AQA GCSE Physics Paper 2 (2026/2027) | Previously Tested Questions | Complete Study Resource | A+

AQA GCSE Physics Paper 2 (2026/2027) |
Previously Tested Questions | Complete
Study Resource | A+
• vectors -✓✓forces with magnitude and direction


• scalars -✓✓forces with magnitude but no direction


• contact forces -✓✓requires contact eg friction


• non contact forces -✓✓doesnt require contact eg gravity


• mass and weigth -✓✓directly proportional


• weight -✓✓mass x gravitational field strength


• gravitational field strength on earth -✓✓9.81


• resultant force -✓✓the overal force acting on an object


• if a resultant force moves and object -✓✓work is done

,• scale drawings -✓✓triangular drawings, finding the hypotenuse
usually using pythagoras or trigonometry


• object in equilibrium -✓✓when to forces acting on the object are
balanced


• extension -✓✓directly proportional to force


• (spring) force -✓✓spring constant x extension


• limit of proportionality/elasticity -✓✓when an elastic object gets
stretched too much and it become plastic


• moment of a force -✓✓force x perpendicular distance from pivot to
the line of action of the force


• levers -✓✓make it easier to do work and increase the distance form a
pivot


• gears -✓✓transmit rotational effects


• pressure of an obeject -✓✓force ÷ area

, • pressure in fluids -✓✓height above point X density of fluid X
gravitational field strength


• pressure of a fluid -✓✓a force is exerted at right angles to any
surface in contact with the fluid


• a floating object -✓✓weight + upthrust


• objects in water -✓✓experience upthrust


• atmospheric pressure -✓✓decreases with height


• an object will sink... -✓✓if it displaces a volume of water less than the
objects weight


• an object will float... -✓✓if it displaces a volume of water more or
equal to the objects weight


• distance -✓✓is scalar


• displacement -✓✓is a vector