Daily Practice · GCSE Science
May 2006 - GCSE Science 5-a-day
Every GCSE Science sheet published in May 2006, with answers. Biology, chemistry and physics recall, definition and calculation, drawn from every strand.
Every sheet in May 2006
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 2006How many atoms are there in 0.5 mol of helium?
- 2nd May 2006Give one everyday example of an endothermic process.
- 3rd May 2006State Le Chatelier's principle in your own words.
- 4th May 2006Describe the test, and the positive result, for ammonium ions.
- 5th May 2006Convert 3.5 kJ into joules.
- 6th May 2006A current of 2.0 A flows through a resistor for 30 s. Calculate the charge that flows. Use Q = I x t.
- 7th May 2006How is the temperature of a gas related to the motion of its molecules?
- 8th May 2006On a velocity-time graph, what does the area between the line and the time axis represent?
- 9th May 2006State the speed of all electromagnetic waves travelling through a vacuum.
- 10th May 2006State the name of the force that keeps a satellite in orbit around the Earth.
- 11th May 2006How many pairs of chromosomes are there in a human body cell?
- 12th May 2006Where are most stomata found on a typical leaf, and why?
- 13th May 2006Name four limiting factors of photosynthesis.
- 14th May 2006A plant grown in the shade is shorter than a genetically identical plant of the same species grown in full sunlight. State whether this difference is genetic variation, environmental variation, or both.
- 15th May 2006State what is meant by the term biodiversity.
- 16th May 2006Give one reason a manufacturer's own life cycle assessment of its product might not be fully objective.
- 17th May 2006Give one use of nanoparticles and one associated risk.
- 18th May 2006Give the ionic equation for neutralisation.
- 19th May 2006State what is shown on a rate graph when the line for the volume of gas produced becomes horizontal (flat).
- 20th May 2006Name the small molecule typically released as a by-product during condensation polymerisation.
- 21st May 2006Explain, in terms of gas molecules, why methane and water vapour, as well as carbon dioxide, are described as greenhouse gases.
- 22nd May 2006State the equation for gravitational potential energy.
- 23rd May 2006A block has a volume of 50 cm^3 and a mass of 135 g. Calculate its density.
- 24th May 2006Radium-226 (atomic number 88) decays by alpha emission. State the atomic number of the nucleus formed.
- 25th May 2006A water wave has a frequency of 4 Hz and a wavelength of 0.5 m. Calculate its speed.
- 26th May 2006A transformer's primary coil is connected to a 12 V supply and has 60 turns. Calculate the number of turns needed on the secondary coil to produce an output of 3.0 V.
- 27th May 2006A cube-shaped model cell has sides of length 3 cm. Calculate the surface area to volume ratio of the cube. Give your answer in the form n : 1.
- 28th May 2006Explain what happens to an enzyme above its optimum temperature.
- 29th May 2006Name three non-specific defences of the human body.
- 30th May 2006Define a synapse.
- 31st May 2006Give one example of an abiotic factor that could affect where a plant species grows.