Daily Practice · GCSE Science
September 2016 - GCSE Science 5-a-day
Every GCSE Science sheet published in September 2016, with answers. Biology, chemistry and physics recall, definition and calculation, drawn from every strand.
Every sheet in September 2016
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st September 2016Calculate the gravitational potential energy gained by a 60 kg person climbing 5 m. (g = 9.8 N/kg)
- 2nd September 2016In a series circuit, the current through one lamp is 0.30 A. State the current through a second lamp in the same circuit.
- 3rd September 2016A gas at 200 kPa occupies 3.0 cubic metres. It is compressed to 1.5 cubic metres at constant temperature. Calculate the new pressure.
- 4th September 2016A runner completes a 400 m race in 52 s. Calculate her average speed, giving your answer to 3 significant figures.
- 5th September 2016Name the type of electromagnetic wave used by a television remote control.
- 6th September 2016Explain why a satellite moving in a stable circular orbit has a changing velocity even though its speed stays constant.
- 7th September 2016State three functions of mitosis.
- 8th September 2016What happens to guard cells when a plant is short of water?
- 9th September 2016Write the word equation for photosynthesis.
- 10th September 2016Explain, using the idea of natural selection, why a population of insects can become resistant to a pesticide over time.
- 11th September 2016State one method used to try to maintain biodiversity.
- 12th September 2016Explain, using the reactivity series, why attaching blocks of zinc to the hull of a steel ship helps prevent the steel from rusting.
- 13th September 2016Why is graphite soft and slippery?
- 14th September 2016Explain the difference between a strong acid and a concentrated acid.
- 15th September 2016A reaction between calcium carbonate and hydrochloric acid produces 72 cm3 of carbon dioxide gas in 30 seconds. Calculate the mean rate of reaction.
- 16th September 2016Name the carboxylic acid produced when ethanol is oxidised.
- 17th September 2016Describe, in terms of wavelength, the difference between the radiation the Earth receives from the Sun and the radiation it re-emits from its surface.
- 18th September 2016Name four energy stores.
- 19th September 2016State what happens to the internal energy of a substance as it is heated, in terms of the kinetic and potential energy of its particles.
- 20th September 2016State one source of natural background radiation and one source of artificial (man-made) background radiation.
- 21st September 2016Define the term 'wavelength' of a wave.
- 22nd September 2016State the difference between an alternator and a dynamo.
- 23rd September 2016A microscope has a x10 eyepiece lens and a x20 objective lens. Calculate the total magnification.
- 24th September 2016What is an enzyme?
- 25th September 2016Describe phagocytosis.
- 26th September 2016State the type of effector that produces a physical response by contracting.
- 27th September 2016Give one example of a biotic factor that could affect a population of rabbits.
- 28th September 2016Explain why potable water is not the same as pure water.
- 29th September 2016Explain why sodium chloride conducts electricity when molten but not when solid.
- 30th September 2016Give the formula for percentage yield.