# 5-mark practice questions — OCR A-Level Physics A (H556)

> 95 questions · physics

## How to answer

5-mark questions typically award marks for structured argument: two ideas + linked because + specific example + conclusion.

## Sample questions

1. [A student places a plotting compass at several positions around a bar magnet. Describe what the student would observe ab…](https://www.gradenine.co.uk/q/a-student-places-a-plotting-compass-00919893)
2. [A lorry travelling at high speed along a motorway collides with a stationary car. After the collision, both vehicles mov…](https://www.gradenine.co.uk/q/a-lorry-travelling-at-high-speed-01c414ac)
3. [A fishing vessel uses sonar to locate a shoal of fish beneath it. Ultrasound pulses are emitted downward from the hull o…](https://www.gradenine.co.uk/q/a-fishing-vessel-uses-sonar-to-02846415)
4. [A engineer is designing a circuit for a new electric vehicle charging station. One charging port uses a motor with a hig…](https://www.gradenine.co.uk/q/a-engineer-is-designing-a-circuit-049ba73b)
5. [A street lighting system uses light dependent resistors (LDRs) to automatically switch lights on at night and off during…](https://www.gradenine.co.uk/q/a-street-lighting-system-uses-light-09c7785c)
6. [A hospital uses ultrasound waves to produce images of structures inside a patient's body. Explain how ultrasound waves a…](https://www.gradenine.co.uk/q/a-hospital-uses-ultrasound-waves-to-0a378766)
7. [A hospital uses a device that converts sound into electrical signals to monitor a patient's heartbeat sounds. Inside the…](https://www.gradenine.co.uk/q/a-hospital-uses-a-device-that-0d3ea4ed)
8. [A student is investigating how a spring stretches when different forces are applied to it. The student notices that at f…](https://www.gradenine.co.uk/q/a-student-is-investigating-how-a-101a8770)

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