Daily Practice · GCSE Science
November 2000 - GCSE Science 5-a-day
Every GCSE Science sheet published in November 2000, with answers. Biology, chemistry and physics recall, definition and calculation, drawn from every strand.
Every sheet in November 2000
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st November 2000Define osmosis.
- 2nd November 2000Name the vector that spreads the protist pathogen that causes malaria.
- 3rd November 2000State the word equation for anaerobic respiration in human muscle cells.
- 4th November 2000State whether cystic fibrosis is caused by a dominant or a recessive allele.
- 5th November 2000A gas syringe collects 48 cubic centimetres of gas in 40 seconds. Calculate the mean rate.
- 6th November 2000Why do isotopes of an element react in the same way?
- 7th November 2000Calculate the Mr of calcium carbonate, CaCO3. (Ca = 40, C = 12, O = 16)
- 8th November 2000Aqueous copper sulfate solution is electrolysed using inert graphite electrodes. State the products formed at (a) the cathode and (b) the anode, giving a reason for each.
- 9th November 2000In the disappearing cross required practical, state the dependent variable that is measured.
- 10th November 2000State the reagent added, and the result, that shows a white solid contains sulfate ions.
- 11th November 2000State the two products of the complete combustion of a hydrocarbon fuel.
- 12th November 2000State one way to increase the efficiency of a motor.
- 13th November 2000Why is the density of a gas much lower than that of the same substance as a liquid?
- 14th November 2000A gardener pushes a mower with a force of 60 N through a distance of 8.0 m. Calculate the work done. Use W = F x s.
- 15th November 2000A water wave has a wavelength of 0.4 m and a frequency of 2.5 Hz. Calculate its speed.
- 16th November 2000Explain how elements heavier than iron, such as gold, are created and distributed through the universe.
- 17th November 2000Name two structures found in a plant cell but not in an animal cell.
- 18th November 2000Why is the wall of the left ventricle thicker than that of the right ventricle?
- 19th November 2000Name the organelle in a plant cell where photosynthesis takes place.
- 20th November 2000State the type of diabetes in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin.
- 21st November 2000State one abiotic factor that can affect the population of fish living in a pond.
- 22nd November 2000Name one method used to sterilise fresh water during the production of potable water.
- 23rd November 2000What type of bonding is present in a compound formed between a metal and a non-metal?
- 24th November 2000Write the word equation for the reaction between zinc and hydrochloric acid.
- 25th November 2000State the two substances that react inside a hydrogen fuel cell.
- 26th November 2000Describe the colour change seen when an alkene is shaken with bromine water.
- 27th November 2000State the approximate percentage of nitrogen in today's atmosphere.
- 28th November 2000A spring is compressed. Which energy store increases?
- 29th November 2000State the potential difference and frequency of the UK mains supply.
- 30th November 2000What did Bohr add to the nuclear model?