Daily Practice · GCSE Science
May 1954 5-a-day
Every sheet in May 1954
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 1954Name two methods of desalinating seawater.
- 2nd May 1954Name the giant covalent structure made of carbon in which each carbon atom is bonded to four others.
- 3rd May 1954Why do companies prefer reactions with a high atom economy?
- 4th May 1954On a reaction profile diagram, the reactants are drawn at a higher energy level than the products. State whether the reaction is exothermic or endothermic.
- 5th May 1954State the general formula of the alkanes.
- 6th May 1954Explain why the solvent level in the container must be below the pencil baseline.
- 7th May 1954In the specific heat capacity practical, why is the block insulated?
- 8th May 1954Describe the current-potential difference graph for a filament lamp.
- 9th May 1954State the difference between irradiation and contamination.
- 10th May 1954Calculate the momentum of a 1200 kg car travelling at 18 m/s.
- 11th May 1954Explain why a compass needle placed just outside one end of a current-carrying solenoid lines up parallel to the solenoid's axis.
- 12th May 1954Name the second major piece of observational evidence, besides red-shift, that supports the Big Bang model.
- 13th May 1954Name the process that moves substances against a concentration gradient.
- 14th May 1954Describe how phagocytes destroy pathogens in the body.
- 15th May 1954A student counts 19 pulse beats in 10 seconds immediately after running. Calculate her heart rate in beats per minute.
- 16th May 1954State how many chromosomes are found in a normal human body cell, and how they are arranged.
- 17th May 1954Why is the burette rinsed with the solution it is going to contain rather than with water?
- 18th May 1954State the relative mass and relative charge of a neutron.
- 19th May 1954Calculate the Mr of Ca(OH)2. (Ca = 40, O = 16, H = 1)
- 20th May 1954In the industrial extraction of aluminium, explain why the carbon anodes need to be replaced regularly.
- 21st May 1954State the condition, in terms of energy, that colliding particles must meet for a reaction to occur.
- 22nd May 1954Which reagent is added, and in what colour change, to test for chlorine gas?
- 23rd May 1954Explain how solid carbon particulates released by combustion can cause global dimming.
- 24th May 1954A lamp is supplied with 60 J and transfers 6 J as light. Calculate its efficiency as a percentage.
- 25th May 1954Define specific latent heat of fusion.
- 26th May 1954Calculate the weight of an object of mass 8.0 kg on Earth, where g = 9.8 N/kg.
- 27th May 1954A wave has a period of 0.005 s. Calculate its frequency.
- 28th May 1954State the difference between a natural satellite and an artificial satellite, and give one example of each.
- 29th May 1954Give the equation linking magnification, image size and real size.
- 30th May 1954Give one advantage and one disadvantage of a stent.
- 31st May 1954Name the gas that is released as a product of photosynthesis.