Daily Practice · GCSE Science
November 2017 - GCSE Science 5-a-day
Every GCSE Science sheet published in November 2017, with answers. Biology, chemistry and physics recall, definition and calculation, drawn from every strand.
Every sheet in November 2017
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st November 2017Explain, in one sentence, why the oceans were able to form only after the early Earth had cooled.
- 2nd November 2017Calculate the kinetic energy of a 0.5 kg ball moving at 6 m/s.
- 3rd November 2017A 1.5 kg block of iron is heated from 18 degrees C to 98 degrees C. The specific heat capacity of iron is 450 J/(kg degrees C). Calculate the change in thermal energy.
- 4th November 2017Explain why americium-241, an alpha emitter, is suitable for use in a smoke detector.
- 5th November 2017State what happens to the frequency of a wave when it is refracted as it passes into a different material.
- 6th November 2017State two factors that increase the size of the potential difference induced in a coil.
- 7th November 2017State one structure found in a bacterial cell but not in an animal cell.
- 8th November 2017Where is bile made and where is it stored?
- 9th November 2017Why does a vaccinated person not usually become ill when they meet the pathogen?
- 10th November 2017Put these into the correct order for a reflex arc: motor neuron, receptor, effector, relay neuron, sensory neuron.
- 11th November 2017State one structural adaptation of a polar bear that helps it survive in a cold environment.
- 12th November 2017Define a finite resource, giving one example.
- 13th November 2017State one reason why simple covalent substances such as chlorine have low melting points.
- 14th November 2017Calculate the concentration in moles per cubic decimetre of a solution containing 0.5 mol in 250 cubic centimetres.
- 15th November 2017State the energy transfer that occurs during an endothermic reaction.
- 16th November 2017Name the process used to separate crude oil into fractions.
- 17th November 2017A sample produces only one spot when run in three different solvents. What does this suggest about the sample?
- 18th November 2017Why should a line of best fit be drawn rather than joining the plotted points?
- 19th November 2017In a parallel circuit, how do the branch currents relate to the total current?
- 20th November 2017State the approximate radius of an atom.
- 21st November 2017State Newton's First Law of Motion.
- 22nd November 2017Two bar magnets are placed with their north poles facing each other. State what happens to the magnets.
- 23rd November 2017State what is meant by red-shift.
- 24th November 2017Give one adaptation of a root hair cell for absorbing mineral ions.
- 25th November 2017A student measures the mean diameter of a zone of inhibition as 12 mm. Calculate its radius.
- 26th November 2017Explain why breathing rate and breathing depth both increase during exercise.
- 27th November 2017In pea plants, purple flower colour (allele H) is dominant over white flower colour (allele h). State the phenotype of a plant with genotype Hh.
- 28th November 2017Why is a polystyrene cup with a lid used in energy-change experiments?
- 29th November 2017Write the electronic structure of a magnesium atom (12 electrons).
- 30th November 2017A student measures the mass of a beaker of hydrochloric acid and marble chips as they react and finds it falls. Explain why.