Daily Practice · GCSE Science
October 1975 5-a-day
Every sheet in October 1975
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 1975Give one reason distillation of seawater requires a large energy input.
- 2nd October 1975What type of bonding is present in a compound formed between a metal and a non-metal?
- 3rd October 1975A 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.
- 4th October 1975State the two substances that react inside a hydrogen fuel cell.
- 5th October 1975Describe the colour change seen when an alkene is shaken with bromine water.
- 6th October 1975Name the two gases released in large amounts by volcanic activity that formed most of the Earth's early atmosphere.
- 7th October 1975Name the energy store associated with a moving car.
- 8th October 1975State the potential difference and frequency of the UK mains supply.
- 9th October 1975What did Bohr add to the nuclear model?
- 10th October 1975State the name of the upward force acting on an object placed in a fluid.
- 11th October 1975A 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.
- 12th October 1975Why must the same volume of solution be used in every tube in an enzyme investigation?
- 13th October 1975State the type of large biological molecule that all enzymes are made from.
- 14th October 1975Describe the symptoms of rose black spot and its effect on the plant.
- 15th October 1975State one difference between nervous and hormonal coordination.
- 16th October 1975State what is meant by a selection pressure.
- 17th October 1975A 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.
- 18th October 1975Why did Mendeleev leave gaps in his table?
- 19th October 1975Calculate the mass of 0.25 mol of sodium hydroxide, NaOH. (Na = 23, O = 16, H = 1)
- 20th October 1975Using the values in the previous question, calculate the overall energy change for the reaction.
- 21st October 1975State Le Chatelier's principle in your own words.
- 22nd October 1975State the flame test colour for sodium ions.
- 23rd October 1975Calculate the gravitational potential energy gained by a 60 kg person climbing 5 m. (g = 9.8 N/kg)
- 24th October 1975A resistor of resistance 15 ohm is connected to a 6.0 V supply. Calculate the current flowing through it. Use V = I x R.
- 25th October 1975A gas at 200 kPa occupies 3.0 cubic metres. It is compressed to 1.5 cubic metres at constant temperature. Calculate the new pressure.
- 26th October 1975On a velocity-time graph, what does the area between the line and the time axis represent?
- 27th October 1975State the speed of all electromagnetic waves travelling through a vacuum.
- 28th October 1975State the name of the force that keeps a satellite in orbit around the Earth.
- 29th October 1975State three functions of mitosis.
- 30th October 1975What happens to guard cells when a plant is short of water?
- 31st October 1975Write the word equation for photosynthesis.