Daily Practice · GCSE Science
December 1982 5-a-day
Every sheet in December 1982
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 1982Explain how elements heavier than iron, such as gold, are created and distributed through the universe.
- 2nd December 1982Why is a stain such as iodine used when preparing a slide?
- 3rd December 1982Give two adaptations of a red blood cell.
- 4th December 1982State three factors that can limit the rate of photosynthesis.
- 5th December 1982State the type of diabetes in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin.
- 6th December 1982Explain why a pyramid of biomass is never wider at the top than at the bottom.
- 7th December 1982Explain, in terms of particle size, how reverse osmosis separates water from dissolved salt.
- 8th December 1982Define a covalent bond.
- 9th December 1982Explain why aluminium cannot be extracted from aluminium oxide by heating with carbon.
- 10th December 1982State the difference between a rechargeable cell and a non-rechargeable cell.
- 11th December 1982Describe the colour change seen when an alkene is shaken with bromine water.
- 12th December 1982Name three greenhouse gases.
- 13th December 1982A kettle transfers 360000 J of energy in 150 s. Calculate its power in watts.
- 14th December 1982Calculate the current drawn by a 1150 W kettle on a 230 V supply.
- 15th December 1982State the approximate radius of a nucleus compared with the radius of an atom.
- 16th December 1982State the name of the upward force acting on an object placed in a fluid.
- 17th December 1982A 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.
- 18th December 1982State the difference between resolution and accuracy.
- 19th December 1982Name the plant tissue that transports water and dissolved minerals from the roots to the leaves.
- 20th December 1982How do bacteria make a person feel ill?
- 21st December 1982State one difference between nervous and hormonal coordination.
- 22nd December 1982State what is meant by a selection pressure.
- 23rd December 1982Explain, in terms of electrons, why reactivity decreases going down Group 7.
- 24th December 1982On what property are elements ordered in the modern periodic table?
- 25th December 1982In the equation 2H2 + O2 gives 2H2O, how many moles of water are formed from 3 mol of hydrogen?
- 26th December 1982Explain, in terms of bonds, why breaking bonds is an endothermic process.
- 27th December 1982State Le Chatelier's principle in your own words.
- 28th December 1982Why must dilute nitric acid be added before silver nitrate solution when testing for a halide ion?
- 29th December 1982State the equation for work done.
- 30th December 1982In a series circuit, the current through one lamp is 0.30 A. State the current through a second lamp in the same circuit.
- 31st December 1982State the relationship between pressure and volume for a fixed mass of gas at constant temperature.