Daily Practice · GCSE Science
November 1996 - GCSE Science 5-a-day
Every sheet in November 1996
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st November 1996Name the force that keeps the planets in orbit around the Sun.
- 2nd November 1996Give the equation linking magnification, image size and real size.
- 3rd November 1996Give one advantage and one disadvantage of a stent.
- 4th November 1996Name the organelle in a plant cell where photosynthesis takes place.
- 5th November 1996Explain why sweating cools the body down.
- 6th November 1996State what is meant by the term ecosystem.
- 7th November 1996Name one method used to sterilise fresh water during the production of potable water.
- 8th November 1996Describe metallic bonding.
- 9th November 1996Write the word equation for the reaction between zinc and hydrochloric acid.
- 10th November 1996State whether breaking a chemical bond requires energy or releases energy.
- 11th November 1996Name the catalyst used when an alkene reacts with hydrogen to form an alkane.
- 12th November 1996State the approximate percentage of nitrogen in today's atmosphere.
- 13th November 1996A spring is compressed. Which energy store increases?
- 14th November 1996Why does the national grid transmit electricity at a very high potential difference?
- 15th November 1996Why is the atomic model a good example of how scientific models change?
- 16th November 1996A force of 40 N is applied 0.25 m from a pivot. Calculate the moment.
- 17th November 1996A rectangular coil carrying a current is placed in a magnetic field, with its two long sides parallel to each other. Explain why the coil rotates rather than moving in a straight line.
- 18th November 1996Define the independent variable.
- 19th November 1996Name the organ system responsible for breaking food down into small, soluble molecules.
- 20th November 1996Name the type of pathogen that causes malaria.
- 21st November 1996Define homeostasis.
- 22nd November 1996Give one example of variation that is caused purely by the environment rather than by genes.
- 23rd November 1996An atom has atomic number 9 and mass number 19. Calculate the number of neutrons.
- 24th November 1996Why are the noble gases unreactive?
- 25th November 1996How many atoms are there in 0.5 mol of helium?
- 26th November 1996Give one everyday example of an endothermic process.
- 27th November 1996In the Haber process, state the effect of removing some ammonia from the equilibrium mixture as it forms on the position of equilibrium.
- 28th November 1996Describe the test, and the positive result, for ammonium ions.
- 29th November 1996Convert 3.5 kJ into joules.
- 30th November 1996A current of 2.0 A flows through a resistor for 30 s. Calculate the charge that flows. Use Q = I x t.