Daily Practice · GCSE Science
September 1984 5-a-day
Every sheet in September 1984
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st September 1984State how the amount of red-shift is related to a galaxy's distance from Earth.
- 2nd September 1984State three factors that increase the rate of diffusion.
- 3rd September 1984Name the vector that spreads the protist pathogen that causes malaria.
- 4th September 1984State the word equation for anaerobic respiration in human muscle cells.
- 5th September 1984State whether cystic fibrosis is caused by a dominant or a recessive allele.
- 6th September 1984What does 'concordant' mean when applied to titres?
- 7th September 1984What did the alpha scattering experiment show that the plum pudding model could not explain?
- 8th September 1984Magnesium is burned in an open crucible and the mass increases. Explain why.
- 9th September 1984Aqueous copper sulfate solution is electrolysed using inert graphite electrodes. State the products formed at (a) the cathode and (b) the anode, giving a reason for each.
- 10th September 1984In the disappearing cross required practical, state the dependent variable that is measured.
- 11th September 1984Describe the result of the test for carbon dioxide.
- 12th September 1984Give one piece of evidence used to link human activity to recent climate change.
- 13th September 1984Give one advantage and one disadvantage of wind power.
- 14th September 1984Why does the temperature stay constant while a substance boils?
- 15th September 1984A 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.
- 16th September 1984A water wave has a wavelength of 0.4 m and a frequency of 2.5 Hz. Calculate its speed.
- 17th September 1984Explain how elements heavier than iron, such as gold, are created and distributed through the universe.
- 18th September 1984Where is the DNA found in a bacterial cell?
- 19th September 1984Name the substance in red blood cells that binds oxygen.
- 20th September 1984Name the organelle in a plant cell where photosynthesis takes place.
- 21st September 1984State the type of diabetes in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin.
- 22nd September 1984In a grassland food chain, the biomass of grass available is 8400 kg and the biomass transferred to the rabbits that eat it is 940 kg. Calculate the percentage efficiency of biomass transfer from grass to rabbits, to 3 significant figures.
- 23rd September 1984Name one method used to sterilise fresh water during the production of potable water.
- 24th September 1984Give the charge on an ion formed by a group 2 element.
- 25th September 1984Write the word equation for the reaction between zinc and hydrochloric acid.
- 26th September 1984State one factor that affects the size of the voltage produced by a chemical cell.
- 27th September 1984Describe the colour change seen when an alkene is shaken with bromine water.
- 28th September 1984State the approximate percentage of nitrogen in today's atmosphere.
- 29th September 1984A spring is compressed. Which energy store increases?
- 30th September 1984Why is the live wire dangerous even when a device is switched off?