Daily Practice · GCSE Science
May 1963 5-a-day
Every sheet in May 1963
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 1963How does the resistance of a thermistor change as it gets hotter?
- 2nd May 1963What is an alpha particle made of?
- 3rd May 1963Calculate the momentum of a 1200 kg car travelling at 18 m/s.
- 4th May 1963Explain why a compass needle placed just outside one end of a current-carrying solenoid lines up parallel to the solenoid's axis.
- 5th May 1963Name the second major piece of observational evidence, besides red-shift, that supports the Big Bang model.
- 6th May 1963Explain why a plant cell placed in pure water does not burst.
- 7th May 1963Which type of pathogen causes athlete's foot, a fungal skin infection?
- 8th May 1963A student counts 19 pulse beats in 10 seconds immediately after running. Calculate her heart rate in beats per minute.
- 9th May 1963State how many chromosomes are found in a normal human body cell, and how they are arranged.
- 10th May 1963In the rate experiment where a cross disappears, why is the result subjective?
- 11th May 1963An atom has an atomic number of 17 and a mass number of 37. How many neutrons does it have?
- 12th May 1963Calculate the number of moles in 20 g of calcium carbonate. (Mr = 100)
- 13th May 1963In the industrial extraction of aluminium, explain why the carbon anodes need to be replaced regularly.
- 14th May 1963State the condition, in terms of energy, that colliding particles must meet for a reaction to occur.
- 15th May 1963A solid gives a lilac flame test. Name the metal ion present.
- 16th May 1963Name the two additional products that can form during the incomplete combustion of a hydrocarbon fuel.
- 17th May 1963Give the equation for efficiency in terms of energy.
- 18th May 1963Calculate the mass of 0.5 cubic metres of a material of density 2400 kilograms per cubic metre.
- 19th May 1963A box has a driving force of 250 N forward and friction of 180 N backward. Calculate the resultant force, including its direction.
- 20th May 1963A wave has a period of 0.005 s. Calculate its frequency.
- 21st May 1963State the difference between a natural satellite and an artificial satellite, and give one example of each.
- 22nd May 1963State the function of the mitochondria.
- 23rd May 1963Which component of blood transports carbon dioxide, urea and hormones?
- 24th May 1963Explain why anaerobic respiration releases much less energy per glucose molecule than aerobic respiration.
- 25th May 1963Name the hormone that causes the liver to convert stored glycogen back into glucose.
- 26th May 1963A student places ten 1 m x 1 m quadrats at random across a school field of area 3000 m2 and counts a total of 45 dandelions across all ten quadrats. Estimate the total number of dandelions on the field.
- 27th May 1963State what is meant by sustainable development.
- 28th May 1963Why can metals conduct electricity when solid?
- 29th May 1963State the pH value of a neutral solution.
- 30th May 1963State whether forming a new chemical bond requires energy or releases energy.
- 31st May 1963State the type of reaction that occurs when bromine adds across the double bond of an alkene.