Daily Practice · GCSE Science
August 1956 5-a-day
Every sheet in August 1956
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 1956State the energy transfer that occurs during an endothermic reaction.
- 2nd August 1956State two products, other than water, that can be formed during the incomplete combustion of a hydrocarbon.
- 3rd August 1956A sample produces only one spot when run in three different solvents. What does this suggest about the sample?
- 4th August 1956Why should a line of best fit be drawn rather than joining the plotted points?
- 5th August 1956In a parallel circuit, how do the branch currents relate to the total current?
- 6th August 1956State the approximate radius of an atom.
- 7th August 1956Explain why a larger vehicle mass increases braking distance.
- 8th August 1956State the type of force that always acts between an induced magnet and the magnet that induced it.
- 9th August 1956Name the model of the origin of the universe that is supported by red-shift observations.
- 10th August 1956Give one adaptation of a root hair cell for absorbing mineral ions.
- 11th August 1956Which type of pathogen causes athlete's foot, a fungal skin infection?
- 12th August 1956Define oxygen debt.
- 13th August 1956Explain one benefit of the Human Genome Project.
- 14th August 1956Why is a polystyrene cup with a lid used in energy-change experiments?
- 15th August 1956Write the electronic structure of a magnesium atom (12 electrons).
- 16th August 1956A student measures the mass of a beaker of hydrochloric acid and marble chips as they react and finds it falls. Explain why.
- 17th August 1956Explain why solid sodium chloride does not conduct electricity, but molten sodium chloride does.
- 18th August 1956In the gas-volume required practical measuring how concentration affects rate, state one variable that should be controlled.
- 19th August 1956Name the gas that relights a glowing splint.
- 20th August 1956Name two gases that dissolve in atmospheric water droplets to cause acid rain.
- 21st August 1956Define power and give its unit.
- 22nd August 1956Convert a density of 2.7 grams per cubic centimetre into kilograms per cubic metre.
- 23rd August 1956A box has a driving force of 250 N forward and friction of 180 N backward. Calculate the resultant force, including its direction.
- 24th August 1956A wave travels from air into glass and slows down. State what happens to its direction, and explain why in terms of wavelength.
- 25th August 1956State what a nebula is, and explain its role in the life cycle of a star.
- 26th August 1956Give one advantage of a light microscope over an electron microscope.
- 27th August 1956Name the blood vessel that carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs.
- 28th August 1956Explain why anaerobic respiration releases much less energy per glucose molecule than aerobic respiration.
- 29th August 1956Name the hormone released by the adrenal glands that prepares the body for fight or flight.
- 30th August 1956Thermus aquaticus is a species of bacterium that lives in hot springs at temperatures that would kill most other organisms. State the name given to an organism that is adapted to survive in such extreme conditions.
- 31st August 1956State what is meant by sustainable development.