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April 2026 - GCSE Science 5-a-day
Every GCSE Science sheet published in April 2026, with answers. Biology, chemistry and physics recall, definition and calculation, drawn from every strand.
Every sheet in April 2026
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st April 2026State the function of the mitochondria.
- 2nd April 2026Which component of blood transports carbon dioxide, urea and hormones?
- 3rd April 2026A lamp is placed 10 cm from pondweed. Calculate the relative light intensity using relative light intensity = 1 / distance^2.
- 4th April 2026Name the hormone that causes the liver to convert stored glycogen back into glucose.
- 5th April 2026A 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.
- 6th April 2026Classify crude oil as finite or renewable, and justify your answer.
- 7th April 2026Why can metals conduct electricity when solid?
- 8th April 2026Calculate the number of moles of sodium hydroxide in 200 cm3 of a 0.500 mol/dm3 solution.
- 9th April 2026State whether forming a new chemical bond requires energy or releases energy.
- 10th April 2026State the type of reaction that occurs when bromine adds across the double bond of an alkene.
- 11th April 2026Give two human activities that increase the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
- 12th April 2026A 5.0 kg object is lifted 3.0 m. Calculate its gain in gravitational potential energy (g = 9.8 N/kg).
- 13th April 2026What is the difference between alternating and direct current?
- 14th April 2026What observation showed that the atom is mostly empty space?
- 15th April 2026Explain why a rucksack with wide, padded straps is more comfortable to carry than one with thin straps, for the same load.
- 16th April 2026State the three factors needed for a current-carrying wire to experience a force due to the motor effect.
- 17th April 2026In the microbiology practical, why are agar plates incubated at 25 degrees Celsius in schools rather than at 37 degrees Celsius?
- 18th April 2026State two ways that bile aids the digestion of fats.
- 19th April 2026Why can HIV not be treated with antibiotics?
- 20th April 2026A patient's core body temperature has fallen to 35 degrees Celsius. State two physical responses their body makes to raise it back toward normal.
- 21st April 2026Explain one reason it took many years for Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection to become widely accepted.
- 22nd April 2026State the relative charge of a neutron.
- 23rd April 2026State the trend in reactivity down group 7 and name the most reactive halogen listed on the periodic table.
- 24th April 2026Define the limiting reactant.
- 25th April 2026A reaction profile shows the reactants at 150 kJ and the peak (activation energy point) at 195 kJ. Calculate the activation energy.
- 26th April 2026State what is meant by dynamic equilibrium.
- 27th April 2026Explain how the sodium hydroxide test distinguishes aluminium ions from calcium ions, given that both give a white precipitate.
- 28th April 2026Why should you write down the equation even if you cannot finish the calculation?
- 29th April 2026A component has a current of 5.0 A and a resistance of 8.0 ohm. Calculate the power dissipated using P = I^2 x R.
- 30th April 2026What causes the pressure of a gas on the walls of its container?