Daily Practice · GCSE Science

Daily Practice - GCSE Science

Biology, chemistry and physics recall, definition and calculation, drawn from every strand.

1st January 2011

5 questions · GCSE · 584 questions in this band

1
Chemical Changes
State the name given to a reaction in which a substance loses electrons.
2
Reactivity, Acids and Salts
Why is aluminium extracted by electrolysis rather than by reduction with carbon?
3
Electrolysis
In the industrial extraction of aluminium, explain why the aluminium oxide is dissolved in molten cryolite rather than melted on its own.
4
Energy Changes
Explain, in terms of bonds, why breaking bonds is an endothermic process.
5
Exothermic and Endothermic Reactions
Explain, in terms of the reaction pathway, why adding a catalyst increases the rate of a reaction without changing the overall energy change of the reaction.

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