Daily Practice · GCSE Science
November 2008 - GCSE Science 5-a-day
Every GCSE Science sheet published in November 2008, with answers. Biology, chemistry and physics recall, definition and calculation, drawn from every strand.
Every sheet in November 2008
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st November 2008Name the three-domain system of classification, and name the scientist most associated with proposing it.
- 2nd November 2008State one method used to try to maintain biodiversity.
- 3rd November 2008Explain, using the reactivity series, why attaching blocks of zinc to the hull of a steel ship helps prevent the steel from rusting.
- 4th November 2008Why is graphite soft and slippery?
- 5th November 2008Explain the difference between a strong acid and a concentrated acid.
- 6th November 2008A reaction between calcium carbonate and hydrochloric acid produces 72 cm3 of carbon dioxide gas in 30 seconds. Calculate the mean rate of reaction.
- 7th November 2008State the functional group found in all alcohols.
- 8th November 2008Name the two gases produced by photosynthesis and the substance it consumes alongside carbon dioxide.
- 9th November 2008Name four energy stores.
- 10th November 2008Name the change of state when a liquid becomes a gas throughout the liquid, at its boiling point.
- 11th November 2008State one source of natural background radiation and one source of artificial (man-made) background radiation.
- 12th November 2008State what happens to the frequency of a wave when it is refracted as it passes into a different material.
- 13th November 2008State two factors that increase the size of the potential difference induced in a coil.
- 14th November 2008A 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).
- 15th November 2008What is an enzyme?
- 16th November 2008Describe phagocytosis.
- 17th November 2008Put these into the correct order for a reflex arc: motor neuron, receptor, effector, relay neuron, sensory neuron.
- 18th November 2008State one structural adaptation of a polar bear that helps it survive in a cold environment.
- 19th November 2008State the two main steps used to produce potable water from a fresh water source.
- 20th November 2008State the charge on a calcium ion (Group 2).
- 21st November 2008Give the formula for percentage yield.
- 22nd November 2008A student reacts excess zinc powder with 25 cm3 of copper sulfate solution in a polystyrene cup. The starting temperature is 21.0 degrees C and the maximum temperature reached is 58.5 degrees C. Calculate the temperature change.
- 23rd November 2008Name the process used to separate crude oil into fractions.
- 24th November 2008State two advantages of instrumental methods of analysis, such as GC-MS, compared with manual chemical tests.
- 25th November 2008Distinguish repeatability from reproducibility.
- 26th November 2008How does the resistance of a thermistor change as it gets hotter?
- 27th November 2008What is an alpha particle made of?
- 28th November 2008State Newton's First Law of Motion.
- 29th November 2008Two bar magnets are placed with their north poles facing each other. State what happens to the magnets.
- 30th November 2008State what is meant by red-shift.