Daily Practice · GCSE Science
June 1974 5-a-day
Every sheet in June 1974
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st June 1974Name the two gases released in large amounts by volcanic activity that formed most of the Earth's early atmosphere.
- 2nd June 1974Name the energy store associated with a moving car.
- 3rd June 1974What is the difference between alternating and direct current?
- 4th June 1974What observation showed that the atom is mostly empty space?
- 5th June 1974Write down the equation that links moment, force and distance.
- 6th June 1974A wire of length 0.20 m carries a current of 5.0 A at right angles to a magnetic field of flux density 0.60 T. Calculate the force on the wire.
- 7th June 1974In the microbiology practical, why are agar plates incubated at 25 degrees Celsius in schools rather than at 37 degrees Celsius?
- 8th June 1974State the type of large biological molecule that all enzymes are made from.
- 9th June 1974Why can HIV not be treated with antibiotics?
- 10th June 1974Explain, in terms of blood vessels, how the skin helps to cool the body when it is too hot.
- 11th June 1974Define speciation.
- 12th June 1974A 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.
- 13th June 1974State the trend in reactivity down group 7 and name the most reactive halogen listed on the periodic table.
- 14th June 1974Define the limiting reactant.
- 15th June 1974Using the values in the previous question, calculate the overall energy change for the reaction.
- 16th June 1974State the catalyst commonly used in the Haber process.
- 17th June 1974Explain how the sodium hydroxide test distinguishes aluminium ions from calcium ions, given that both give a white precipitate.
- 18th June 1974Why should you write down the equation even if you cannot finish the calculation?
- 19th June 1974A resistor of resistance 15 ohm is connected to a 6.0 V supply. Calculate the current flowing through it. Use V = I x R.
- 20th June 1974What causes the pressure of a gas on the walls of its container?
- 21st June 1974Define the term 'vector quantity' and give one example.
- 22nd June 1974Name the type of electromagnetic wave used to treat cancer by killing cells in a tumour, and state which part of the atom emits it.
- 23rd June 1974State one difference between a moon and an artificial satellite.
- 24th June 1974Give one advantage of therapeutic cloning over using unrelated embryonic stem cells.
- 25th June 1974Why are xylem cells strengthened with lignin?
- 26th June 1974Why is glucose converted into starch for storage?
- 27th June 1974Define phenotype.
- 28th June 1974State one way in which high biodiversity benefits an ecosystem.
- 29th June 1974Explain how painting an iron gate helps prevent it from rusting.
- 30th June 1974Why can an ionic solid not conduct electricity?