AQA GCSE Combined Science: Trilogy Physics Paper 1 (Higher), 2019
Every question from AQA GCSE Combined Science: Trilogy Physics Paper 1 (Higher), 2019: 6 questions, 70 marks, each with its mark scheme and topic.
- Question 1 8 marks
Answer questions about measuring current and potential difference in a resistor circuit, the effect of changing resistance, the current–potential difference relationship, and calculate resistance using V = IR.
Physics · Required Practicals · P2: Electricity · Physics Required Practicals
- Question 2 14 marks
Explain and calculate how cooling air and its components affects pressure, changes of state, latent heat, and particle arrangement and movement.
Physics · P3: Particle Model of Matter
- Question 3 9 marks
Answer short questions about a hybrid car covering non-renewable energy resources, calculating charging current from mains voltage and power, comparing direct and alternating potential difference, and explaining why a low-resistance charging cable is better.
Physics · P1: Energy · P2: Electricity
- Question 4 10 marks
Analyse series and parallel circuit resistance, draw a thermistor symbol, and explain how temperature and closing a switch affect current and potential difference in a circuit.
Physics · P2: Electricity
- Question 5 11 marks
A multi-part physics question about how the mass of water in an electric kettle affects boiling time, including explaining heating by the element, identifying a control variable, interpreting a graph, and calculating the specific heat capacity of water.
Physics · P1: Energy · P2: Electricity · P3: Particle Model of Matter
- Question 6 18 marks
Answer a series of questions about lanthanum-140 and cerium radioactivity, including gamma emission, detection, safety, inverse proportionality, beta decay equations, half-life ratio from a graph, and activity from a tangent gradient.
Physics · P4: Atomic Structure