AQA GCSE Physics Exam-style Questions
Eight topic booklets of exam-style questions, each with its own full mark scheme. 804 questions · 1866 marks, written in the style of AQA papers and informed by the examiners’ reports. Free to download and print — no sign-up and no email needed.
- No writing space — pupils answer on paper or in an exercise book, so the booklets are reusable and cheap to photocopy
- All the command words — state, describe, explain, calculate, determine, estimate, suggest, compare, evaluate, plan
- Working scientifically and maths skills labelled beside the marks, along with Higher Tier only and Separate Physics only
- Graph plotting and data analysis throughout, with printed grids and tables to interpret
- Every required practical, with questions on variables, resolution, anomalies and improvements
- Full mark schemes with the creditworthy points, allowances, and examiner notes on the mistakes that actually lose marks
4.1 Energy
100 questions · 231 marks. Energy stores and transfers, specific heat capacity and required practical 1, efficiency, work and power, and national and global energy resources.
4.2 Electricity
101 questions · 227 marks. Current, potential difference and resistance, required practicals 3 and 4, series and parallel circuits, mains electricity and safety, power, and static electricity.
4.3 Particle model of matter
100 questions · 237 marks. Density and required practical 5, internal energy, specific heat capacity and latent heat, heating curves, and gas pressure.
4.4 Atomic structure
100 questions · 226 marks. Atoms and isotopes, the development of the model, nuclear radiation and equations, half-life, hazards and uses of radiation, and fission and fusion.
4.5 Forces
102 questions · 248 marks. Scalars and vectors, work and power, springs and required practical 6, moments and pressure, motion graphs, Newton’s laws and required practical 7, stopping distances and momentum.
4.6 Waves
101 questions · 228 marks. Wave properties and the wave equation, required practicals 8 and 9, reflection and refraction, the electromagnetic spectrum, lenses and black body radiation.
4.7 Magnetism and electromagnetism
100 questions · 234 marks. Magnets and magnetic fields, electromagnets, the motor effect and the left-hand rule, induction, generators, loudspeakers and transformers.
4.8 Space physics
100 questions · 235 marks. The solar system, the life cycle of stars, orbital motion, red-shift and the Big Bang. This topic is Separate Physics only.
How teachers use these
- End-of-topic tests — pick a page and set it as a timed assessment
- Homework, with pupils self-marking from the mark scheme in a different colour
- Revision lessons before mocks, using the working scientifically questions to target AO3
- Cover work — no equipment needed and the answers are self-contained
Looking for something different? The Activity Booklets are classroom worksheets with worked examples and graded practice, and the Specification Focus Questions turn every line of the specification into a question with the answer underneath.
These are original questions written in the style of AQA examinations. They are not past paper questions, and are not published by or affiliated with AQA.