Daily Practice · GCSE Science
June 1955 5-a-day
Every sheet in June 1955
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st June 1955Explain the difference between a strong acid and a concentrated acid.
- 2nd June 1955A reaction between calcium carbonate and hydrochloric acid produces 72 cm3 of carbon dioxide gas in 30 seconds. Calculate the mean rate of reaction.
- 3rd June 1955State the functional group found in all carboxylic acids.
- 4th June 1955Explain why the natural greenhouse effect is necessary for life on Earth, rather than being a purely harmful process.
- 5th June 1955Name four energy stores.
- 6th June 1955State the correct SI unit for density.
- 7th June 1955State one source of natural background radiation and one source of artificial (man-made) background radiation.
- 8th June 1955State the speed at which all electromagnetic waves travel through a vacuum.
- 9th June 1955A transformer has 500 turns on its primary coil and 2500 turns on its secondary coil. State, with a reason, whether this is a step-up or a step-down transformer.
- 10th June 1955Convert 0.02 mm into micrometres (um).
- 11th June 1955What is an enzyme?
- 12th June 1955Describe phagocytosis.
- 13th June 1955Name the two parts of the central nervous system (CNS).
- 14th June 1955Name the group of organisms that break down dead plant and animal matter, returning mineral ions to the soil.
- 15th June 1955State one benefit of recycling metal rather than extracting new metal from its ore.
- 16th June 1955Name the three types of strong chemical bonding.
- 17th June 1955Give the formula for percentage yield.
- 18th June 1955A student reacts excess zinc powder with 25 cm3 of copper sulfate solution in a polystyrene cup. The starting temperature is 21.0 degrees C and the maximum temperature reached is 58.5 degrees C. Calculate the temperature change.
- 19th June 1955Hexadecane (C16H34) is cracked to produce dodecane (C12H26) and one other product. Calculate the molecular formula of the other product.
- 20th June 1955State two advantages of instrumental methods of analysis, such as GC-MS, compared with manual chemical tests.
- 21st June 1955Distinguish repeatability from reproducibility.
- 22nd June 1955How does the resistance of a thermistor change as it gets hotter?
- 23rd June 1955What is an alpha particle made of?
- 24th June 1955A resultant force of 60 N acts on a wheelbarrow of mass 15 kg. Calculate its acceleration.
- 25th June 1955State the difference between a permanent magnet and an induced magnet.
- 26th June 1955State whether a galaxy moving towards Earth would show a red-shift or a blue-shift in its light.
- 27th June 1955Explain why a plant cell placed in pure water does not burst.
- 28th June 1955State one way that pathogens can be spread from person to person.
- 29th June 1955State two things excess glucose can be converted into for storage in the human body.
- 30th June 1955Define homozygous.