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Physics · Edexcel 9PH0 · Paper 2: Advanced Physics II · June 2025

Edexcel A Level Physics Paper 2: Advanced Physics II June 2025 examiner report (9PH0/02)

1h 45m 90 marks

Examiner report

  1. Q1 - 1 mark - Physical quantities and units, Stress, strain and the Young modulus
  2. Q2 - 1 mark - The photoelectric effect, Wave-particle duality
  3. Q3 - 1 mark - Total internal reflection and optical fibres
  4. Q4 - 1 mark
  5. Q5 - 1 mark - Astronomical distances
  6. Q6 - 1 mark - Simple harmonic motion
  7. Q7 - 1 mark - Viscosity and viscous drag
  8. Q8 - 1 mark - Decay constant and exponential decay
  9. Q9 - 1 mark - Polarisation
  10. Q10 - 1 mark - Phase and phase difference
  11. Q11 - 3 marks - Red-shift and the expanding universe
  12. Q12 - 4 marks - Refractive index and Snell's law
  13. Q13 - 5 marks - Photons and photon energy, The photoelectric effect
  14. Q14 - 6 marks - Kinetic theory of gases
  15. Q15 - 5 marks - Photons and photon energy, Red-shift and the expanding universe
  16. Q16 - 7 marks - Lenses
  17. Q17 - 9 marks - Density, Orbits of planets and satellites
  18. Q18 - 7 marks - Decay constant and exponential decay, Half-life, Nuclear equations
  19. Q19 - 10 marks - Density, Properties of waves, Specific heat capacity, Specific latent heat
  20. Q20 - 11 marks - Forced vibrations, damping and resonance, Simple harmonic motion, Stress, strain and the Young modulus
  21. Q21 - 13 marks - Stefan's law and Wien's displacement law, The Hertzsprung-Russell diagram