Daily Practice · GCSE Science
June 1961 5-a-day
Every sheet in June 1961
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st June 1961Give one way of reducing the spread of malaria.
- 2nd June 1961State one difference between nervous and hormonal coordination.
- 3rd June 1961State what is meant by a selection pressure.
- 4th June 1961Explain, in terms of electrons, why reactivity decreases going down Group 7.
- 5th June 1961Why do elements in the same group have similar chemical properties?
- 6th June 1961Why is the amount of product directly proportional to the amount of limiting reactant?
- 7th June 1961Explain, in terms of bonds, why breaking bonds is an endothermic process.
- 8th June 1961State Le Chatelier's principle in your own words.
- 9th June 1961A solution forms a green precipitate with sodium hydroxide solution. Which ion is present?
- 10th June 1961Give the equation for wave speed and its units.
- 11th June 1961In a series circuit, the current through one lamp is 0.30 A. State the current through a second lamp in the same circuit.
- 12th June 1961Why does reducing the volume of a gas increase the pressure even though the molecules do not speed up?
- 13th June 1961On a velocity-time graph, what does the area between the line and the time axis represent?
- 14th June 1961State the speed of all electromagnetic waves travelling through a vacuum.
- 15th June 1961State the name of the force that keeps a satellite in orbit around the Earth.
- 16th June 1961Give one risk of stem cell treatment.
- 17th June 1961Why does a potometer measure water uptake rather than transpiration directly?
- 18th June 1961Why does the rate of photosynthesis fall at very high temperatures?
- 19th June 1961A 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.
- 20th June 1961Explain why large-scale deforestation increases the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
- 21st June 1961State the four stages considered in a life cycle assessment.
- 22nd June 1961Why does simple molecular carbon dioxide have a much lower melting point than giant covalent silicon dioxide?
- 23rd June 1961Define oxidation in terms of electrons.
- 24th June 1961State two units that the rate of a reaction can be measured in.
- 25th June 1961Name the small molecule typically released as a by-product during condensation polymerisation.
- 26th June 1961Describe, in terms of wavelength, the difference between the radiation the Earth receives from the Sun and the radiation it re-emits from its surface.
- 27th June 1961A 3 kg object is raised 2 m. Calculate the gravitational potential energy gained. (g = 9.8 N/kg)
- 28th June 1961State what happens to the internal energy of a substance as it is heated, in terms of the kinetic and potential energy of its particles.
- 29th June 1961A GM tube detects a count rate of 240 counts per minute from a source. After 15 days the count rate has fallen to 30 counts per minute. Show that this data is consistent with a half-life of 5 days.
- 30th June 1961A water wave has a frequency of 4 Hz and a wavelength of 0.5 m. Calculate its speed.