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AQA GCSE Physics June 2025 Paper 1H

  • 8463/1H
  • Higher
  • Topics 1 to 4
  • 1 hour 45 minutes
  • 100 marks

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  • Electrical power, appliances and the National Grid
  • Internal energy, specific heat capacity and latent heat
  • National and global energy resources
  • Energy stores, changes and power
  • Radioactive decay, nuclear equations and half-life
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What it tested

  • Energy31 marks
  • Electricity30 marks
  • Particle model of matter21 marks
  • Atomic structure18 marks
  1. Q1National and global energy resourcesDensity and changes of state12 marks
  2. Q2Internal energy, specific heat capacity and latent heatEnergy transfers and efficiency10 marks
  3. Q3Circuit symbols, charge, current and resistance8 marks
  4. Q4National and global energy resources8 marks
  5. Q5Atoms, isotopes and the model of the atomInternal energy, specific heat capacity and latent heat8 marks
  6. Q6Electrical power, appliances and the National GridInternal energy, specific heat capacity and latent heat10 marks
  7. Q7Radioactive decay, nuclear equations and half-lifeHigher: net decline after several half-lives10 marks
  8. Q8Internal energy, specific heat capacity and latent heatParticle motion in gases11 marks
2 more questions
  1. Q9Electrical power, appliances and the National GridEnergy stores, changes and power12 marks
  2. Q10Energy stores, changes and powerDistance, speed, velocity and distance-time graphs11 marks

June 2025 Higher grade boundaries

Marks needed across both Higher papers, out of 200.

  • Grade 9152
  • Grade 8139
  • Grade 7126
  • Grade 6107
  • Grade 588
  • Grade 470
  • Grade 361

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