Daily Practice · GCSE Science
June 1959 5-a-day
Every sheet in June 1959
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st June 1959State the two named reactants used in the Haber process.
- 2nd June 1959Why must dilute nitric acid be added before silver nitrate solution when testing for a halide ion?
- 3rd June 1959State the equation for work done.
- 4th June 1959Two resistors are connected in parallel across a 12 V battery. State the potential difference across each resistor.
- 5th June 1959State the relationship between pressure and volume for a fixed mass of gas at constant temperature.
- 6th June 1959A ball decelerates uniformly from 18 m/s to 0 m/s over a distance of 2.7 m while being caught. Using (final velocity)^2 = (initial velocity)^2 + 2 x acceleration x distance, calculate its deceleration.
- 7th June 1959An X-ray has a wavelength of 1 x 10^-10 m. Calculate its frequency (speed of light = 3 x 10^8 m/s).
- 8th June 1959A satellite in a stable, small-radius, close orbit around the Earth is compared with a satellite in a stable, large-radius, distant orbit. State which of the two satellites has the greater orbital speed.
- 9th June 1959Where in a plant are stem cells found?
- 10th June 1959Name the process by which dissolved sugars are transported in the phloem.
- 11th June 1959Why is photosynthesis described as endothermic?
- 12th June 1959Give one piece of evidence that supports Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection.
- 13th June 1959State one human activity that reduces the amount of land available for other organisms.
- 14th June 1959State the two substances that must both be present for iron to rust.
- 15th June 1959State the size range of a nanoparticle.
- 16th June 1959Why is aluminium extracted by electrolysis rather than by reduction with carbon?
- 17th June 1959Explain, using collision theory, why increasing the concentration of a reactant in solution increases the rate of a reaction.
- 18th June 1959Name the two methods used to produce ethanol industrially.
- 19th June 1959Explain why the natural greenhouse effect is necessary for life on Earth, rather than being a purely harmful process.
- 20th June 1959What happens to the energy described as 'wasted' in a transfer?
- 21st June 1959State the correct SI unit for density.
- 22nd June 1959Explain the difference between irradiation and contamination.
- 23rd June 1959State whether sound waves are transverse or longitudinal.
- 24th June 1959State the name of the component at the centre of a transformer's primary and secondary coils, and state its purpose.
- 25th June 1959Convert 0.02 mm into micrometres (um).
- 26th June 1959Name the products of protein digestion.
- 27th June 1959State the difference between an antibiotic and a painkiller.
- 28th June 1959State why a reflex action is described as involuntary.
- 29th June 1959A student counts 3, 5, 4 and 8 dandelion plants in four separate 1 m^2 quadrats. Calculate the mean number of dandelions per quadrat.
- 30th June 1959State one benefit of recycling metal rather than extracting new metal from its ore.