Specification at a glance
These qualificationsare linear. Linear means that students will sit all the AS exams at the end of their AS course and all the A-level exams at the end of their A-level course.
Subject content
Core content
- 1 Measurements and their errors
- 2 Particles and radiation
- 3 Waves
- 4 Mechanics and materials
- 5 Electricity
- 6 Further mechanics and thermal physics
- 7 Fields and their consequences
- 8 Nuclear physics
Options
- 9 Astrophysics
- 10 Medical physics
- 11 Engineering physics
- 12 Turning points in physics
- 13 Electronics
AS
Assessments
| Paper 1 |
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| What's assessed Sections 1 - 5 |
Assessed
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| Questions 70 marks of short and long answer questions split by topic. |
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| Paper 2 |
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| What's assessed Sections 1 - 5 |
Assessed
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| Questions Section A: 20 marks of short and long answer questions on practical skills and data analysis Section B: 20 marks of short and long answer questions from across all areas of AS content Section C: 30 multiple choice questions |
A-level
Assessments
| Paper 1 |
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| What's assessed Sections 1 to 5 and 6.1 (Periodic motion) |
Assessed
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| Questions 60 marks of short and long answer questions and 25 multiple choice questions on content. |
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| Paper 2 |
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| What's assessed Sections 6.2 (Thermal Physics), 7 and 8 Assumed knowledge from sections 1 to 6.1 |
Assessed
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| Questions 60 marks of short and long answer questions and 25 multiple choice questions on content. |
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| Paper 3 |
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| What's assessed Section A Compulsory section: Practical skills and data analysis Section B: Students enter for one of sections 9, 10, 11, 12 or 13 |
Assessed
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| Questions 45 marks of short and long answer questions on practical experiments and data analysis. 35 marks of short and long answer questions on optional topic. |
