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Physics · Edexcel 4PH1 · Physics Paper 1 · November 2020

Edexcel IGCSE Physics Physics Paper 1 November 2020 examiner report (4PH1/1P)

2h 110 marks

Examiner report

  1. Q1 - 5 marks - Properties of waves, Reflection and refraction of waves
  2. Q2 - 8 marks - Acceleration
  3. Q3 - 7 marks - Nuclear fission, Nuclear fusion, The life cycle of a star
  4. Q4 - 11 marks - Contact and non-contact forces, Energy stores and systems, Forces and elasticity, Work done and energy transfer
  5. Q5 - 9 marks - Resistors and I-V characteristics
  6. Q6 - 8 marks - Current, resistance and potential difference, Resistors and I-V characteristics, Series and parallel circuits
  7. Q7 - 15 marks - Acceleration, Gravity and weight, Ideal gases and the gas laws, Particle motion and pressure in gases
  8. Q8 - 11 marks - Properties of waves, Reflection and refraction of waves, Total internal reflection and optical fibres
  9. Q9 - 12 marks - Induced potential and the generator effect, Properties of waves, The motor effect
  10. Q10 - 13 marks - Irradiation and contamination, Mass number, atomic number and isotopes, Nuclear equations, Radioactive decay and nuclear radiation
  11. Q11 - 11 marks - Orbital motion and satellites, The Doppler effect