Daily Practice · GCSE Science
March 2006 - GCSE Science 5-a-day
Every GCSE Science sheet published in March 2006, with answers. Biology, chemistry and physics recall, definition and calculation, drawn from every strand.
Every sheet in March 2006
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st March 2006By what factor does kinetic energy increase if speed is doubled?
- 2nd March 2006Name the change of state when a liquid becomes a gas throughout the liquid, at its boiling point.
- 3rd March 2006Define the term 'half-life' of a radioactive isotope.
- 4th March 2006State whether sound waves are transverse or longitudinal.
- 5th March 2006State the name of the component at the centre of a transformer's primary and secondary coils, and state its purpose.
- 6th March 2006A student views a red blood cell at a magnification of x2000. The image of the cell measures 20 mm across. Calculate the real width of the cell, giving your answer in micrometres (um).
- 7th March 2006Describe the positive result of the Biuret test.
- 8th March 2006What is tested during preclinical testing?
- 9th March 2006State why a reflex action is described as involuntary.
- 10th March 2006A student counts 3, 5, 4 and 8 dandelion plants in four separate 1 m^2 quadrats. Calculate the mean number of dandelions per quadrat.
- 11th March 2006State the two main steps used to produce potable water from a fresh water source.
- 12th March 2006State the charge on a calcium ion (Group 2).
- 13th March 2006Why do companies prefer reactions with a high atom economy?
- 14th March 2006On a reaction profile diagram, the reactants are drawn at a higher energy level than the products. State whether the reaction is exothermic or endothermic.
- 15th March 2006State what happens to the boiling point of hydrocarbons as their chain length increases.
- 16th March 2006Explain why the solvent level in the container must be below the pencil baseline.
- 17th March 2006In the specific heat capacity practical, why is the block insulated?
- 18th March 2006Describe the current-potential difference graph for a filament lamp.
- 19th March 2006State the difference between irradiation and contamination.
- 20th March 2006A skateboarder of mass 55 kg moving at 4 m/s collides with and grabs onto a stationary shopping trolley of mass 20 kg, and they move off together. Calculate their combined velocity immediately after the collision.
- 21st March 2006Describe the shape of the magnetic field produced around a long straight wire carrying a current.
- 22nd March 2006State how the amount of red-shift is related to a galaxy's distance from Earth.
- 23rd March 2006Name the process that moves substances against a concentration gradient.
- 24th March 2006Name the vector that spreads the protist pathogen that causes malaria.
- 25th March 2006State the word equation for anaerobic respiration in human muscle cells.
- 26th March 2006State whether cystic fibrosis is caused by a dominant or a recessive allele.
- 27th March 2006Why is the burette rinsed with the solution it is going to contain rather than with water?
- 28th March 2006State the relative mass and relative charge of a neutron.
- 29th March 2006Calculate the Mr of Ca(OH)2. (Ca = 40, O = 16, H = 1)
- 30th March 2006Aqueous 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.
- 31st March 2006In the disappearing cross required practical, state the dependent variable that is measured.