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AS
PHYSICS 2025 PREDICTED PAPER
Paper 1
Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes
Materials
For Examiner’s Use
For this paper you must have:
• a pencil and a ruler Question Mark
• a scientific calculator
1
• a Data and Formulae Booklet
• a protractor. 2
3
Instructions 4
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
5
• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page.
• Answer all questions. 6
• You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write TOTAL
outside the box around each page or on blank pages.
• If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of
this book. Write the question number against your answer(s).
• Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want
to be marked.
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• The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
• The maximum mark for this paper is 70.
• You are expected to use a scientific calculator where appropriate.
• A Data and Formulae Booklet is provided as a loose insert.
SOLE Property of Tyrion's AQA AS Physics Question Paper 1 2025 Predicted
, 2
Answer all questions in the spaces provided.
0 1 An antineutrino interacts with a boron-11 nucleus, producing a carbon-11
nucleus and a beta particle. This interaction is represented by the equation:
0 1 . 1 Explain, with reference to appropriate conservation laws, why the beta particle is
emitted in this interaction.
[2 marks]
0 1 . 2 Calculate the specific charge of the carbon-11 nucleus.
[2 marks]
specific charge = C kg−1
AQA AS Physics Question Paper 1 2025 Predicted
, 3
0 1 . 3 In a different reaction, a proton interacts with a neutron.
Deduce the exchange particle involved and the resulting products. .
[2 marks]
0 1 . 4 Discuss the forces that act within the carbon-11 nucleus, describing how these
forces ensure stability. Include mention of their range, exchange particles, and
effects. [2 marks]
0 1 . 5 Identify the force that repels protons within the carbon-11 nucleus and explain
why it does not cause the nucleus to break apart.
[2 marks]
10
AQA AS Physics Question Paper 1 2025 Predicted
Centre number Candidate number
Surname
Forename(s)
Candidate signature
I declare this is my own work.
AS
PHYSICS 2025 PREDICTED PAPER
Paper 1
Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes
Materials
For Examiner’s Use
For this paper you must have:
• a pencil and a ruler Question Mark
• a scientific calculator
1
• a Data and Formulae Booklet
• a protractor. 2
3
Instructions 4
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
5
• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page.
• Answer all questions. 6
• You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write TOTAL
outside the box around each page or on blank pages.
• If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of
this book. Write the question number against your answer(s).
• Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want
to be marked.
• Show all your working.
Information
• The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
• The maximum mark for this paper is 70.
• You are expected to use a scientific calculator where appropriate.
• A Data and Formulae Booklet is provided as a loose insert.
SOLE Property of Tyrion's AQA AS Physics Question Paper 1 2025 Predicted
, 2
Answer all questions in the spaces provided.
0 1 An antineutrino interacts with a boron-11 nucleus, producing a carbon-11
nucleus and a beta particle. This interaction is represented by the equation:
0 1 . 1 Explain, with reference to appropriate conservation laws, why the beta particle is
emitted in this interaction.
[2 marks]
0 1 . 2 Calculate the specific charge of the carbon-11 nucleus.
[2 marks]
specific charge = C kg−1
AQA AS Physics Question Paper 1 2025 Predicted
, 3
0 1 . 3 In a different reaction, a proton interacts with a neutron.
Deduce the exchange particle involved and the resulting products. .
[2 marks]
0 1 . 4 Discuss the forces that act within the carbon-11 nucleus, describing how these
forces ensure stability. Include mention of their range, exchange particles, and
effects. [2 marks]
0 1 . 5 Identify the force that repels protons within the carbon-11 nucleus and explain
why it does not cause the nucleus to break apart.
[2 marks]
10
AQA AS Physics Question Paper 1 2025 Predicted
