Daily Practice · GCSE Science
September 2005 - GCSE Science 5-a-day
Every GCSE Science sheet published in September 2005, with answers. Biology, chemistry and physics recall, definition and calculation, drawn from every strand.
Every sheet in September 2005
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st September 2005Calculate the gravitational potential energy gained by a 60 kg person climbing 5 m. (g = 9.8 N/kg)
- 2nd September 2005State the UK mains supply frequency and typical potential difference.
- 3rd September 2005A gas at 200 kPa occupies 3.0 cubic metres. It is compressed to 1.5 cubic metres at constant temperature. Calculate the new pressure.
- 4th September 2005A car's velocity increases from 8 m/s to 20 m/s over 4 seconds. Calculate its acceleration.
- 5th September 2005State one medical use of X-rays and one safety precaution taken when X-rays are used in a hospital.
- 6th September 2005State two uses of artificial satellites.
- 7th September 2005State three functions of mitosis.
- 8th September 2005What happens to guard cells when a plant is short of water?
- 9th September 2005Write the word equation for photosynthesis.
- 10th September 2005State one difference between selective breeding and genetic engineering.
- 11th September 2005State one method used to try to maintain biodiversity.
- 12th September 2005Explain, using the reactivity series, why attaching blocks of zinc to the hull of a steel ship helps prevent the steel from rusting.
- 13th September 2005Why is graphite soft and slippery?
- 14th September 2005Explain the difference between a strong acid and a concentrated acid.
- 15th September 2005A reaction between calcium carbonate and hydrochloric acid produces 72 cm3 of carbon dioxide gas in 30 seconds. Calculate the mean rate of reaction.
- 16th September 2005State the functional group found in all carboxylic acids.
- 17th September 2005Explain, in one sentence, why the oceans were able to form only after the early Earth had cooled.
- 18th September 2005Name four energy stores.
- 19th September 2005A 1.5 kg block of iron is heated from 18 degrees C to 98 degrees C. The specific heat capacity of iron is 450 J/(kg degrees C). Calculate the change in thermal energy.
- 20th September 2005State one source of natural background radiation and one source of artificial (man-made) background radiation.
- 21st September 2005State the speed at which all electromagnetic waves travel through a vacuum.
- 22nd September 2005A transformer has 500 turns on its primary coil and 2500 turns on its secondary coil. State, with a reason, whether this is a step-up or a step-down transformer.
- 23rd September 2005State one structure found in a bacterial cell but not in an animal cell.
- 24th September 2005What is an enzyme?
- 25th September 2005Describe phagocytosis.
- 26th September 2005Name the two parts of the central nervous system (CNS).
- 27th September 2005Name the group of organisms that break down dead plant and animal matter, returning mineral ions to the soil.
- 28th September 2005Define a finite resource, giving one example.
- 29th September 2005State one reason why simple covalent substances such as chlorine have low melting points.
- 30th September 2005Give the formula for percentage yield.