Daily Practice · GCSE Science
January 2024 - GCSE Science 5-a-day
Every GCSE Science sheet published in January 2024, with answers. Biology, chemistry and physics recall, definition and calculation, drawn from every strand.
Every sheet in January 2024
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st January 2024State the eventual fate of a star with a much greater mass than the Sun, after it explodes as a supernova.
- 2nd January 2024Where is the DNA found in a bacterial cell?
- 3rd January 2024Name the substance in red blood cells that binds oxygen.
- 4th January 2024Explain why anaerobic respiration releases much less energy per glucose molecule than aerobic respiration.
- 5th January 2024Name the gland often called the body's master gland.
- 6th January 2024In a grassland food chain, the biomass of grass available is 8400 kg and the biomass transferred to the rabbits that eat it is 940 kg. Calculate the percentage efficiency of biomass transfer from grass to rabbits, to 3 significant figures.
- 7th January 2024State what is meant by sustainable development.
- 8th January 2024Give the charge on an ion formed by a group 2 element.
- 9th January 2024State the pH value of a neutral solution.
- 10th January 2024State one factor that affects the size of the voltage produced by a chemical cell.
- 11th January 2024State the number of covalent bonds a carbon atom forms in a saturated hydrocarbon.
- 12th January 2024Explain, in terms of infrared radiation, how greenhouse gases keep the Earth warm.
- 13th January 2024A motor is supplied with 800 J of energy and wastes 240 J as heat. Calculate its efficiency as a percentage.
- 14th January 2024Why is the live wire dangerous even when a device is switched off?
- 15th January 2024Describe the plum pudding model.
- 16th January 2024State the equation that links pressure, force and area.
- 17th January 2024In a simple d.c. electric motor, state the name and function of the component that reverses the current in the coil every half turn.
- 18th January 2024Name the apparatus used to estimate the population of a slow-moving or non-moving species in a field.
- 19th January 2024An amylase reaction is complete after 200 seconds. Calculate the rate of reaction using rate = 1000 / time.
- 20th January 2024Define a communicable disease.
- 21st January 2024Name the gland that monitors and controls blood glucose concentration.
- 22nd January 2024Explain why genetic engineering can introduce a new characteristic in a single generation, while selective breeding cannot.
- 23rd January 2024An atom has atomic number 11 and mass number 23. State the number of protons.
- 24th January 2024Explain why potassium is more reactive than sodium.
- 25th January 2024Calculate the number of moles in 88 g of carbon dioxide. (Mr = 44)
- 26th January 2024State whether the combustion of methane is exothermic or endothermic.
- 27th January 2024State the two named reactants used in the Haber process.
- 28th January 2024A solution gives a cream precipitate when acidified with dilute nitric acid and then treated with silver nitrate solution. Name the halide ion present.
- 29th January 2024A device transfers 4500 J in 90 s. Calculate its power.
- 30th January 2024Two resistors are connected in parallel across a 12 V battery. State the potential difference across each resistor.
- 31st January 2024Why does a bicycle pump get warm when used?