Daily Practice · GCSE Science
April 2018 - GCSE Science 5-a-day
Every GCSE Science sheet published in April 2018, with answers. Biology, chemistry and physics recall, definition and calculation, drawn from every strand.
Every sheet in April 2018
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st April 2018A car's velocity increases from 8 m/s to 20 m/s over 4 seconds. Calculate its acceleration.
- 2nd April 2018State one medical use of X-rays and one safety precaution taken when X-rays are used in a hospital.
- 3rd April 2018State two uses of artificial satellites.
- 4th April 2018State three functions of mitosis.
- 5th April 2018What happens to guard cells when a plant is short of water?
- 6th April 2018Write the word equation for photosynthesis.
- 7th April 2018State one difference between selective breeding and genetic engineering.
- 8th April 2018State one method used to try to maintain biodiversity.
- 9th April 2018Explain, using the reactivity series, why attaching blocks of zinc to the hull of a steel ship helps prevent the steel from rusting.
- 10th April 2018Why is graphite soft and slippery?
- 11th April 2018Explain the difference between a strong acid and a concentrated acid.
- 12th April 2018A reaction between calcium carbonate and hydrochloric acid produces 72 cm3 of carbon dioxide gas in 30 seconds. Calculate the mean rate of reaction.
- 13th April 2018State the functional group found in all carboxylic acids.
- 14th April 2018Name the two gases produced by photosynthesis and the substance it consumes alongside carbon dioxide.
- 15th April 2018Name four energy stores.
- 16th April 2018Name the change of state when a liquid becomes a gas throughout the liquid, at its boiling point.
- 17th April 2018State one source of natural background radiation and one source of artificial (man-made) background radiation.
- 18th April 2018State the speed at which all electromagnetic waves travel through a vacuum.
- 19th April 2018A transformer has 500 turns on its primary coil and 2500 turns on its secondary coil. State, with a reason, whether this is a step-up or a step-down transformer.
- 20th April 2018A student views a red blood cell at a magnification of x2000. The image of the cell measures 20 mm across. Calculate the real width of the cell, giving your answer in micrometres (um).
- 21st April 2018What is an enzyme?
- 22nd April 2018Describe phagocytosis.
- 23rd April 2018Name the two parts of the central nervous system (CNS).
- 24th April 2018Name the group of organisms that break down dead plant and animal matter, returning mineral ions to the soil.
- 25th April 2018State the two main steps used to produce potable water from a fresh water source.
- 26th April 2018State the charge on a calcium ion (Group 2).
- 27th April 2018Give the formula for percentage yield.
- 28th April 2018A student reacts excess zinc powder with 25 cm3 of copper sulfate solution in a polystyrene cup. The starting temperature is 21.0 degrees C and the maximum temperature reached is 58.5 degrees C. Calculate the temperature change.
- 29th April 2018Hexadecane (C16H34) is cracked to produce dodecane (C12H26) and one other product. Calculate the molecular formula of the other product.
- 30th April 2018State two advantages of instrumental methods of analysis, such as GC-MS, compared with manual chemical tests.