Daily Practice · GCSE Science
May 1985 5-a-day
Every sheet in May 1985
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 1985How does the resistance of a thermistor change as it gets hotter?
- 2nd May 1985What is an alpha particle made of?
- 3rd May 1985Explain why a larger vehicle mass increases braking distance.
- 4th May 1985State the type of force that always acts between an induced magnet and the magnet that induced it.
- 5th May 1985Name the model of the origin of the universe that is supported by red-shift observations.
- 6th May 1985Explain why a plant cell placed in pure water does not burst.
- 7th May 1985Describe how phagocytes destroy pathogens in the body.
- 8th May 1985Define oxygen debt.
- 9th May 1985Explain one benefit of the Human Genome Project.
- 10th May 1985In the rate experiment where a cross disappears, why is the result subjective?
- 11th May 1985An atom has an atomic number of 17 and a mass number of 37. How many neutrons does it have?
- 12th May 1985Calculate the number of moles in 20 g of calcium carbonate. (Mr = 100)
- 13th May 1985Explain why solid sodium chloride does not conduct electricity, but molten sodium chloride does.
- 14th May 1985In the gas-volume required practical measuring how concentration affects rate, state one variable that should be controlled.
- 15th May 1985A solid gives a lilac flame test. Name the metal ion present.
- 16th May 1985Name the two additional products that can form during the incomplete combustion of a hydrocarbon fuel.
- 17th May 1985Give the equation for efficiency in terms of energy.
- 18th May 1985Calculate the mass of 0.5 cubic metres of a material of density 2400 kilograms per cubic metre.
- 19th May 1985Calculate the weight of an object of mass 8.0 kg on Earth, where g = 9.8 N/kg.
- 20th May 1985A wave travels from air into glass and slows down. State what happens to its direction, and explain why in terms of wavelength.
- 21st May 1985State what a nebula is, and explain its role in the life cycle of a star.
- 22nd May 1985State the function of the mitochondria.
- 23rd May 1985Which component of blood transports carbon dioxide, urea and hormones?
- 24th May 1985Name the gas that is released as a product of photosynthesis.
- 25th May 1985Name the hormone released by the adrenal glands that prepares the body for fight or flight.
- 26th May 1985A student places ten 1 m x 1 m quadrats at random across a school field of area 3000 m2 and counts a total of 45 dandelions across all ten quadrats. Estimate the total number of dandelions on the field.
- 27th May 1985Explain why potable water is not required to be chemically pure.
- 28th May 1985Why can metals conduct electricity when solid?
- 29th May 1985State the name given to a reaction in which a substance loses electrons.
- 30th May 1985State whether forming a new chemical bond requires energy or releases energy.
- 31st May 1985State the general formula of the alkenes.