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January 1986 5-a-day

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January 1986

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

Every sheet in January 1986

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st January 1986Define the resolution of a measuring instrument.
  2. 2nd January 1986Two 4 ohm resistors are connected in series. Calculate the total resistance.
  3. 3rd January 1986Which type of radiation is stopped by a sheet of paper?
  4. 4th January 1986A resultant force of 60 N acts on a wheelbarrow of mass 15 kg. Calculate its acceleration.
  5. 5th January 1986State the difference between a permanent magnet and an induced magnet.
  6. 6th January 1986State whether a galaxy moving towards Earth would show a red-shift or a blue-shift in its light.
  7. 7th January 1986Why does active transport require energy?
  8. 8th January 1986Name the vector that spreads the protist pathogen that causes malaria.
  9. 9th January 1986State two things excess glucose can be converted into for storage in the human body.
  10. 10th January 1986Define homozygous.
  11. 11th January 1986Name one way to make a rate of reaction experiment more valid rather than simply more precise.
  12. 12th January 1986Define an isotope.
  13. 13th January 1986A sealed flask containing 12.0 g of reactants is shaken and a reaction occurs. What is the total mass afterwards?
  14. 14th January 1986Molten zinc chloride, ZnCl2, is electrolysed using inert electrodes. Write the half equation for the reaction at (a) the cathode, and (b) the anode.
  15. 15th January 1986A tangent drawn to a volume-time graph at 15 seconds passes through the points (5 s, 6 cm3) and (25 s, 66 cm3). Calculate the rate of reaction at 15 seconds.
  16. 16th January 1986State the difference between a pure substance and a formulation.
  17. 17th January 1986Explain why burning a fuel can produce nitrogen oxides even if the fuel itself contains no nitrogen.
  18. 18th January 1986Name three renewable energy resources.
  19. 19th January 1986State the equation for density.
  20. 20th January 1986A 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.
  21. 21st January 1986State the difference between a transverse wave and a longitudinal wave.
  22. 22nd January 1986Name the force that keeps the planets in orbit around the Sun.
  23. 23rd January 1986Why is a stain such as iodine used when preparing a slide?
  24. 24th January 1986Give two adaptations of a red blood cell.
  25. 25th January 1986Name the organelle in a plant cell where photosynthesis takes place.
  26. 26th January 1986Explain why sweating cools the body down.
  27. 27th January 1986Explain why a pyramid of biomass is never wider at the top than at the bottom.
  28. 28th January 1986Name one method used to sterilise fresh water during the production of potable water.
  29. 29th January 1986Define a covalent bond.
  30. 30th January 1986Write the word equation for the reaction between zinc and hydrochloric acid.
  31. 31st January 1986State the difference between a rechargeable cell and a non-rechargeable cell.