Daily Practice · GCSE Science
April 1958 5-a-day
Every sheet in April 1958
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st April 1958Define the term 'homologous series'.
- 2nd April 1958Name the two gases released in large amounts by volcanic activity that formed most of the Earth's early atmosphere.
- 3rd April 1958Name the energy store associated with a moving car.
- 4th April 1958Give the colour and function of the earth wire.
- 5th April 1958What observation showed the nucleus is positively charged and very small?
- 6th April 1958Write down the equation that links moment, force and distance.
- 7th April 1958A wire of length 0.20 m carries a current of 5.0 A at right angles to a magnetic field of flux density 0.60 T. Calculate the force on the wire.
- 8th April 1958A student measures 24 cubic centimetres of gas in 3 minutes. Calculate the rate.
- 9th April 1958State the type of large biological molecule that all enzymes are made from.
- 10th April 1958Give one way of reducing the spread of malaria.
- 11th April 1958Explain, in terms of blood vessels, how the skin helps to cool the body when it is too hot.
- 12th April 1958Define speciation.
- 13th April 1958A sample contains 90% of an isotope with mass number 10 and 10% of an isotope with mass number 11. Calculate the relative atomic mass, to 1 decimal place.
- 14th April 1958Why do elements in the same group have similar chemical properties?
- 15th April 1958Why is the amount of product directly proportional to the amount of limiting reactant?
- 16th April 1958Using the values in the previous question, calculate the overall energy change for the reaction.
- 17th April 1958State the catalyst commonly used in the Haber process.
- 18th April 1958A solution forms a green precipitate with sodium hydroxide solution. Which ion is present?
- 19th April 1958Give the equation for wave speed and its units.
- 20th April 1958A resistor of resistance 15 ohm is connected to a 6.0 V supply. Calculate the current flowing through it. Use V = I x R.
- 21st April 1958Why does reducing the volume of a gas increase the pressure even though the molecules do not speed up?
- 22nd April 1958Define the term 'vector quantity' and give one example.
- 23rd April 1958Name the type of electromagnetic wave used to treat cancer by killing cells in a tumour, and state which part of the atom emits it.
- 24th April 1958State one difference between a moon and an artificial satellite.
- 25th April 1958Give one risk of stem cell treatment.
- 26th April 1958Why does a potometer measure water uptake rather than transpiration directly?
- 27th April 1958Why does the rate of photosynthesis fall at very high temperatures?
- 28th April 1958Define phenotype.
- 29th April 1958Explain why large-scale deforestation increases the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
- 30th April 1958State the four stages considered in a life cycle assessment.