AQA GCSE PHYSICS PAPER 1 EXAM
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‣ Different types of energy . Answer: G - ravitational potential energy
E - lectrical energy
E - lastic potential
K - inetic potential
S - ound
L - ight
U~
N - uclear
C - hemical
H - eat/thermal
‣ Energy uses (a phone, a match, fireworks) . Answer: Phone: Electrical
energy in, chemical energy stored, heat wasted, light and sound useful.
Match: Chemical energy stored, kinetic energy used to strike match, heat
light and sound energy out.
Fireworks: Chemical energy stored, Kinetic energy as it is moved up,
explosion is light, heat and sound energy, gravitational potential energy
as it falls.
, ‣ Law of conservation of energy . Answer: Energy cannot be created or
destroyed only transformed into another type of energy.
Energy we use today is going to be used until end of universe.
‣ Kinetic energy equation . Answer: Kinetic energy (j) = 1/2 x mass (kg)
x velocity squared (m/s)
‣ Elastic potential equation . Answer: Ee = 1/2 x k x e^2
Elastic potential energy (J) = 1/2 x spring constant (n/m) x extension^2
(m)
‣ Gravitational potential equation . Answer: Ep = m x g x h
Gravitational potential energy (J) = mass (kg) x gravitational field
strength (9.8 N/kg) x height (m)
‣ Change in thermal energy equation . Answer: (triangle)E = m x c x
(triangle)(theta)
Change in thermal energy (J) = mass (kg) x specific heat capacity (J/kg
degrees Celsius) x Change in temperature (degrees)
‣ Power equation (ET) . Answer: P = E/T
REVIEW STUDY PAPER WITH ACCURATE
VERIFIED ANSWERS 2026
‣ Different types of energy . Answer: G - ravitational potential energy
E - lectrical energy
E - lastic potential
K - inetic potential
S - ound
L - ight
U~
N - uclear
C - hemical
H - eat/thermal
‣ Energy uses (a phone, a match, fireworks) . Answer: Phone: Electrical
energy in, chemical energy stored, heat wasted, light and sound useful.
Match: Chemical energy stored, kinetic energy used to strike match, heat
light and sound energy out.
Fireworks: Chemical energy stored, Kinetic energy as it is moved up,
explosion is light, heat and sound energy, gravitational potential energy
as it falls.
, ‣ Law of conservation of energy . Answer: Energy cannot be created or
destroyed only transformed into another type of energy.
Energy we use today is going to be used until end of universe.
‣ Kinetic energy equation . Answer: Kinetic energy (j) = 1/2 x mass (kg)
x velocity squared (m/s)
‣ Elastic potential equation . Answer: Ee = 1/2 x k x e^2
Elastic potential energy (J) = 1/2 x spring constant (n/m) x extension^2
(m)
‣ Gravitational potential equation . Answer: Ep = m x g x h
Gravitational potential energy (J) = mass (kg) x gravitational field
strength (9.8 N/kg) x height (m)
‣ Change in thermal energy equation . Answer: (triangle)E = m x c x
(triangle)(theta)
Change in thermal energy (J) = mass (kg) x specific heat capacity (J/kg
degrees Celsius) x Change in temperature (degrees)
‣ Power equation (ET) . Answer: P = E/T
