4-mark practice questions — AQA GCSE Physics (8463)
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How to answer
4-mark questions are the shortest levels-of-response band. Aim for four scientific ideas, each in its own short sentence.
Sample questions
- A student stretches a rubber band and then releases it. The rubber band returns to its original shape. The student then …
- Explain why a kettle transfers electrical energy to thermal energy more usefully than a filament lamp transfers electric…
- A roller coaster car starts from rest at the top of a track and reaches the bottom of the track, moving at high speed. D…
- Explain what happens to the internal energy of steam as it condenses into liquid water at 100 °C.
- A step-down transformer is used to reduce the potential difference from the National Grid before electricity is supplied…
- Explain why planets closer to the Sun orbit at greater orbital speeds than planets further away.
- Explain why P-waves can be detected on the opposite side of the Earth from an earthquake, but S-waves cannot.
- A vacuum cleaner and a filament lamp are both connected to the mains electricity supply. Describe the useful and wasted …