Daily Practice · GCSE Science
September 1960 5-a-day
Every sheet in September 1960
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st September 1960State the name given to the negative electrode in electrolysis.
- 2nd September 1960Explain why using a light sensor and data logger is more reliable than timing by eye in the disappearing cross practical.
- 3rd September 1960Which reagent is added, and in what colour change, to test for chlorine gas?
- 4th September 1960Explain how solid carbon particulates released by combustion can cause global dimming.
- 5th September 1960A lamp is supplied with 60 J and transfers 6 J as light. Calculate its efficiency as a percentage.
- 6th September 1960Define specific latent heat of fusion.
- 7th September 1960A box has a driving force of 250 N forward and friction of 180 N backward. Calculate the resultant force, including its direction.
- 8th September 1960Explain, in terms of particle motion, why a wave can transfer energy without transferring matter.
- 9th September 1960Name the region of the Solar System where most asteroids are found.
- 10th September 1960Give the equation linking magnification, image size and real size.
- 11th September 1960Give one advantage and one disadvantage of a stent.
- 12th September 1960Explain why anaerobic respiration releases much less energy per glucose molecule than aerobic respiration.
- 13th September 1960A person's blood glucose concentration is 4.8 mmol/dm^3 before breakfast and 7.2 mmol/dm^3 after breakfast. Calculate the increase in blood glucose concentration.
- 14th September 1960State what is meant by the term ecosystem.
- 15th September 1960State what is meant by sustainable development.
- 16th September 1960Describe metallic bonding.
- 17th September 1960State the pH value of a neutral solution.
- 18th September 1960State whether breaking a chemical bond requires energy or releases energy.
- 19th September 1960Propene (C3H6) reacts with steam in the presence of a catalyst. Name the catalyst, and name the type of compound formed.
- 20th September 1960Explain, in terms of infrared radiation, how greenhouse gases keep the Earth warm.
- 21st September 1960A motor is supplied with 800 J of energy and wastes 240 J as heat. Calculate its efficiency as a percentage.
- 22nd September 1960Why does the national grid transmit electricity at a very high potential difference?
- 23rd September 1960Why is the atomic model a good example of how scientific models change?
- 24th September 1960State two factors, other than depth, that affect the pressure at a given point in a liquid.
- 25th September 1960State the name of the rule used to find the direction of the force on a current-carrying wire in a magnetic field, and name the three quantities it relates.
- 26th September 1960Define the independent variable.
- 27th September 1960An amylase reaction is complete after 200 seconds. Calculate the rate of reaction using rate = 1000 / time.
- 28th September 1960Name the type of pathogen that causes malaria.
- 29th September 1960State what is meant by negative feedback.
- 30th September 1960Name the scientist who proposed the three-domain system of classification, and name the three domains.