Daily Practice · GCSE Science
April 2006 - GCSE Science 5-a-day
Every GCSE Science sheet published in April 2006, with answers. Biology, chemistry and physics recall, definition and calculation, drawn from every strand.
Every sheet in April 2006
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st April 2006Which reagent is added, and in what colour change, to test for chlorine gas?
- 2nd April 2006Explain how solid carbon particulates released by combustion can cause global dimming.
- 3rd April 2006A lamp is supplied with 60 J and transfers 6 J as light. Calculate its efficiency as a percentage.
- 4th April 2006Define specific latent heat of fusion.
- 5th April 2006A gardener pushes a mower with a force of 60 N through a distance of 8.0 m. Calculate the work done. Use W = F x s.
- 6th April 2006A water wave has a wavelength of 0.4 m and a frequency of 2.5 Hz. Calculate its speed.
- 7th April 2006Explain how elements heavier than iron, such as gold, are created and distributed through the universe.
- 8th April 2006Give the equation linking magnification, image size and real size.
- 9th April 2006Give one advantage and one disadvantage of a stent.
- 10th April 2006Name the organelle in a plant cell where photosynthesis takes place.
- 11th April 2006State the type of diabetes in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin.
- 12th April 2006State what is meant by the term ecosystem.
- 13th April 2006Name one method used to sterilise fresh water during the production of potable water.
- 14th April 2006Describe metallic bonding.
- 15th April 2006Write the word equation for the reaction between zinc and hydrochloric acid.
- 16th April 2006State whether breaking a chemical bond requires energy or releases energy.
- 17th April 2006Describe the colour change seen when an alkene is shaken with bromine water.
- 18th April 2006State the approximate percentage of nitrogen in today's atmosphere.
- 19th April 2006A spring is compressed. Which energy store increases?
- 20th April 2006Why does the national grid transmit electricity at a very high potential difference?
- 21st April 2006Why is the atomic model a good example of how scientific models change?
- 22nd April 2006State the name of the upward force acting on an object placed in a fluid.
- 23rd April 2006A current-carrying wire experiences a force of 1.2 N when placed at right angles to a magnetic field of flux density 0.40 T, carrying a current of 6.0 A. Calculate the length of wire in the field.
- 24th April 2006Define the independent variable.
- 25th April 2006Name the organ system responsible for breaking food down into small, soluble molecules.
- 26th April 2006Name the type of pathogen that causes malaria.
- 27th April 2006State one difference between nervous and hormonal coordination.
- 28th April 2006State what is meant by a selection pressure.
- 29th April 2006An atom has atomic number 9 and mass number 19. Calculate the number of neutrons.
- 30th April 2006Why are the noble gases unreactive?