AQA GCSE Chemistry past papers

AQA GCSE Chemistry June 2023 Paper 1H

  • 8462/1H
  • Higher
  • Topics 1 to 5
  • 1 hour 45 minutes
  • 100 marks

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  • Concentration of solutions
  • Higher: bond energy calculations
  • Reactivity, extraction and reduction
  • Exothermic and endothermic reactions, reaction profiles
  • The periodic table, metals and noble gases
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What it tested

  • Chemical changes29 marks
  • Energy changes23 marks
  • Quantitative chemistry20 marks
  • Atomic structure and the periodic table19 marks
  • Bonding and structure9 marks
  1. Q1Atoms, compounds, mixtures and the atomic modelAtomic size, relative mass and electron structure9 marks
  2. Q2Exothermic and endothermic reactions, reaction profiles11 marks
  3. Q3Acids, salts and pH8 marks
  4. Q4Higher: bond energy calculationsIonic and covalent bonding12 marks
  5. Q5Concentration of solutionsAcids, salts and pH12 marks
  6. Q6Metallic bondingPolymers, giant structures, metals and alloys9 marks
  7. Q7ElectrolysisHigher: redox, strong and weak acids, electrode half equations9 marks
  8. Q8The periodic table, metals and noble gasesAcids, salts and pH10 marks
2 more questions
  1. Q9Reactivity, extraction and reductionConservation of mass and relative formula mass12 marks
  2. Q10Higher: moles and balancing with moles8 marks

June 2023 Higher grade boundaries

Marks needed across both Higher papers, out of 200.

  • Grade 9149
  • Grade 8131
  • Grade 7113
  • Grade 691
  • Grade 569
  • Grade 448
  • Grade 337

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