Daily Practice · GCSE Science
June 1992 5-a-day
Every sheet in June 1992
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st June 1992State the catalyst commonly used in the Haber process.
- 2nd June 1992Why must dilute nitric acid be added before silver nitrate solution when testing for a halide ion?
- 3rd June 1992State the equation for work done.
- 4th June 1992In a series circuit, the current through one lamp is 0.30 A. State the current through a second lamp in the same circuit.
- 5th June 1992State the relationship between pressure and volume for a fixed mass of gas at constant temperature.
- 6th June 1992Define the term 'vector quantity' and give one example.
- 7th June 1992Name the type of electromagnetic wave used to treat cancer by killing cells in a tumour, and state which part of the atom emits it.
- 8th June 1992State one difference between a moon and an artificial satellite.
- 9th June 1992Where in a plant are stem cells found?
- 10th June 1992Name the process by which dissolved sugars are transported in the phloem.
- 11th June 1992Why is photosynthesis described as endothermic?
- 12th June 1992Define phenotype.
- 13th June 1992State one human activity that reduces the amount of land available for other organisms.
- 14th June 1992State the two substances that must both be present for iron to rust.
- 15th June 1992State the size range of a nanoparticle.
- 16th June 1992Why is aluminium extracted by electrolysis rather than by reduction with carbon?
- 17th June 1992Explain, using collision theory, why increasing the concentration of a reactant in solution increases the rate of a reaction.
- 18th June 1992Name the type of biological molecule formed when amino acid monomers join together by condensation polymerisation.
- 19th June 1992Describe, in terms of wavelength, the difference between the radiation the Earth receives from the Sun and the radiation it re-emits from its surface.
- 20th June 1992What happens to the energy described as 'wasted' in a transfer?
- 21st June 1992State what happens to the internal energy of a substance as it is heated, in terms of the kinetic and potential energy of its particles.
- 22nd June 1992Explain the difference between irradiation and contamination.
- 23rd June 1992A 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.
- 24th June 1992Explain why electricity is transmitted through the National Grid at a very high voltage rather than at the voltage used in homes.
- 25th June 1992A microscope has a x10 eyepiece lens and a x20 objective lens. Calculate the total magnification.
- 26th June 1992Name the products of protein digestion.
- 27th June 1992State the difference between an antibiotic and a painkiller.
- 28th June 1992Name the chemical released at a synapse that carries the signal across the gap.
- 29th June 1992Explain why deforestation to create land for cattle grazing can reduce biodiversity.
- 30th June 1992Explain why potable water is not the same as pure water.