Daily Practice · GCSE Science
November 2016 - GCSE Science 5-a-day
Every GCSE Science sheet published in November 2016, with answers. Biology, chemistry and physics recall, definition and calculation, drawn from every strand.
Every sheet in November 2016
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st November 2016Why can metals conduct electricity when solid?
- 2nd November 2016Calculate the number of moles of sodium hydroxide in 200 cm3 of a 0.500 mol/dm3 solution.
- 3rd November 2016State whether forming a new chemical bond requires energy or releases energy.
- 4th November 2016State the number of covalent bonds a carbon atom forms in a saturated hydrocarbon.
- 5th November 2016Give two human activities that increase the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
- 6th November 2016A 5.0 kg object is lifted 3.0 m. Calculate its gain in gravitational potential energy (g = 9.8 N/kg).
- 7th November 2016What is the difference between alternating and direct current?
- 8th November 2016What observation showed that the atom is mostly empty space?
- 9th November 2016State the equation that links pressure, force and area.
- 10th November 2016In a simple d.c. electric motor, state the name and function of the component that reverses the current in the coil every half turn.
- 11th November 2016In the microbiology practical, why are agar plates incubated at 25 degrees Celsius in schools rather than at 37 degrees Celsius?
- 12th November 2016State two ways that bile aids the digestion of fats.
- 13th November 2016Why can HIV not be treated with antibiotics?
- 14th November 2016Name the gland that monitors and controls blood glucose concentration.
- 15th November 2016Explain why genetic engineering can introduce a new characteristic in a single generation, while selective breeding cannot.
- 16th November 2016State the relative charge of a neutron.
- 17th November 2016State the trend in reactivity down group 7 and name the most reactive halogen listed on the periodic table.
- 18th November 2016Define the limiting reactant.
- 19th November 2016A reaction profile shows the reactants at 150 kJ and the peak (activation energy point) at 195 kJ. Calculate the activation energy.
- 20th November 2016State the two named reactants used in the Haber process.
- 21st November 2016Explain how the sodium hydroxide test distinguishes aluminium ions from calcium ions, given that both give a white precipitate.
- 22nd November 2016Why should you write down the equation even if you cannot finish the calculation?
- 23rd November 2016A 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.
- 24th November 2016What causes the pressure of a gas on the walls of its container?
- 25th November 2016A ball decelerates uniformly from 18 m/s to 0 m/s over a distance of 2.7 m while being caught. Using (final velocity)^2 = (initial velocity)^2 + 2 x acceleration x distance, calculate its deceleration.
- 26th November 2016An X-ray has a wavelength of 1 x 10^-10 m. Calculate its frequency (speed of light = 3 x 10^8 m/s).
- 27th November 2016A satellite in a stable, small-radius, close orbit around the Earth is compared with a satellite in a stable, large-radius, distant orbit. State which of the two satellites has the greater orbital speed.
- 28th November 2016Give one advantage of therapeutic cloning over using unrelated embryonic stem cells.
- 29th November 2016Why are xylem cells strengthened with lignin?
- 30th November 2016Why is glucose converted into starch for storage?