Year 12 · TCE / Physical Sciences
Assessment and exam practice.
Plan a practice session around the assessment you are preparing for.
Try this with Physical Sciences
- Check the task format, time limit and permitted materials with your school.
- Start with one timed section or task and record where you spent the most time.
- Review errors before attempting another section. Separate missing knowledge from timing problems.
Practice paper focus areas
- Exam 1 — Relative atomic mass from isotopic abundance; Half-life read from a decay graph; Equations of motion in a braking scenario
- Exam 2 — Balancing an induced fission equation; v-t graph slope and area; One-dimensional collision momentum
- Exam 3 — Penetrating power and shielding of alpha, beta and gamma; Horizontal projectile motion resultant velocity; Ep to Ek transformation on a ramp
- Exam 4 — Electron shell diagrams and stable ion charge; Newton's second law in momentum form; Average power in a lifting task
- Exam 5 — Metastable technetium-99m and gamma emission; Distance versus displacement in a multi-leg journey; Elastic versus inelastic collision evidence
- Exam 6 — Background radiation subtraction from count-rate data; Terminal velocity described qualitatively; Kilowatt-hour cost from a power bill
- Exam 7 — Atomic radius trend across period 3; Force diagram with two forces in one dimension; Ohmic versus non-ohmic V-I graphs
- Exam 8 — Beta-negative decay equation for a medical isotope; Vertical motion under gravity; Conservation of momentum in an explosion
- Exam 9 — Mass spectrum interpretation; Acceleration from a v-t graph slope; Work done and energy change
- Exam 10 — Fission chain reaction control in a reactor; Right-angle vector addition by calculation; Charge, current and number of electrons
- Exam 11 — Isotopes and chemical versus physical properties; Projectile launched horizontally from a cliff; Kinetic energy change and average power
- Exam 12 — Ionisation and effects on DNA; Newton's third law pairs; Parallel circuit currents and potential differences
- Exam 13 — Whole-number half-life calculations with activity; Graph construction from a data table; Perfectly elastic collision defined and applied
- Exam 14 — Group 17 physical trends; Impulse as change in momentum in a car-safety context; Ammeter and voltmeter placement
- Exam 15 — Gamma emission and medical imaging; Deceleration and stopping distance; Gravitational potential energy in a pendulum
- Exam 16 — Nuclear waste storage decisions justified with evidence; Average versus instantaneous velocity; Energy transformations forming heat
- Exam 17 — Valency deduced from electron configuration; Two forces added in one dimension; Resistance from the slope of a V-I graph
- Exam 18 — Alpha decay of a heavy nuclide; s-t graph curvature and acceleration; Momentum before and after a coupling collision
- Exam 19 — Radioisotope choice justified by half-life and emission; Resultant final velocity of a projectile; Household electricity energy and cost
- Exam 20 — Periodic table structure and electron configuration; Newton's laws applied qualitatively to a net force; Conservation of energy in an isolated system
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