Daily Practice · GCSE Science
January 1955 5-a-day
Every sheet in January 1955
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st January 1955State one structural adaptation of a polar bear that helps it survive in a cold environment.
- 2nd January 1955State the two main steps used to produce potable water from a fresh water source.
- 3rd January 1955State the charge on a calcium ion (Group 2).
- 4th January 1955Calculate the concentration in moles per cubic decimetre of a solution containing 0.5 mol in 250 cubic centimetres.
- 5th January 1955State the energy transfer that occurs during an endothermic reaction.
- 6th January 1955Name the process used to separate crude oil into fractions.
- 7th January 1955A sample produces only one spot when run in three different solvents. What does this suggest about the sample?
- 8th January 1955Why should a line of best fit be drawn rather than joining the plotted points?
- 9th January 1955In a parallel circuit, how do the branch currents relate to the total current?
- 10th January 1955State the approximate radius of an atom.
- 11th January 1955State Newton's First Law of Motion.
- 12th January 1955Two bar magnets are placed with their north poles facing each other. State what happens to the magnets.
- 13th January 1955State what is meant by red-shift.
- 14th January 1955Give one adaptation of a root hair cell for absorbing mineral ions.
- 15th January 1955Name the vector that spreads the protist pathogen that causes malaria.
- 16th January 1955Explain why breathing rate and breathing depth both increase during exercise.
- 17th January 1955In pea plants, purple flower colour (allele H) is dominant over white flower colour (allele h). State the phenotype of a plant with genotype Hh.
- 18th January 1955Why is a polystyrene cup with a lid used in energy-change experiments?
- 19th January 1955Write the electronic structure of a magnesium atom (12 electrons).
- 20th January 1955A student measures the mass of a beaker of hydrochloric acid and marble chips as they react and finds it falls. Explain why.
- 21st January 1955State the two materials commonly used as inert electrodes in electrolysis, and explain why they must be inert.
- 22nd January 1955Explain how a catalyst increases the rate of a reaction without being used up.
- 23rd January 1955Name the gas that relights a glowing splint.
- 24th January 1955Name two gases that dissolve in atmospheric water droplets to cause acid rain.
- 25th January 1955Define power and give its unit.
- 26th January 1955Convert a density of 2.7 grams per cubic centimetre into kilograms per cubic metre.
- 27th January 1955A gardener pushes a mower with a force of 60 N through a distance of 8.0 m. Calculate the work done. Use W = F x s.
- 28th January 1955Give one everyday example of a transverse wave and one everyday example of a longitudinal wave.
- 29th January 1955State what happens to the orbital speed needed for a stable orbit as the orbital radius increases.
- 30th January 1955Give one advantage of a light microscope over an electron microscope.
- 31st January 1955Name the blood vessel that carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs.