Daily Practice · GCSE Science
September 1957 5-a-day
Every sheet in September 1957
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st September 1957Name the two gases produced by photosynthesis and the substance it consumes alongside carbon dioxide.
- 2nd September 1957State the equation for gravitational potential energy.
- 3rd September 1957Name the change of state when a liquid becomes a gas throughout the liquid, at its boiling point.
- 4th September 1957Radium-226 (atomic number 88) decays by alpha emission. State the atomic number of the nucleus formed.
- 5th September 1957State whether sound waves are transverse or longitudinal.
- 6th September 1957State the name of the component at the centre of a transformer's primary and secondary coils, and state its purpose.
- 7th September 1957A student views a red blood cell at a magnification of x2000. The image of the cell measures 20 mm across. Calculate the real width of the cell, giving your answer in micrometres (um).
- 8th September 1957Explain what happens to an enzyme above its optimum temperature.
- 9th September 1957Name three non-specific defences of the human body.
- 10th September 1957State why a reflex action is described as involuntary.
- 11th September 1957A student counts 3, 5, 4 and 8 dandelion plants in four separate 1 m^2 quadrats. Calculate the mean number of dandelions per quadrat.
- 12th September 1957State the two main steps used to produce potable water from a fresh water source.
- 13th September 1957State the charge on a calcium ion (Group 2).
- 14th September 1957Convert a concentration of 0.20 moles per cubic decimetre of NaOH into grams per cubic decimetre. (Mr = 40)
- 15th September 1957State the energy transfer that occurs during an exothermic reaction.
- 16th September 1957State what happens to the boiling point of hydrocarbons as their chain length increases.
- 17th September 1957In a chromatography experiment, a dye spot travels 4.5 cm and the solvent front travels 6.0 cm. Calculate its Rf value.
- 18th September 1957Define the resolution of a measuring instrument.
- 19th September 1957Two 4 ohm resistors are connected in series. Calculate the total resistance.
- 20th September 1957Which type of radiation is stopped by a sheet of paper?
- 21st September 1957A skateboarder of mass 55 kg moving at 4 m/s collides with and grabs onto a stationary shopping trolley of mass 20 kg, and they move off together. Calculate their combined velocity immediately after the collision.
- 22nd September 1957Describe the shape of the magnetic field produced around a long straight wire carrying a current.
- 23rd September 1957State how the amount of red-shift is related to a galaxy's distance from Earth.
- 24th September 1957Why does active transport require energy?
- 25th September 1957Name the vector that spreads the protist pathogen that causes malaria.
- 26th September 1957State the word equation for anaerobic respiration in human muscle cells.
- 27th September 1957State whether cystic fibrosis is caused by a dominant or a recessive allele.
- 28th September 1957Name one way to make a rate of reaction experiment more valid rather than simply more precise.
- 29th September 1957Define an isotope.
- 30th September 1957A sealed flask containing 12.0 g of reactants is shaken and a reaction occurs. What is the total mass afterwards?