Daily Practice · GCSE Science
November 2003 - GCSE Science 5-a-day
Every GCSE Science sheet published in November 2003, with answers. Biology, chemistry and physics recall, definition and calculation, drawn from every strand.
Every sheet in November 2003
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st November 2003What observation showed the nucleus is positively charged and very small?
- 2nd November 2003State two factors, other than depth, that affect the pressure at a given point in a liquid.
- 3rd November 2003State the name of the rule used to find the direction of the force on a current-carrying wire in a magnetic field, and name the three quantities it relates.
- 4th November 2003A student measures 24 cubic centimetres of gas in 3 minutes. Calculate the rate.
- 5th November 2003An amylase reaction is complete after 200 seconds. Calculate the rate of reaction using rate = 1000 / time.
- 6th November 2003Give one way of reducing the spread of malaria.
- 7th November 2003State what is meant by negative feedback.
- 8th November 2003Name the scientist who proposed the three-domain system of classification, and name the three domains.
- 9th November 2003An atom has atomic number 11 and mass number 23. State the number of protons.
- 10th November 2003Why do elements in the same group have similar chemical properties?
- 11th November 2003Why is the amount of product directly proportional to the amount of limiting reactant?
- 12th November 2003State whether the combustion of methane is exothermic or endothermic.
- 13th November 2003State the effect of increasing the temperature on the position of equilibrium of a reaction whose forward reaction is exothermic.
- 14th November 2003A solution forms a green precipitate with sodium hydroxide solution. Which ion is present?
- 15th November 2003Give the equation for wave speed and its units.
- 16th November 2003Two resistors are connected in parallel across a 12 V battery. State the potential difference across each resistor.
- 17th November 2003Why does reducing the volume of a gas increase the pressure even though the molecules do not speed up?
- 18th November 2003A car's velocity increases from 8 m/s to 20 m/s over 4 seconds. Calculate its acceleration.
- 19th November 2003State one medical use of X-rays and one safety precaution taken when X-rays are used in a hospital.
- 20th November 2003State two uses of artificial satellites.
- 21st November 2003Give one risk of stem cell treatment.
- 22nd November 2003Why does a potometer measure water uptake rather than transpiration directly?
- 23rd November 2003Why does the rate of photosynthesis fall at very high temperatures?
- 24th November 2003State one difference between selective breeding and genetic engineering.
- 25th November 2003Explain why large-scale deforestation increases the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
- 26th November 2003State the four stages considered in a life cycle assessment.
- 27th November 2003Why does simple molecular carbon dioxide have a much lower melting point than giant covalent silicon dioxide?
- 28th November 2003Define oxidation in terms of electrons.
- 29th November 2003State two units that the rate of a reaction can be measured in.
- 30th November 2003State the functional group found in all carboxylic acids.