Daily Practice · GCSE Science
January 2016 - GCSE Science 5-a-day
Every GCSE Science sheet published in January 2016, with answers. Biology, chemistry and physics recall, definition and calculation, drawn from every strand.
Every sheet in January 2016
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st January 2016State the relationship between pressure and volume for a fixed mass of gas at constant temperature.
- 2nd January 2016A train travels at a constant velocity of 40 m/s for 3 minutes. Calculate the distance it travels, in km.
- 3rd January 2016A microwave oven uses electromagnetic waves with a wavelength of 0.12 m. Calculate the frequency of these waves (speed of light = 3 x 10^8 m/s).
- 4th January 2016Put the following in order of increasing distance from the Sun: Mars, Venus, Saturn, Earth.
- 5th January 2016Where in a plant are stem cells found?
- 6th January 2016Name the process by which dissolved sugars are transported in the phloem.
- 7th January 2016Why is photosynthesis described as endothermic?
- 8th January 2016Name the three-domain system of classification, and name the scientist most associated with proposing it.
- 9th January 2016State one human activity that reduces the amount of land available for other organisms.
- 10th January 2016State the two substances that must both be present for iron to rust.
- 11th January 2016State the size range of a nanoparticle.
- 12th January 2016Why is aluminium extracted by electrolysis rather than by reduction with carbon?
- 13th January 2016Explain, using collision theory, why increasing the concentration of a reactant in solution increases the rate of a reaction.
- 14th January 2016State the functional group found in all alcohols.
- 15th January 2016Explain why the natural greenhouse effect is necessary for life on Earth, rather than being a purely harmful process.
- 16th January 2016What happens to the energy described as 'wasted' in a transfer?
- 17th January 2016State the correct SI unit for density.
- 18th January 2016Explain the difference between irradiation and contamination.
- 19th January 2016State what happens to the frequency of a wave when it is refracted as it passes into a different material.
- 20th January 2016State two factors that increase the size of the potential difference induced in a coil.
- 21st January 2016Convert 0.02 mm into micrometres (um).
- 22nd January 2016Name the products of protein digestion.
- 23rd January 2016State the difference between an antibiotic and a painkiller.
- 24th January 2016Put these into the correct order for a reflex arc: motor neuron, receptor, effector, relay neuron, sensory neuron.
- 25th January 2016State one structural adaptation of a polar bear that helps it survive in a cold environment.
- 26th January 2016State one benefit of recycling metal rather than extracting new metal from its ore.
- 27th January 2016Name the three types of strong chemical bonding.
- 28th January 2016Convert 250 cubic centimetres into cubic decimetres.
- 29th January 2016A student heats solid copper carbonate strongly in a test tube, and it breaks down into copper oxide and carbon dioxide. Heating must be continued throughout the reaction for it to keep going. State whether this thermal decomposition reaction is exothermic or endothermic, and explain your reasoning.
- 30th January 2016Name the process used to separate crude oil into fractions.
- 31st January 2016Write the formula for calculating an Rf value.