Daily Practice · GCSE Science
April 1976 5-a-day
Every sheet in April 1976
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st April 1976Explain, in terms of bonds, why breaking bonds is an endothermic process.
- 2nd April 1976State the catalyst commonly used in the Haber process.
- 3rd April 1976Write the ionic equation for the precipitation reaction between barium ions and sulfate ions.
- 4th April 1976Write the equation linking power, energy and time, and rearrange it for time.
- 5th April 1976In a series circuit, the current through one lamp is 0.30 A. State the current through a second lamp in the same circuit.
- 6th April 1976A gas is heated in a sealed rigid container. Explain what happens to the pressure.
- 7th April 1976Define the term 'vector quantity' and give one example.
- 8th April 1976Name the type of electromagnetic wave used to treat cancer by killing cells in a tumour, and state which part of the atom emits it.
- 9th April 1976State one difference between a moon and an artificial satellite.
- 10th April 1976Define an undifferentiated cell.
- 11th April 1976Which tissue transports water and mineral ions from the roots?
- 12th April 1976Give three uses of the glucose produced in photosynthesis.
- 13th April 1976Define phenotype.
- 14th April 1976A peat bog covered an area of 850 hectares in 2015. By 2025, drainage for farmland had reduced the peat bog to 680 hectares. Calculate the percentage decrease in the area of the peat bog.
- 15th April 1976Explain why steel (an alloy of iron and carbon) is generally harder than pure iron.
- 16th April 1976Why do polymers have higher melting points than small molecules such as methane?
- 17th April 1976Complete: acid + metal carbonate gives ...
- 18th April 1976State the four factors that can increase the rate of a chemical reaction.
- 19th April 1976Name the type of biological molecule formed when amino acid monomers join together by condensation polymerisation.
- 20th April 1976Describe, in terms of wavelength, the difference between the radiation the Earth receives from the Sun and the radiation it re-emits from its surface.
- 21st April 1976By what factor does kinetic energy increase if speed is doubled?
- 22nd April 1976State what happens to the internal energy of a substance as it is heated, in terms of the kinetic and potential energy of its particles.
- 23rd April 1976Define the term 'half-life' of a radioactive isotope.
- 24th April 1976A radio wave has a wavelength of 3 m. Calculate its frequency, given that all electromagnetic waves travel at 3 x 10^8 m/s in a vacuum.
- 25th April 1976Explain why electricity is transmitted through the National Grid at a very high voltage rather than at the voltage used in homes.
- 26th April 1976A microscope has a x10 eyepiece lens and a x20 objective lens. Calculate the total magnification.
- 27th April 1976Describe the positive result of the Biuret test.
- 28th April 1976What is tested during preclinical testing?
- 29th April 1976Name the chemical released at a synapse that carries the signal across the gap.
- 30th April 1976Explain why deforestation to create land for cattle grazing can reduce biodiversity.