Daily Practice · GCSE Science
July 1964 5-a-day
Every sheet in July 1964
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st July 1964Convert a density of 2.7 grams per cubic centimetre into kilograms per cubic metre.
- 2nd July 1964A gardener pushes a mower with a force of 60 N through a distance of 8.0 m. Calculate the work done. Use W = F x s.
- 3rd July 1964State the difference between a transverse wave and a longitudinal wave.
- 4th July 1964Name the force that keeps the planets in orbit around the Sun.
- 5th July 1964Give one advantage of a light microscope over an electron microscope.
- 6th July 1964Name the blood vessel that carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs.
- 7th July 1964Name the organelle in a plant cell where photosynthesis takes place.
- 8th July 1964Explain why sweating cools the body down.
- 9th July 1964Thermus aquaticus is a species of bacterium that lives in hot springs at temperatures that would kill most other organisms. State the name given to an organism that is adapted to survive in such extreme conditions.
- 10th July 1964Name one method used to sterilise fresh water during the production of potable water.
- 11th July 1964Why can an ionic compound conduct electricity when molten or dissolved but not when solid?
- 12th July 1964Write the word equation for the reaction between zinc and hydrochloric acid.
- 13th July 1964State the only substance produced when a hydrogen fuel cell reacts pure hydrogen with pure oxygen.
- 14th July 1964Name the catalyst used when an alkene reacts with hydrogen to form an alkane.
- 15th July 1964State the approximate percentage of nitrogen in today's atmosphere.
- 16th July 1964A spring is compressed. Which energy store increases?
- 17th July 1964Give the colour and function of the earth wire.
- 18th July 1964What observation showed the nucleus is positively charged and very small?
- 19th July 1964A force of 40 N is applied 0.25 m from a pivot. Calculate the moment.
- 20th July 1964A rectangular coil carrying a current is placed in a magnetic field, with its two long sides parallel to each other. Explain why the coil rotates rather than moving in a straight line.
- 21st July 1964A student measures 24 cubic centimetres of gas in 3 minutes. Calculate the rate.
- 22nd July 1964Name the organ system responsible for breaking food down into small, soluble molecules.
- 23rd July 1964Give one way of reducing the spread of malaria.
- 24th July 1964Define homeostasis.
- 25th July 1964Give one example of variation that is caused purely by the environment rather than by genes.
- 26th July 1964An atom has atomic number 9 and mass number 19. Calculate the number of neutrons.
- 27th July 1964Why do elements in the same group have similar chemical properties?
- 28th July 1964Why is the amount of product directly proportional to the amount of limiting reactant?
- 29th July 1964Give one everyday example of an endothermic process.
- 30th July 1964In the Haber process, state the effect of removing some ammonia from the equilibrium mixture as it forms on the position of equilibrium.
- 31st July 1964A solution forms a green precipitate with sodium hydroxide solution. Which ion is present?