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September 2020 - GCSE Science 5-a-day
Every GCSE Science sheet published in September 2020, with answers. Biology, chemistry and physics recall, definition and calculation, drawn from every strand.
Every sheet in September 2020
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st September 2020Calculate the current drawn by a 1150 W kettle on a 230 V supply.
- 2nd September 2020State the approximate radius of a nucleus compared with the radius of an atom.
- 3rd September 2020State the name of the upward force acting on an object placed in a fluid.
- 4th September 2020A 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.
- 5th September 2020State the difference between resolution and accuracy.
- 6th September 2020Name the plant tissue that transports water and dissolved minerals from the roots to the leaves.
- 7th September 2020How do bacteria make a person feel ill?
- 8th September 2020State one difference between nervous and hormonal coordination.
- 9th September 2020State what is meant by a selection pressure.
- 10th September 2020Explain, in terms of electrons, why reactivity decreases going down Group 7.
- 11th September 2020On what property are elements ordered in the modern periodic table?
- 12th September 2020In the equation 2H2 + O2 gives 2H2O, how many moles of water are formed from 3 mol of hydrogen?
- 13th September 2020Explain, in terms of bonds, why breaking bonds is an endothermic process.
- 14th September 2020State Le Chatelier's principle in your own words.
- 15th September 2020Why must dilute nitric acid be added before silver nitrate solution when testing for a halide ion?
- 16th September 2020State the equation for work done.
- 17th September 2020In a series circuit, the current through one lamp is 0.30 A. State the current through a second lamp in the same circuit.
- 18th September 2020State the relationship between pressure and volume for a fixed mass of gas at constant temperature.
- 19th September 2020On a velocity-time graph, what does the area between the line and the time axis represent?
- 20th September 2020State the speed of all electromagnetic waves travelling through a vacuum.
- 21st September 2020State the name of the force that keeps a satellite in orbit around the Earth.
- 22nd September 2020Where in a plant are stem cells found?
- 23rd September 2020Name the process by which dissolved sugars are transported in the phloem.
- 24th September 2020Why is photosynthesis described as endothermic?
- 25th September 2020A plant grown in the shade is shorter than a genetically identical plant of the same species grown in full sunlight. State whether this difference is genetic variation, environmental variation, or both.
- 26th September 2020State one human activity that reduces the amount of land available for other organisms.
- 27th September 2020State the two substances that must both be present for iron to rust.
- 28th September 2020State the size range of a nanoparticle.
- 29th September 2020Why is aluminium extracted by electrolysis rather than by reduction with carbon?
- 30th September 2020Explain, using collision theory, why increasing the concentration of a reactant in solution increases the rate of a reaction.