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Physics · Edexcel 1PH0 · Paper 1 · Foundation · November 2021

Edexcel GCSE Physics Paper 1 Foundation November 2021 examiner report (1PH0/1F)

1h 45m 100 marks

Examiner report

  1. Q1 - 7 marks - Gravity and weight, Our solar system
  2. Q2 - 6 marks - Electromagnetic waves, Uses and hazards of electromagnetic waves
  3. Q3 - 9 marks - Nuclear fission, Nuclear fusion
  4. Q4 - 10 marks - Conservation and dissipation of energy, Efficiency, Energy stores and systems, Kinetic, elastic and gravitational potential energy
  5. Q5 - 11 marks - Acceleration, Forces and braking
  6. Q6 - 9 marks - Acceleration, Describing motion along a line, Scalar and vector quantities
  7. Q7 - 13 marks - Lenses, Reflection and refraction of waves, Visible light and colour
  8. Q8 - 11 marks - Describing motion along a line, Properties of waves, Sound waves, Transverse and longitudinal waves
  9. Q9 - 13 marks - Background radiation, Half-life, Irradiation and contamination, Mass number, atomic number and isotopes, Radioactive decay and nuclear radiation
  10. Q10 - 11 marks - Red-shift and the expanding universe, The origin of the Universe