Daily Practice · GCSE Science
November 2012 - GCSE Science 5-a-day
Every GCSE Science sheet published in November 2012, with answers. Biology, chemistry and physics recall, definition and calculation, drawn from every strand.
Every sheet in November 2012
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st November 2012State the relative charge of a neutron.
- 2nd November 2012On what property are elements ordered in the modern periodic table?
- 3rd November 2012In the equation 2H2 + O2 gives 2H2O, how many moles of water are formed from 3 mol of hydrogen?
- 4th November 2012A reaction profile shows the reactants at 150 kJ and the peak (activation energy point) at 195 kJ. Calculate the activation energy.
- 5th November 2012State the effect of increasing the temperature on the position of equilibrium of a reaction whose forward reaction is exothermic.
- 6th November 2012Why must dilute nitric acid be added before silver nitrate solution when testing for a halide ion?
- 7th November 2012State the equation for work done.
- 8th November 2012A component has a current of 5.0 A and a resistance of 8.0 ohm. Calculate the power dissipated using P = I^2 x R.
- 9th November 2012State the relationship between pressure and volume for a fixed mass of gas at constant temperature.
- 10th November 2012A car's velocity increases from 8 m/s to 20 m/s over 4 seconds. Calculate its acceleration.
- 11th November 2012State one medical use of X-rays and one safety precaution taken when X-rays are used in a hospital.
- 12th November 2012State two uses of artificial satellites.
- 13th November 2012Where in a plant are stem cells found?
- 14th November 2012Name the process by which dissolved sugars are transported in the phloem.
- 15th November 2012Why is photosynthesis described as endothermic?
- 16th November 2012State one difference between selective breeding and genetic engineering.
- 17th November 2012State one human activity that reduces the amount of land available for other organisms.
- 18th November 2012State the two substances that must both be present for iron to rust.
- 19th November 2012State the size range of a nanoparticle.
- 20th November 2012Why is aluminium extracted by electrolysis rather than by reduction with carbon?
- 21st November 2012Explain, using collision theory, why increasing the concentration of a reactant in solution increases the rate of a reaction.
- 22nd November 2012State the functional group found in all carboxylic acids.
- 23rd November 2012Name the two gases produced by photosynthesis and the substance it consumes alongside carbon dioxide.
- 24th November 2012What happens to the energy described as 'wasted' in a transfer?
- 25th November 2012Name the change of state when a liquid becomes a gas throughout the liquid, at its boiling point.
- 26th November 2012Explain the difference between irradiation and contamination.
- 27th November 2012State the speed at which all electromagnetic waves travel through a vacuum.
- 28th November 2012A transformer has 500 turns on its primary coil and 2500 turns on its secondary coil. State, with a reason, whether this is a step-up or a step-down transformer.
- 29th November 2012A 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).
- 30th November 2012Name the products of protein digestion.