Daily Practice · GCSE Science
August 2023 - GCSE Science 5-a-day
Every GCSE Science sheet published in August 2023, with answers. Biology, chemistry and physics recall, definition and calculation, drawn from every strand.
Every sheet in August 2023
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 2023Give two human activities that increase the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
- 2nd August 2023A 5.0 kg object is lifted 3.0 m. Calculate its gain in gravitational potential energy (g = 9.8 N/kg).
- 3rd August 2023Why does the national grid transmit electricity at a very high potential difference?
- 4th August 2023Why is the atomic model a good example of how scientific models change?
- 5th August 2023State two factors, other than depth, that affect the pressure at a given point in a liquid.
- 6th August 2023State the name of the rule used to find the direction of the force on a current-carrying wire in a magnetic field, and name the three quantities it relates.
- 7th August 2023Define the independent variable.
- 8th August 2023State two ways that bile aids the digestion of fats.
- 9th August 2023Name the type of pathogen that causes malaria.
- 10th August 2023State what is meant by negative feedback.
- 11th August 2023Name the scientist who proposed the three-domain system of classification, and name the three domains.
- 12th August 2023State the relative charge of a neutron.
- 13th August 2023Why are the noble gases unreactive?
- 14th August 2023How many atoms are there in 0.5 mol of helium?
- 15th August 2023A reaction profile shows the reactants at 150 kJ and the peak (activation energy point) at 195 kJ. Calculate the activation energy.
- 16th August 2023State the effect of increasing the temperature on the position of equilibrium of a reaction whose forward reaction is exothermic.
- 17th August 2023Describe the test, and the positive result, for ammonium ions.
- 18th August 2023Convert 3.5 kJ into joules.
- 19th August 2023A component has a current of 5.0 A and a resistance of 8.0 ohm. Calculate the power dissipated using P = I^2 x R.
- 20th August 2023How is the temperature of a gas related to the motion of its molecules?
- 21st August 2023A car's velocity increases from 8 m/s to 20 m/s over 4 seconds. Calculate its acceleration.
- 22nd August 2023State one medical use of X-rays and one safety precaution taken when X-rays are used in a hospital.
- 23rd August 2023State two uses of artificial satellites.
- 24th August 2023How many pairs of chromosomes are there in a human body cell?
- 25th August 2023Where are most stomata found on a typical leaf, and why?
- 26th August 2023Name four limiting factors of photosynthesis.
- 27th August 2023State one difference between selective breeding and genetic engineering.
- 28th August 2023State what is meant by the term biodiversity.
- 29th August 2023Give one reason a manufacturer's own life cycle assessment of its product might not be fully objective.
- 30th August 2023Give one use of nanoparticles and one associated risk.
- 31st August 2023Give the ionic equation for neutralisation.