Daily Practice · GCSE Science
April 1955 5-a-day
Every sheet in April 1955
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st April 1955State the equation linking potential difference, current and resistance.
- 2nd April 1955Define half-life.
- 3rd April 1955Explain, using Newton's Third Law, why a swimmer is able to push themselves forward by pushing backward against the water.
- 4th April 1955State what happens to the magnetic field around a straight current-carrying wire if the direction of the current is reversed.
- 5th April 1955State what red-shift shows about the motion of most distant galaxies.
- 6th April 1955Define osmosis.
- 7th April 1955Which type of pathogen causes athlete's foot, a fungal skin infection?
- 8th April 1955State the word equation for aerobic respiration.
- 9th April 1955State one ethical concern raised by embryo screening.
- 10th April 1955A gas syringe collects 48 cubic centimetres of gas in 40 seconds. Calculate the mean rate.
- 11th April 1955Why do isotopes of an element react in the same way?
- 12th April 1955Calculate the Mr of calcium carbonate, CaCO3. (Ca = 40, C = 12, O = 16)
- 13th April 1955State the name given to the negative electrode in electrolysis.
- 14th April 1955Explain why using a light sensor and data logger is more reliable than timing by eye in the disappearing cross practical.
- 15th April 1955State the reagent added, and the result, that shows a white solid contains sulfate ions.
- 16th April 1955State the two products of the complete combustion of a hydrocarbon fuel.
- 17th April 1955State one way to increase the efficiency of a motor.
- 18th April 1955Why is the density of a gas much lower than that of the same substance as a liquid?
- 19th April 1955A box has a driving force of 250 N forward and friction of 180 N backward. Calculate the resultant force, including its direction.
- 20th April 1955Explain, in terms of particle motion, why a wave can transfer energy without transferring matter.
- 21st April 1955Name the region of the Solar System where most asteroids are found.
- 22nd April 1955Name two structures found in a plant cell but not in an animal cell.
- 23rd April 1955Why is the wall of the left ventricle thicker than that of the right ventricle?
- 24th April 1955Explain why anaerobic respiration releases much less energy per glucose molecule than aerobic respiration.
- 25th April 1955A person's blood glucose concentration is 4.8 mmol/dm^3 before breakfast and 7.2 mmol/dm^3 after breakfast. Calculate the increase in blood glucose concentration.
- 26th April 1955State one abiotic factor that can affect the population of fish living in a pond.
- 27th April 1955State what is meant by sustainable development.
- 28th April 1955What type of bonding is present in a compound formed between a metal and a non-metal?
- 29th April 1955State the pH value of a neutral solution.
- 30th April 1955State the two substances that react inside a hydrogen fuel cell.