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December 1997 - GCSE Science 5-a-day

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December 1997

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

Every sheet in December 1997

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st December 1997Explain why a plant cell placed in pure water does not burst.
  2. 2nd December 1997Explain why a small number of healthy volunteers are given a very low dose of a new drug in the first stage of a clinical trial.
  3. 3rd December 1997Define oxygen debt.
  4. 4th December 1997Explain one benefit of the Human Genome Project.
  5. 5th December 1997In the rate experiment where a cross disappears, why is the result subjective?
  6. 6th December 1997An atom has an atomic number of 17 and a mass number of 37. How many neutrons does it have?
  7. 7th December 1997Calculate the number of moles in 20 g of calcium carbonate. (Mr = 100)
  8. 8th December 1997Explain why solid sodium chloride does not conduct electricity, but molten sodium chloride does.
  9. 9th December 1997In the gas-volume required practical measuring how concentration affects rate, state one variable that should be controlled.
  10. 10th December 1997A solid gives a lilac flame test. Name the metal ion present.
  11. 11th December 1997Name the two additional products that can form during the incomplete combustion of a hydrocarbon fuel.
  12. 12th December 1997Give the equation for efficiency in terms of energy.
  13. 13th December 1997Calculate the mass of 0.5 cubic metres of a material of density 2400 kilograms per cubic metre.
  14. 14th December 1997A cyclist rides 300 m north then 300 m back south to the start. State the total distance travelled and total displacement.
  15. 15th December 1997A wave travels from air into glass and slows down. State what happens to its direction, and explain why in terms of wavelength.
  16. 16th December 1997State what a nebula is, and explain its role in the life cycle of a star.
  17. 17th December 1997State the function of the mitochondria.
  18. 18th December 1997Which component of blood transports carbon dioxide, urea and hormones?
  19. 19th December 1997A lamp is placed 10 cm from pondweed. Calculate the relative light intensity using relative light intensity = 1 / distance^2.
  20. 20th December 1997Name the hormone released by the adrenal glands that prepares the body for fight or flight.
  21. 21st December 1997A student places ten 1 m x 1 m quadrats at random across a school field of area 3000 m2 and counts a total of 45 dandelions across all ten quadrats. Estimate the total number of dandelions on the field.
  22. 22nd December 1997Classify crude oil as finite or renewable, and justify your answer.
  23. 23rd December 1997Why can metals conduct electricity when solid?
  24. 24th December 1997Calculate the number of moles of sodium hydroxide in 200 cm3 of a 0.500 mol/dm3 solution.
  25. 25th December 1997State whether forming a new chemical bond requires energy or releases energy.
  26. 26th December 1997State the general formula of the alkenes.
  27. 27th December 1997Give two human activities that increase the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
  28. 28th December 1997A 5.0 kg object is lifted 3.0 m. Calculate its gain in gravitational potential energy (g = 9.8 N/kg).
  29. 29th December 1997What is the difference between alternating and direct current?
  30. 30th December 1997What observation showed that the atom is mostly empty space?
  31. 31st December 1997A box of weight 120 N has a base area of 0.40 m^2. Calculate the pressure it exerts on the ground.