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Combined Science · Edexcel 1SC0 · Paper 5: Physics 1 · Foundation · June 2025

Edexcel GCSE Combined Science Paper 5: Physics 1 Foundation June 2025 examiner report (1SC0/1PF)

1h 10m 60 marks

Examiner report

  1. Q1 - 9 marks - Electromagnetic waves, Reflection and refraction of waves
  2. Q2 - 8 marks - Acceleration
  3. Q3 - 9 marks - Half-life, Mass number, atomic number and isotopes, The structure of an atom
  4. Q4 - 10 marks - Describing motion along a line, Energy stores and systems
  5. Q5 - 11 marks - Gravity and weight, Newton's laws of motion
  6. Q6 - 13 marks - Background radiation, Properties of waves, Radioactive decay and nuclear radiation, Sound waves, Transverse and longitudinal waves