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September 2022 - GCSE Science 5-a-day
Every GCSE Science sheet published in September 2022, with answers. Biology, chemistry and physics recall, definition and calculation, drawn from every strand.
Every sheet in September 2022
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st September 2022Thermus aquaticus is a species of bacterium that lives in hot springs at temperatures that would kill most other organisms. State the name given to an organism that is adapted to survive in such extreme conditions.
- 2nd September 2022State what is meant by sustainable development.
- 3rd September 2022Why can an ionic compound conduct electricity when molten or dissolved but not when solid?
- 4th September 2022State the pH value of a neutral solution.
- 5th September 2022State the only substance produced when a hydrogen fuel cell reacts pure hydrogen with pure oxygen.
- 6th September 2022State the type of reaction that occurs when bromine adds across the double bond of an alkene.
- 7th September 2022Explain, in terms of infrared radiation, how greenhouse gases keep the Earth warm.
- 8th September 2022A motor is supplied with 800 J of energy and wastes 240 J as heat. Calculate its efficiency as a percentage.
- 9th September 2022Give the colour and function of the earth wire.
- 10th September 2022What observation showed the nucleus is positively charged and very small?
- 11th September 2022Explain why a rucksack with wide, padded straps is more comfortable to carry than one with thin straps, for the same load.
- 12th September 2022State the three factors needed for a current-carrying wire to experience a force due to the motor effect.
- 13th September 2022A student measures 24 cubic centimetres of gas in 3 minutes. Calculate the rate.
- 14th September 2022An amylase reaction is complete after 200 seconds. Calculate the rate of reaction using rate = 1000 / time.
- 15th September 2022Give one way of reducing the spread of malaria.
- 16th September 2022A patient's core body temperature has fallen to 35 degrees Celsius. State two physical responses their body makes to raise it back toward normal.
- 17th September 2022Explain one reason it took many years for Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection to become widely accepted.
- 18th September 2022An atom has atomic number 11 and mass number 23. State the number of protons.
- 19th September 2022Why do elements in the same group have similar chemical properties?
- 20th September 2022Why is the amount of product directly proportional to the amount of limiting reactant?
- 21st September 2022State whether the combustion of methane is exothermic or endothermic.
- 22nd September 2022State what is meant by dynamic equilibrium.
- 23rd September 2022A solution forms a green precipitate with sodium hydroxide solution. Which ion is present?
- 24th September 2022Give the equation for wave speed and its units.
- 25th September 2022Two resistors are connected in parallel across a 12 V battery. State the potential difference across each resistor.
- 26th September 2022Why does reducing the volume of a gas increase the pressure even though the molecules do not speed up?
- 27th September 2022A skydiver reaches terminal velocity during free fall. Explain what is meant by 'terminal velocity'.
- 28th September 2022State the seven regions of the electromagnetic spectrum in order of increasing frequency.
- 29th September 2022State what provides the centripetal force that keeps a planet in orbit around the Sun.
- 30th September 2022Give one risk of stem cell treatment.