Daily Practice · GCSE Science
February 1964 5-a-day
Every sheet in February 1964
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st February 1964Name the alkene with the molecular formula C4H8.
- 2nd February 1964Name three greenhouse gases.
- 3rd February 1964A kettle transfers 360000 J of energy in 150 s. Calculate its power in watts.
- 4th February 1964Calculate the current drawn by a 1150 W kettle on a 230 V supply.
- 5th February 1964State the approximate radius of a nucleus compared with the radius of an atom.
- 6th February 1964A spanner is used to loosen a bolt. Explain why using a longer spanner makes it easier to loosen the bolt.
- 7th February 1964State two ways of increasing the force produced by a motor effect setup, for a wire of fixed length at a fixed angle to the field.
- 8th February 1964State the difference between resolution and accuracy.
- 9th February 1964Name the plant tissue that transports water and dissolved minerals from the roots to the leaves.
- 10th February 1964How do bacteria make a person feel ill?
- 11th February 1964Name the hormone released when blood glucose concentration is too high, and state its overall effect.
- 12th February 1964Define mutation.
- 13th February 1964Explain, in terms of electrons, why reactivity decreases going down Group 7.
- 14th February 1964On what property are elements ordered in the modern periodic table?
- 15th February 1964In the equation 2H2 + O2 gives 2H2O, how many moles of water are formed from 3 mol of hydrogen?
- 16th February 1964Explain, in terms of bonds, why breaking bonds is an endothermic process.
- 17th February 1964The forward reaction of a particular reversible reaction is exothermic. State whether the reverse reaction is exothermic or endothermic.
- 18th February 1964Why must dilute nitric acid be added before silver nitrate solution when testing for a halide ion?
- 19th February 1964State the equation for work done.
- 20th February 1964In a series circuit, the current through one lamp is 0.30 A. State the current through a second lamp in the same circuit.
- 21st February 1964State the relationship between pressure and volume for a fixed mass of gas at constant temperature.
- 22nd February 1964State what the gradient of a distance-time graph represents.
- 23rd February 1964Explain why ultraviolet, X-rays and gamma rays can be hazardous to human health, but radio waves are not.
- 24th February 1964Explain, in terms of forces, why a satellite in a stable orbit does not fall towards the Earth or fly off into space.
- 25th February 1964Where in a plant are stem cells found?
- 26th February 1964Name the process by which dissolved sugars are transported in the phloem.
- 27th February 1964Why is photosynthesis described as endothermic?
- 28th February 1964In pea plants, the allele for tall stems (T) is dominant over the allele for short stems (t). A homozygous tall plant (TT) is crossed with a homozygous short plant (tt). State the genotype and phenotype of all the offspring.
- 29th February 1964State one human activity that reduces the amount of land available for other organisms.