Questions: OCR Gateway GCSE Physics A (J249) and Combined Science A (J250) physics mock papers
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- What is happening on each part of a heating curveChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- g/cm³ and kg/m³Calculate, 1 mark, Plus
- Heating a gas in a sealed containerChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Temperature and the speed of particlesChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- What internal energy isChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Celsius and kelvinCalculate, 1 mark, Plus
- Fusion and vaporisationChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Names of the changes of stateChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Measuring a volume wellChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Particles in solids, liquids and gasesChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Freezing point from a cooling curveDetermine, 2 marks, Plus
- Melting point from a heating curveDetermine, 2 marks, Plus
- Mass from density and volumeCalculate, 2 marks, Plus
- Mass is conserved when the state changesCalculate, 2 marks, Plus
- Why the temperature stays the same while meltingExplain, 2 marks, Plus
- Density of a rectangular blockCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Density from mass and volumeCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Volume from mass and densityCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Will it float?Choose, 3 marks, Plus
- Why a hotter gas has a higher pressureExplain, 3 marks, Plus
- Pressure and temperature dataComplete, 3 marks, Plus
- Energy to change state: E = mLCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Finding a specific latent heatCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Latent heat with a mass in gramsCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Mass that boils awayCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Density of an irregular object by displacementCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Density with a eureka canCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Density of a liquidCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Repeat readings: anomaly and meanCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Uncertainty from the rangeCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Centre of massChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Contact and non-contact forcesChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Elastic and inelastic deformationChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Choosing the right free body diagramChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Mass and weightChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Spring practical: variables and methodChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Which measurement is a vector?Choose, 1 mark, Plus
- Work, energy and frictionChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- The missing force when forces balanceCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Elastic potential energy: ½ k e²Calculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Extension from the energy storedCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Force on a spring: F = k eCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- New length of a loaded springCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Mass from weightCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Resultant of forces along a lineCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Weight from mass: W = mgCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Weight from a mass in gramsCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Work done: W = F sCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Why rubbing surfaces get warmExplain, 3 marks, Plus
- Force from the work doneCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Work done with kN and kmCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Plan: how the extension of a spring depends on force (6 marks)Describe, 6 marks, Plus
- Spring practical: anomaly, mean and kDetermine, 6 marks, Plus
- Estimating an accelerationEstimate, 1 mark, Plus
- What the shape of the line meansChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Constant velocity and resultant forceChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Inertial massChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- What changes thinking and braking distanceChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Newton's third law pairsChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Typical speedsEstimate, 1 mark, Plus
- Scalars and vectorsChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Velocity in a circleExplain, 2 marks, Plus
- Distance from speed and timeCalculate, 2 marks, Plus
- Speed from the gradientCalculate, 2 marks, Plus
- Reading a distance-time graphDetermine, 2 marks, Plus
- Force, mass and accelerationCalculate, 2 marks, Plus
- Resultant of two forces at right anglesCalculate, 2 marks, Plus
- Rearranging an equation of motionRearrange, 2 marks, Plus
- Reading a stopping distance graphDetermine, 2 marks, Plus
- Braking distance at a higher speedCalculate, 2 marks, Plus
- Average speed from distance and timeCalculate, 2 marks, Plus
- Acceleration from a change in velocityCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Final velocity from accelerationCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Deceleration from km/hCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Distance and displacementCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Average speed from a distance-time graphCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Two runners on one graphCompare, 3 marks, Plus
- Speed from a tangentEstimate, 3 marks, Plus
- Time to fall (stretch: s = ut + ½at²)Calculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Speed of a falling objectCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Mass from force and accelerationCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Resultant force, then accelerationCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Reaction time from a ruler dropCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Show that the deceleration is about a valueShow that, 3 marks, Plus
- Acceleration from speeds and distanceCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Braking distanceCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Final speed with v² − u² = 2asCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Journey time in minutesCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Average speed over a journey in two partsCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Distance from the area under a velocity-time graphCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Braking force from a stopCalculate, 4 marks, Plus
- Plotting a distance-time graphPlot, 4 marks, Plus
- Converting km/h to m/sCalculate, 4 marks, Plus
- Time to reach a speed from a forceCalculate, 4 marks, Plus
- Braking force from the work done by the brakesCalculate, 4 marks, Plus, Higher tier
- Ruler-drop results: mean, then reaction timeCalculate, 4 marks, Plus
- Thinking distance from km/hCalculate, 4 marks, Plus
- Acceleration from a velocity-time graphCalculate, 4 marks, Plus
- Completing a velocity table and plotting itComplete, 4 marks, Plus
- Weight on Earth and the MoonCalculate, 4 marks, Plus
- Conservation of momentumChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Higher tier
- Elastic and inelastic collisionsChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Higher tier
- Explosions: total momentum zeroChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Higher tier
- Trolley collisions: variables and light gatesChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Higher tier
- Momentum is a vectorChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Higher tier
- Which has more momentum?Compare, 3 marks, Plus, Higher tier
- An unknown mass from a collisionCalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Higher tier
- Momentum from mass and velocityCalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Higher tier
- Velocity from momentum and massCalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Higher tier
- Momentum with the mass in gramsCalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Higher tier
- Momentum with the speed in km/hCalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Higher tier
- Mass of a launcher from its recoilCalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Higher tier
- Rockets and jets: momentum explainedExplain, 3 marks, Plus, Higher tier
- Velocity of the second object after a collisionCalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Higher tier
- Catching up and sticking togetherCalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Higher tier
- A table of momentum before and afterComplete, 3 marks, Plus, Higher tier
- Kinetic energy from an explosionCalculate, 6 marks, Plus, Higher tier
- Recoil velocityCalculate, 6 marks, Plus, Higher tier
- Which component made this I-V graph?Choose, 2 marks, Plus
- Rules for parallel circuits (tick two)Choose, 2 marks, Plus
- Charge from current and timeCalculate, 2 marks, Plus
- Total resistance in seriesCalculate, 2 marks, Plus
- Rules for series circuits (tick two)Choose, 2 marks, Plus
- Resistance from a straight I-V graphDetermine, 3 marks, Plus
- Required practical: I-V variablesChoose, 3 marks, Plus
- Why parallel resistors lower the total resistanceExplain, 3 marks, Plus
- Current from charge and time, in A and mACalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Charge with the current in mACalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Charge with the time in minutesCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Time from charge and current, in minutesCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Sensing circuits: how the readings changeExplain, 3 marks, Plus
- Current in a series circuitCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Current in mA through a kΩ resistorCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Resistance in kΩ from a current in mACalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Choosing the right form of V = IRChoose, 3 marks, Plus
- Resistance from V = IRCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Potential difference from V = IRCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Reading a diode graphDetermine, 5 marks, Plus
- Two resistors on one I-V graphCompare, 5 marks, Plus
- The resistance of a filament lamp at two pointsCalculate, 5 marks, Plus
- Required practical: anomaly, mean and resistanceDetermine, 5 marks, Plus
- Branch currents in a parallel circuitCalculate, 5 marks, Plus
- Adding identical lamps in parallelCalculate, 5 marks, Plus
- Required practical: resistors in series and in parallelCalculate, 5 marks, Plus
- Series resistors in kΩ, current in mACalculate, 5 marks, Plus
- How a series circuit shares the p.d.Calculate, 5 marks, Plus
- Compasses and the Earth's fieldChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Making an electromagnet strongerChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Uses of electromagnetsChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Reading magnetic field linesChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Direction of the force by Fleming's left-hand ruleChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Direction of the current by Fleming's left-hand ruleChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Changing the force on a wireChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Right-hand grip rule: direction of the fieldChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Permanent and induced magnetsChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Magnetic materialsChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Why a motor coil keeps turningChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Changing the speed of a motorChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Attraction and repulsion between polesChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Which end of a solenoid is northChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- The field around a wire and a solenoidChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- F = BIl: force on a wireCalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Higher tier
- Magnetic flux density from F = BIlCalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Higher tier
- Length of wire from F = BIlCalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Higher tier
- A tiny force in standard formCalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Higher tier
- F = BIl with mT and cmCalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Higher tier
- How a relay worksExplain, 3 marks, Plus
- Turns and strength: results tableCalculate, 4 marks, Plus
- Current from F = BIlCalculate, 4 marks, Plus, Higher tier
- Force and current: a results tableComplete, 4 marks, Plus, Higher tier
- Plotting a field with a compassDescribe, 4 marks, Plus
- Neighbours in the spectrumChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- The order of the electromagnetic spectrumChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Typical wavelengthsChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Variables in the infrared practicalChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Reading a refraction ray diagramChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Towards or away from the normalChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Variables in the wave practicalChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Naming the parts of a waveChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Transverse or longitudinalChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Matching a use to the waveChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Why a wave suits its useExplain, 1 mark, Plus
- What all electromagnetic waves shareChoose, 2 marks, Plus
- Frequency and wavelength go opposite waysCompare, 2 marks, Plus
- Refraction depends on wavelengthExplain, 2 marks, Plus
- Ionising radiation and its risksChoose, 2 marks, Plus
- Period from frequency, in millisecondsCalculate, 2 marks, Plus
- A ray along the normalChoose, 2 marks, Plus
- What a wave carries and what it leaves behindChoose, 2 marks, Plus
- Frequency and period by counting wavesCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Period and frequency from a displacement-time graphDetermine, 3 marks, Plus
- Wavelength of a radio or microwave signalCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Frequency from speed and a wavelength in cm or mmCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Amplitude and wavelength from a wave diagramDetermine, 3 marks, Plus
- Cooling curves of a black and a shiny canDetermine, 3 marks, Plus
- Wavelength with kHz and cmCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Frequency from the periodCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Distance from a radar echoCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- The law of reflectionCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Explaining refraction with wavefrontsExplain, 3 marks, Plus, Higher tier
- Distance to a satellite from a signal timeCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Time for a signal to cross spaceCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Wave speed from frequency and wavelengthCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Transverse and longitudinal waves on a slinkyDescribe, 4 marks, Plus
- Radiation dose in sievertsCalculate, 4 marks, Plus
- Speed of sound from an echoCalculate, 4 marks, Plus
- Frequency of an electromagnetic wave (standard form)Calculate, 4 marks, Plus
- Plan the infrared radiation practicalDescribe, 4 marks, Plus
- Required practical: Leslie cube resultsDetermine, 4 marks, Plus
- Producing and receiving radio wavesCalculate, 4 marks, Plus, Higher tier
- Required practical: waves on a stringCalculate, 4 marks, Plus
- Waves slowing down in shallow waterCalculate, 5 marks, Plus
- Required practical: ripple tank measurementsDetermine, 5 marks, Plus
- Ripple tank repeats: anomaly and meanDetermine, 5 marks, Plus
- Wave on a string: results tableComplete, 5 marks, Plus
- The nucleus made by alpha decayChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- The nucleus made by beta decayChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Contamination or irradiation?Choose, 1 mark, Plus
- Random decay and half-lifeChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Electrons and energy levelsChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- How the model of the atom developedChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Alpha, beta, gamma and neutronsChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Unstable nuclei, activity and count rateChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Alpha scattering: what each result showsChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Which decay happened?Choose, 1 mark, Plus
- What happens in the nucleus in beta decayExplain, 3 marks, Plus
- How each decay changes the numbersComplete, 3 marks, Plus
- A chain of decaysCalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Higher tier
- Mass and atomic numbers after a decayCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Activity after a number of half-livesCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Half-life from two readingsCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Mass of an isotope leftCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Net decline as a ratioCalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Higher tier
- How long until the activity falls?Calculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Protons, neutrons and electrons from a nuclideCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Which radiation? Absorber readingsDetermine, 3 marks, Plus
- Why ionising power and range go togetherExplain, 3 marks, Plus
- Atom and nucleus sizes in standard formCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Why an alpha source is safest outside the bodyExplain, 4 marks, Plus
- Count rate from a number of countsCalculate, 4 marks, Plus
- Half-life with a background countCalculate, 4 marks, Plus
- Half-life from a decay graphDetermine, 4 marks, Plus
- How much bigger is an atom than its nucleus?Calculate, 4 marks, Plus
- Estimating gravitational potential energyEstimate, 1 mark, Plus
- How kinetic energy scales with speed and massChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- What power meansChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Reducing unwanted energy transfersChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Reliability of energy resourcesChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Which material warms up mostChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Which energy store fills upChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Energy in a swinging pendulumChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- How energy is transferredChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Energy is never used upExplain, 2 marks, Plus
- Advantages and disadvantages of a resourceExplain, 2 marks, Plus
- Gravitational potential energy gainedCalculate, 2 marks, Plus
- Kinetic energy from mass and speedCalculate, 2 marks, Plus
- Renewable or non-renewableChoose, 2 marks, Plus
- Efficiency as a decimal and a percentageCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Useful and wasted energy from efficiencyCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Elastic potential energy with the extension in cmCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Spring constant from stored energyCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Height from gravitational potential energy in kJCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Mass from gravitational potential energyCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Change in kinetic energy in kJCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Speed from kinetic energyCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Energy from power and timeCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- A power station's energy in standard formCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Required practical: specific heat capacity variablesChoose, 3 marks, Plus
- Reading a Sankey diagramDetermine, 3 marks, Plus
- Energy to warm something, in kJCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Mass of water heatedCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Input power from efficiencyCalculate, 4 marks, Plus
- Energy stores of a falling ballComplete, 4 marks, Plus
- Kinetic energy with the mass in gramsCalculate, 4 marks, Plus
- Power from energy in kJ and time in minutesCalculate, 4 marks, Plus
- Estimating the power of a person running upstairsEstimate, 4 marks, Plus
- Work done lifting, then powerCalculate, 4 marks, Plus
- Specific heat capacity from measurementsCalculate, 4 marks, Plus
- Temperature rise from energy suppliedCalculate, 4 marks, Plus
- How high a swing can riseShow that, 4 marks, Plus, Higher tier
- Falling: GPE becomes kinetic energyCalculate, 5 marks, Plus, Higher tier
- How a generation mix changedCalculate, 5 marks, Plus
- Comparing two kettlesCalculate, 5 marks, Plus
- Required practical: specific heat capacity from a graphDetermine, 5 marks, Plus
- Required practical: repeats, anomaly and meanDetermine, 5 marks, Plus
- Direct and alternating currentChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- The earth wire, the fuse and safetyChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Kilowatt-hours and energyChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- The parts of the National Grid in orderChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Why the National Grid uses high potential differencesChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Frequency and potential difference of UK mainsChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Step-up or step-down?Choose, 1 mark, Plus
- Colours of the wires in a three-core cableChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- What the live, neutral and earth wires doChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Which appliance is cheaper to run, and by how muchCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- E = Pt with the time in minutes, answer in kJCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Power in kW from energy in MJ and time in hoursCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Time from energy and powerCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Energy from charge and potential differenceCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Choosing the right fuseCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Power wasted in transmission cablesCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Energy in kilowatt-hoursCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Why the live wire is dangerous even with the switch offExplain, 3 marks, Plus
- Cost from electricity meter readingsCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Current from power and resistanceCalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Higher tier
- P = I²R with the current in mACalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Resistance from power and currentCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Which device takes the largest current?Compare, 3 marks, Plus
- Power from potential difference and currentCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Current drawn by a mains appliance rated in kWCalculate, 3 marks, Plus
- Cost of running an applianceCalculate, 4 marks, Plus
- Charge from energy, then time from currentCalculate, 4 marks, Plus
- How raising the p.d. cuts the power wastedCalculate, 4 marks, Plus
- Charge from current and time, then energyCalculate, 4 marks, Plus
- Gravitational field strength on another worldCalculate, 5 marks, Plus
- Spring practical: plot and gradientPlot, 5 marks, Plus
- Currents at a junction, then a resistanceCalculate, 4 marks, Plus
- Cells in seriesCalculate, 4 marks, Plus
- Three resistors in series: complete the tableComplete, 4 marks, Plus
- Finding an unknown resistor from meter readingsCalculate, 4 marks, Plus
- Reading a thermistor graphDetermine, 4 marks, Plus
- Charge and time, then resistanceCalculate, 4 marks, Plus
- Required practical: variables for the wire investigationChoose, 4 marks, Plus
- Fraction of a sample leftCalculate, 2 marks, Plus
- Electrons in an ionCalculate, 2 marks, Plus
- Spotting isotopesChoose, 2 marks, Plus
- Missing number in a nuclear equationCalculate, 2 marks, Plus
- Doing work on a gasChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- Why squashing a gas raises its pressureExplain, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only
- New pressure when a gas is squashedCalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Plotting pressure against 1/volumePlot, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- Pressure and volume tableComplete, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only
- New volume when the pressure changesCalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Latent heat from a heating curve and a heaterCalculate, 4 marks, Plus, Higher tier
- Warming, then meltingCalculate, 4 marks, Plus, Higher tier
- Atmospheric pressure and pressure in liquidsChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- Gears and momentsChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- Principle of moments with two loads on one sideCalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Floating: upthrust equals weightCalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- Pressure due to a column of liquid: p = h ρ gCalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- Moment of a force: M = F dCalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Why handles are far from the pivotExplain, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Pressure: p = F ÷ ACalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Force from a pressureCalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Balancing a seesaw: find a distanceCalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Where upthrust comes fromExplain, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- Pressure difference and upthrust on a blockCalculate, 4 marks, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- Spring constant from a force-extension graphDetermine, 4 marks, Plus
- Spring constant from a hanging massCalculate, 4 marks, Plus
- A lever as a force multiplierCalculate, 4 marks, Plus, Physics only
- The limit of proportionalityDetermine, 4 marks, Plus
- Force needed for a momentCalculate, 4 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Pressure with an area in cm²Calculate, 4 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Resolving a force into two componentsCalculate, 4 marks, Plus, Higher tier
- Resultant of two forces at an angle by scale drawingDetermine, 4 marks, Plus, Higher tier
- Work done lifting a loadCalculate, 4 marks, Plus
- Describing a journey from a graphDescribe, 5 marks, Plus
- Required practical: force and accelerationDetermine, 5 marks, Plus
- Stopping distance with a slow reactionCalculate, 5 marks, Plus
- Stopping distance: thinking plus brakingCalculate, 5 marks, Plus
- A ball thrown straight upCalculate, 5 marks, Plus
- Speeding up, then a steady speedCalculate, 5 marks, Plus
- Force from a change of momentum (ms)Calculate, 3 marks, Plus, Higher tier, Physics only
- Force as rate of change of momentumCalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Higher tier, Physics only
- Time for a force to stop an objectCalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Higher tier, Physics only
- A ball bouncing back off a wallCalculate, 4 marks, Plus, Higher tier, Physics only
- Why momentum is conserved in a collisionExplain, 4 marks, Plus, Higher tier, Physics only
- Splitting while already movingCalculate, 4 marks, Plus, Higher tier
- Change in momentum from force and timeCalculate, 4 marks, Plus, Higher tier, Physics only
- An explosion into two piecesCalculate, 4 marks, Plus, Higher tier
- Head-on collision: sticking togetherCalculate, 4 marks, Plus, Higher tier
- Percentage of kinetic energy lostCalculate, 4 marks, Plus, Higher tier
- Explaining one safety featureExplain, 4 marks, Plus, Higher tier, Physics only
- Total momentum of two objects moving in opposite directionsCalculate, 4 marks, Plus, Higher tier
- Pushing apart from restCalculate, 4 marks, Plus, Higher tier
- Catching: moving the hands backCalculate, 5 marks, Plus, Higher tier, Physics only
- Force with and without a crumple zoneCalculate, 5 marks, Plus, Higher tier, Physics only
- Was the collision elastic?Evaluate, 5 marks, Plus, Higher tier
- Kinetic energy lost when objects stickCalculate, 5 marks, Plus, Higher tier
- Velocity after objects stick togetherCalculate, 5 marks, Plus, Higher tier
- Repeat readings: anomaly, mean and momentumCalculate, 5 marks, Plus, Higher tier
- Charge and current: the ideasGive, 1 mark, Plus
- Light-dependent resistorsChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Connecting ammeters and voltmetersChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Ohmic conductorsChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Total resistance of two resistors in parallelChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Circuit symbolsName, 1 mark, Plus
- ThermistorsChoose, 1 mark, Plus
- Plan the I-V characteristics practical (6 marks)Describe, 6 marks, Plus
- Required practical: plotting a lamp I-V graphPlot, 6 marks, Plus
- The same two resistors in series and in parallelCompare, 6 marks, Plus
- Three resistors, three rearrangementsCalculate, 6 marks, Plus
- Plan the resistance of a wire practical (6 marks)Describe, 6 marks, Plus
- Required practical: plot resistance against lengthPlot, 6 marks, Plus
- Required practical: resistance from length dataCalculate, 6 marks, Plus
- Alternator or dynamo from the output graphChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- What changes the size of an induced p.d.Choose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- When is a p.d. induced?Choose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- Direction of the induced currentChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- The induced field opposes the changeChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- How a microphone worksChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- Slip rings, commutators and generatorsChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- How a loudspeaker movesChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- How a transformer worksChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- Step-up or step-down?Choose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- Number of turns from the p.d.sCalculate, 2 marks, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- Input p.d. from the turns ratioCalculate, 2 marks, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- Turns per minute to frequency and periodCalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- Why the meter reads only while the magnet movesExplain, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- Currents in an ideal transformerCalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- Output p.d. from the turns ratioCalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- Peak, period and frequency from an alternator graphDetermine, 4 marks, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- Turning an alternator fasterDetermine, 4 marks, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- Frequency of the sound from a loudspeakerCalculate, 4 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Reflected, transmitted or absorbedChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- Absorbing and emitting: will the temperature change?Choose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- Black bodies: absorbing and emittingChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- Temperature and the radiation emittedChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- Coloured objects in coloured lightChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- Why an object looks coloured in white lightChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- How we hearChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- The Earth's temperatureChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- Colour filtersChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- Human hearing rangeChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- Where the object is decides the imageChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- Infrared from different surfaces: methodChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- Convex and concave lensesChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- Transparent, translucent and opaqueChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- Real and virtual imagesChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- Glass block practical: methodChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- Variables in the light practicalChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- P-waves and S-wavesChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- Sound in solids, liquids and gasesChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- Specular and diffuse reflectionChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- Uses of ultrasoundChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- Object height from magnificationCalculate, 2 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Which material bends light the mostDetermine, 2 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Reading black body curvesDetermine, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Why an object looks black in coloured lightExplain, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Frequency of a colour of lightCalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Distance from an echoCalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- Magnification from two heightsCalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Image height from magnificationCalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Magnification with mm and cmCalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Angles at a plane mirrorCalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Repeat angles: anomaly and meanCalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Measuring the speed of sound outdoorsCalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- How far away is the storm?Calculate, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- Echo sounding: depth of waterCalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- Wavelength of ultrasoundCalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- Clapping in time with the echoCalculate, 4 marks, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- Leslie cube resultsDetermine, 4 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Reading a lens ray diagramDetermine, 4 marks, Plus, Physics only
- How a magnifying glass worksExplain, 4 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Seismic evidence for the Earth's coreExplain, 4 marks, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- Time between P-wave and S-wave arrivalsCalculate, 4 marks, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- Ultrasound scan: size from echo timesCalculate, 4 marks, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- Sources of background radiationChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- Fission, fusion or both?Compare, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- Nuclear fissionChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- Nuclear fusionChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- Nuclear radiation in medicineChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- Inside a nuclear reactorChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- Balancing a fission equationCalculate, 2 marks, Plus, Physics only
- A thickness gaugeChoose, 2 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Choosing an isotope for a jobChoose, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Counting a chain reactionCalculate, 5 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Doses in sieverts and millisievertsCalculate, 5 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Plot a decay curve and read the half-lifePlot, 5 marks, Plus
- Required practical: thermal insulation variablesChoose, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Required practical: reading cooling curvesDetermine, 4 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Required practical: layers of insulationDetermine, 5 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Field lines and the direction of the forceChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- What an electric field isChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- The field pattern around a charged sphereChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- Where the field is strongestChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- The charge left on the clothChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- Sparks, shocks and earthingChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- Charging by friction: which way the electrons moveChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- Attraction and repulsion between chargesChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- Why a charged object attracts an uncharged oneChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- Explaining a force without contactExplain, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Explaining a spark with the idea of a fieldExplain, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Number of electrons transferredCalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only
- How rubbing charges an insulatorExplain, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Mains current drawn by a charger, in mACalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- Secondary current from the transformer equationCalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- Secondary p.d. from the transformer equationCalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- Dark matter and dark energyChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- Constant speed, changing velocityChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- The cosmic microwave backgroundChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- Evidence for the Big BangChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- Big Bang and Steady StateChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- What red-shift isChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- Planets, dwarf planets, moons and the SunChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- Stars, galaxies and the universeChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- Moon to universe: order of sizeChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- What a star becomes depends on its massChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- Where the elements come fromChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- Fusion in starsChoose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- Which sequence is right?Choose, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- Name the stage from its descriptionName, 1 mark, Plus, Physics only
- What we still do not knowSuggest, 2 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Comparing two satellite orbitsCompare, 2 marks, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- Speed is proportional to distanceEstimate, 2 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Galaxy distances in metresCalculate, 2 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Natural and artificial satellitesChoose, 2 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Distances in standard formCalculate, 2 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Number the stages of a star's lifeComplete, 2 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Galaxy rotation dataDetermine, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Explaining orbitsExplain, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- Time for one orbit from the speedCalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- Orbital radius from speed and periodCalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- Orbital speeds in a tableComplete, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- Orbital speed with a period in yearsCalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- From red-shift to an expanding universeExplain, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Plotting speed against distance for galaxiesPlot, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Reading red-shifted wavelengthsDetermine, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Light-years and metresCalculate, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Reading a table of planet dataDetermine, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Why a main sequence star is stableExplain, 3 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Finding the odd galaxy outDetermine, 4 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Moons of a giant planetCalculate, 4 marks, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- Planets of another starDetermine, 4 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Orbital speed of a satelliteCalculate, 4 marks, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- Orbital speed of a moon or planetCalculate, 4 marks, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- Gradient of a speed-distance graphDetermine, 4 marks, Plus, Physics only, Higher tier
- How long light takes to cross the solar systemCalculate, 4 marks, Plus, Physics only
- Latent heat from a heater and a timerCalculate, 5 marks, Plus
- How a loudspeaker works (6 marks)Explain, 6 marks, Plus, Physics only
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