Daily Practice · GCSE Science
August 1976 5-a-day
Every sheet in August 1976
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 1976Two bar magnets are placed with their north poles facing each other. State what happens to the magnets.
- 2nd August 1976State what is meant by red-shift.
- 3rd August 1976Why does active transport require energy?
- 4th August 1976Name the vector that spreads the protist pathogen that causes malaria.
- 5th August 1976Explain why breathing rate and breathing depth both increase during exercise.
- 6th August 1976In pea plants, purple flower colour (allele H) is dominant over white flower colour (allele h). State the phenotype of a plant with genotype Hh.
- 7th August 1976Name one way to make a rate of reaction experiment more valid rather than simply more precise.
- 8th August 1976Define an isotope.
- 9th August 1976A sealed flask containing 12.0 g of reactants is shaken and a reaction occurs. What is the total mass afterwards?
- 10th August 1976State the two materials commonly used as inert electrodes in electrolysis, and explain why they must be inert.
- 11th August 1976Explain how a catalyst increases the rate of a reaction without being used up.
- 12th August 1976State the difference between a pure substance and a formulation.
- 13th August 1976Explain why burning a fuel can produce nitrogen oxides even if the fuel itself contains no nitrogen.
- 14th August 1976Name three renewable energy resources.
- 15th August 1976State the equation for density.
- 16th August 1976A gardener pushes a mower with a force of 60 N through a distance of 8.0 m. Calculate the work done. Use W = F x s.
- 17th August 1976Give one everyday example of a transverse wave and one everyday example of a longitudinal wave.
- 18th August 1976State what happens to the orbital speed needed for a stable orbit as the orbital radius increases.
- 19th August 1976Why is a stain such as iodine used when preparing a slide?
- 20th August 1976Give two adaptations of a red blood cell.
- 21st August 1976Name the organelle in a plant cell where photosynthesis takes place.
- 22nd August 1976Explain why type 1 diabetes is treated with insulin injections rather than tablets.
- 23rd August 1976Explain why a pyramid of biomass is never wider at the top than at the bottom.
- 24th August 1976Name one method used to sterilise fresh water during the production of potable water.
- 25th August 1976Define a covalent bond.
- 26th August 1976Write the word equation for the reaction between zinc and hydrochloric acid.
- 27th August 1976State the difference between a rechargeable cell and a non-rechargeable cell.
- 28th August 1976Name the alkene with the molecular formula C4H8.
- 29th August 1976State the approximate percentage of nitrogen in today's atmosphere.
- 30th August 1976A spring is compressed. Which energy store increases?
- 31st August 1976Calculate the current drawn by a 1150 W kettle on a 230 V supply.