AQA SUMMER 2026
PREDICTED PAPER
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A-level
PHYSICS
Paper 1
Afternoon Time allowed: 2 hours
Materials
For Examiner’s Use
For this paper you must have:
• a pencil and a ruler Question Mark
• a scientific calculator
1
• a Data and Formulae Booklet
• a protractor 2
Instructions 3
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen. 4
• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page.
• Answer all questions. 5
• You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write 6
outside the box around each page or on blank pages. 7-31
• If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of
this book. Write the question number against your answer(s). TOTAL
• Show all your working.
• Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want
to be marked.
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• The marks for the questions are shown in brackets.
• The maximum mark for this paper is 85.
• You are expected to use a scientific calculator where appropriate.
• A Data and Formulae Booklet is provided as a loose insert.
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Section A outside the
Answer all questions in the spaces provided. box
0 1 A student investigates the cooling of a liquid. A thermometer with a resolution of
1°C is used throughout.
The thermometer reads 78°C at the start and 31°C after 5 minutes.
0 1 . 1 State the absolute uncertainty in each individual thermometer reading
[1 mark]
0 1 . 2 Calculate the temperature drop and its absolute uncertainty. Show your working.
[2 marks]
Temperature drop=___________________
Absolute uncertainty=______________________
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, The student records the following repeated temperature readings at one time interval
in table 1.
Table 1
Reading Temperature (°C)
1 54
2 58
3 52
4 56
Calculate the mean temperature and its absolute uncertainty.
[2 marks]
Mean temperature=_____________________
Absolute uncertainty=______________________
0 1 . 3 Derive the SI units of the rate of temperature change (°C s⁻¹), expressing your
answer in base SI units.
[1 mark]
SI Base units_______________
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, 0 1 . 4 Suggest two changes to the experimental method that would reduce the random
error in the temperature readings.
[2 marks]
8
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PREDICTED PAPER
Please write clearly in block capitals.
Centre number Candidate number
Surname
Forename(s)
Candidate signatuure
I declare this is my own work.
A-level
PHYSICS
Paper 1
Afternoon Time allowed: 2 hours
Materials
For Examiner’s Use
For this paper you must have:
• a pencil and a ruler Question Mark
• a scientific calculator
1
• a Data and Formulae Booklet
• a protractor 2
Instructions 3
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen. 4
• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page.
• Answer all questions. 5
• You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write 6
outside the box around each page or on blank pages. 7-31
• If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of
this book. Write the question number against your answer(s). TOTAL
• Show all your working.
• Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want
to be marked.
Information
• The marks for the questions are shown in brackets.
• The maximum mark for this paper is 85.
• You are expected to use a scientific calculator where appropriate.
• A Data and Formulae Booklet is provided as a loose insert.
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, 2
Do not write
Section A outside the
Answer all questions in the spaces provided. box
0 1 A student investigates the cooling of a liquid. A thermometer with a resolution of
1°C is used throughout.
The thermometer reads 78°C at the start and 31°C after 5 minutes.
0 1 . 1 State the absolute uncertainty in each individual thermometer reading
[1 mark]
0 1 . 2 Calculate the temperature drop and its absolute uncertainty. Show your working.
[2 marks]
Temperature drop=___________________
Absolute uncertainty=______________________
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, The student records the following repeated temperature readings at one time interval
in table 1.
Table 1
Reading Temperature (°C)
1 54
2 58
3 52
4 56
Calculate the mean temperature and its absolute uncertainty.
[2 marks]
Mean temperature=_____________________
Absolute uncertainty=______________________
0 1 . 3 Derive the SI units of the rate of temperature change (°C s⁻¹), expressing your
answer in base SI units.
[1 mark]
SI Base units_______________
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, 0 1 . 4 Suggest two changes to the experimental method that would reduce the random
error in the temperature readings.
[2 marks]
8
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