Daily Practice · GCSE Science
May 1964 5-a-day
Every sheet in May 1964
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 1964State two ways that bile aids the digestion of fats.
- 2nd May 1964Define a communicable disease.
- 3rd May 1964State what is meant by negative feedback.
- 4th May 1964Name the scientist who proposed the three-domain system of classification, and name the three domains.
- 5th May 1964State the relative charge of a neutron.
- 6th May 1964Explain why potassium is more reactive than sodium.
- 7th May 1964Calculate the number of moles in 88 g of carbon dioxide. (Mr = 44)
- 8th May 1964A reaction profile shows the reactants at 150 kJ and the peak (activation energy point) at 195 kJ. Calculate the activation energy.
- 9th May 1964State the effect of increasing the temperature on the position of equilibrium of a reaction whose forward reaction is exothermic.
- 10th May 1964A solution gives a cream precipitate when acidified with dilute nitric acid and then treated with silver nitrate solution. Name the halide ion present.
- 11th May 1964A device transfers 4500 J in 90 s. Calculate its power.
- 12th May 1964A component has a current of 5.0 A and a resistance of 8.0 ohm. Calculate the power dissipated using P = I^2 x R.
- 13th May 1964Why does a bicycle pump get warm when used?
- 14th May 1964A car's velocity increases from 8 m/s to 20 m/s over 4 seconds. Calculate its acceleration.
- 15th May 1964State one medical use of X-rays and one safety precaution taken when X-rays are used in a hospital.
- 16th May 1964State two uses of artificial satellites.
- 17th May 1964What happens to the DNA before mitosis begins?
- 18th May 1964State two conditions that increase the rate of transpiration.
- 19th May 1964A lamp is moved from 15 cm to 30 cm away. What happens to the light intensity?
- 20th May 1964State one difference between selective breeding and genetic engineering.
- 21st May 1964Name the biological process that removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and converts it into carbon compounds in a plant.
- 22nd May 1964State one environmental benefit of recycling aluminium cans rather than making new aluminium from ore.
- 23rd May 1964Explain why graphite conducts electricity but diamond does not.
- 24th May 1964State what is observed when magnesium ribbon is added to copper sulfate solution.
- 25th May 1964State the equation for the mean rate of a reaction in terms of the quantity of reactant used.
- 26th May 1964State the functional group found in all carboxylic acids.
- 27th May 1964Name the two gases produced by photosynthesis and the substance it consumes alongside carbon dioxide.
- 28th May 1964Calculate the kinetic energy of a 0.5 kg ball moving at 6 m/s.
- 29th May 1964Name the change of state when a liquid becomes a gas throughout the liquid, at its boiling point.
- 30th May 1964Explain why americium-241, an alpha emitter, is suitable for use in a smoke detector.
- 31st May 1964State the speed at which all electromagnetic waves travel through a vacuum.