Daily Practice · GCSE Science
October 2024 - GCSE Science 5-a-day
Every GCSE Science sheet published in October 2024, with answers. Biology, chemistry and physics recall, definition and calculation, drawn from every strand.
Every sheet in October 2024
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 2024Why should you write down the equation even if you cannot finish the calculation?
- 2nd October 2024In a series circuit, the current through one lamp is 0.30 A. State the current through a second lamp in the same circuit.
- 3rd October 2024What causes the pressure of a gas on the walls of its container?
- 4th October 2024Define the term 'vector quantity' and give one example.
- 5th October 2024Name the type of electromagnetic wave used to treat cancer by killing cells in a tumour, and state which part of the atom emits it.
- 6th October 2024State one difference between a moon and an artificial satellite.
- 7th October 2024Give one advantage of therapeutic cloning over using unrelated embryonic stem cells.
- 8th October 2024Why are xylem cells strengthened with lignin?
- 9th October 2024Why is glucose converted into starch for storage?
- 10th October 2024Define phenotype.
- 11th October 2024State one way in which high biodiversity benefits an ecosystem.
- 12th October 2024Explain how painting an iron gate helps prevent it from rusting.
- 13th October 2024Why can an ionic solid not conduct electricity?
- 14th October 2024Name the salt made from zinc oxide and nitric acid.
- 15th October 2024State what is meant by a catalyst.
- 16th October 2024Name the type of biological molecule formed when amino acid monomers join together by condensation polymerisation.
- 17th October 2024Describe, in terms of wavelength, the difference between the radiation the Earth receives from the Sun and the radiation it re-emits from its surface.
- 18th October 2024Define specific heat capacity.
- 19th October 2024State what happens to the internal energy of a substance as it is heated, in terms of the kinetic and potential energy of its particles.
- 20th October 2024State the number of protons and the number of neutrons in an alpha particle.
- 21st October 2024A radio wave has a wavelength of 3 m. Calculate its frequency, given that all electromagnetic waves travel at 3 x 10^8 m/s in a vacuum.
- 22nd October 2024Explain why electricity is transmitted through the National Grid at a very high voltage rather than at the voltage used in homes.
- 23rd October 2024A microscope has a x10 eyepiece lens and a x20 objective lens. Calculate the total magnification.
- 24th October 2024Why does a food test for sugars need a water bath?
- 25th October 2024Explain what is meant by a double blind trial.
- 26th October 2024Name the chemical released at a synapse that carries the signal across the gap.
- 27th October 2024Explain why deforestation to create land for cattle grazing can reduce biodiversity.
- 28th October 2024Explain why potable water is not the same as pure water.
- 29th October 2024Explain why sodium chloride conducts electricity when molten but not when solid.
- 30th October 2024Give the formula for atom economy.
- 31st October 2024Explain, in terms of the reaction pathway, why adding a catalyst increases the rate of a reaction without changing the overall energy change of the reaction.