Daily Practice · GCSE Science
June 1997 - GCSE Science 5-a-day
Every sheet in June 1997
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st June 1997A water wave has a frequency of 4 Hz and a wavelength of 0.5 m. Calculate its speed.
- 2nd June 1997A transformer's primary coil is connected to a 12 V supply and has 60 turns. Calculate the number of turns needed on the secondary coil to produce an output of 3.0 V.
- 3rd June 1997Name the structure in a plant cell that controls the substances entering and leaving the cell.
- 4th June 1997Where is bile made and where is it stored?
- 5th June 1997Why does a vaccinated person not usually become ill when they meet the pathogen?
- 6th June 1997Define a synapse.
- 7th June 1997Give one example of an abiotic factor that could affect where a plant species grows.
- 8th June 1997Name two methods of desalinating seawater.
- 9th June 1997Name the giant covalent structure made of carbon in which each carbon atom is bonded to four others.
- 10th June 1997Calculate the concentration in moles per cubic decimetre of a solution containing 0.5 mol in 250 cubic centimetres.
- 11th June 1997State the energy transfer that occurs during an endothermic reaction.
- 12th June 1997State the general formula of the alkanes.
- 13th June 1997A sample produces only one spot when run in three different solvents. What does this suggest about the sample?
- 14th June 1997Why should a line of best fit be drawn rather than joining the plotted points?
- 15th June 1997In a parallel circuit, how do the branch currents relate to the total current?
- 16th June 1997State the approximate radius of an atom.
- 17th June 1997Calculate the momentum of a 1200 kg car travelling at 18 m/s.
- 18th June 1997Explain why a compass needle placed just outside one end of a current-carrying solenoid lines up parallel to the solenoid's axis.
- 19th June 1997Name the second major piece of observational evidence, besides red-shift, that supports the Big Bang model.
- 20th June 1997Give one adaptation of a root hair cell for absorbing mineral ions.
- 21st June 1997Describe how phagocytes destroy pathogens in the body.
- 22nd June 1997A student counts 19 pulse beats in 10 seconds immediately after running. Calculate her heart rate in beats per minute.
- 23rd June 1997State how many chromosomes are found in a normal human body cell, and how they are arranged.
- 24th June 1997Why is a polystyrene cup with a lid used in energy-change experiments?
- 25th June 1997Write the electronic structure of a magnesium atom (12 electrons).
- 26th June 1997A student measures the mass of a beaker of hydrochloric acid and marble chips as they react and finds it falls. Explain why.
- 27th June 1997In the industrial extraction of aluminium, explain why the carbon anodes need to be replaced regularly.
- 28th June 1997State the condition, in terms of energy, that colliding particles must meet for a reaction to occur.
- 29th June 1997Name the gas that relights a glowing splint.
- 30th June 1997Name two gases that dissolve in atmospheric water droplets to cause acid rain.