Daily Practice · GCSE Science
May 1961 5-a-day
Every sheet in May 1961
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 1961State whether cystic fibrosis is caused by a dominant or a recessive allele.
- 2nd May 1961Why is a polystyrene cup with a lid used in energy-change experiments?
- 3rd May 1961Write the electronic structure of a magnesium atom (12 electrons).
- 4th May 1961A student measures the mass of a beaker of hydrochloric acid and marble chips as they react and finds it falls. Explain why.
- 5th May 1961Aqueous copper sulfate solution is electrolysed using inert graphite electrodes. State the products formed at (a) the cathode and (b) the anode, giving a reason for each.
- 6th May 1961In the disappearing cross required practical, state the dependent variable that is measured.
- 7th May 1961Name the gas that relights a glowing splint.
- 8th May 1961Name two gases that dissolve in atmospheric water droplets to cause acid rain.
- 9th May 1961Define power and give its unit.
- 10th May 1961Convert a density of 2.7 grams per cubic centimetre into kilograms per cubic metre.
- 11th May 1961A resultant force of 45 N acts on an object of mass 9.0 kg. Calculate its acceleration. Use F = m x a.
- 12th May 1961A water wave has a wavelength of 0.4 m and a frequency of 2.5 Hz. Calculate its speed.
- 13th May 1961Explain how elements heavier than iron, such as gold, are created and distributed through the universe.
- 14th May 1961Give one advantage of a light microscope over an electron microscope.
- 15th May 1961Name the blood vessel that carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs.
- 16th May 1961State three factors that can limit the rate of photosynthesis.
- 17th May 1961State the type of diabetes in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin.
- 18th May 1961Thermus aquaticus is a species of bacterium that lives in hot springs at temperatures that would kill most other organisms. State the name given to an organism that is adapted to survive in such extreme conditions.
- 19th May 1961Explain, in terms of particle size, how reverse osmosis separates water from dissolved salt.
- 20th May 1961Why can an ionic compound conduct electricity when molten or dissolved but not when solid?
- 21st May 1961Explain why aluminium cannot be extracted from aluminium oxide by heating with carbon.
- 22nd May 1961State the only substance produced when a hydrogen fuel cell reacts pure hydrogen with pure oxygen.
- 23rd May 1961Describe the colour change seen when an alkene is shaken with bromine water.
- 24th May 1961Name three greenhouse gases.
- 25th May 1961A kettle transfers 360000 J of energy in 150 s. Calculate its power in watts.
- 26th May 1961Give the colour and function of the earth wire.
- 27th May 1961What observation showed the nucleus is positively charged and very small?
- 28th May 1961State the name of the upward force acting on an object placed in a fluid.
- 29th May 1961A current-carrying wire experiences a force of 1.2 N when placed at right angles to a magnetic field of flux density 0.40 T, carrying a current of 6.0 A. Calculate the length of wire in the field.
- 30th May 1961A student measures 24 cubic centimetres of gas in 3 minutes. Calculate the rate.
- 31st May 1961Name the plant tissue that transports water and dissolved minerals from the roots to the leaves.