Daily Practice · GCSE Science
November 2006 - GCSE Science 5-a-day
Every GCSE Science sheet published in November 2006, with answers. Biology, chemistry and physics recall, definition and calculation, drawn from every strand.
Every sheet in November 2006
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st November 2006State two long-term stores of carbon that removed carbon dioxide from the early atmosphere.
- 2nd November 2006Calculate the kinetic energy of a 0.5 kg ball moving at 6 m/s.
- 3rd November 2006Calculate the energy needed to melt 0.50 kg of a substance with a specific latent heat of fusion of 210000 J/kg.
- 4th November 2006Explain why americium-241, an alpha emitter, is suitable for use in a smoke detector.
- 5th November 2006A radio wave has a wavelength of 3 m. Calculate its frequency, given that all electromagnetic waves travel at 3 x 10^8 m/s in a vacuum.
- 6th November 2006Explain why electricity is transmitted through the National Grid at a very high voltage rather than at the voltage used in homes.
- 7th November 2006Name the structure in a plant cell that controls the substances entering and leaving the cell.
- 8th November 2006Where is bile made and where is it stored?
- 9th November 2006Why does a vaccinated person not usually become ill when they meet the pathogen?
- 10th November 2006Name the chemical released at a synapse that carries the signal across the gap.
- 11th November 2006Explain why deforestation to create land for cattle grazing can reduce biodiversity.
- 12th November 2006Name two methods of desalinating seawater.
- 13th November 2006Name the giant covalent structure made of carbon in which each carbon atom is bonded to four others.
- 14th November 2006Calculate the concentration in moles per cubic decimetre of a solution containing 0.5 mol in 250 cubic centimetres.
- 15th November 2006State the energy transfer that occurs during an endothermic reaction.
- 16th November 2006State two products, other than water, that can be formed during the incomplete combustion of a hydrocarbon.
- 17th November 2006A sample produces only one spot when run in three different solvents. What does this suggest about the sample?
- 18th November 2006Why should a line of best fit be drawn rather than joining the plotted points?
- 19th November 2006In a parallel circuit, how do the branch currents relate to the total current?
- 20th November 2006State the approximate radius of an atom.
- 21st November 2006Explain why a larger vehicle mass increases braking distance.
- 22nd November 2006State the type of force that always acts between an induced magnet and the magnet that induced it.
- 23rd November 2006Name the model of the origin of the universe that is supported by red-shift observations.
- 24th November 2006Give one adaptation of a root hair cell for absorbing mineral ions.
- 25th November 2006Describe how phagocytes destroy pathogens in the body.
- 26th November 2006Define oxygen debt.
- 27th November 2006Explain one benefit of the Human Genome Project.
- 28th November 2006Why is a polystyrene cup with a lid used in energy-change experiments?
- 29th November 2006Write the electronic structure of a magnesium atom (12 electrons).
- 30th November 2006A student measures the mass of a beaker of hydrochloric acid and marble chips as they react and finds it falls. Explain why.