AQA GCSE PHYSICS PAPER 1 BUNDLED
EXAMS COMPLETE COVERAGE WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS AND SUCCESS
ASSURANCE 2026
‣ Energy is transferred between stores . Answer: Thermal, kinetic,
gravitational potential, elastic potential, chemical, magnetic,
electrostatic, nuclear
‣ Energy is transferred... Answer: Mechanically (by a force doing work),
electrically (work done by moving charges), by heating or by radiation
(like light or sound)
‣ When a system changes, energy is transferred . Answer: It can be
transferred into or away from the system, between objects in the system
or between different types of energy stores. Closed systems are where
neither matter nor energy can enter or leave. The net change in the total
energy of a closed system is always 0
‣ kinetic energy . Answer: energy of motion - the greater an object's
mass and the faster it is going, the more energy there will be in its
kinetic energy store. Ek (j) = 1/2m(kg)v(m/s) squared
‣ Raised objects store energy in gravitational potential energy stores .
Answer: lifting an object in a gravitational field requires work, causing
,an energy transfer to the the GPE store of the object. Ep(j) =
m(kg)g(n/kg)h(m)
‣ Falling objects transfer energy . Answer: Falling objects transfer
energy from its GPE store to its kinetic energy store. When there's no air
resistance, energy lost from the GPE store = energy gained in the kinetic
energy store
‣ Stretching transfers energy to elastic potential energy stores . Answer:
As long as the limit of proportionality has not been exceeded, Ee (j) =
1/2 k (N/m) e (m) squared
‣ specific heat capacity . Answer: the energy required to raise the
temperature of one gram of a substance by one degree Celsius. 🔼E (j) =
m(kg) c(j/kgdegree) 🔼theta (degrees Celsius)
‣ Conservation of energy principle . Answer: Energy can be transferred
but can never be created of destroyed
‣ Dissipated energy . Answer: energy used up in a system, typically lost
due to work done by friction, 'wasted energy'
‣ Phone energy . Answer: When you use the phone, energy is usefully
transferred from the chemical energy store of the battery in the phone,
but some of this energy is dissipated to thermal energy
, ‣ Closed system energy transfer . Answer: A cold spoon is dropped into
hot soup in an insulated flask, which is then sealed. Energy is transferred
from the thermal energy store of the soup to the useless thermal energy
of the spoon
‣ Power . Answer: The rate at which work is done (watts). P(w) = E(j) /
t(s)
‣ Powerful machine . Answer: One which transfers a lot of energy in a
short space of time
‣ Conduction occurs mainly in solids . Answer: Conduction is the
process where vibrating particles transfer energy to neighbouring
particles.
‣ Long definition of conduction . Answer: Energy transferred to an
object by heating is transferred to the thermal store, which is shared
across the kinetic store of the particles. The particles' collisions cause
energy to be transferred between particles kinetic energy stores.
‣ thermal conductivity . Answer: the Mrs sure of the rate at which
thermal energy can travel through a material
‣ Convection occurs only in liquids and gases . Answer: Convection is
where energetic particles move away from hotter to cooler regions
EXAMS COMPLETE COVERAGE WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS AND SUCCESS
ASSURANCE 2026
‣ Energy is transferred between stores . Answer: Thermal, kinetic,
gravitational potential, elastic potential, chemical, magnetic,
electrostatic, nuclear
‣ Energy is transferred... Answer: Mechanically (by a force doing work),
electrically (work done by moving charges), by heating or by radiation
(like light or sound)
‣ When a system changes, energy is transferred . Answer: It can be
transferred into or away from the system, between objects in the system
or between different types of energy stores. Closed systems are where
neither matter nor energy can enter or leave. The net change in the total
energy of a closed system is always 0
‣ kinetic energy . Answer: energy of motion - the greater an object's
mass and the faster it is going, the more energy there will be in its
kinetic energy store. Ek (j) = 1/2m(kg)v(m/s) squared
‣ Raised objects store energy in gravitational potential energy stores .
Answer: lifting an object in a gravitational field requires work, causing
,an energy transfer to the the GPE store of the object. Ep(j) =
m(kg)g(n/kg)h(m)
‣ Falling objects transfer energy . Answer: Falling objects transfer
energy from its GPE store to its kinetic energy store. When there's no air
resistance, energy lost from the GPE store = energy gained in the kinetic
energy store
‣ Stretching transfers energy to elastic potential energy stores . Answer:
As long as the limit of proportionality has not been exceeded, Ee (j) =
1/2 k (N/m) e (m) squared
‣ specific heat capacity . Answer: the energy required to raise the
temperature of one gram of a substance by one degree Celsius. 🔼E (j) =
m(kg) c(j/kgdegree) 🔼theta (degrees Celsius)
‣ Conservation of energy principle . Answer: Energy can be transferred
but can never be created of destroyed
‣ Dissipated energy . Answer: energy used up in a system, typically lost
due to work done by friction, 'wasted energy'
‣ Phone energy . Answer: When you use the phone, energy is usefully
transferred from the chemical energy store of the battery in the phone,
but some of this energy is dissipated to thermal energy
, ‣ Closed system energy transfer . Answer: A cold spoon is dropped into
hot soup in an insulated flask, which is then sealed. Energy is transferred
from the thermal energy store of the soup to the useless thermal energy
of the spoon
‣ Power . Answer: The rate at which work is done (watts). P(w) = E(j) /
t(s)
‣ Powerful machine . Answer: One which transfers a lot of energy in a
short space of time
‣ Conduction occurs mainly in solids . Answer: Conduction is the
process where vibrating particles transfer energy to neighbouring
particles.
‣ Long definition of conduction . Answer: Energy transferred to an
object by heating is transferred to the thermal store, which is shared
across the kinetic store of the particles. The particles' collisions cause
energy to be transferred between particles kinetic energy stores.
‣ thermal conductivity . Answer: the Mrs sure of the rate at which
thermal energy can travel through a material
‣ Convection occurs only in liquids and gases . Answer: Convection is
where energetic particles move away from hotter to cooler regions
