Daily Practice · GCSE Science
March 1956 5-a-day
Every sheet in March 1956
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st March 1956A student counts 19 pulse beats in 10 seconds immediately after running. Calculate her heart rate in beats per minute.
- 2nd March 1956State how many chromosomes are found in a normal human body cell, and how they are arranged.
- 3rd March 1956Name one way to make a rate of reaction experiment more valid rather than simply more precise.
- 4th March 1956Define an isotope.
- 5th March 1956A sealed flask containing 12.0 g of reactants is shaken and a reaction occurs. What is the total mass afterwards?
- 6th March 1956In the industrial extraction of aluminium, explain why the carbon anodes need to be replaced regularly.
- 7th March 1956State the condition, in terms of energy, that colliding particles must meet for a reaction to occur.
- 8th March 1956State the difference between a pure substance and a formulation.
- 9th March 1956Explain why burning a fuel can produce nitrogen oxides even if the fuel itself contains no nitrogen.
- 10th March 1956Name three renewable energy resources.
- 11th March 1956State the equation for density.
- 12th March 1956A cyclist rides 300 m north then 300 m back south to the start. State the total distance travelled and total displacement.
- 13th March 1956A wave has a period of 0.005 s. Calculate its frequency.
- 14th March 1956State the difference between a natural satellite and an artificial satellite, and give one example of each.
- 15th March 1956Why is a stain such as iodine used when preparing a slide?
- 16th March 1956Give two adaptations of a red blood cell.
- 17th March 1956A lamp is placed 10 cm from pondweed. Calculate the relative light intensity using relative light intensity = 1 / distance^2.
- 18th March 1956Name the hormone that causes the liver to convert stored glycogen back into glucose.
- 19th March 1956Explain why a pyramid of biomass is never wider at the top than at the bottom.
- 20th March 1956Classify crude oil as finite or renewable, and justify your answer.
- 21st March 1956Define a covalent bond.
- 22nd March 1956Calculate the number of moles of sodium hydroxide in 200 cm3 of a 0.500 mol/dm3 solution.
- 23rd March 1956State the difference between a rechargeable cell and a non-rechargeable cell.
- 24th March 1956State the type of reaction that occurs when bromine adds across the double bond of an alkene.
- 25th March 1956Give two human activities that increase the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
- 26th March 1956A 5.0 kg object is lifted 3.0 m. Calculate its gain in gravitational potential energy (g = 9.8 N/kg).
- 27th March 1956Calculate the current drawn by a 1150 W kettle on a 230 V supply.
- 28th March 1956State the approximate radius of a nucleus compared with the radius of an atom.
- 29th March 1956Explain why a rucksack with wide, padded straps is more comfortable to carry than one with thin straps, for the same load.
- 30th March 1956State the three factors needed for a current-carrying wire to experience a force due to the motor effect.
- 31st March 1956State the difference between resolution and accuracy.