Daily Practice · GCSE Science
December 1967 5-a-day
Every sheet in December 1967
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 1967State two factors, other than depth, that affect the pressure at a given point in a liquid.
- 2nd December 1967State the name of the rule used to find the direction of the force on a current-carrying wire in a magnetic field, and name the three quantities it relates.
- 3rd December 1967Why must the same volume of solution be used in every tube in an enzyme investigation?
- 4th December 1967Explain why the rate of an enzyme-controlled reaction decreases sharply above the enzyme's optimum temperature.
- 5th December 1967Describe the symptoms of rose black spot and its effect on the plant.
- 6th December 1967State what is meant by negative feedback.
- 7th December 1967Name the scientist who proposed the three-domain system of classification, and name the three domains.
- 8th December 1967Write the electronic structure of an atom with 12 electrons.
- 9th December 1967Why did Mendeleev leave gaps in his table?
- 10th December 1967Calculate the mass of 0.25 mol of sodium hydroxide, NaOH. (Na = 23, O = 16, H = 1)
- 11th December 1967A reaction profile shows the reactants at 220 kJ and the products at 340 kJ. State whether the reaction is exothermic or endothermic.
- 12th December 1967State the effect of increasing the temperature on the position of equilibrium of a reaction whose forward reaction is exothermic.
- 13th December 1967State the flame test colour for sodium ions.
- 14th December 1967Calculate the gravitational potential energy gained by a 60 kg person climbing 5 m. (g = 9.8 N/kg)
- 15th December 1967State the UK mains supply frequency and typical potential difference.
- 16th December 1967A gas at 200 kPa occupies 3.0 cubic metres. It is compressed to 1.5 cubic metres at constant temperature. Calculate the new pressure.
- 17th December 1967A car's velocity increases from 8 m/s to 20 m/s over 4 seconds. Calculate its acceleration.
- 18th December 1967State one medical use of X-rays and one safety precaution taken when X-rays are used in a hospital.
- 19th December 1967State two uses of artificial satellites.
- 20th December 1967State three functions of mitosis.
- 21st December 1967What happens to guard cells when a plant is short of water?
- 22nd December 1967Write the word equation for photosynthesis.
- 23rd December 1967State one difference between selective breeding and genetic engineering.
- 24th December 1967State one method used to try to maintain biodiversity.
- 25th December 1967Explain, using the reactivity series, why attaching blocks of zinc to the hull of a steel ship helps prevent the steel from rusting.
- 26th December 1967Why is graphite soft and slippery?
- 27th December 1967Explain the difference between a strong acid and a concentrated acid.
- 28th December 1967A reaction between calcium carbonate and hydrochloric acid produces 72 cm3 of carbon dioxide gas in 30 seconds. Calculate the mean rate of reaction.
- 29th December 1967State the functional group found in all carboxylic acids.
- 30th December 1967Explain, in one sentence, why the oceans were able to form only after the early Earth had cooled.
- 31st December 1967Name four energy stores.