Daily Practice · GCSE Science
June 1986 5-a-day
Every sheet in June 1986
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st June 1986State whether sound waves are transverse or longitudinal.
- 2nd June 1986State the name of the component at the centre of a transformer's primary and secondary coils, and state its purpose.
- 3rd June 1986Convert 0.02 mm into micrometres (um).
- 4th June 1986Where is bile made and where is it stored?
- 5th June 1986Why does a vaccinated person not usually become ill when they meet the pathogen?
- 6th June 1986State why a reflex action is described as involuntary.
- 7th June 1986A student counts 3, 5, 4 and 8 dandelion plants in four separate 1 m^2 quadrats. Calculate the mean number of dandelions per quadrat.
- 8th June 1986State one benefit of recycling metal rather than extracting new metal from its ore.
- 9th June 1986Name the three types of strong chemical bonding.
- 10th June 1986Calculate the concentration in moles per cubic decimetre of a solution containing 0.5 mol in 250 cubic centimetres.
- 11th June 1986State the energy transfer that occurs during an endothermic reaction.
- 12th June 1986State what happens to the boiling point of hydrocarbons as their chain length increases.
- 13th June 1986A sample produces only one spot when run in three different solvents. What does this suggest about the sample?
- 14th June 1986Why should a line of best fit be drawn rather than joining the plotted points?
- 15th June 1986In a parallel circuit, how do the branch currents relate to the total current?
- 16th June 1986State the approximate radius of an atom.
- 17th June 1986A skateboarder of mass 55 kg moving at 4 m/s collides with and grabs onto a stationary shopping trolley of mass 20 kg, and they move off together. Calculate their combined velocity immediately after the collision.
- 18th June 1986Describe the shape of the magnetic field produced around a long straight wire carrying a current.
- 19th June 1986State how the amount of red-shift is related to a galaxy's distance from Earth.
- 20th June 1986Give one adaptation of a root hair cell for absorbing mineral ions.
- 21st June 1986State one way that pathogens can be spread from person to person.
- 22nd June 1986State the word equation for anaerobic respiration in human muscle cells.
- 23rd June 1986State whether cystic fibrosis is caused by a dominant or a recessive allele.
- 24th June 1986Why is a polystyrene cup with a lid used in energy-change experiments?
- 25th June 1986Write the electronic structure of a magnesium atom (12 electrons).
- 26th June 1986A student measures the mass of a beaker of hydrochloric acid and marble chips as they react and finds it falls. Explain why.
- 27th June 1986Aqueous 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.
- 28th June 1986In the disappearing cross required practical, state the dependent variable that is measured.
- 29th June 1986Name the gas that relights a glowing splint.
- 30th June 1986Name two gases that dissolve in atmospheric water droplets to cause acid rain.