Daily Practice · GCSE Science
May 2024 - GCSE Science 5-a-day
Every GCSE Science sheet published in May 2024, with answers. Biology, chemistry and physics recall, definition and calculation, drawn from every strand.
Every sheet in May 2024
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 2024State the four stages considered in a life cycle assessment.
- 2nd May 2024Why does simple molecular carbon dioxide have a much lower melting point than giant covalent silicon dioxide?
- 3rd May 2024Define oxidation in terms of electrons.
- 4th May 2024State two units that the rate of a reaction can be measured in.
- 5th May 2024Name the small molecule typically released as a by-product during condensation polymerisation.
- 6th May 2024State two long-term stores of carbon that removed carbon dioxide from the early atmosphere.
- 7th May 2024A 3 kg object is raised 2 m. Calculate the gravitational potential energy gained. (g = 9.8 N/kg)
- 8th May 2024Calculate the energy needed to melt 0.50 kg of a substance with a specific latent heat of fusion of 210000 J/kg.
- 9th May 2024A GM tube detects a count rate of 240 counts per minute from a source. After 15 days the count rate has fallen to 30 counts per minute. Show that this data is consistent with a half-life of 5 days.
- 10th May 2024A water wave has a frequency of 4 Hz and a wavelength of 0.5 m. Calculate its speed.
- 11th May 2024A transformer's primary coil is connected to a 12 V supply and has 60 turns. Calculate the number of turns needed on the secondary coil to produce an output of 3.0 V.
- 12th May 2024Name the structure in a plant cell that controls the substances entering and leaving the cell.
- 13th May 2024State two functions of bile.
- 14th May 2024What is an antigen?
- 15th May 2024Define a synapse.
- 16th May 2024Give one example of an abiotic factor that could affect where a plant species grows.
- 17th May 2024Name two methods of desalinating seawater.
- 18th May 2024Name the giant covalent structure made of carbon in which each carbon atom is bonded to four others.
- 19th May 2024State two reasons why a percentage yield is less than 100 percent.
- 20th May 2024State what is meant by the activation energy of a reaction.
- 21st May 2024State the general formula of the alkanes.
- 22nd May 2024Explain why the baseline is drawn in pencil rather than ink.
- 23rd May 2024Give one reason for taking the gradient from the line of best fit rather than from two data points.
- 24th May 2024State the equation linking potential difference, current and resistance.
- 25th May 2024Define half-life.
- 26th May 2024Calculate the momentum of a 1200 kg car travelling at 18 m/s.
- 27th May 2024Explain why a compass needle placed just outside one end of a current-carrying solenoid lines up parallel to the solenoid's axis.
- 28th May 2024Name the second major piece of observational evidence, besides red-shift, that supports the Big Bang model.
- 29th May 2024Define osmosis.
- 30th May 2024Describe how phagocytes destroy pathogens in the body.
- 31st May 2024A student counts 19 pulse beats in 10 seconds immediately after running. Calculate her heart rate in beats per minute.