Daily Practice · GCSE Science
August 1961 5-a-day
Every sheet in August 1961
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 1961A cyclist rides 300 m north then 300 m back south to the start. State the total distance travelled and total displacement.
- 2nd August 1961A wave has a period of 0.005 s. Calculate its frequency.
- 3rd August 1961State the difference between a natural satellite and an artificial satellite, and give one example of each.
- 4th August 1961Name two structures found in a plant cell but not in an animal cell.
- 5th August 1961Why is the wall of the left ventricle thicker than that of the right ventricle?
- 6th August 1961A lamp is placed 10 cm from pondweed. Calculate the relative light intensity using relative light intensity = 1 / distance^2.
- 7th August 1961Name the hormone that causes the liver to convert stored glycogen back into glucose.
- 8th August 1961State one abiotic factor that can affect the population of fish living in a pond.
- 9th August 1961Classify crude oil as finite or renewable, and justify your answer.
- 10th August 1961What type of bonding is present in a compound formed between a metal and a non-metal?
- 11th August 1961Calculate the number of moles of sodium hydroxide in 200 cm3 of a 0.500 mol/dm3 solution.
- 12th August 1961State the two substances that react inside a hydrogen fuel cell.
- 13th August 1961State the type of reaction that occurs when bromine adds across the double bond of an alkene.
- 14th August 1961Give two human activities that increase the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
- 15th August 1961A 5.0 kg object is lifted 3.0 m. Calculate its gain in gravitational potential energy (g = 9.8 N/kg).
- 16th August 1961State the potential difference and frequency of the UK mains supply.
- 17th August 1961What did Bohr add to the nuclear model?
- 18th August 1961Explain why a rucksack with wide, padded straps is more comfortable to carry than one with thin straps, for the same load.
- 19th August 1961State the three factors needed for a current-carrying wire to experience a force due to the motor effect.
- 20th August 1961Why must the same volume of solution be used in every tube in an enzyme investigation?
- 21st August 1961State two ways that bile aids the digestion of fats.
- 22nd August 1961Describe the symptoms of rose black spot and its effect on the plant.
- 23rd August 1961A patient's core body temperature has fallen to 35 degrees Celsius. State two physical responses their body makes to raise it back toward normal.
- 24th August 1961Explain one reason it took many years for Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection to become widely accepted.
- 25th August 1961State the relative charge of a neutron.
- 26th August 1961Why did Mendeleev leave gaps in his table?
- 27th August 1961Calculate the mass of 0.25 mol of sodium hydroxide, NaOH. (Na = 23, O = 16, H = 1)
- 28th August 1961A reaction profile shows the reactants at 150 kJ and the peak (activation energy point) at 195 kJ. Calculate the activation energy.
- 29th August 1961State what is meant by dynamic equilibrium.
- 30th August 1961State the flame test colour for sodium ions.
- 31st August 1961Calculate the gravitational potential energy gained by a 60 kg person climbing 5 m. (g = 9.8 N/kg)