Daily Practice · GCSE Science
May 1960 5-a-day
Every sheet in May 1960
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 1960Put the following in order of increasing distance from the Sun: Mars, Venus, Saturn, Earth.
- 2nd May 1960Give one advantage of therapeutic cloning over using unrelated embryonic stem cells.
- 3rd May 1960Why are xylem cells strengthened with lignin?
- 4th May 1960Why is glucose converted into starch for storage?
- 5th May 1960Name the three-domain system of classification, and name the scientist most associated with proposing it.
- 6th May 1960State one way in which high biodiversity benefits an ecosystem.
- 7th May 1960Explain how painting an iron gate helps prevent it from rusting.
- 8th May 1960Why can an ionic solid not conduct electricity?
- 9th May 1960Name the salt made from zinc oxide and nitric acid.
- 10th May 1960State what is meant by a catalyst.
- 11th May 1960State the functional group found in all alcohols.
- 12th May 1960Name the two gases produced by photosynthesis and the substance it consumes alongside carbon dioxide.
- 13th May 1960Define specific heat capacity.
- 14th May 1960Name the change of state when a liquid becomes a gas throughout the liquid, at its boiling point.
- 15th May 1960State the number of protons and the number of neutrons in an alpha particle.
- 16th May 1960State what happens to the frequency of a wave when it is refracted as it passes into a different material.
- 17th May 1960State two factors that increase the size of the potential difference induced in a coil.
- 18th May 1960A student views a red blood cell at a magnification of x2000. The image of the cell measures 20 mm across. Calculate the real width of the cell, giving your answer in micrometres (um).
- 19th May 1960Why does a food test for sugars need a water bath?
- 20th May 1960Explain what is meant by a double blind trial.
- 21st May 1960Put these into the correct order for a reflex arc: motor neuron, receptor, effector, relay neuron, sensory neuron.
- 22nd May 1960State one structural adaptation of a polar bear that helps it survive in a cold environment.
- 23rd May 1960State the two main steps used to produce potable water from a fresh water source.
- 24th May 1960State the charge on a calcium ion (Group 2).
- 25th May 1960Give the formula for atom economy.
- 26th May 1960Explain, in terms of the reaction pathway, why adding a catalyst increases the rate of a reaction without changing the overall energy change of the reaction.
- 27th May 1960Name the process used to separate crude oil into fractions.
- 28th May 1960State one advantage of running known reference substances alongside an unknown sample on the same chromatogram, rather than only comparing to published Rf values.
- 29th May 1960How is the uncertainty in a set of repeated readings usually estimated?
- 30th May 1960Define electric current.
- 31st May 1960A source has a half-life of 5 days and an initial activity of 1600 Bq. What is its activity after 15 days?