AQA GCSE COMBINED SCIENCE PHYSICS PAPER 1 HIGHER QUESTION

AQA GCSE COMBINED SCIENCE PHYSICS PAPER 1
HIGHER QUESTION



AQA Style

GCSE

COMBINED SCIENCE: TRILOGY
Higher Tier Physics Paper 1




Question Mark
Time allowed: 1 hour 15 minutes
1

2
Materials
3
• A ruler
4

• A pen and pencil 5

6
• A calculator
7
• Physics Equation Sheet
Total

Instructions

• Answer all the questions using a black pen.


• Answer the questions in the space available and cross out any work
you do not want to be marked.

• In any calculations make sure you show your working out.


• The marks for each question are shown in brackets.


• The maximum mark for the paper is 70.

, AQA GCSE COMBINED SCIENCE PHYSICS PAPER 1
HIGHER QUESTION
• You must make your work as neat as possible and use good
English in your answers.




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,AQA GCSE COMBINED SCIENCE PHYSICS PAPER 1
HIGHER QUESTION

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A chef 1 to melt 0.5kg of chocolate.
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. 1

Describe the movement of particles in the chocolate before it is heated.

[1 mark]




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. 2 The chef heats the chocolate over a pan of boiling water. The temperature of the
chocolate increases by 9°C.

The energy transferred to the chocolate was 9450J. Calculate the
specific heat capacity of the chocolate.
Use the correct equation from the Physics Equation Sheet.

[3 marks]




specific heat capacity = J/kg °C


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. 3 When the chocolate reaches 30°C, it starts to melt.