AQA AS PHYSICS PAPER 2 FINAL PAPER 2026 EXAM PREP QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS ALREADY PASSED

AQA AS PHYSICS PAPER 2 FINAL PAPER
2026 EXAM PREP QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS ALREADY PASSED

●● Give an example of a scalar quantity.
Answer: Speed, distance, mass, temperature, time


●● What is a vector quantity?
Answer: a quantity that has both magnitude and direction


●● Give an example of vector quantity.
Answer: force, velocity, displacement, acceleration, momentum


●● What is a contact force?
Answer: When two objects have to be touching for a force to act


●● What is an example of a contact force?
Answer: friction, air resistance, tension in ropes, normal contact force


●● What is a non-contact force?
Answer: when objects do not need to be touching for a force to act

,●● Give an example of a non-contact force
Answer: Magnetic force, gravitational force, electrostatic force


●● What is gravity?
Answer: a force of attraction between objects due to their masses


●● What is mass?
Answer: the amount of matter in an object


●● What is weight?
Answer: the force of gravity on an object


●● Gravitational strength varies depending on.....
Answer: location


●● Mass and weight are...
Answer: directly proportional


●● What is a free body diagram?
Answer: a diagram showing all the forces acting on an object

, ●● What is a resultant force?
Answer: The overall force on a point or object


●● If a resultant force moves an object.....
Answer: work is done


●● When a force moves an object through a distance, what happens?
Answer: energy is transferred and work is done on an object


●● One joule of work is done when a force of one newton causes an
object to move how many meters?
Answer: One meter


●● What is work done measured in?
Answer: Joules (J)


●● What is force measured in?
Answer: Newtons (N)


●● What is distance measured in?
Answer: Meters (M)