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June 2020 - GCSE Science 5-a-day
Every GCSE Science sheet published in June 2020, with answers. Biology, chemistry and physics recall, definition and calculation, drawn from every strand.
Every sheet in June 2020
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st June 2020Name the gas that is released as a product of photosynthesis.
- 2nd June 2020Name the gland often called the body's master gland.
- 3rd June 2020State what is meant by the term ecosystem.
- 4th June 2020Explain why potable water is not required to be chemically pure.
- 5th June 2020Describe metallic bonding.
- 6th June 2020State the name given to a reaction in which a substance loses electrons.
- 7th June 2020State whether breaking a chemical bond requires energy or releases energy.
- 8th June 2020State the number of covalent bonds a carbon atom forms in a saturated hydrocarbon.
- 9th June 2020Give two processes that removed carbon dioxide from the early atmosphere.
- 10th June 2020Calculate the kinetic energy of a 2.0 kg trolley moving at 4.0 m/s.
- 11th June 2020Why does the national grid transmit electricity at a very high potential difference?
- 12th June 2020Why is the atomic model a good example of how scientific models change?
- 13th June 2020State the equation that links pressure, force and area.
- 14th June 2020In a simple d.c. electric motor, state the name and function of the component that reverses the current in the coil every half turn.
- 15th June 2020Define the independent variable.
- 16th June 2020Explain why the rate of an enzyme-controlled reaction decreases sharply above the enzyme's optimum temperature.
- 17th June 2020Name the type of pathogen that causes malaria.
- 18th June 2020Name the gland that monitors and controls blood glucose concentration.
- 19th June 2020Explain why genetic engineering can introduce a new characteristic in a single generation, while selective breeding cannot.
- 20th June 2020Write the electronic structure of an atom with 12 electrons.
- 21st June 2020Why are the noble gases unreactive?
- 22nd June 2020How many atoms are there in 0.5 mol of helium?
- 23rd June 2020A reaction profile shows the reactants at 220 kJ and the products at 340 kJ. State whether the reaction is exothermic or endothermic.
- 24th June 2020State the two named reactants used in the Haber process.
- 25th June 2020Describe the test, and the positive result, for ammonium ions.
- 26th June 2020Convert 3.5 kJ into joules.
- 27th June 2020State the UK mains supply frequency and typical potential difference.
- 28th June 2020How is the temperature of a gas related to the motion of its molecules?
- 29th June 2020A 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.
- 30th June 2020An X-ray has a wavelength of 1 x 10^-10 m. Calculate its frequency (speed of light = 3 x 10^8 m/s).