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February 1958 5-a-day

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February 1958

28 sheets · 140 questions · GCSE

Every sheet in February 1958

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st February 1958State what provides the centripetal force that keeps a planet in orbit around the Sun.
  2. 2nd February 1958What happens to the DNA before mitosis begins?
  3. 3rd February 1958State two conditions that increase the rate of transpiration.
  4. 4th February 1958A lamp is moved from 15 cm to 30 cm away. What happens to the light intensity?
  5. 5th February 1958Define the term allele.
  6. 6th February 1958Name the biological process that removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and converts it into carbon compounds in a plant.
  7. 7th February 1958State one environmental benefit of recycling aluminium cans rather than making new aluminium from ore.
  8. 8th February 1958Explain why graphite conducts electricity but diamond does not.
  9. 9th February 1958State what is observed when magnesium ribbon is added to copper sulfate solution.
  10. 10th February 1958State the equation for the mean rate of a reaction in terms of the quantity of reactant used.
  11. 11th February 1958Explain why carboxylic acids are described as 'weak acids'.
  12. 12th February 1958Explain why the natural greenhouse effect is necessary for life on Earth, rather than being a purely harmful process.
  13. 13th February 1958Calculate the kinetic energy of a 0.5 kg ball moving at 6 m/s.
  14. 14th February 1958State the correct SI unit for density.
  15. 15th February 1958Explain why americium-241, an alpha emitter, is suitable for use in a smoke detector.
  16. 16th February 1958Explain why ultraviolet radiation can be harmful to human skin.
  17. 17th February 1958State two ways of inducing a potential difference across a conductor using a magnetic field.
  18. 18th February 1958Convert 0.02 mm into micrometres (um).
  19. 19th February 1958Where is bile made and where is it stored?
  20. 20th February 1958Why does a vaccinated person not usually become ill when they meet the pathogen?
  21. 21st February 1958A ruler is released and falls 20 cm before being caught. Using distance = 0.5 x g x time^2 with g = 9.8 m/s^2, calculate the reaction time, to 3 significant figures.
  22. 22nd February 1958Name the equipment used to measure the abundance of a small plant species within a sample area.
  23. 23rd February 1958State one benefit of recycling metal rather than extracting new metal from its ore.
  24. 24th February 1958Name the three types of strong chemical bonding.
  25. 25th February 1958Calculate the concentration in moles per cubic decimetre of a solution containing 0.5 mol in 250 cubic centimetres.
  26. 26th February 1958State the energy transfer that occurs during an endothermic reaction.
  27. 27th February 1958Define the term 'hydrocarbon'.
  28. 28th February 1958A sample produces only one spot when run in three different solvents. What does this suggest about the sample?