Daily Practice · GCSE Science
November 1973 5-a-day
Every sheet in November 1973
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st November 1973Calculate the kinetic energy of a 0.5 kg ball moving at 6 m/s.
- 2nd November 1973Name the change of state when a liquid becomes a gas throughout the liquid, at its boiling point.
- 3rd November 1973Explain why americium-241, an alpha emitter, is suitable for use in a smoke detector.
- 4th November 1973State whether sound waves are transverse or longitudinal.
- 5th November 1973State the name of the component at the centre of a transformer's primary and secondary coils, and state its purpose.
- 6th November 1973A student views a red blood cell at a magnification of x2000. The image of the cell measures 20 mm across. Calculate the real width of the cell, giving your answer in micrometres (um).
- 7th November 1973Where is bile made and where is it stored?
- 8th November 1973Why does a vaccinated person not usually become ill when they meet the pathogen?
- 9th November 1973State why a reflex action is described as involuntary.
- 10th November 1973A student counts 3, 5, 4 and 8 dandelion plants in four separate 1 m^2 quadrats. Calculate the mean number of dandelions per quadrat.
- 11th November 1973State the two main steps used to produce potable water from a fresh water source.
- 12th November 1973State the charge on a calcium ion (Group 2).
- 13th November 1973Calculate the concentration in moles per cubic decimetre of a solution containing 0.5 mol in 250 cubic centimetres.
- 14th November 1973State the energy transfer that occurs during an endothermic reaction.
- 15th November 1973State what happens to the boiling point of hydrocarbons as their chain length increases.
- 16th November 1973A sample produces only one spot when run in three different solvents. What does this suggest about the sample?
- 17th November 1973Why should a line of best fit be drawn rather than joining the plotted points?
- 18th November 1973In a parallel circuit, how do the branch currents relate to the total current?
- 19th November 1973State the approximate radius of an atom.
- 20th November 1973A skateboarder of mass 55 kg moving at 4 m/s collides with and grabs onto a stationary shopping trolley of mass 20 kg, and they move off together. Calculate their combined velocity immediately after the collision.
- 21st November 1973Describe the shape of the magnetic field produced around a long straight wire carrying a current.
- 22nd November 1973State how the amount of red-shift is related to a galaxy's distance from Earth.
- 23rd November 1973Give one adaptation of a root hair cell for absorbing mineral ions.
- 24th November 1973Name the vector that spreads the protist pathogen that causes malaria.
- 25th November 1973State the word equation for anaerobic respiration in human muscle cells.
- 26th November 1973State whether cystic fibrosis is caused by a dominant or a recessive allele.
- 27th November 1973Why is a polystyrene cup with a lid used in energy-change experiments?
- 28th November 1973Write the electronic structure of a magnesium atom (12 electrons).
- 29th November 1973A student measures the mass of a beaker of hydrochloric acid and marble chips as they react and finds it falls. Explain why.
- 30th November 1973Aqueous copper sulfate solution is electrolysed using inert graphite electrodes. State the products formed at (a) the cathode and (b) the anode, giving a reason for each.