Daily Practice · GCSE Science
January 1971 5-a-day
Every sheet in January 1971
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st January 1971State the reagent added, and the result, that shows a white solid contains sulfate ions.
- 2nd January 1971State the two products of the complete combustion of a hydrocarbon fuel.
- 3rd January 1971State one way to increase the efficiency of a motor.
- 4th January 1971Why is the density of a gas much lower than that of the same substance as a liquid?
- 5th January 1971A cyclist rides 300 m north then 300 m back south to the start. State the total distance travelled and total displacement.
- 6th January 1971A wave travels from air into glass and slows down. State what happens to its direction, and explain why in terms of wavelength.
- 7th January 1971State what a nebula is, and explain its role in the life cycle of a star.
- 8th January 1971Name two structures found in a plant cell but not in an animal cell.
- 9th January 1971Why is the wall of the left ventricle thicker than that of the right ventricle?
- 10th January 1971A lamp is placed 10 cm from pondweed. Calculate the relative light intensity using relative light intensity = 1 / distance^2.
- 11th January 1971Name the hormone released by the adrenal glands that prepares the body for fight or flight.
- 12th January 1971State one abiotic factor that can affect the population of fish living in a pond.
- 13th January 1971Classify crude oil as finite or renewable, and justify your answer.
- 14th January 1971What type of bonding is present in a compound formed between a metal and a non-metal?
- 15th January 1971Calculate the number of moles of sodium hydroxide in 200 cm3 of a 0.500 mol/dm3 solution.
- 16th January 1971State the two substances that react inside a hydrogen fuel cell.
- 17th January 1971State the general formula of the alkenes.
- 18th January 1971Give two human activities that increase the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
- 19th January 1971A 5.0 kg object is lifted 3.0 m. Calculate its gain in gravitational potential energy (g = 9.8 N/kg).
- 20th January 1971State the potential difference and frequency of the UK mains supply.
- 21st January 1971What did Bohr add to the nuclear model?
- 22nd January 1971A box of weight 120 N has a base area of 0.40 m^2. Calculate the pressure it exerts on the ground.
- 23rd January 1971Explain why a current-carrying wire positioned exactly parallel to a magnetic field experiences no force.
- 24th January 1971Why must the same volume of solution be used in every tube in an enzyme investigation?
- 25th January 1971State two ways that bile aids the digestion of fats.
- 26th January 1971Describe the symptoms of rose black spot and its effect on the plant.
- 27th January 1971Name the three parts common to every homeostatic control system.
- 28th January 1971State one advantage and one disadvantage of selective breeding in farm animals.
- 29th January 1971State the relative charge of a neutron.
- 30th January 1971Why did Mendeleev leave gaps in his table?
- 31st January 1971Calculate the mass of 0.25 mol of sodium hydroxide, NaOH. (Na = 23, O = 16, H = 1)