Daily Practice · GCSE Science
September 1996 - GCSE Science 5-a-day
Every sheet in September 1996
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st September 1996Name the scientist who proposed the three-domain system of classification, and name the three domains.
- 2nd September 1996State the relative charge of a neutron.
- 3rd September 1996Give two observations when lithium is added to water.
- 4th September 1996State the value of the Avogadro constant and what it counts.
- 5th September 1996A reaction profile shows the reactants at 150 kJ and the peak (activation energy point) at 195 kJ. Calculate the activation energy.
- 6th September 1996State the effect of increasing the temperature on the position of equilibrium of a reaction whose forward reaction is exothermic.
- 7th September 1996Write the ionic equation for the precipitation reaction between barium ions and sulfate ions.
- 8th September 1996Write the equation linking power, energy and time, and rearrange it for time.
- 9th September 1996A component has a current of 5.0 A and a resistance of 8.0 ohm. Calculate the power dissipated using P = I^2 x R.
- 10th September 1996A gas is heated in a sealed rigid container. Explain what happens to the pressure.
- 11th September 1996A car's velocity increases from 8 m/s to 20 m/s over 4 seconds. Calculate its acceleration.
- 12th September 1996State one medical use of X-rays and one safety precaution taken when X-rays are used in a hospital.
- 13th September 1996State two uses of artificial satellites.
- 14th September 1996Define an undifferentiated cell.
- 15th September 1996Which tissue transports water and mineral ions from the roots?
- 16th September 1996Give three uses of the glucose produced in photosynthesis.
- 17th September 1996State one difference between selective breeding and genetic engineering.
- 18th September 1996A 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.
- 19th September 1996Explain why steel (an alloy of iron and carbon) is generally harder than pure iron.
- 20th September 1996Why do polymers have higher melting points than small molecules such as methane?
- 21st September 1996Complete: acid + metal carbonate gives ...
- 22nd September 1996State the four factors that can increase the rate of a chemical reaction.
- 23rd September 1996State the functional group found in all carboxylic acids.
- 24th September 1996Name the two gases produced by photosynthesis and the substance it consumes alongside carbon dioxide.
- 25th September 1996By what factor does kinetic energy increase if speed is doubled?
- 26th September 1996Name the change of state when a liquid becomes a gas throughout the liquid, at its boiling point.
- 27th September 1996Define the term 'half-life' of a radioactive isotope.
- 28th September 1996State the speed at which all electromagnetic waves travel through a vacuum.
- 29th September 1996A transformer has 500 turns on its primary coil and 2500 turns on its secondary coil. State, with a reason, whether this is a step-up or a step-down transformer.
- 30th September 1996A student views a red blood cell at a magnification of x2000. The image of the cell measures 20 mm across. Calculate the real width of the cell, giving your answer in micrometres (um).