Daily Practice · GCSE Science
November 2018 - GCSE Science 5-a-day
Every GCSE Science sheet published in November 2018, with answers. Biology, chemistry and physics recall, definition and calculation, drawn from every strand.
Every sheet in November 2018
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st November 2018A water wave has a wavelength of 0.4 m and a frequency of 2.5 Hz. Calculate its speed.
- 2nd November 2018Explain how elements heavier than iron, such as gold, are created and distributed through the universe.
- 3rd November 2018Give the equation linking magnification, image size and real size.
- 4th November 2018Give one advantage and one disadvantage of a stent.
- 5th November 2018Complete the word equation for anaerobic respiration in yeast: glucose -> ___ + ___
- 6th November 2018State the type of diabetes in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin.
- 7th November 2018State what is meant by the term ecosystem.
- 8th November 2018Give one reason distillation of seawater requires a large energy input.
- 9th November 2018Describe metallic bonding.
- 10th November 2018A student reacts 2.4 g of magnesium with excess dilute hydrochloric acid: Mg + 2HCl -> MgCl2 + H2. Relative atomic mass of Mg = 24. Calculate the number of moles of hydrogen gas produced.
- 11th November 2018State whether breaking a chemical bond requires energy or releases energy.
- 12th November 2018Describe the colour change seen when an alkene is shaken with bromine water.
- 13th November 2018Name the two gases released in large amounts by volcanic activity that formed most of the Earth's early atmosphere.
- 14th November 2018Name the energy store associated with a moving car.
- 15th November 2018Why does the national grid transmit electricity at a very high potential difference?
- 16th November 2018Why is the atomic model a good example of how scientific models change?
- 17th November 2018State the name of the upward force acting on an object placed in a fluid.
- 18th November 2018A current-carrying wire experiences a force of 1.2 N when placed at right angles to a magnetic field of flux density 0.40 T, carrying a current of 6.0 A. Calculate the length of wire in the field.
- 19th November 2018Define the independent variable.
- 20th November 2018State the type of large biological molecule that all enzymes are made from.
- 21st November 2018Name the type of pathogen that causes malaria.
- 22nd November 2018State one difference between nervous and hormonal coordination.
- 23rd November 2018State what is meant by a selection pressure.
- 24th November 2018A sample contains 90% of an isotope with mass number 10 and 10% of an isotope with mass number 11. Calculate the relative atomic mass, to 1 decimal place.
- 25th November 2018Why are the noble gases unreactive?
- 26th November 2018How many atoms are there in 0.5 mol of helium?
- 27th November 2018Using the values in the previous question, calculate the overall energy change for the reaction.
- 28th November 2018State Le Chatelier's principle in your own words.
- 29th November 2018Describe the test, and the positive result, for ammonium ions.
- 30th November 2018Convert 3.5 kJ into joules.