Daily Practice · GCSE Science
March 2024 - GCSE Science 5-a-day
Every GCSE Science sheet published in March 2024, with answers. Biology, chemistry and physics recall, definition and calculation, drawn from every strand.
Every sheet in March 2024
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st March 2024A sample produces only one spot when run in three different solvents. What does this suggest about the sample?
- 2nd March 2024Why should a line of best fit be drawn rather than joining the plotted points?
- 3rd March 2024In a parallel circuit, how do the branch currents relate to the total current?
- 4th March 2024State the approximate radius of an atom.
- 5th March 2024A skateboarder of mass 55 kg moving at 4 m/s collides with and grabs onto a stationary shopping trolley of mass 20 kg, and they move off together. Calculate their combined velocity immediately after the collision.
- 6th March 2024Describe the shape of the magnetic field produced around a long straight wire carrying a current.
- 7th March 2024State how the amount of red-shift is related to a galaxy's distance from Earth.
- 8th March 2024Give one adaptation of a root hair cell for absorbing mineral ions.
- 9th March 2024State one way that pathogens can be spread from person to person.
- 10th March 2024State the word equation for anaerobic respiration in human muscle cells.
- 11th March 2024State whether cystic fibrosis is caused by a dominant or a recessive allele.
- 12th March 2024Why is a polystyrene cup with a lid used in energy-change experiments?
- 13th March 2024Write the electronic structure of a magnesium atom (12 electrons).
- 14th March 2024A student measures the mass of a beaker of hydrochloric acid and marble chips as they react and finds it falls. Explain why.
- 15th March 2024Aqueous copper sulfate solution is electrolysed using inert graphite electrodes. State the products formed at (a) the cathode and (b) the anode, giving a reason for each.
- 16th March 2024In the disappearing cross required practical, state the dependent variable that is measured.
- 17th March 2024Name the gas that relights a glowing splint.
- 18th March 2024Name two gases that dissolve in atmospheric water droplets to cause acid rain.
- 19th March 2024Define power and give its unit.
- 20th March 2024Convert a density of 2.7 grams per cubic centimetre into kilograms per cubic metre.
- 21st March 2024State whether friction is a contact force or a non-contact force.
- 22nd March 2024A water wave has a wavelength of 0.4 m and a frequency of 2.5 Hz. Calculate its speed.
- 23rd March 2024Explain how elements heavier than iron, such as gold, are created and distributed through the universe.
- 24th March 2024Give one advantage of a light microscope over an electron microscope.
- 25th March 2024Name the blood vessel that carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to the lungs.
- 26th March 2024Complete the word equation for anaerobic respiration in yeast: glucose -> ___ + ___
- 27th March 2024State the type of diabetes in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin.
- 28th March 2024Thermus 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.
- 29th March 2024Give one reason distillation of seawater requires a large energy input.
- 30th March 2024Why can an ionic compound conduct electricity when molten or dissolved but not when solid?
- 31st March 2024A student reacts 2.4 g of magnesium with excess dilute hydrochloric acid: Mg + 2HCl -> MgCl2 + H2. Relative atomic mass of Mg = 24. Calculate the number of moles of hydrogen gas produced.