AQA GCSE Combined Science: Trilogy Physics Paper 1 (Higher), 2021
Every question from AQA GCSE Combined Science: Trilogy Physics Paper 1 (Higher), 2021: 6 questions, 70 marks, each with its mark scheme and topic.
- Question 1 11 marks
Answer questions about a mobile phone battery circuit using equations for potential difference, resistance, power and energy, and identify and explain the behaviour of a thermistor.
Physics · P2: Electricity
- Question 2 10 marks
Identify and explain properties of alpha, beta and gamma radiation, including ionisation and penetration, and describe a method to show that a source emits all three types using paper, aluminium and a radiation detector.
Physics · P4: Atomic Structure
- Question 3 12 marks
Answer questions about renewable and non-renewable energy use on a sailing boat, including environmental impacts of fossil fuels and calculations of speed from kinetic energy and height change from gravitational potential energy.
Physics · P1: Energy
- Question 4 13 marks
Determine and improve measurements for density of metal objects, including identifying measurement errors, using displacement for small volumes, and calculating the density of a new coin from mass, thickness and equal cross-sectional area data.
Physics · Required Practicals · P3: Particle Model of Matter · Physics Required Practicals
- Question 5 9 marks
Calculate current from power and potential difference, interpret a potential difference–time graph, identify the current–potential difference relationship for a resistor, and compare ammeter and voltmeter readings in series and parallel circuits.
Physics · P2: Electricity
- Question 6 15 marks
Explain and calculate energy transfers in an air source heat pump, including internal energy, latent heat, pressure changes, specific heat capacity and why a claimed 400% efficiency is incorrect.
Physics · P1: Energy · P3: Particle Model of Matter