Daily Practice · GCSE Science
April 2005 - GCSE Science 5-a-day
Every GCSE Science sheet published in April 2005, with answers. Biology, chemistry and physics recall, definition and calculation, drawn from every strand.
Every sheet in April 2005
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st April 2005State one environmental benefit of recycling aluminium cans rather than making new aluminium from ore.
- 2nd April 2005Explain why graphite conducts electricity but diamond does not.
- 3rd April 2005State what is observed when magnesium ribbon is added to copper sulfate solution.
- 4th April 2005State the equation for the mean rate of a reaction in terms of the quantity of reactant used.
- 5th April 2005State the functional group found in all alcohols.
- 6th April 2005Explain why the natural greenhouse effect is necessary for life on Earth, rather than being a purely harmful process.
- 7th April 2005Calculate the kinetic energy of a 0.5 kg ball moving at 6 m/s.
- 8th April 2005State the correct SI unit for density.
- 9th April 2005Explain why americium-241, an alpha emitter, is suitable for use in a smoke detector.
- 10th April 2005State what happens to the frequency of a wave when it is refracted as it passes into a different material.
- 11th April 2005State two factors that increase the size of the potential difference induced in a coil.
- 12th April 2005Convert 0.02 mm into micrometres (um).
- 13th April 2005Where is bile made and where is it stored?
- 14th April 2005Why does a vaccinated person not usually become ill when they meet the pathogen?
- 15th April 2005Put these into the correct order for a reflex arc: motor neuron, receptor, effector, relay neuron, sensory neuron.
- 16th April 2005State one structural adaptation of a polar bear that helps it survive in a cold environment.
- 17th April 2005State one benefit of recycling metal rather than extracting new metal from its ore.
- 18th April 2005Name the three types of strong chemical bonding.
- 19th April 2005Calculate the concentration in moles per cubic decimetre of a solution containing 0.5 mol in 250 cubic centimetres.
- 20th April 2005State the energy transfer that occurs during an endothermic reaction.
- 21st April 2005Name the process used to separate crude oil into fractions.
- 22nd April 2005A sample produces only one spot when run in three different solvents. What does this suggest about the sample?
- 23rd April 2005Why should a line of best fit be drawn rather than joining the plotted points?
- 24th April 2005In a parallel circuit, how do the branch currents relate to the total current?
- 25th April 2005State the approximate radius of an atom.
- 26th April 2005State Newton's First Law of Motion.
- 27th April 2005Two bar magnets are placed with their north poles facing each other. State what happens to the magnets.
- 28th April 2005State what is meant by red-shift.
- 29th April 2005Give one adaptation of a root hair cell for absorbing mineral ions.
- 30th April 2005State one way that pathogens can be spread from person to person.