Daily Practice · GCSE Science
September 1959 5-a-day
Every sheet in September 1959
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st September 1959A lamp is moved from 15 cm to 30 cm away. What happens to the light intensity?
- 2nd September 1959A plant grown in the shade is shorter than a genetically identical plant of the same species grown in full sunlight. State whether this difference is genetic variation, environmental variation, or both.
- 3rd September 1959Name the biological process that removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and converts it into carbon compounds in a plant.
- 4th September 1959State one environmental benefit of recycling aluminium cans rather than making new aluminium from ore.
- 5th September 1959Explain why graphite conducts electricity but diamond does not.
- 6th September 1959State what is observed when magnesium ribbon is added to copper sulfate solution.
- 7th September 1959State the equation for the mean rate of a reaction in terms of the quantity of reactant used.
- 8th September 1959Name the small molecule typically released as a by-product during condensation polymerisation.
- 9th September 1959State two long-term stores of carbon that removed carbon dioxide from the early atmosphere.
- 10th September 1959Calculate the kinetic energy of a 0.5 kg ball moving at 6 m/s.
- 11th September 1959Calculate the energy needed to melt 0.50 kg of a substance with a specific latent heat of fusion of 210000 J/kg.
- 12th September 1959Explain why americium-241, an alpha emitter, is suitable for use in a smoke detector.
- 13th September 1959A water wave has a frequency of 4 Hz and a wavelength of 0.5 m. Calculate its speed.
- 14th September 1959A transformer's primary coil is connected to a 12 V supply and has 60 turns. Calculate the number of turns needed on the secondary coil to produce an output of 3.0 V.
- 15th September 1959Name the structure in a plant cell that controls the substances entering and leaving the cell.
- 16th September 1959Where is bile made and where is it stored?
- 17th September 1959Why does a vaccinated person not usually become ill when they meet the pathogen?
- 18th September 1959Define a synapse.
- 19th September 1959Give one example of an abiotic factor that could affect where a plant species grows.
- 20th September 1959Name two methods of desalinating seawater.
- 21st September 1959Name the giant covalent structure made of carbon in which each carbon atom is bonded to four others.
- 22nd September 1959Calculate the concentration in moles per cubic decimetre of a solution containing 0.5 mol in 250 cubic centimetres.
- 23rd September 1959State the energy transfer that occurs during an endothermic reaction.
- 24th September 1959State the general formula of the alkanes.
- 25th September 1959A sample produces only one spot when run in three different solvents. What does this suggest about the sample?
- 26th September 1959Why should a line of best fit be drawn rather than joining the plotted points?
- 27th September 1959In a parallel circuit, how do the branch currents relate to the total current?
- 28th September 1959State the approximate radius of an atom.
- 29th September 1959Calculate the momentum of a 1200 kg car travelling at 18 m/s.
- 30th September 1959Explain why a compass needle placed just outside one end of a current-carrying solenoid lines up parallel to the solenoid's axis.