Daily Practice · GCSE Science
November 1988 5-a-day
Every sheet in November 1988
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st November 1988A gas is heated in a sealed rigid container. Explain what happens to the pressure.
- 2nd November 1988Define the term 'vector quantity' and give one example.
- 3rd November 1988Name the type of electromagnetic wave used to treat cancer by killing cells in a tumour, and state which part of the atom emits it.
- 4th November 1988State one difference between a moon and an artificial satellite.
- 5th November 1988Define an undifferentiated cell.
- 6th November 1988Which tissue transports water and mineral ions from the roots?
- 7th November 1988Give three uses of the glucose produced in photosynthesis.
- 8th November 1988Define phenotype.
- 9th November 1988A peat bog covered an area of 850 hectares in 2015. By 2025, drainage for farmland had reduced the peat bog to 680 hectares. Calculate the percentage decrease in the area of the peat bog.
- 10th November 1988Explain why steel (an alloy of iron and carbon) is generally harder than pure iron.
- 11th November 1988Why do polymers have higher melting points than small molecules such as methane?
- 12th November 1988Complete: acid + metal carbonate gives ...
- 13th November 1988State the four factors that can increase the rate of a chemical reaction.
- 14th November 1988Name the type of biological molecule formed when amino acid monomers join together by condensation polymerisation.
- 15th November 1988Explain, in terms of gas molecules, why methane and water vapour, as well as carbon dioxide, are described as greenhouse gases.
- 16th November 1988By what factor does kinetic energy increase if speed is doubled?
- 17th November 1988A block has a volume of 50 cm^3 and a mass of 135 g. Calculate its density.
- 18th November 1988Define the term 'half-life' of a radioactive isotope.
- 19th November 1988A radio wave has a wavelength of 3 m. Calculate its frequency, given that all electromagnetic waves travel at 3 x 10^8 m/s in a vacuum.
- 20th November 1988Explain why electricity is transmitted through the National Grid at a very high voltage rather than at the voltage used in homes.
- 21st November 1988A cube-shaped model cell has sides of length 3 cm. Calculate the surface area to volume ratio of the cube. Give your answer in the form n : 1.
- 22nd November 1988Describe the positive result of the Biuret test.
- 23rd November 1988What is tested during preclinical testing?
- 24th November 1988Name the chemical released at a synapse that carries the signal across the gap.
- 25th November 1988Explain why deforestation to create land for cattle grazing can reduce biodiversity.
- 26th November 1988Name the four stages usually considered in a life cycle assessment of a product.
- 27th November 1988A student says that metals conduct electricity because they contain free-moving ions. Explain why this statement is incorrect, and give the correct explanation.
- 28th November 1988Why do companies prefer reactions with a high atom economy?
- 29th November 1988On a reaction profile diagram, the reactants are drawn at a higher energy level than the products. State whether the reaction is exothermic or endothermic.
- 30th November 1988State two products, other than water, that can be formed during the incomplete combustion of a hydrocarbon.