Daily Practice · GCSE Science
February 1960 5-a-day
Every sheet in February 1960
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st February 1960Explain, in terms of bonds, why breaking bonds is an endothermic process.
- 2nd February 1960State the catalyst commonly used in the Haber process.
- 3rd February 1960State the flame test colour for sodium ions.
- 4th February 1960Calculate the gravitational potential energy gained by a 60 kg person climbing 5 m. (g = 9.8 N/kg)
- 5th February 1960In a series circuit, the current through one lamp is 0.30 A. State the current through a second lamp in the same circuit.
- 6th February 1960A gas at 200 kPa occupies 3.0 cubic metres. It is compressed to 1.5 cubic metres at constant temperature. Calculate the new pressure.
- 7th February 1960Define the term 'vector quantity' and give one example.
- 8th February 1960Name the type of electromagnetic wave used to treat cancer by killing cells in a tumour, and state which part of the atom emits it.
- 9th February 1960State one difference between a moon and an artificial satellite.
- 10th February 1960State three functions of mitosis.
- 11th February 1960What happens to guard cells when a plant is short of water?
- 12th February 1960Write the word equation for photosynthesis.
- 13th February 1960Define phenotype.
- 14th February 1960State one method used to try to maintain biodiversity.
- 15th February 1960Explain, using the reactivity series, why attaching blocks of zinc to the hull of a steel ship helps prevent the steel from rusting.
- 16th February 1960Why is graphite soft and slippery?
- 17th February 1960Explain the difference between a strong acid and a concentrated acid.
- 18th February 1960A reaction between calcium carbonate and hydrochloric acid produces 72 cm3 of carbon dioxide gas in 30 seconds. Calculate the mean rate of reaction.
- 19th February 1960Name the type of biological molecule formed when amino acid monomers join together by condensation polymerisation.
- 20th February 1960Describe, in terms of wavelength, the difference between the radiation the Earth receives from the Sun and the radiation it re-emits from its surface.
- 21st February 1960Name four energy stores.
- 22nd February 1960State what happens to the internal energy of a substance as it is heated, in terms of the kinetic and potential energy of its particles.
- 23rd February 1960State one source of natural background radiation and one source of artificial (man-made) background radiation.
- 24th February 1960A radio wave has a wavelength of 3 m. Calculate its frequency, given that all electromagnetic waves travel at 3 x 10^8 m/s in a vacuum.
- 25th February 1960Explain why electricity is transmitted through the National Grid at a very high voltage rather than at the voltage used in homes.
- 26th February 1960A microscope has a x10 eyepiece lens and a x20 objective lens. Calculate the total magnification.
- 27th February 1960What is an enzyme?
- 28th February 1960Describe phagocytosis.
- 29th February 1960Name the chemical released at a synapse that carries the signal across the gap.