Daily Practice · GCSE Science
May 1970 5-a-day
Every sheet in May 1970
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 1970Explain why burning a fuel can produce nitrogen oxides even if the fuel itself contains no nitrogen.
- 2nd May 1970Name three renewable energy resources.
- 3rd May 1970State the equation for density.
- 4th May 1970State whether friction is a contact force or a non-contact force.
- 5th May 1970A water wave has a wavelength of 0.4 m and a frequency of 2.5 Hz. Calculate its speed.
- 6th May 1970Explain how elements heavier than iron, such as gold, are created and distributed through the universe.
- 7th May 1970Why is a stain such as iodine used when preparing a slide?
- 8th May 1970Give two adaptations of a red blood cell.
- 9th May 1970Complete the word equation for anaerobic respiration in yeast: glucose -> ___ + ___
- 10th May 1970State the type of diabetes in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin.
- 11th May 1970Explain why a pyramid of biomass is never wider at the top than at the bottom.
- 12th May 1970Give one reason distillation of seawater requires a large energy input.
- 13th May 1970Define a covalent bond.
- 14th May 1970A student reacts 2.4 g of magnesium with excess dilute hydrochloric acid: Mg + 2HCl -> MgCl2 + H2. Relative atomic mass of Mg = 24. Calculate the number of moles of hydrogen gas produced.
- 15th May 1970State the difference between a rechargeable cell and a non-rechargeable cell.
- 16th May 1970Describe the colour change seen when an alkene is shaken with bromine water.
- 17th May 1970Name the two gases released in large amounts by volcanic activity that formed most of the Earth's early atmosphere.
- 18th May 1970Name the energy store associated with a moving car.
- 19th May 1970Calculate the current drawn by a 1150 W kettle on a 230 V supply.
- 20th May 1970State the approximate radius of a nucleus compared with the radius of an atom.
- 21st May 1970State the name of the upward force acting on an object placed in a fluid.
- 22nd May 1970A current-carrying wire experiences a force of 1.2 N when placed at right angles to a magnetic field of flux density 0.40 T, carrying a current of 6.0 A. Calculate the length of wire in the field.
- 23rd May 1970State the difference between resolution and accuracy.
- 24th May 1970State the type of large biological molecule that all enzymes are made from.
- 25th May 1970How do bacteria make a person feel ill?
- 26th May 1970State one difference between nervous and hormonal coordination.
- 27th May 1970State what is meant by a selection pressure.
- 28th May 1970A sample contains 90% of an isotope with mass number 10 and 10% of an isotope with mass number 11. Calculate the relative atomic mass, to 1 decimal place.
- 29th May 1970On what property are elements ordered in the modern periodic table?
- 30th May 1970In the equation 2H2 + O2 gives 2H2O, how many moles of water are formed from 3 mol of hydrogen?
- 31st May 1970Using the values in the previous question, calculate the overall energy change for the reaction.