Daily Practice · GCSE Science
September 2024 - GCSE Science 5-a-day
Every GCSE Science sheet published in September 2024, with answers. Biology, chemistry and physics recall, definition and calculation, drawn from every strand.
Every sheet in September 2024
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st September 2024A resultant force of 45 N acts on an object of mass 9.0 kg. Calculate its acceleration. Use F = m x a.
- 2nd September 2024A wave has a frequency of 50 Hz. Calculate its period.
- 3rd September 2024Explain, in terms of forces, why an orbiting satellite does not travel off in a straight line.
- 4th September 2024State the function of the mitochondria.
- 5th September 2024Which component of blood transports carbon dioxide, urea and hormones?
- 6th September 2024State three factors that can limit the rate of photosynthesis.
- 7th September 2024State one risk factor linked to type 2 diabetes.
- 8th September 2024A student places ten 1 m x 1 m quadrats at random across a school field of area 3000 m2 and counts a total of 45 dandelions across all ten quadrats. Estimate the total number of dandelions on the field.
- 9th September 2024Explain, in terms of particle size, how reverse osmosis separates water from dissolved salt.
- 10th September 2024Why can metals conduct electricity when solid?
- 11th September 2024Explain why aluminium cannot be extracted from aluminium oxide by heating with carbon.
- 12th September 2024State whether forming a new chemical bond requires energy or releases energy.
- 13th September 2024Define the term 'homologous series'.
- 14th September 2024Name three greenhouse gases.
- 15th September 2024A kettle transfers 360000 J of energy in 150 s. Calculate its power in watts.
- 16th September 2024What is the difference between alternating and direct current?
- 17th September 2024What observation showed that the atom is mostly empty space?
- 18th September 2024Write down the equation that links moment, force and distance.
- 19th September 2024A wire of length 0.20 m carries a current of 5.0 A at right angles to a magnetic field of flux density 0.60 T. Calculate the force on the wire.
- 20th September 2024In the microbiology practical, why are agar plates incubated at 25 degrees Celsius in schools rather than at 37 degrees Celsius?
- 21st September 2024Name the plant tissue that transports water and dissolved minerals from the roots to the leaves.
- 22nd September 2024Why can HIV not be treated with antibiotics?
- 23rd September 2024Explain, in terms of blood vessels, how the skin helps to cool the body when it is too hot.
- 24th September 2024Define speciation.
- 25th September 2024Explain, in terms of electrons, why reactivity decreases going down Group 7.
- 26th September 2024State the trend in reactivity down group 7 and name the most reactive halogen listed on the periodic table.
- 27th September 2024Define the limiting reactant.
- 28th September 2024Explain, in terms of bonds, why breaking bonds is an endothermic process.
- 29th September 2024State the catalyst commonly used in the Haber process.
- 30th September 2024Explain how the sodium hydroxide test distinguishes aluminium ions from calcium ions, given that both give a white precipitate.