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Edexcel · GCSE · 1PH0
Physics Higher
Active Recall Guide
2,063 questions
Physics HigherContents
Contents
15 topics, 151 subtopics
  1. Key Concepts of Physics30
  2. Motion and Forces249
  3. Conservation of Energy103
  4. Waves139
  5. Light and the Electromagnetic Spectrum194
  6. Radioactivity304
  7. Astronomy129
  8. Energy - Forces Doing Work98
  9. Forces and Their Effects72
  10. Electricity and Circuits270
  11. Static Electricity65
  12. Magnetism and the Motor Effect96
  13. and 3 more
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Motion and ForcesQuestions
Motion and Forces
Scalar and vector quantities
  1. What is meant by a scalar quantity?
  2. A student writes that a mass of 3 kg acts to the left. Explain why the direction is meaningless here.
  3. How much information is needed to state a scalar quantity fully?
  4. Explain why temperature is classed as a scalar.
  5. Is the time taken for a race a scalar or a vector? Give a reason.
  6. What is meant by a vector quantity?
  7. State the two pieces of information needed to describe a vector quantity fully.
  8. How is a vector quantity represented on a diagram?
  9. A force is described as 20 N acting vertically downwards. Which part of that description shows force is a vector?
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Motion and ForcesAnswers
Answers
Scalar and vector quantities
  1. A scalar quantity has magnitude only and no specific direction.
  2. Mass is a scalar, so it has size only and cannot act in a direction.
  3. Only a number and its unit are needed, because no direction is involved.
  4. A temperature has a size but does not point anywhere, so it has no direction.
  5. Time is a scalar, because it has magnitude only and no direction.
  6. A vector quantity has both a magnitude and a specific direction.
  7. Its size and the direction in which it acts must both be given.
  8. It is shown as an arrow whose length gives the magnitude and whose direction gives the direction of the vector.
  9. The stated direction, vertically downwards, is what makes force a vector.
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AstronomyQuestions
Astronomy
The Solar System and the order of the planets
  1. Name the star at the centre of our Solar System.
  2. List the types of object, other than the Sun, that make up our Solar System.
  3. What is a natural satellite, and give one example.
  4. How does a dwarf planet differ from a planet?
  5. Name one dwarf planet in our Solar System.
  6. Describe what asteroids are and where most of them are found.
  7. Describe what a comet is made of.
  8. Name the eight planets in order of increasing distance from the Sun.
  9. Which planet orbits closest to the Sun?
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AstronomyAnswers
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The Solar System and the order of the planets
  1. The Sun.
  2. Eight planets and their natural satellites, dwarf planets, asteroids and comets.
  3. A natural satellite is a body that orbits a planet and was not made by humans, such as our Moon.
  4. A dwarf planet orbits the Sun and is roughly spherical, but it has not cleared other objects out of its orbital path.
  5. Pluto.
  6. Asteroids are small rocky objects that orbit the Sun, and most of them lie in a belt between Mars and Jupiter.
  7. A comet is made of ice, dust and rock.
  8. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
  9. Mercury.
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Magnetism and the Motor EffectQuestions
Magnetism and the Motor Effect
Magnetic poles, permanent and induced magnets
  1. State what happens when the north pole of one magnet is brought near the south pole of another.
  2. State what happens when the south poles of two magnets are brought close together.
  3. State the only observation that proves a steel bar is a magnet rather than simply a magnetic material.
  4. Name the two poles of a bar magnet.
  5. Explain why attraction to a magnet does not show that an iron nail has been magnetised.
  6. State whether magnetic forces are contact or non-contact forces.
  7. State what is meant by a permanent magnet.
  8. State what is meant by an induced magnet.
  9. Explain why a chain of steel paper clips can hang from the end of one magnet.
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Magnetism and the Motor EffectAnswers
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Magnetic poles, permanent and induced magnets
  1. They attract each other.
  2. They repel each other.
  3. The bar repels one end of a known magnet.
  4. The north-seeking pole and the south-seeking pole.
  5. An unmagnetised piece of iron is attracted to a magnet as well.
  6. They are non-contact forces.
  7. A permanent magnet produces its own magnetic field all the time.
  8. An induced magnet is a magnetic material that becomes a magnet only while it is in a magnetic field.
  9. Each clip becomes an induced magnet and so attracts the next clip in the chain.
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