Daily Practice · GCSE Science
April 2011 - GCSE Science 5-a-day
Every GCSE Science sheet published in April 2011, with answers. Biology, chemistry and physics recall, definition and calculation, drawn from every strand.
Every sheet in April 2011
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st April 2011A rectangular coil carrying a current is placed in a magnetic field, with its two long sides parallel to each other. Explain why the coil rotates rather than moving in a straight line.
- 2nd April 2011State the difference between resolution and accuracy.
- 3rd April 2011Name the plant tissue that transports water and dissolved minerals from the roots to the leaves.
- 4th April 2011How do bacteria make a person feel ill?
- 5th April 2011Define homeostasis.
- 6th April 2011Give one example of variation that is caused purely by the environment rather than by genes.
- 7th April 2011Explain, in terms of electrons, why reactivity decreases going down Group 7.
- 8th April 2011On what property are elements ordered in the modern periodic table?
- 9th April 2011In the equation 2H2 + O2 gives 2H2O, how many moles of water are formed from 3 mol of hydrogen?
- 10th April 2011Explain, in terms of bonds, why breaking bonds is an endothermic process.
- 11th April 2011In the Haber process, state the effect of removing some ammonia from the equilibrium mixture as it forms on the position of equilibrium.
- 12th April 2011Why must dilute nitric acid be added before silver nitrate solution when testing for a halide ion?
- 13th April 2011State the equation for work done.
- 14th April 2011In a series circuit, the current through one lamp is 0.30 A. State the current through a second lamp in the same circuit.
- 15th April 2011State the relationship between pressure and volume for a fixed mass of gas at constant temperature.
- 16th April 2011A runner completes a 400 m race in 52 s. Calculate her average speed, giving your answer to 3 significant figures.
- 17th April 2011Name the type of electromagnetic wave used by a television remote control.
- 18th April 2011Explain why a satellite moving in a stable circular orbit has a changing velocity even though its speed stays constant.
- 19th April 2011Where in a plant are stem cells found?
- 20th April 2011Name the process by which dissolved sugars are transported in the phloem.
- 21st April 2011Why is photosynthesis described as endothermic?
- 22nd April 2011Explain, using the idea of natural selection, why a population of insects can become resistant to a pesticide over time.
- 23rd April 2011State one human activity that reduces the amount of land available for other organisms.
- 24th April 2011State the two substances that must both be present for iron to rust.
- 25th April 2011State the size range of a nanoparticle.
- 26th April 2011Why is aluminium extracted by electrolysis rather than by reduction with carbon?
- 27th April 2011Explain, using collision theory, why increasing the concentration of a reactant in solution increases the rate of a reaction.
- 28th April 2011Name the carboxylic acid produced when ethanol is oxidised.
- 29th April 2011Describe, in terms of wavelength, the difference between the radiation the Earth receives from the Sun and the radiation it re-emits from its surface.
- 30th April 2011What happens to the energy described as 'wasted' in a transfer?