Daily Practice · GCSE Science
June 2006 - GCSE Science 5-a-day
Every GCSE Science sheet published in June 2006, with answers. Biology, chemistry and physics recall, definition and calculation, drawn from every strand.
Every sheet in June 2006
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st June 2006Name the four stages usually considered in a life cycle assessment of a product.
- 2nd June 2006A student says that metals conduct electricity because they contain free-moving ions. Explain why this statement is incorrect, and give the correct explanation.
- 3rd June 2006Convert a concentration of 0.20 moles per cubic decimetre of NaOH into grams per cubic decimetre. (Mr = 40)
- 4th June 2006State the energy transfer that occurs during an exothermic reaction.
- 5th June 2006State the general formula of the alkanes.
- 6th June 2006In a chromatography experiment, a dye spot travels 4.5 cm and the solvent front travels 6.0 cm. Calculate its Rf value.
- 7th June 2006Define the resolution of a measuring instrument.
- 8th June 2006Two 4 ohm resistors are connected in series. Calculate the total resistance.
- 9th June 2006Which type of radiation is stopped by a sheet of paper?
- 10th June 2006Calculate the momentum of a 1200 kg car travelling at 18 m/s.
- 11th June 2006Explain why a compass needle placed just outside one end of a current-carrying solenoid lines up parallel to the solenoid's axis.
- 12th June 2006Name the second major piece of observational evidence, besides red-shift, that supports the Big Bang model.
- 13th June 2006Why does active transport require energy?
- 14th June 2006Which type of pathogen causes athlete's foot, a fungal skin infection?
- 15th June 2006A student counts 19 pulse beats in 10 seconds immediately after running. Calculate her heart rate in beats per minute.
- 16th June 2006State how many chromosomes are found in a normal human body cell, and how they are arranged.
- 17th June 2006Name one way to make a rate of reaction experiment more valid rather than simply more precise.
- 18th June 2006Define an isotope.
- 19th June 2006A sealed flask containing 12.0 g of reactants is shaken and a reaction occurs. What is the total mass afterwards?
- 20th June 2006In the industrial extraction of aluminium, explain why the carbon anodes need to be replaced regularly.
- 21st June 2006State the condition, in terms of energy, that colliding particles must meet for a reaction to occur.
- 22nd June 2006State the difference between a pure substance and a formulation.
- 23rd June 2006Explain why burning a fuel can produce nitrogen oxides even if the fuel itself contains no nitrogen.
- 24th June 2006Name three renewable energy resources.
- 25th June 2006State the equation for density.
- 26th June 2006A box has a driving force of 250 N forward and friction of 180 N backward. Calculate the resultant force, including its direction.
- 27th June 2006A wave has a period of 0.005 s. Calculate its frequency.
- 28th June 2006State the difference between a natural satellite and an artificial satellite, and give one example of each.
- 29th June 2006Why is a stain such as iodine used when preparing a slide?
- 30th June 2006Give two adaptations of a red blood cell.