Daily Practice · GCSE Science
December 2017 - GCSE Science 5-a-day
Every GCSE Science sheet published in December 2017, with answers. Biology, chemistry and physics recall, definition and calculation, drawn from every strand.
Every sheet in December 2017
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 2017State the two materials commonly used as inert electrodes in electrolysis, and explain why they must be inert.
- 2nd December 2017Explain how a catalyst increases the rate of a reaction without being used up.
- 3rd December 2017Name the gas that relights a glowing splint.
- 4th December 2017Name two gases that dissolve in atmospheric water droplets to cause acid rain.
- 5th December 2017Define power and give its unit.
- 6th December 2017Convert a density of 2.7 grams per cubic centimetre into kilograms per cubic metre.
- 7th December 2017A resultant force of 45 N acts on an object of mass 9.0 kg. Calculate its acceleration. Use F = m x a.
- 8th December 2017Give one everyday example of a transverse wave and one everyday example of a longitudinal wave.
- 9th December 2017State what happens to the orbital speed needed for a stable orbit as the orbital radius increases.
- 10th December 2017Give one advantage of a light microscope over an electron microscope.
- 11th December 2017Name the blood vessel that carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs.
- 12th December 2017State three factors that can limit the rate of photosynthesis.
- 13th December 2017Explain why type 1 diabetes is treated with insulin injections rather than tablets.
- 14th December 2017Thermus 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.
- 15th December 2017Explain, in terms of particle size, how reverse osmosis separates water from dissolved salt.
- 16th December 2017Why can an ionic compound conduct electricity when molten or dissolved but not when solid?
- 17th December 2017Explain why aluminium cannot be extracted from aluminium oxide by heating with carbon.
- 18th December 2017State the only substance produced when a hydrogen fuel cell reacts pure hydrogen with pure oxygen.
- 19th December 2017Name the alkene with the molecular formula C4H8.
- 20th December 2017Name three greenhouse gases.
- 21st December 2017A kettle transfers 360000 J of energy in 150 s. Calculate its power in watts.
- 22nd December 2017Give the colour and function of the earth wire.
- 23rd December 2017What observation showed the nucleus is positively charged and very small?
- 24th December 2017A spanner is used to loosen a bolt. Explain why using a longer spanner makes it easier to loosen the bolt.
- 25th December 2017State two ways of increasing the force produced by a motor effect setup, for a wire of fixed length at a fixed angle to the field.
- 26th December 2017A student measures 24 cubic centimetres of gas in 3 minutes. Calculate the rate.
- 27th December 2017Name the plant tissue that transports water and dissolved minerals from the roots to the leaves.
- 28th December 2017Give one way of reducing the spread of malaria.
- 29th December 2017Name the hormone released when blood glucose concentration is too high, and state its overall effect.
- 30th December 2017Define mutation.
- 31st December 2017Explain, in terms of electrons, why reactivity decreases going down Group 7.