Physics (Single Science) - AQA

Use our interactive tests to understand how the AQA foundation and higher physics GCSE exams work. Revise topics such as forces and learn equations and formulae.

Free quiz to help you revise for your AQA foundation and higher GCSE exams, based on GCSE physics past papers. Revise formulae, equations and more.

Learn all about forces for your GCSE physics exams, with scientists James Stewart and Ellie Hurer.

Scientists James Stewart and Ellie Hurer guide you through the key facts about electricity for GCSE physics.

Learn all about energy for your GCSE physics exam, with Ellie Hurer and James Stewart.

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This interactive quiz is aimed at GCSE physics students studying types of energy store, energy transfers, energy dissipation, the conservation of energy and energy calculations.

This interactive quiz is suitable for GCSE physics students studying energy and heating, thermal conductivity, investigating methods of insulation and specific heat capacity.

This interactive quiz is suitable for GCSE physics students studying work, power and efficiency, energy and power, efficiency and electrical appliances.

This interactive quiz is suitable for GCSE physics students studying energy and heating, thermal conductivity, investigating methods of insulation and specific heat capacity.

Energy can be described as being in different ‘stores’. It cannot be created or destroyed but it can be transferred, dissipated or stored in different ways.

Energy is a key principle in physics, as it allows work to be done. The rate at which energy is transferred is called power and the amount of energy that is usefully transferred is called efficiency.

Energy is transmitted by conduction, convection or radiation.The conductivity of materials can be compared by examining the time taken to transmit energy through them.

Every person, animal and device transfers energy. Much of that energy is supplied by electricity, which must be generated from other energy stores. Some of these are renewable but most are non-renewable.

Understanding how to approach exam questions helps boost exam performance. Questions will include multiple choice, descriptions and explanations, using mathematical skills and extended writing.

This interactive is suitable for GCSE physics students studying electrical circuit symbols, electrical charge and current, potential difference, resistance and voltage graphs.

This interactive quiz is suitable for GCSE physics students studying series and parallel circuits, resistor networks and energy and power in electric circuits.

This interactive quiz is suitable for GCSE physics students studying current, household electricity, alternating current and the National Grid and electrical appliances.

This interactive quiz is suitable for GCSE physics students studying electrical charges, charging by friction and electric fields.

Electrical current transfers energy around circuits. There are two types of current: direct and alternating.

Electricity can flow either as direct or alternating current, and is used in homes to power electrical appliances. The National Grid distributes electricity throughout the country.

The motion of charged particles causes electrical effects, small shocks, lightning and sparks. Electrical fields cause forces to act on charged particles.

Understanding how to approach exam questions helps boost exam performance. Questions will include multiple choice, descriptions and explanations, using mathematical skills and extended writing.

This interactive quiz is suitable for GCSE physics students studying states of matter, internal energy, energy and temperature, specific heat capacity and specific latent heat.

This interactive quiz is suitable for GCSE physics students studying density, volume and investigating density.

This interactive quiz is suitable for GCSE physics students studying particle motion, gas pressure and temperature, gas pressure and volume and changing gas pressure - Higher.

Matter is made up of small particles called atoms. Atoms can exist on their own or together as molecules. Atoms are very small and around 100,000,000 of them end to end would measure 1 centimetre.

Changes in a material's temperature or state of matter are caused by changes to the internal energy. The energy required by different materials depends on their 'heat capacity' and 'latent heat'.

Gases take up more space than solids or liquids and their particles are moving much faster. The temperature, pressure and volume of gases are all related.

Understanding how to approach exam questions helps boost exam performance. Questions will include multiple choice, descriptions and explanations, using mathematical skills and extended writing.

The idea of the atom as the building block of matter has developed over time. What was thought of as a single particle about 1 × 10‾¹⁰ m across is now known to be a collection of smaller particles.

Atoms are made up of protons, neutrons and electrons. Change the number of neutrons in an atom and it becomes an isotope, change the number of electrons, it becomes an ion.

With the wrong number of neutrons, nuclei can fall apart. A nucleus will regain stability by emitting alpha or beta particles and then ‘cool down’ by emitting gamma radiation.

People are exposed to sources of radiation in all aspects of everyday life. Radioactive sources can be very useful but need handling carefully to ensure safety.

The nuclei of atoms contain a large amount of energy. Releasing this energy would free the world from having to use fossil fuels. There are two methods of doing this: fission and fusion.

Understanding how to approach exam questions helps to boost exam performance. Questions will include multiple choice, descriptions and explanations, using mathematical skills, and extended writing.

This interactive quiz is suitable for GCSE physics students studying scalar quantities, vector quantities and calculations involving forces.

This interactive quiz is suitable for GCSE physics students studying moments, moments and balanced objects, levers and gears.

This interactive quiz is suitable for GCSE physics students studying terminal velocity, Newton's first, second and third laws and braking.

This interactive quiz is suitable for GCSE physics students studying contact forces and non-contact forces.

This interactive quiz is suitable for GCSE physics students studying gravitational fields, weight, mass, gravitational field strength, calculating work done and free body diagrams.

This interactive quiz is suitable for GCSE physics students studying change of shape, Hooke's law, energy stored in a spring and how forces affect the extension of a spring.

This interactive quiz is suitable for GCSE physics students studying motion in a straight line, velocity and acceleration, distance-time graphs, velocity-time graphs and velocity.

This interactive quiz is suitable for GCSE physics students studying calculating pressure, pressure in a liquid and atmospheric pressure.

This interactive quiz is suitable for GCSE physics students studying momentum calculations, conservation of momentum and force and momentum.

Scientists often make measurements. The physical quantities they measure fall into two categories: scalars and vectors. Scalar and vector quantities are treated differently in calculations.

Forces are responsible for all the interactions between particles and objects. They can be divided into two categories: contact forces and non-contact forces.

Gravity is one of the most important forces in the universe. An object with mass in a gravitational field experiences a force known as weight.

Forces are responsible for changing the motion of objects. If more than one force is present, the shape of an object can also be changed.

Turning forces are found in many everyday situations and are essential for machines to function. Levers and gears make use of these turning forces to provide an advantage.

Every living thing on Earth is in balance with the pressure of the air or water around it. Pressure helps blood to move around the body and allows organisms to breathe.

The movement of objects can be described using motion graphs and numerical values. These are both used to help in the design of faster and more efficient vehicles.

Falling objects eventually reach terminal velocity - where their resultant force is zero. Stopping distances depend on speed, mass, road surface and reaction time.

Momentum can be thought of as a combination of mass and velocity. Momentum helps explain some of the most important interactions in nature.

Understanding how to approach exam questions helps boost exam performance. Questions will include multiple choice, descriptions and explanations, using mathematical skills and extended writing.

This interactive quiz is suitable for GCSE physics students studying types of waves, wave period and speed, speed of sound in air and measuring waves in a ripple tank.

This interactive is suitable for GCSE physics students studying longitudinal waves, transverse waves, electromagnetic waves, radio waves, microwaves, infrared and visible light.

This interactive quiz is suitable for GCSE physics students studying reflection of waves and refraction of waves.

This interactive quiz is suitable for GCSE physics students studying convex and concave lenses, real and virtual images, magnification and colour.

This interactive quiz is suitable for GCSE physics students studying sound waves, ultrasound and seismic waves.

This interactive quiz is suitable for GCSE physics students studying emission and absorption of infrared radiation and the Earth's temperature.

Waves are one way in which energy may be transferred between stores. Both mechanical and electromagnetic waves will transfer energy but not matter.

Waves may be transverse or longitudinal. Electromagnetic waves are transverse waves with a wide range of properties and uses. Sound waves are longitudinal waves.

All waves will reflect and refract in the right circumstances. The reflection and refraction of light explains how people see images, colour and even optical illusions.

Sound is caused by the vibration of particles but not all vibrations can be heard as sound. Common ideas about sound come from the limited range of vibrations that human ears can detect.

Lenses are precisely shaped pieces of glass that have been developed and used in corrective glasses, telescopes, microscopes, binoculars, and magnifying glasses.

All objects are continually absorbing and emitting infrared radiation. Black bodies are perfect absorbers and emitters of radiation.

Understanding how to approach exam questions helps boost exam performance. Questions will include multiple choice, descriptions and explanations, using mathematical skills and extended writing.

This interactive quiz is suitable for GCSE physics students studying stable nuclei, nuclear radiation, half life and nuclear equations.

This interactive quiz is suitable for GCSE physics students studying developing the atom, Rutherford and the nucleus and further developments to the atomic model.

This interactive quiz is suitable for GCSE physics students studying nuclear fission, fission reactors and nuclear fusion.

This interactive quiz is suitable for GCSE physics students studying irradiation, contamination, the effects of radiation on the human body and background radiation.

This interactive quiz is suitable for GCSE physics students studying structure of the atom, atoms and isotopes and ions.

Magnetism is due to the magnetic fields around magnets. The fields can be investigated by looking at the effects of the forces they exert on other magnets and magnetic materials.

Electromagnetism is due to the magnetic fields around electric currents. The fields can cause forces with other nearby magnets which can be used to make motors spin and loudspeakers produce sound.

Electromagnetic induction can create a voltage by movement of a conductor in a magnetic field. This voltage can make current flow, and the effect is used in electricity generation and microphones.

Transformers use electromagnetic induction to change the voltage of alternating currents. The voltage and current changes can be calculated, as the power transfer is constant.

Understanding how to approach exam questions helps boost exam performance. Questions will include multiple choice, descriptions and explanations, using mathematical skills and extended writing.

This interactive quiz is suitable for GCSE physics students studying the formation and life cycle of stars, main sequence stars and supernovae.

This interactive quiz is suitable for GCSE physics students studying the structure of the Solar System, the Sun, orbital motion and orbits and speed - Higher.

This interactive quiz is suitable for GCSE physics students studying the red-shift, Big Bang Theory and the future of the Universe.

The Sun is our nearest star. It is a relatively small star when compared to other stars in the universe. Our Solar System contains the Sun and everything that orbits it.

Gravity and nuclear fusion reactions drive the formation and development of stars. Stars with different masses grow and change throughout the different stages of their lives.

Theories about the development of the Universe, such as the Big Bang theory, are based on astronomical observations and ideas such as red-shift and dark energy.

Understanding how to approach exam questions helps to boost exam performance. Questions will include multiple choice, descriptions and explanations, using mathematical skills, and extended writing.

This interactive quiz is suitable for GCSE physics students studying planning, observing, analysing, evaluating an experiment and scientific equipment.

Scientific investigations have several stages - planning, collecting data, analysing data and evaluation. It is important to understand how to carry out each stage of the investigation.