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April 2024 - GCSE Science 5-a-day

Every GCSE Science sheet published in April 2024, with answers. Biology, chemistry and physics recall, definition and calculation, drawn from every strand.

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April 2024

30 sheets · 150 questions · GCSE

Every sheet in April 2024

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st April 2024State the only substance produced when a hydrogen fuel cell reacts pure hydrogen with pure oxygen.
  2. 2nd April 2024Describe the colour change seen when an alkene is shaken with bromine water.
  3. 3rd April 2024Name the two gases released in large amounts by volcanic activity that formed most of the Earth's early atmosphere.
  4. 4th April 2024Name the energy store associated with a moving car.
  5. 5th April 2024Give the colour and function of the earth wire.
  6. 6th April 2024What observation showed the nucleus is positively charged and very small?
  7. 7th April 2024State the name of the upward force acting on an object placed in a fluid.
  8. 8th April 2024A current-carrying wire experiences a force of 1.2 N when placed at right angles to a magnetic field of flux density 0.40 T, carrying a current of 6.0 A. Calculate the length of wire in the field.
  9. 9th April 2024A student measures 24 cubic centimetres of gas in 3 minutes. Calculate the rate.
  10. 10th April 2024State the type of large biological molecule that all enzymes are made from.
  11. 11th April 2024Give one way of reducing the spread of malaria.
  12. 12th April 2024State one difference between nervous and hormonal coordination.
  13. 13th April 2024State what is meant by a selection pressure.
  14. 14th April 2024A sample contains 90% of an isotope with mass number 10 and 10% of an isotope with mass number 11. Calculate the relative atomic mass, to 1 decimal place.
  15. 15th April 2024Why do elements in the same group have similar chemical properties?
  16. 16th April 2024Why is the amount of product directly proportional to the amount of limiting reactant?
  17. 17th April 2024Using the values in the previous question, calculate the overall energy change for the reaction.
  18. 18th April 2024State Le Chatelier's principle in your own words.
  19. 19th April 2024A solution forms a green precipitate with sodium hydroxide solution. Which ion is present?
  20. 20th April 2024Give the equation for wave speed and its units.
  21. 21st April 2024A resistor of resistance 15 ohm is connected to a 6.0 V supply. Calculate the current flowing through it. Use V = I x R.
  22. 22nd April 2024Why does reducing the volume of a gas increase the pressure even though the molecules do not speed up?
  23. 23rd April 2024On a velocity-time graph, what does the area between the line and the time axis represent?
  24. 24th April 2024State the speed of all electromagnetic waves travelling through a vacuum.
  25. 25th April 2024State the name of the force that keeps a satellite in orbit around the Earth.
  26. 26th April 2024Give one risk of stem cell treatment.
  27. 27th April 2024Why does a potometer measure water uptake rather than transpiration directly?
  28. 28th April 2024Why does the rate of photosynthesis fall at very high temperatures?
  29. 29th April 2024A plant grown in the shade is shorter than a genetically identical plant of the same species grown in full sunlight. State whether this difference is genetic variation, environmental variation, or both.
  30. 30th April 2024Explain why large-scale deforestation increases the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.