Daily Practice · GCSE Science
June 1996 - GCSE Science 5-a-day
Every sheet in June 1996
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st June 1996Name three greenhouse gases.
- 2nd June 1996A kettle transfers 360000 J of energy in 150 s. Calculate its power in watts.
- 3rd June 1996What is the difference between alternating and direct current?
- 4th June 1996What observation showed that the atom is mostly empty space?
- 5th June 1996A spanner is used to loosen a bolt. Explain why using a longer spanner makes it easier to loosen the bolt.
- 6th June 1996State two ways of increasing the force produced by a motor effect setup, for a wire of fixed length at a fixed angle to the field.
- 7th June 1996In the microbiology practical, why are agar plates incubated at 25 degrees Celsius in schools rather than at 37 degrees Celsius?
- 8th June 1996Name the plant tissue that transports water and dissolved minerals from the roots to the leaves.
- 9th June 1996Why can HIV not be treated with antibiotics?
- 10th June 1996Name the hormone released when blood glucose concentration is too high, and state its overall effect.
- 11th June 1996Define mutation.
- 12th June 1996Explain, in terms of electrons, why reactivity decreases going down Group 7.
- 13th June 1996State the trend in reactivity down group 7 and name the most reactive halogen listed on the periodic table.
- 14th June 1996Define the limiting reactant.
- 15th June 1996Explain, in terms of bonds, why breaking bonds is an endothermic process.
- 16th June 1996The forward reaction of a particular reversible reaction is exothermic. State whether the reverse reaction is exothermic or endothermic.
- 17th June 1996Explain how the sodium hydroxide test distinguishes aluminium ions from calcium ions, given that both give a white precipitate.
- 18th June 1996Why should you write down the equation even if you cannot finish the calculation?
- 19th June 1996In a series circuit, the current through one lamp is 0.30 A. State the current through a second lamp in the same circuit.
- 20th June 1996What causes the pressure of a gas on the walls of its container?
- 21st June 1996State what the gradient of a distance-time graph represents.
- 22nd June 1996Explain why ultraviolet, X-rays and gamma rays can be hazardous to human health, but radio waves are not.
- 23rd June 1996Explain, in terms of forces, why a satellite in a stable orbit does not fall towards the Earth or fly off into space.
- 24th June 1996Give one advantage of therapeutic cloning over using unrelated embryonic stem cells.
- 25th June 1996Why are xylem cells strengthened with lignin?
- 26th June 1996Why is glucose converted into starch for storage?
- 27th June 1996In pea plants, the allele for tall stems (T) is dominant over the allele for short stems (t). A homozygous tall plant (TT) is crossed with a homozygous short plant (tt). State the genotype and phenotype of all the offspring.
- 28th June 1996State one way in which high biodiversity benefits an ecosystem.
- 29th June 1996Explain how painting an iron gate helps prevent it from rusting.
- 30th June 1996Why can an ionic solid not conduct electricity?