Daily Practice · GCSE Science
November 1961 5-a-day
Every sheet in November 1961
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st November 1961Write the word equation for the reaction between zinc and hydrochloric acid.
- 2nd November 1961State whether forming a new chemical bond requires energy or releases energy.
- 3rd November 1961Define the term 'homologous series'.
- 4th November 1961State the approximate percentage of nitrogen in today's atmosphere.
- 5th November 1961A spring is compressed. Which energy store increases?
- 6th November 1961What is the difference between alternating and direct current?
- 7th November 1961What observation showed that the atom is mostly empty space?
- 8th November 1961Write down the equation that links moment, force and distance.
- 9th November 1961A wire of length 0.20 m carries a current of 5.0 A at right angles to a magnetic field of flux density 0.60 T. Calculate the force on the wire.
- 10th November 1961In the microbiology practical, why are agar plates incubated at 25 degrees Celsius in schools rather than at 37 degrees Celsius?
- 11th November 1961Name the organ system responsible for breaking food down into small, soluble molecules.
- 12th November 1961Why can HIV not be treated with antibiotics?
- 13th November 1961Explain, in terms of blood vessels, how the skin helps to cool the body when it is too hot.
- 14th November 1961Define speciation.
- 15th November 1961An atom has atomic number 9 and mass number 19. Calculate the number of neutrons.
- 16th November 1961State the trend in reactivity down group 7 and name the most reactive halogen listed on the periodic table.
- 17th November 1961Define the limiting reactant.
- 18th November 1961Give one everyday example of an endothermic process.
- 19th November 1961State the catalyst commonly used in the Haber process.
- 20th November 1961Explain how the sodium hydroxide test distinguishes aluminium ions from calcium ions, given that both give a white precipitate.
- 21st November 1961Why should you write down the equation even if you cannot finish the calculation?
- 22nd November 1961A current of 2.0 A flows through a resistor for 30 s. Calculate the charge that flows. Use Q = I x t.
- 23rd November 1961What causes the pressure of a gas on the walls of its container?
- 24th November 1961Define the term 'vector quantity' and give one example.
- 25th November 1961Name the type of electromagnetic wave used to treat cancer by killing cells in a tumour, and state which part of the atom emits it.
- 26th November 1961State one difference between a moon and an artificial satellite.
- 27th November 1961Give one advantage of therapeutic cloning over using unrelated embryonic stem cells.
- 28th November 1961Why are xylem cells strengthened with lignin?
- 29th November 1961Why is glucose converted into starch for storage?
- 30th November 1961Define phenotype.