Daily Practice · GCSE Science
February 2005 - GCSE Science 5-a-day
Every GCSE Science sheet published in February 2005, with answers. Biology, chemistry and physics recall, definition and calculation, drawn from every strand.
Every sheet in February 2005
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st February 2005What happens to the total resistance when a second resistor is added in parallel, and why?
- 2nd February 2005What happens inside the nucleus when a beta particle is emitted?
- 3rd February 2005Explain why a larger vehicle mass increases braking distance.
- 4th February 2005State the type of force that always acts between an induced magnet and the magnet that induced it.
- 5th February 2005Name the model of the origin of the universe that is supported by red-shift observations.
- 6th February 2005State three factors that increase the rate of diffusion.
- 7th February 2005Which type of pathogen causes athlete's foot, a fungal skin infection?
- 8th February 2005Define oxygen debt.
- 9th February 2005Explain one benefit of the Human Genome Project.
- 10th February 2005What does 'concordant' mean when applied to titres?
- 11th February 2005What did the alpha scattering experiment show that the plum pudding model could not explain?
- 12th February 2005Magnesium is burned in an open crucible and the mass increases. Explain why.
- 13th February 2005Explain why solid sodium chloride does not conduct electricity, but molten sodium chloride does.
- 14th February 2005In the gas-volume required practical measuring how concentration affects rate, state one variable that should be controlled.
- 15th February 2005Describe the result of the test for carbon dioxide.
- 16th February 2005Give one piece of evidence used to link human activity to recent climate change.
- 17th February 2005Give one advantage and one disadvantage of wind power.
- 18th February 2005Why does the temperature stay constant while a substance boils?
- 19th February 2005A box has a driving force of 250 N forward and friction of 180 N backward. Calculate the resultant force, including its direction.
- 20th February 2005A wave travels from air into glass and slows down. State what happens to its direction, and explain why in terms of wavelength.
- 21st February 2005State what a nebula is, and explain its role in the life cycle of a star.
- 22nd February 2005Where is the DNA found in a bacterial cell?
- 23rd February 2005Name the substance in red blood cells that binds oxygen.
- 24th February 2005Explain why anaerobic respiration releases much less energy per glucose molecule than aerobic respiration.
- 25th February 2005Name the hormone released by the adrenal glands that prepares the body for fight or flight.
- 26th February 2005In a grassland food chain, the biomass of grass available is 8400 kg and the biomass transferred to the rabbits that eat it is 940 kg. Calculate the percentage efficiency of biomass transfer from grass to rabbits, to 3 significant figures.
- 27th February 2005State what is meant by sustainable development.
- 28th February 2005Give the charge on an ion formed by a group 2 element.