele, so an affected child must inherit one recessive allele from each parent.
If both unaffected parents in the pedigree have an affected child, both parents must carry the recessive allele while showing the unaffected phenotype.
This means both parents are heterozygous, i.e. carriers, for the cystic fibrosis allele.
✅ Answer: (A)
If both unaffected parents in the pedigree have an affected child, both parents must carry the recessive allele while showing the unaffected phenotype.
This means both parents are heterozygous, i.e. carriers, for the cystic fibrosis allele.
✅ Answer: (A)
▶️ Answer/Explanation
Carnivores obtain energy only from other animals, and herbivores only from producers, so neither draws from every trophic level.
Producers make their own energy from sunlight and don’t feed on other organisms at all.
Decomposers break down dead matter and waste from producers, herbivores, and carnivores alike, so they obtain energy from organisms at every trophic level.
✅ Answer: (B)
Producers make their own energy from sunlight and don’t feed on other organisms at all.
Decomposers break down dead matter and waste from producers, herbivores, and carnivores alike, so they obtain energy from organisms at every trophic level.
✅ Answer: (B)
▶️ Answer/Explanation
Eutrophication starts with increased nitrates entering water, usually from fertiliser runoff, which causes producers such as algae to increase rapidly.
This algal bloom blocks light, causing plant death and increased decomposition as decomposers respire aerobically to break down the extra dead matter.
This increased aerobic respiration by decomposers depletes dissolved oxygen, leading to the death of aquatic organisms such as fish.
✅ Answer: (D)
This algal bloom blocks light, causing plant death and increased decomposition as decomposers respire aerobically to break down the extra dead matter.
This increased aerobic respiration by decomposers depletes dissolved oxygen, leading to the death of aquatic organisms such as fish.
✅ Answer: (D)
▶️ Answer/Explanation
Crystallisation and evaporation are used to obtain the dissolved solid, P, not the pure liquid solvent.
Paper chromatography separates dissolved substances based on solubility differences, and doesn’t isolate a pure liquid either.
Distillation heats the mixture so liquid Q evaporates and is then condensed and collected separately, leaving solid P behind, giving a pure sample of Q.
✅ Answer: (B)
Paper chromatography separates dissolved substances based on solubility differences, and doesn’t isolate a pure liquid either.
Distillation heats the mixture so liquid Q evaporates and is then condensed and collected separately, leaving solid P behind, giving a pure sample of Q.
✅ Answer: (B)
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Heating ice to form water is a change of state, which is reversible and involves no new substance, so it is physical.
Lighting a match is a combustion reaction that produces new substances such as carbon dioxide and water, so it is a chemical change.
Removing zinc from sodium chloride solution by filtration only physically separates an insoluble solid from a solution without forming new substances, so it is physical.
✅ Answer: (C)
Lighting a match is a combustion reaction that produces new substances such as carbon dioxide and water, so it is a chemical change.
Removing zinc from sodium chloride solution by filtration only physically separates an insoluble solid from a solution without forming new substances, so it is physical.
✅ Answer: (C)
▶️ Answer/Explanation
Since \(\text{Na}_3\text{PO}_4\) balances three \(\text{Na}^+\) ions, the phosphate ion must carry a charge of \(\text{PO}_4^{3-}\).
Aluminium ions carry a charge of \(\text{Al}^{3+}\), deduced from \(\text{Al}_2(\text{SO}_4)_3\) balancing two \(\text{Al}^{3+}\) against three \(\text{SO}_4^{2-}\).
Since \(\text{Al}^{3+}\) and \(\text{PO}_4^{3-}\) have equal and opposite charges, they combine in a 1:1 ratio, giving the formula \(\text{AlPO}_4\).
✅ Answer: (A)
Aluminium ions carry a charge of \(\text{Al}^{3+}\), deduced from \(\text{Al}_2(\text{SO}_4)_3\) balancing two \(\text{Al}^{3+}\) against three \(\text{SO}_4^{2-}\).
Since \(\text{Al}^{3+}\) and \(\text{PO}_4^{3-}\) have equal and opposite charges, they combine in a 1:1 ratio, giving the formula \(\text{AlPO}_4\).
✅ Answer: (A)
▶️ Answer/Explanation
Copper ions, \(\text{Cu}^{2+}\), are positively charged so they migrate towards the negative cathode, where they gain electrons and are reduced to copper metal.
Reduction, not oxidation, occurs at the cathode, ruling out option C.
Electrons flow through the external circuit from the anode to the cathode, not the reverse, and sulfate ions remain in solution rather than being reduced to sulfur dioxide.
✅ Answer: (A)
Reduction, not oxidation, occurs at the cathode, ruling out option C.
Electrons flow through the external circuit from the anode to the cathode, not the reverse, and sulfate ions remain in solution rather than being reduced to sulfur dioxide.
✅ Answer: (A)
▶️ Answer/Explanation
Sodium atoms each lose one electron to form \(\text{Na}^+\) ions, since sodium is being oxidised in this reaction.
Chlorine molecules gain those electrons to form \(\text{Cl}^-\) ions, meaning chlorine is reduced.
A substance that is reduced (gains electrons) while causing another substance to be oxidised is called an oxidising agent, so chlorine acts as the oxidising agent.
✅ Answer: (C)
Chlorine molecules gain those electrons to form \(\text{Cl}^-\) ions, meaning chlorine is reduced.
A substance that is reduced (gains electrons) while causing another substance to be oxidised is called an oxidising agent, so chlorine acts as the oxidising agent.
✅ Answer: (C)
▶️ Answer/Explanation
Lithium compounds produce a characteristic red flame colour in a flame test.
Sodium compounds produce a characteristic persistent yellow flame colour.
This rules out lilac (a potassium flame colour) and blue-green (a copper flame colour), leaving red and yellow as the correct pairing.
✅ Answer: (D)
Sodium compounds produce a characteristic persistent yellow flame colour.
This rules out lilac (a potassium flame colour) and blue-green (a copper flame colour), leaving red and yellow as the correct pairing.
✅ Answer: (D)
▶️ Answer/Explanation
An inert atmosphere requires a gas that does not react with the hot metal being welded.
Argon is a noble gas with a full outer electron shell, making it extremely unreactive and ideal for this purpose.
Carbon dioxide, fluorine, and oxygen can all react chemically with hot metals, so they would not provide an inert atmosphere.
✅ Answer: (A)
Argon is a noble gas with a full outer electron shell, making it extremely unreactive and ideal for this purpose.
Carbon dioxide, fluorine, and oxygen can all react chemically with hot metals, so they would not provide an inert atmosphere.
✅ Answer: (A)
▶️ Answer/Explanation
Metals are generally malleable and good thermal conductors, so rows A and B correctly link property to element type.
Non-metals typically have low melting points compared to metals, so row D is also a correct link.
Non-metals are generally poor electrical conductors, not good ones (except graphite), so row C incorrectly links electrical conductor to non-metal.
✅ Answer: (C)
Non-metals typically have low melting points compared to metals, so row D is also a correct link.
Non-metals are generally poor electrical conductors, not good ones (except graphite), so row C incorrectly links electrical conductor to non-metal.
✅ Answer: (C)
▶️ Answer/Explanation
Limestone, \(\text{CaCO}_3\), decomposes on heating to form calcium oxide, \(\text{CaO}\), and carbon dioxide.
The calcium oxide is a base that reacts with acidic impurities such as silica (\(\text{SiO}_2\)) in the ore to form molten slag.
This removes impurities from the iron rather than reducing the hematite itself, which is instead reduced by carbon monoxide.
✅ Answer: (C)
The calcium oxide is a base that reacts with acidic impurities such as silica (\(\text{SiO}_2\)) in the ore to form molten slag.
This removes impurities from the iron rather than reducing the hematite itself, which is instead reduced by carbon monoxide.
✅ Answer: (C)
▶️ Answer/Explanation
Zinc is more reactive than iron, which means iron is less reactive than zinc.
Being more reactive means zinc atoms lose electrons more easily than iron atoms, forming ions more readily.
Because zinc loses electrons in preference to iron, it corrodes first and protects the iron even where the coating is scratched, a process called sacrificial protection.
✅ Answer: (B)
Being more reactive means zinc atoms lose electrons more easily than iron atoms, forming ions more readily.
Because zinc loses electrons in preference to iron, it corrodes first and protects the iron even where the coating is scratched, a process called sacrificial protection.
✅ Answer: (B)
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In the Contact process, sulfur is first burned in air to form sulfur dioxide, and this initial combustion step is not reversible.
The key reversible step is \(2\text{SO}_2 + \text{O}_2 \rightleftharpoons 2\text{SO}_3\), where sulfur dioxide reacts with oxygen to form sulfur trioxide over a vanadium(V) oxide catalyst.
The later steps converting \(\text{SO}_3\) into \(\text{H}_2\text{S}_2\text{O}_7\) and then into \(\text{H}_2\text{SO}_4\) are not reversible reactions.
✅ Answer: (B)
The key reversible step is \(2\text{SO}_2 + \text{O}_2 \rightleftharpoons 2\text{SO}_3\), where sulfur dioxide reacts with oxygen to form sulfur trioxide over a vanadium(V) oxide catalyst.
The later steps converting \(\text{SO}_3\) into \(\text{H}_2\text{S}_2\text{O}_7\) and then into \(\text{H}_2\text{SO}_4\) are not reversible reactions.
✅ Answer: (B)
▶️ Answer/Explanation
Limestone, calcium carbonate, is a base that neutralises excess acidity commonly found in soil.
Neutralising acid raises the pH of the soil towards neutral, making it more suitable for growing crops.
Limestone contains no nitrogen and does not directly supply plant nutrients, so it does not act as a fertiliser.
✅ Answer: (D)
Neutralising acid raises the pH of the soil towards neutral, making it more suitable for growing crops.
Limestone contains no nitrogen and does not directly supply plant nutrients, so it does not act as a fertiliser.
✅ Answer: (D)
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Longer alkane chains have stronger intermolecular (van der Waals) forces due to a greater number of electrons and surface area of contact between molecules.
Stronger intermolecular forces mean more energy is needed for molecules to escape into the gas phase, so evaporation is slower.
This means mass lost through evaporation decreases steadily as the number of carbon atoms in the chain increases, giving a downward-sloping line.
✅ Answer: (A)
Stronger intermolecular forces mean more energy is needed for molecules to escape into the gas phase, so evaporation is slower.
This means mass lost through evaporation decreases steadily as the number of carbon atoms in the chain increases, giving a downward-sloping line.
✅ Answer: (A)
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The repeat unit shown contains amide (\(-\text{CONH}-\)) linkages joining carbon chains of different lengths on either side, so this is a condensation polymer formed from two different amino-acid-like monomers rather than a diamine-diacid pair.
Each monomer here contains both an amine group (\(-\text{NH}_2\)) and a carboxylic acid group (\(-\text{CO}_2\text{H}\)) on the same molecule, since the polymer alternates between two distinct amino-acid-type units of different chain lengths.
Options A, B, and C describe diamine + diacid monomer pairs (like nylon), which don’t match the mixed-length, single-monomer-type linkage pattern shown, whereas \(\text{HO}_2\text{CCH}_2\text{NH}_2\) and \(\text{HO}_2\text{CCH}_2\text{CH}_2\text{NH}_2\) fit the structure.
✅ Answer: (D)
Each monomer here contains both an amine group (\(-\text{NH}_2\)) and a carboxylic acid group (\(-\text{CO}_2\text{H}\)) on the same molecule, since the polymer alternates between two distinct amino-acid-type units of different chain lengths.
Options A, B, and C describe diamine + diacid monomer pairs (like nylon), which don’t match the mixed-length, single-monomer-type linkage pattern shown, whereas \(\text{HO}_2\text{CCH}_2\text{NH}_2\) and \(\text{HO}_2\text{CCH}_2\text{CH}_2\text{NH}_2\) fit the structure.
✅ Answer: (D)
▶️ Answer/Explanation
Speed is a scalar quantity, meaning it only has magnitude (size) and no specified direction.
Velocity is a vector quantity, meaning it has both magnitude and a specified direction.
This distinction is why two objects can have the same speed but different velocities if they are moving in different directions.
✅ Answer: (C)
Velocity is a vector quantity, meaning it has both magnitude and a specified direction.
This distinction is why two objects can have the same speed but different velocities if they are moving in different directions.
✅ Answer: (C)
▶️ Answer/Explanation
The resultant force is found by subtracting the resistive force from the driving force: \(3000 – 2500 = 500\ \text{N}\).
Using \(F = ma\), rearranged to \(a = \frac{F}{m}\), gives \(a = \frac{500}{1000} = 0.5\ \text{m/s}^2\).
This resultant force acts in the direction of motion, so the car accelerates forward at 0.50 m/s².
✅ Answer: (A)
Using \(F = ma\), rearranged to \(a = \frac{F}{m}\), gives \(a = \frac{500}{1000} = 0.5\ \text{m/s}^2\).
This resultant force acts in the direction of motion, so the car accelerates forward at 0.50 m/s².
✅ Answer: (A)
▶️ Answer/Explanation
Kinetic energy is given by \(E = \frac{1}{2}mv^2\), so energy is proportional to the square of the speed.
If the new kinetic energy is \(4.0E\), then \(v’^2\) must be 4 times \(v^2\), since mass stays constant.
Taking the square root, the new speed \(v’\) is \(2.0\) times the original speed \(v\).
✅ Answer: (B)
If the new kinetic energy is \(4.0E\), then \(v’^2\) must be 4 times \(v^2\), since mass stays constant.
Taking the square root, the new speed \(v’\) is \(2.0\) times the original speed \(v\).
✅ Answer: (B)
▶️ Answer/Explanation
The work done lifting the lift is calculated using \(W = Fd = 4000 \times 12 = 48000\ \text{J}\).
Power is the rate of doing work, so \(P = \frac{W}{t}\), which rearranges to \(t = \frac{W}{P}\).
Substituting values gives \(t = \frac{48000}{800} = 60\ \text{s}\).
✅ Answer: (D)
Power is the rate of doing work, so \(P = \frac{W}{t}\), which rearranges to \(t = \frac{W}{P}\).
Substituting values gives \(t = \frac{48000}{800} = 60\ \text{s}\).
✅ Answer: (D)
▶️ Answer/Explanation
During melting, energy supplied is used entirely to overcome the forces holding particles in a fixed arrangement, not to increase kinetic energy.
The same applies during boiling, where energy breaks intermolecular forces to separate particles into a gas.
Since none of the added energy increases particle kinetic energy during either process, temperature stays constant throughout both melting and boiling.
✅ Answer: (D)
The same applies during boiling, where energy breaks intermolecular forces to separate particles into a gas.
Since none of the added energy increases particle kinetic energy during either process, temperature stays constant throughout both melting and boiling.
✅ Answer: (D)
▶️ Answer/Explanation
With the object placed close to the lens between the principal focus F and the lens itself, the rays diverge after passing through and don’t actually converge on the far side.
This means the image formed is virtual, since it can’t be projected onto a screen.
An object placed inside the focal length of a converging lens always produces an image that is enlarged and upright compared to the object.
✅ Answer: (B)
This means the image formed is virtual, since it can’t be projected onto a screen.
An object placed inside the focal length of a converging lens always produces an image that is enlarged and upright compared to the object.
✅ Answer: (B)
▶️ Answer/Explanation
An echo is produced by reflection of sound waves off a surface, not refraction.
Pitch is determined by frequency, while amplitude affects loudness, so option B pairs the wrong properties.
Sound waves need a medium of particles to travel through, so they cannot travel at all in a vacuum, ruling out option D; the typical human hearing range is approximately 20 Hz to 20 kHz.
✅ Answer: (C)
Pitch is determined by frequency, while amplitude affects loudness, so option B pairs the wrong properties.
Sound waves need a medium of particles to travel through, so they cannot travel at all in a vacuum, ruling out option D; the typical human hearing range is approximately 20 Hz to 20 kHz.
✅ Answer: (C)
▶️ Answer/Explanation
Charging by friction always involves the transfer of electrons, since protons are held tightly within the nucleus and cannot move between materials.
If the rod ends up positively charged, it must have lost negative charge overall.
This happens because electrons move from the rod to the cloth, leaving the rod with an excess of positive charge.
✅ Answer: (B)
If the rod ends up positively charged, it must have lost negative charge overall.
This happens because electrons move from the rod to the cloth, leaving the rod with an excess of positive charge.
✅ Answer: (B)
▶️ Answer/Explanation
Resistance is directly proportional to length, so increasing the length by 4 times increases resistance by a factor of 4.
Resistance is inversely proportional to cross-sectional area, so halving the area increases resistance by a further factor of 2.
Combining both factors, the new resistance is \(20 \times 4 \times 2 = 160\ \Omega\).
✅ Answer: (D)
Resistance is inversely proportional to cross-sectional area, so halving the area increases resistance by a further factor of 2.
Combining both factors, the new resistance is \(20 \times 4 \times 2 = 160\ \Omega\).
✅ Answer: (D)
▶️ Answer/Explanation
House lighting circuits connect lamps in parallel so that each lamp receives the full supply voltage independently.
Because each lamp is on its own separate branch, individual lamps can be switched on or off without affecting the others.
If lamps were connected in series instead, turning one lamp off would break the circuit and turn off all the other lamps too.
✅ Answer: (A)
Because each lamp is on its own separate branch, individual lamps can be switched on or off without affecting the others.
If lamps were connected in series instead, turning one lamp off would break the circuit and turn off all the other lamps too.
✅ Answer: (A)
▶️ Answer/Explanation
Since power equals voltage multiplied by current, increasing voltage for the same transmitted power means the current must decrease.
Energy lost as heat in the cables depends on current squared multiplied by resistance, so a lower current greatly reduces these losses.
Reducing energy losses in the cables increases the overall efficiency of energy transfer.
✅ Answer: (B)
Energy lost as heat in the cables depends on current squared multiplied by resistance, so a lower current greatly reduces these losses.
Reducing energy losses in the cables increases the overall efficiency of energy transfer.
✅ Answer: (B)
▶️ Answer/Explanation
The mass number, 9, represents the total number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus.
The atomic number, 4, represents the number of protons only.
Subtracting gives the number of neutrons: \(9 – 4 = 5\).
✅ Answer: (B)
The atomic number, 4, represents the number of protons only.
Subtracting gives the number of neutrons: \(9 – 4 = 5\).
✅ Answer: (B)
▶️ Answer/Explanation
The diagram shows the top plate positive and the bottom plate negative, so positive charges are pulled towards the bottom (negative) plate.
Alpha particles are positively charged, so they are deflected downwards towards the negative plate.
Beta particles are negatively charged, so they are deflected in the opposite direction, upwards towards the positive plate.
✅ Answer: (A)
Alpha particles are positively charged, so they are deflected downwards towards the negative plate.
Beta particles are negatively charged, so they are deflected in the opposite direction, upwards towards the positive plate.
✅ Answer: (A)