Physics GCSE review

Physics GCSE review

We'll go over some Paper 1 content

Poll

What level do you aim to achieve in GCSE Phsycis (1-9)

• 5

• 6

• 7

• 8

• 9

Paper 1

Open Ended

Name one or two topics that you find tricky in topics SP 1-9

Multiple Choice

What is happening between B and C in this graph?

• constant acceleration

• uniform velocity

• at rest

• You will be asked questions on this graph on the next slide

Open Ended

Describe the motion of the journey in as much detail as possible.

Multiple Choice

How do you work out the distance travelled when given a velocity time graph?

• Work out the gradient of the slopes

• Use d = v x t at the greatest values given

• Work out the area under the graph

Multiple Choice

In a collision what is conserved

• Kinetic energy

• Momentum

• Power

• Velocity

Open Ended

If a 80kg ice skater moving at 5m/s collides with a stationary ice skater who is 60kg - what speed will they move off at if they hold onto each other?

Multiple Choice

Name a renewable energy source

• Coal

• Gas

• Uranium

• Geothermal

Multiple Choice

A moving 10 kilogram object has 20 Joules of KE. What is its velocity?

• 2 m/s
• 4 m/s
• 200 m/s
• 10 m/s

Multiple Choice

At which point is potential energy greatest?

• W
• X
• Y
• Z

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true?

• When light travels from a vacuum into glass it speeds up.

• When light travels from a vacuum into glass it bends away from the normal.

• When light travels from a vacuum into glass the frequency decreases.

• When light travels from a vacuum into glass the wavelength decreases.

Multiple Choice

When an object is placed on the focal point in front of a convex lens, the image produced is ___.

• real, reduced, and inverted
• real, enlarged, and inverted
• real, true, and inverted
• There is no image

Multiple Choice

If 10 mg of iodine 131 is given to a patient, how much is left after 24 days? The half-life of iodine-131 is 8 days.

• 1.25mg
• 1.25g
• 10g
• 10mg

Multiple Choice

If a star is being observed from Earth and it's light has shifted towards the blue side of the electromagnetic spectrum it would be...

• Moving towards the Earth
• Moving away from the Earth
• This is a trick question that cannot be answered
• It isn't a star, it is a very large blueberry.