Daily Practice · GCSE Science
November 1956 5-a-day
Every sheet in November 1956
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st November 1956State one way that pathogens can be spread from person to person.
- 2nd November 1956Explain why breathing rate and breathing depth both increase during exercise.
- 3rd November 1956In pea plants, purple flower colour (allele H) is dominant over white flower colour (allele h). State the phenotype of a plant with genotype Hh.
- 4th November 1956A gas syringe collects 48 cubic centimetres of gas in 40 seconds. Calculate the mean rate.
- 5th November 1956Why do isotopes of an element react in the same way?
- 6th November 1956Calculate the Mr of calcium carbonate, CaCO3. (Ca = 40, C = 12, O = 16)
- 7th November 1956State the two materials commonly used as inert electrodes in electrolysis, and explain why they must be inert.
- 8th November 1956Explain how a catalyst increases the rate of a reaction without being used up.
- 9th November 1956State the reagent added, and the result, that shows a white solid contains sulfate ions.
- 10th November 1956State the two products of the complete combustion of a hydrocarbon fuel.
- 11th November 1956State one way to increase the efficiency of a motor.
- 12th November 1956Why is the density of a gas much lower than that of the same substance as a liquid?
- 13th November 1956State whether friction is a contact force or a non-contact force.
- 14th November 1956Give one everyday example of a transverse wave and one everyday example of a longitudinal wave.
- 15th November 1956State what happens to the orbital speed needed for a stable orbit as the orbital radius increases.
- 16th November 1956Name two structures found in a plant cell but not in an animal cell.
- 17th November 1956Why is the wall of the left ventricle thicker than that of the right ventricle?
- 18th November 1956Complete the word equation for anaerobic respiration in yeast: glucose -> ___ + ___
- 19th November 1956Explain why type 1 diabetes is treated with insulin injections rather than tablets.
- 20th November 1956State one abiotic factor that can affect the population of fish living in a pond.
- 21st November 1956Give one reason distillation of seawater requires a large energy input.
- 22nd November 1956What type of bonding is present in a compound formed between a metal and a non-metal?
- 23rd November 1956A student reacts 2.4 g of magnesium with excess dilute hydrochloric acid: Mg + 2HCl -> MgCl2 + H2. Relative atomic mass of Mg = 24. Calculate the number of moles of hydrogen gas produced.
- 24th November 1956State the two substances that react inside a hydrogen fuel cell.
- 25th November 1956Name the alkene with the molecular formula C4H8.
- 26th November 1956Name the two gases released in large amounts by volcanic activity that formed most of the Earth's early atmosphere.
- 27th November 1956Name the energy store associated with a moving car.
- 28th November 1956State the potential difference and frequency of the UK mains supply.
- 29th November 1956What did Bohr add to the nuclear model?
- 30th November 1956A spanner is used to loosen a bolt. Explain why using a longer spanner makes it easier to loosen the bolt.