Daily Practice · GCSE Science
August 2022 - GCSE Science 5-a-day
Every GCSE Science sheet published in August 2022, with answers. Biology, chemistry and physics recall, definition and calculation, drawn from every strand.
Every sheet in August 2022
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 2022A student says that metals conduct electricity because they contain free-moving ions. Explain why this statement is incorrect, and give the correct explanation.
- 2nd August 2022Calculate the concentration in moles per cubic decimetre of a solution containing 0.5 mol in 250 cubic centimetres.
- 3rd August 2022State the energy transfer that occurs during an endothermic reaction.
- 4th August 2022State the general formula of the alkanes.
- 5th August 2022A sample produces only one spot when run in three different solvents. What does this suggest about the sample?
- 6th August 2022Why should a line of best fit be drawn rather than joining the plotted points?
- 7th August 2022In a parallel circuit, how do the branch currents relate to the total current?
- 8th August 2022State the approximate radius of an atom.
- 9th August 2022Calculate the momentum of a 1200 kg car travelling at 18 m/s.
- 10th August 2022Explain why a compass needle placed just outside one end of a current-carrying solenoid lines up parallel to the solenoid's axis.
- 11th August 2022Name the second major piece of observational evidence, besides red-shift, that supports the Big Bang model.
- 12th August 2022Give one adaptation of a root hair cell for absorbing mineral ions.
- 13th August 2022Which type of pathogen causes athlete's foot, a fungal skin infection?
- 14th August 2022A student counts 19 pulse beats in 10 seconds immediately after running. Calculate her heart rate in beats per minute.
- 15th August 2022State how many chromosomes are found in a normal human body cell, and how they are arranged.
- 16th August 2022Why is a polystyrene cup with a lid used in energy-change experiments?
- 17th August 2022Write the electronic structure of a magnesium atom (12 electrons).
- 18th August 2022A student measures the mass of a beaker of hydrochloric acid and marble chips as they react and finds it falls. Explain why.
- 19th August 2022In the industrial extraction of aluminium, explain why the carbon anodes need to be replaced regularly.
- 20th August 2022State the condition, in terms of energy, that colliding particles must meet for a reaction to occur.
- 21st August 2022Name the gas that relights a glowing splint.
- 22nd August 2022Name two gases that dissolve in atmospheric water droplets to cause acid rain.
- 23rd August 2022Define power and give its unit.
- 24th August 2022Convert a density of 2.7 grams per cubic centimetre into kilograms per cubic metre.
- 25th August 2022A box has a driving force of 250 N forward and friction of 180 N backward. Calculate the resultant force, including its direction.
- 26th August 2022A wave has a period of 0.005 s. Calculate its frequency.
- 27th August 2022State the difference between a natural satellite and an artificial satellite, and give one example of each.
- 28th August 2022Give one advantage of a light microscope over an electron microscope.
- 29th August 2022Name the blood vessel that carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs.
- 30th August 2022Explain why anaerobic respiration releases much less energy per glucose molecule than aerobic respiration.
- 31st August 2022Name the hormone that causes the liver to convert stored glycogen back into glucose.