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Revise effectively with the official OCR GCSE Physics B (2025) Breadth in Physics – Higher Tier resource. This merged document provides: - The actual exam paper for Breadth in Physics (Higher Tier) - The full mark scheme, integrated for examiner guidance - Convenient DOCX format for annotation, printing, or digital study Perfect for students preparing for OCR GCSE Physics B assessments, teachers planning lessons, and tutors supporting exam practice. With both the paper and mark scheme combined, you can simulate exam conditions and check answers instantly. Key Topics Typically Covered: - Forces and motion: Newton’s laws, momentum, circular motion, and applications - Energy: conservation, transfers, efficiency, and renewable/non‑renewable resources - Waves: sound, light, diffraction, interference, and electromagnetic spectrum - Electricity: circuits, current, voltage, resistance, power, and practical applications - Magnetism and electromagnetism: induction, transformers, motors, and generators - Particle model of matter: density, pressure, internal energy, and gas laws

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Thursday 22 May 2025 – Morning
INSTRUCTIONS
• Use black ink. You can use an HB pencil, but only for graphs and diagrams.
• Write your answer to each question in the space provided. If you need extra space use
the lined pages at the end of this booklet. The question numbers must be clearly shown.
• Answer all the questions.
• Where appropriate, your answers should be supported with working. Marks might be
given for using a correct method, even if your answer is wrong.

INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 90.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets [ ].
• This document has 28 pages.

ADVICE
• Read each question carefully before you start your answer.

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1 A boat makes a journey along a canal.

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Fig. 1.1 shows part of the canal drawn to scale.

The boat travels from A to C via B.

Fig. 1.1

A B C



(a) The distance travelled from A to C is 5000 m.

(i) Find the distance from A to B.

Use:
• Fig. 1.1
• a ruler.




Distance from A to B = ...................................................... m

(ii) When the boat leaves A, the time is 09:23.
When the boat reaches B, the time is 09:53.

Calculate the average speed of the boat for its journey from A to B.

Use the Equation Sheet.

Give your answer in m / s.




Average speed = ................................................. m / s [3] (b) The boat sets off
from A at constant acceleration and then reaches a constant speed.

Which row in the table shows the correct distance-time graph and speed-time graph
for the motion of the boat from A?

Tick (✓) one box.


Distance-time Speed-time



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d Speed


t t



d Speed


t t



d Speed


t t



d Speed


t t
[1] (c) Fig. 1.2 shows the speed–time graph for the boat for a short period.




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Fig. 1.2




Calculate the acceleration of the boat.

Use Fig. 1.2.




Acceleration = ............................................... m / s2 [3] (d) The boat has a force
acting on it from the wind.

Which of these is a typical value for the speed of wind?


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