Daily Practice · GCSE Science
May 2016 - GCSE Science 5-a-day
Every GCSE Science sheet published in May 2016, with answers. Biology, chemistry and physics recall, definition and calculation, drawn from every strand.
Every sheet in May 2016
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 2016State the word equation for aerobic respiration.
- 2nd May 2016State one ethical concern raised by embryo screening.
- 3rd May 2016Why is a polystyrene cup with a lid used in energy-change experiments?
- 4th May 2016Write the electronic structure of a magnesium atom (12 electrons).
- 5th May 2016A student measures the mass of a beaker of hydrochloric acid and marble chips as they react and finds it falls. Explain why.
- 6th May 2016State the name given to the negative electrode in electrolysis.
- 7th May 2016Explain why using a light sensor and data logger is more reliable than timing by eye in the disappearing cross practical.
- 8th May 2016Name the gas that relights a glowing splint.
- 9th May 2016Name two gases that dissolve in atmospheric water droplets to cause acid rain.
- 10th May 2016Define power and give its unit.
- 11th May 2016Convert a density of 2.7 grams per cubic centimetre into kilograms per cubic metre.
- 12th May 2016Calculate the weight of an object of mass 8.0 kg on Earth, where g = 9.8 N/kg.
- 13th May 2016Explain, in terms of particle motion, why a wave can transfer energy without transferring matter.
- 14th May 2016Name the region of the Solar System where most asteroids are found.
- 15th May 2016Give one advantage of a light microscope over an electron microscope.
- 16th May 2016Name the blood vessel that carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs.
- 17th May 2016Name the gas that is released as a product of photosynthesis.
- 18th May 2016A person's blood glucose concentration is 4.8 mmol/dm^3 before breakfast and 7.2 mmol/dm^3 after breakfast. Calculate the increase in blood glucose concentration.
- 19th May 2016Thermus aquaticus is a species of bacterium that lives in hot springs at temperatures that would kill most other organisms. State the name given to an organism that is adapted to survive in such extreme conditions.
- 20th May 2016Explain why potable water is not required to be chemically pure.
- 21st May 2016Why can an ionic compound conduct electricity when molten or dissolved but not when solid?
- 22nd May 2016State the name given to a reaction in which a substance loses electrons.
- 23rd May 2016State the only substance produced when a hydrogen fuel cell reacts pure hydrogen with pure oxygen.
- 24th May 2016Propene (C3H6) reacts with steam in the presence of a catalyst. Name the catalyst, and name the type of compound formed.
- 25th May 2016Give two processes that removed carbon dioxide from the early atmosphere.
- 26th May 2016Calculate the kinetic energy of a 2.0 kg trolley moving at 4.0 m/s.
- 27th May 2016Give the colour and function of the earth wire.
- 28th May 2016What observation showed the nucleus is positively charged and very small?
- 29th May 2016State two factors, other than depth, that affect the pressure at a given point in a liquid.
- 30th May 2016State the name of the rule used to find the direction of the force on a current-carrying wire in a magnetic field, and name the three quantities it relates.
- 31st May 2016A student measures 24 cubic centimetres of gas in 3 minutes. Calculate the rate.