Daily Practice · GCSE Science
March 1985 5-a-day
Every sheet in March 1985
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st March 1985Name two structures found in a plant cell but not in an animal cell.
- 2nd March 1985Why is the wall of the left ventricle thicker than that of the right ventricle?
- 3rd March 1985Complete the word equation for anaerobic respiration in yeast: glucose -> ___ + ___
- 4th March 1985State one risk factor linked to type 2 diabetes.
- 5th March 1985State one abiotic factor that can affect the population of fish living in a pond.
- 6th March 1985Give one reason distillation of seawater requires a large energy input.
- 7th March 1985What type of bonding is present in a compound formed between a metal and a non-metal?
- 8th March 1985A 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.
- 9th March 1985State the two substances that react inside a hydrogen fuel cell.
- 10th March 1985Define the term 'homologous series'.
- 11th March 1985Name the two gases released in large amounts by volcanic activity that formed most of the Earth's early atmosphere.
- 12th March 1985Name the energy store associated with a moving car.
- 13th March 1985State the potential difference and frequency of the UK mains supply.
- 14th March 1985What did Bohr add to the nuclear model?
- 15th March 1985Write down the equation that links moment, force and distance.
- 16th March 1985A wire of length 0.20 m carries a current of 5.0 A at right angles to a magnetic field of flux density 0.60 T. Calculate the force on the wire.
- 17th March 1985Why must the same volume of solution be used in every tube in an enzyme investigation?
- 18th March 1985State the type of large biological molecule that all enzymes are made from.
- 19th March 1985Describe the symptoms of rose black spot and its effect on the plant.
- 20th March 1985Explain, in terms of blood vessels, how the skin helps to cool the body when it is too hot.
- 21st March 1985Define speciation.
- 22nd March 1985A 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.
- 23rd March 1985Why did Mendeleev leave gaps in his table?
- 24th March 1985Calculate the mass of 0.25 mol of sodium hydroxide, NaOH. (Na = 23, O = 16, H = 1)
- 25th March 1985Using the values in the previous question, calculate the overall energy change for the reaction.
- 26th March 1985State the catalyst commonly used in the Haber process.
- 27th March 1985State the flame test colour for sodium ions.
- 28th March 1985Calculate the gravitational potential energy gained by a 60 kg person climbing 5 m. (g = 9.8 N/kg)
- 29th March 1985A resistor of resistance 15 ohm is connected to a 6.0 V supply. Calculate the current flowing through it. Use V = I x R.
- 30th March 1985A gas at 200 kPa occupies 3.0 cubic metres. It is compressed to 1.5 cubic metres at constant temperature. Calculate the new pressure.
- 31st March 1985Define the term 'vector quantity' and give one example.