Daily Practice · GCSE Science
July 1995 - GCSE Science 5-a-day
Every sheet in July 1995
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st July 1995Name the organelle in a plant cell where photosynthesis takes place.
- 2nd July 1995State the type of diabetes in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin.
- 3rd July 1995Explain why a pyramid of biomass is never wider at the top than at the bottom.
- 4th July 1995Name one method used to sterilise fresh water during the production of potable water.
- 5th July 1995Define a covalent bond.
- 6th July 1995Write the word equation for the reaction between zinc and hydrochloric acid.
- 7th July 1995State the difference between a rechargeable cell and a non-rechargeable cell.
- 8th July 1995Describe the colour change seen when an alkene is shaken with bromine water.
- 9th July 1995State the approximate percentage of nitrogen in today's atmosphere.
- 10th July 1995A spring is compressed. Which energy store increases?
- 11th July 1995Calculate the current drawn by a 1150 W kettle on a 230 V supply.
- 12th July 1995State the approximate radius of a nucleus compared with the radius of an atom.
- 13th July 1995State the name of the upward force acting on an object placed in a fluid.
- 14th July 1995A current-carrying wire experiences a force of 1.2 N when placed at right angles to a magnetic field of flux density 0.40 T, carrying a current of 6.0 A. Calculate the length of wire in the field.
- 15th July 1995State the difference between resolution and accuracy.
- 16th July 1995Name the organ system responsible for breaking food down into small, soluble molecules.
- 17th July 1995How do bacteria make a person feel ill?
- 18th July 1995State one difference between nervous and hormonal coordination.
- 19th July 1995State what is meant by a selection pressure.
- 20th July 1995An atom has atomic number 9 and mass number 19. Calculate the number of neutrons.
- 21st July 1995On what property are elements ordered in the modern periodic table?
- 22nd July 1995In the equation 2H2 + O2 gives 2H2O, how many moles of water are formed from 3 mol of hydrogen?
- 23rd July 1995Give one everyday example of an endothermic process.
- 24th July 1995State Le Chatelier's principle in your own words.
- 25th July 1995Why must dilute nitric acid be added before silver nitrate solution when testing for a halide ion?
- 26th July 1995State the equation for work done.
- 27th July 1995A current of 2.0 A flows through a resistor for 30 s. Calculate the charge that flows. Use Q = I x t.
- 28th July 1995State the relationship between pressure and volume for a fixed mass of gas at constant temperature.
- 29th July 1995On a velocity-time graph, what does the area between the line and the time axis represent?
- 30th July 1995State the speed of all electromagnetic waves travelling through a vacuum.
- 31st July 1995State the name of the force that keeps a satellite in orbit around the Earth.