Daily Practice · GCSE Science
January 1966 5-a-day
Every sheet in January 1966
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st January 1966Define community, in ecological terms.
- 2nd January 1966Name the four stages usually considered in a life cycle assessment of a product.
- 3rd January 1966A student says that metals conduct electricity because they contain free-moving ions. Explain why this statement is incorrect, and give the correct explanation.
- 4th January 1966Calculate the concentration in moles per cubic decimetre of a solution containing 0.5 mol in 250 cubic centimetres.
- 5th January 1966State the energy transfer that occurs during an endothermic reaction.
- 6th January 1966Name the two industrial methods of cracking.
- 7th January 1966A sample produces only one spot when run in three different solvents. What does this suggest about the sample?
- 8th January 1966Why should a line of best fit be drawn rather than joining the plotted points?
- 9th January 1966In a parallel circuit, how do the branch currents relate to the total current?
- 10th January 1966State the approximate radius of an atom.
- 11th January 1966Explain, using Newton's Third Law, why a swimmer is able to push themselves forward by pushing backward against the water.
- 12th January 1966State what happens to the magnetic field around a straight current-carrying wire if the direction of the current is reversed.
- 13th January 1966State what red-shift shows about the motion of most distant galaxies.
- 14th January 1966Give one adaptation of a root hair cell for absorbing mineral ions.
- 15th January 1966Which type of pathogen causes athlete's foot, a fungal skin infection?
- 16th January 1966State the word equation for aerobic respiration.
- 17th January 1966State one ethical concern raised by embryo screening.
- 18th January 1966Why is a polystyrene cup with a lid used in energy-change experiments?
- 19th January 1966Write the electronic structure of a magnesium atom (12 electrons).
- 20th January 1966A student measures the mass of a beaker of hydrochloric acid and marble chips as they react and finds it falls. Explain why.
- 21st January 1966State the name given to the negative electrode in electrolysis.
- 22nd January 1966Explain why using a light sensor and data logger is more reliable than timing by eye in the disappearing cross practical.
- 23rd January 1966Name the gas that relights a glowing splint.
- 24th January 1966Name two gases that dissolve in atmospheric water droplets to cause acid rain.
- 25th January 1966Define power and give its unit.
- 26th January 1966Convert a density of 2.7 grams per cubic centimetre into kilograms per cubic metre.
- 27th January 1966A box has a driving force of 250 N forward and friction of 180 N backward. Calculate the resultant force, including its direction.
- 28th January 1966Explain, in terms of particle motion, why a wave can transfer energy without transferring matter.
- 29th January 1966Name the region of the Solar System where most asteroids are found.
- 30th January 1966Give one advantage of a light microscope over an electron microscope.
- 31st January 1966Name the blood vessel that carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs.