Questions marked the way the scheme marks them
Measurements and their errors
Paper 1 and practical questions on every paper
Mechanics and materials
Paper 1
- Vectors and force components6 questions
- Moments and equilibrium6 questions
- Motion graphs and constant acceleration6 questions
- measuring free fall: RP36 questions
- Projectiles, drag and terminal motion6 questions
- Newton laws and free-body arguments6 questions
- Collisions and momentum7 questions · Free
- Impulse and changing forces6 questions
- Work, power and efficiency6 questions
- Energy budgets and state changes6 questions
- Material response and strain energy7 questions
- Young modulus: RP46 questions
Electricity
Paper 1
Particles and radiation
Paper 1
- Atomic bookkeeping and specific charge6 questions
- Nuclear stability and beta decay6 questions
- Antimatter, photons and energy thresholds6 questions
- Interactions and exchange diagrams7 questions
- Particle families and quark composition6 questions
- Conservation tests for reactions6 questions
- Photoemission and stopping potential7 questions
- Excitation, ionisation and spectral lines6 questions
- Matter waves and evidence for models6 questions
Waves
Paper 1
Circular motion and oscillations
Paper 1
Thermal physics
Paper 2
Fields and their consequences
Paper 2
- Field models and gravitational strength6 questions
- Gravitational potential and energy6 questions
- Orbits, escape and satellites6 questions
- Coulomb interactions and electric fields6 questions
- Electric potential and field graphs6 questions
- Capacitance and dielectrics6 questions
- Capacitor energy6 questions
- exponential charging and discharge: RP96 questions
- force on a current: RP106 questions
- Charged-particle paths and cyclotrons6 questions
- flux, linkage and coil orientation: RP116 questions
- Induction and generator reasoning6 questions
- Oscilloscopes, AC and transformers6 questions
Nuclear physics
Paper 2
Practical skills and data analysis
Paper 3 section A, and practical questions on every paper
- Uncertainty: absolute, percentage and combined6 questions
- Graphs: gradients, intercepts and error bars6 questions
- Linearising data with logarithms6 questions
- Instruments and techniques: resolution, parallax, oscilloscopes and data loggers6 questions
- Designing an experiment: variables, controls and safety6 questions
- Evaluating results: models, anomalies and conclusions7 questions
Option A: Astrophysics
Paper 3 section B (Astrophysics)
- Telescope images and magnification7 questions
- Observing across the spectrum7 questions
- Magnitude and distance6 questions
- Black bodies and spectral classification6 questions
- HR diagrams and stellar life histories6 questions
- Supernovae, remnants and distance evidence6 questions
- Doppler shifts, expansion and quasars6 questions
- Exoplanets and integrated observation decisions6 questions