Daily Practice · GCSE Science
June 2013 - GCSE Science 5-a-day
Every GCSE Science sheet published in June 2013, with answers. Biology, chemistry and physics recall, definition and calculation, drawn from every strand.
Every sheet in June 2013
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st June 2013State whether cystic fibrosis is caused by a dominant or a recessive allele.
- 2nd June 2013A gas syringe collects 48 cubic centimetres of gas in 40 seconds. Calculate the mean rate.
- 3rd June 2013Why do isotopes of an element react in the same way?
- 4th June 2013Calculate the Mr of calcium carbonate, CaCO3. (Ca = 40, C = 12, O = 16)
- 5th June 2013Aqueous copper sulfate solution is electrolysed using inert graphite electrodes. State the products formed at (a) the cathode and (b) the anode, giving a reason for each.
- 6th June 2013In the disappearing cross required practical, state the dependent variable that is measured.
- 7th June 2013State the reagent added, and the result, that shows a white solid contains sulfate ions.
- 8th June 2013State the two products of the complete combustion of a hydrocarbon fuel.
- 9th June 2013State one way to increase the efficiency of a motor.
- 10th June 2013Why is the density of a gas much lower than that of the same substance as a liquid?
- 11th June 2013State whether friction is a contact force or a non-contact force.
- 12th June 2013A water wave has a wavelength of 0.4 m and a frequency of 2.5 Hz. Calculate its speed.
- 13th June 2013Explain how elements heavier than iron, such as gold, are created and distributed through the universe.
- 14th June 2013Name two structures found in a plant cell but not in an animal cell.
- 15th June 2013Why is the wall of the left ventricle thicker than that of the right ventricle?
- 16th June 2013Complete the word equation for anaerobic respiration in yeast: glucose -> ___ + ___
- 17th June 2013State the type of diabetes in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin.
- 18th June 2013State one abiotic factor that can affect the population of fish living in a pond.
- 19th June 2013Give one reason distillation of seawater requires a large energy input.
- 20th June 2013What type of bonding is present in a compound formed between a metal and a non-metal?
- 21st June 2013A student reacts 2.4 g of magnesium with excess dilute hydrochloric acid: Mg + 2HCl -> MgCl2 + H2. Relative atomic mass of Mg = 24. Calculate the number of moles of hydrogen gas produced.
- 22nd June 2013State the two substances that react inside a hydrogen fuel cell.
- 23rd June 2013Describe the colour change seen when an alkene is shaken with bromine water.
- 24th June 2013Name the two gases released in large amounts by volcanic activity that formed most of the Earth's early atmosphere.
- 25th June 2013Name the energy store associated with a moving car.
- 26th June 2013State the potential difference and frequency of the UK mains supply.
- 27th June 2013What did Bohr add to the nuclear model?
- 28th June 2013State the name of the upward force acting on an object placed in a fluid.
- 29th June 2013A current-carrying wire experiences a force of 1.2 N when placed at right angles to a magnetic field of flux density 0.40 T, carrying a current of 6.0 A. Calculate the length of wire in the field.
- 30th June 2013Why must the same volume of solution be used in every tube in an enzyme investigation?