4-mark practice questions — Eduqas GCSE Physics

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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

  1. A scientist is studying pressure differences in the ocean. Explain why a sealed plastic bottle, which is partially fille…
  2. Explain why adding more identical resistors in series to a circuit causes the current in the circuit to decrease, whilst…
  3. Describe what is meant by the pressure of a gas, and explain how increasing the temperature of a gas at constant volume …
  4. Scientists have observed that light from almost all distant galaxies is red-shifted, and that galaxies further away show…
  5. Explain why sound waves are described as longitudinal waves and how they are able to travel through air.
  6. Explain what happens to the current in a circuit when the resistance is increased, and use the concept of potential diff…
  7. A student connects three lamps in a parallel circuit. Describe two differences between a parallel circuit and a series c…
  8. A fixed quantity of gas is compressed to a smaller volume at constant temperature. Explain, in terms of particles, why t…

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