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August 2020 - GCSE Science 5-a-day
Every GCSE Science sheet published in August 2020, with answers. Biology, chemistry and physics recall, definition and calculation, drawn from every strand.
Every sheet in August 2020
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 2020A skateboarder of mass 55 kg moving at 4 m/s collides with and grabs onto a stationary shopping trolley of mass 20 kg, and they move off together. Calculate their combined velocity immediately after the collision.
- 2nd August 2020Describe the shape of the magnetic field produced around a long straight wire carrying a current.
- 3rd August 2020State how the amount of red-shift is related to a galaxy's distance from Earth.
- 4th August 2020Why does active transport require energy?
- 5th August 2020A student measures the mean diameter of a zone of inhibition as 12 mm. Calculate its radius.
- 6th August 2020State the word equation for anaerobic respiration in human muscle cells.
- 7th August 2020State whether cystic fibrosis is caused by a dominant or a recessive allele.
- 8th August 2020Name one way to make a rate of reaction experiment more valid rather than simply more precise.
- 9th August 2020Define an isotope.
- 10th August 2020A sealed flask containing 12.0 g of reactants is shaken and a reaction occurs. What is the total mass afterwards?
- 11th August 2020Aqueous copper sulfate solution is electrolysed using inert graphite electrodes. State the products formed at (a) the cathode and (b) the anode, giving a reason for each.
- 12th August 2020In the disappearing cross required practical, state the dependent variable that is measured.
- 13th August 2020State the difference between a pure substance and a formulation.
- 14th August 2020Explain why burning a fuel can produce nitrogen oxides even if the fuel itself contains no nitrogen.
- 15th August 2020Name three renewable energy resources.
- 16th August 2020State the equation for density.
- 17th August 2020A resultant force of 45 N acts on an object of mass 9.0 kg. Calculate its acceleration. Use F = m x a.
- 18th August 2020A water wave has a wavelength of 0.4 m and a frequency of 2.5 Hz. Calculate its speed.
- 19th August 2020Explain how elements heavier than iron, such as gold, are created and distributed through the universe.
- 20th August 2020Why is a stain such as iodine used when preparing a slide?
- 21st August 2020Give two adaptations of a red blood cell.
- 22nd August 2020State three factors that can limit the rate of photosynthesis.
- 23rd August 2020State the type of diabetes in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin.
- 24th August 2020Explain why a pyramid of biomass is never wider at the top than at the bottom.
- 25th August 2020Explain, in terms of particle size, how reverse osmosis separates water from dissolved salt.
- 26th August 2020Define a covalent bond.
- 27th August 2020Explain why aluminium cannot be extracted from aluminium oxide by heating with carbon.
- 28th August 2020State the difference between a rechargeable cell and a non-rechargeable cell.
- 29th August 2020Describe the colour change seen when an alkene is shaken with bromine water.
- 30th August 2020Name three greenhouse gases.
- 31st August 2020A kettle transfers 360000 J of energy in 150 s. Calculate its power in watts.