Daily Practice · GCSE Science
April 2010 - GCSE Science 5-a-day
Every GCSE Science sheet published in April 2010, with answers. Biology, chemistry and physics recall, definition and calculation, drawn from every strand.
Every sheet in April 2010
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st April 2010Give one reason for taking the gradient from the line of best fit rather than from two data points.
- 2nd April 2010State the equation linking potential difference, current and resistance.
- 3rd April 2010Define half-life.
- 4th April 2010A shopping trolley has a mass of 25 kg. Calculate its weight, taking g = 9.8 N/kg.
- 5th April 2010A student wraps a coil of insulated wire around an iron nail and connects it to a battery. Name the device this creates, and state one way to increase its magnetic field strength.
- 6th April 2010Explain why red-shift observations support the idea that the universe is expanding, rather than Earth simply being at the centre of the universe with everything moving away from it.
- 7th April 2010Define osmosis.
- 8th April 2010Name the vector that spreads the protist pathogen that causes malaria.
- 9th April 2010Explain, in terms of respiration, why a build-up of lactic acid causes muscle fatigue during vigorous exercise.
- 10th April 2010A man has genotype XY. State his sex, and state which sex chromosomes are found in the sperm cells he produces.
- 11th April 2010A gas syringe collects 48 cubic centimetres of gas in 40 seconds. Calculate the mean rate.
- 12th April 2010Why do isotopes of an element react in the same way?
- 13th April 2010Calculate the Mr of calcium carbonate, CaCO3. (Ca = 40, C = 12, O = 16)
- 14th April 2010In the industrial extraction of aluminium, explain why the aluminium oxide is dissolved in molten cryolite rather than melted on its own.
- 15th April 2010Explain why increasing the surface area of a solid reactant increases the rate of a reaction.
- 16th April 2010State the reagent added, and the result, that shows a white solid contains sulfate ions.
- 17th April 2010State the two products of the complete combustion of a hydrocarbon fuel.
- 18th April 2010State one way to increase the efficiency of a motor.
- 19th April 2010Why is the density of a gas much lower than that of the same substance as a liquid?
- 20th April 2010A 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.
- 21st April 2010A wave has a frequency of 50 Hz. Calculate its period.
- 22nd April 2010Explain, in terms of forces, why an orbiting satellite does not travel off in a straight line.
- 23rd April 2010Name two structures found in a plant cell but not in an animal cell.
- 24th April 2010Why is the wall of the left ventricle thicker than that of the right ventricle?
- 25th April 2010Name the organelle in a plant cell where photosynthesis takes place.
- 26th April 2010State one risk factor linked to type 2 diabetes.
- 27th April 2010State one abiotic factor that can affect the population of fish living in a pond.
- 28th April 2010Name one method used to sterilise fresh water during the production of potable water.
- 29th April 2010What type of bonding is present in a compound formed between a metal and a non-metal?
- 30th April 2010Write the word equation for the reaction between zinc and hydrochloric acid.