Daily Practice · GCSE Science
September 1965 5-a-day
Every sheet in September 1965
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st September 1965State the approximate radius of a nucleus compared with the radius of an atom.
- 2nd September 1965A box of weight 120 N has a base area of 0.40 m^2. Calculate the pressure it exerts on the ground.
- 3rd September 1965Explain why a current-carrying wire positioned exactly parallel to a magnetic field experiences no force.
- 4th September 1965State the difference between resolution and accuracy.
- 5th September 1965State two ways that bile aids the digestion of fats.
- 6th September 1965How do bacteria make a person feel ill?
- 7th September 1965Name the three parts common to every homeostatic control system.
- 8th September 1965State one advantage and one disadvantage of selective breeding in farm animals.
- 9th September 1965State the relative charge of a neutron.
- 10th September 1965On what property are elements ordered in the modern periodic table?
- 11th September 1965In the equation 2H2 + O2 gives 2H2O, how many moles of water are formed from 3 mol of hydrogen?
- 12th September 1965A reaction profile shows the reactants at 150 kJ and the peak (activation energy point) at 195 kJ. Calculate the activation energy.
- 13th September 1965In the Haber process, N2(g) + 3H2(g) -> 2NH3(g), state the effect of decreasing the pressure on the position of equilibrium.
- 14th September 1965Why must dilute nitric acid be added before silver nitrate solution when testing for a halide ion?
- 15th September 1965State the equation for work done.
- 16th September 1965A 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.
- 17th September 1965State the relationship between pressure and volume for a fixed mass of gas at constant temperature.
- 18th September 1965A train travels at a constant velocity of 40 m/s for 3 minutes. Calculate the distance it travels, in km.
- 19th September 1965A microwave oven uses electromagnetic waves with a wavelength of 0.12 m. Calculate the frequency of these waves (speed of light = 3 x 10^8 m/s).
- 20th September 1965Put the following in order of increasing distance from the Sun: Mars, Venus, Saturn, Earth.
- 21st September 1965Where in a plant are stem cells found?
- 22nd September 1965Name the process by which dissolved sugars are transported in the phloem.
- 23rd September 1965Why is photosynthesis described as endothermic?
- 24th September 1965Name the three-domain system of classification, and name the scientist most associated with proposing it.
- 25th September 1965State one human activity that reduces the amount of land available for other organisms.
- 26th September 1965State the two substances that must both be present for iron to rust.
- 27th September 1965State the size range of a nanoparticle.
- 28th September 1965Why is aluminium extracted by electrolysis rather than by reduction with carbon?
- 29th September 1965Explain, using collision theory, why increasing the concentration of a reactant in solution increases the rate of a reaction.
- 30th September 1965State the functional group found in all alcohols.