Daily Practice · GCSE Science
December 1957 5-a-day
Every sheet in December 1957
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 1957Define a synapse.
- 2nd December 1957Give one example of an abiotic factor that could affect where a plant species grows.
- 3rd December 1957Name the four stages usually considered in a life cycle assessment of a product.
- 4th December 1957A student says that metals conduct electricity because they contain free-moving ions. Explain why this statement is incorrect, and give the correct explanation.
- 5th December 1957Convert 250 cubic centimetres into cubic decimetres.
- 6th December 1957A student heats solid copper carbonate strongly in a test tube, and it breaks down into copper oxide and carbon dioxide. Heating must be continued throughout the reaction for it to keep going. State whether this thermal decomposition reaction is exothermic or endothermic, and explain your reasoning.
- 7th December 1957State the general formula of the alkanes.
- 8th December 1957Write the formula for calculating an Rf value.
- 9th December 1957Readings have a mean of 20.0 cm and a range of 1.0 cm. Calculate the percentage uncertainty.
- 10th December 1957What happens to the total resistance when a second resistor is added in parallel, and why?
- 11th December 1957What happens inside the nucleus when a beta particle is emitted?
- 12th December 1957Calculate the momentum of a 1200 kg car travelling at 18 m/s.
- 13th December 1957Explain why a compass needle placed just outside one end of a current-carrying solenoid lines up parallel to the solenoid's axis.
- 14th December 1957Name the second major piece of observational evidence, besides red-shift, that supports the Big Bang model.
- 15th December 1957State three factors that increase the rate of diffusion.
- 16th December 1957Which type of pathogen causes athlete's foot, a fungal skin infection?
- 17th December 1957A student counts 19 pulse beats in 10 seconds immediately after running. Calculate her heart rate in beats per minute.
- 18th December 1957State how many chromosomes are found in a normal human body cell, and how they are arranged.
- 19th December 1957What does 'concordant' mean when applied to titres?
- 20th December 1957What did the alpha scattering experiment show that the plum pudding model could not explain?
- 21st December 1957Magnesium is burned in an open crucible and the mass increases. Explain why.
- 22nd December 1957In the industrial extraction of aluminium, explain why the carbon anodes need to be replaced regularly.
- 23rd December 1957State the condition, in terms of energy, that colliding particles must meet for a reaction to occur.
- 24th December 1957Describe the result of the test for carbon dioxide.
- 25th December 1957Give one piece of evidence used to link human activity to recent climate change.
- 26th December 1957Give one advantage and one disadvantage of wind power.
- 27th December 1957Why does the temperature stay constant while a substance boils?
- 28th December 1957A box has a driving force of 250 N forward and friction of 180 N backward. Calculate the resultant force, including its direction.
- 29th December 1957A wave has a period of 0.005 s. Calculate its frequency.
- 30th December 1957State the difference between a natural satellite and an artificial satellite, and give one example of each.
- 31st December 1957Where is the DNA found in a bacterial cell?