Daily Practice · GCSE Science
July 2024 - GCSE Science 5-a-day
Every GCSE Science sheet published in July 2024, with answers. Biology, chemistry and physics recall, definition and calculation, drawn from every strand.
Every sheet in July 2024
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st July 2024Explain why the rate of an enzyme-controlled reaction decreases sharply above the enzyme's optimum temperature.
- 2nd July 2024Describe the symptoms of rose black spot and its effect on the plant.
- 3rd July 2024A patient's core body temperature has fallen to 35 degrees Celsius. State two physical responses their body makes to raise it back toward normal.
- 4th July 2024Explain one reason it took many years for Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection to become widely accepted.
- 5th July 2024Write the electronic structure of an atom with 12 electrons.
- 6th July 2024Why did Mendeleev leave gaps in his table?
- 7th July 2024Calculate the mass of 0.25 mol of sodium hydroxide, NaOH. (Na = 23, O = 16, H = 1)
- 8th July 2024A reaction profile shows the reactants at 220 kJ and the products at 340 kJ. State whether the reaction is exothermic or endothermic.
- 9th July 2024State what is meant by dynamic equilibrium.
- 10th July 2024State the flame test colour for sodium ions.
- 11th July 2024Calculate the gravitational potential energy gained by a 60 kg person climbing 5 m. (g = 9.8 N/kg)
- 12th July 2024State the UK mains supply frequency and typical potential difference.
- 13th July 2024A gas at 200 kPa occupies 3.0 cubic metres. It is compressed to 1.5 cubic metres at constant temperature. Calculate the new pressure.
- 14th July 2024A skydiver reaches terminal velocity during free fall. Explain what is meant by 'terminal velocity'.
- 15th July 2024State the seven regions of the electromagnetic spectrum in order of increasing frequency.
- 16th July 2024State what provides the centripetal force that keeps a planet in orbit around the Sun.
- 17th July 2024State three functions of mitosis.
- 18th July 2024What happens to guard cells when a plant is short of water?
- 19th July 2024Write the word equation for photosynthesis.
- 20th July 2024Define the term allele.
- 21st July 2024State one method used to try to maintain biodiversity.
- 22nd July 2024Explain, using the reactivity series, why attaching blocks of zinc to the hull of a steel ship helps prevent the steel from rusting.
- 23rd July 2024Why is graphite soft and slippery?
- 24th July 2024Explain the difference between a strong acid and a concentrated acid.
- 25th July 2024A reaction between calcium carbonate and hydrochloric acid produces 72 cm3 of carbon dioxide gas in 30 seconds. Calculate the mean rate of reaction.
- 26th July 2024Explain why carboxylic acids are described as 'weak acids'.
- 27th July 2024Explain, in one sentence, why the oceans were able to form only after the early Earth had cooled.
- 28th July 2024Name four energy stores.
- 29th July 2024A 1.5 kg block of iron is heated from 18 degrees C to 98 degrees C. The specific heat capacity of iron is 450 J/(kg degrees C). Calculate the change in thermal energy.
- 30th July 2024State one source of natural background radiation and one source of artificial (man-made) background radiation.
- 31st July 2024Explain why ultraviolet radiation can be harmful to human skin.