OCR Gateway GCSE Physics past papers

OCR Gateway GCSE Physics June 2023 Paper 3

  • J249/03
  • Higher
  • Topics P1 to P4
  • 1 hour 45 minutes
  • 90 marks

Question paper, Mark scheme, Examiner report: on the OCR website.

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5 new exam questions, 32 minutes, marked as you go. Free, no account.

  • Circuit symbols, charge, current and resistance
  • Internal energy, specific heat capacity and latent heat
  • Higher: Fleming's left-hand rule and electric motors
  • Acceleration and Newton's laws
  • Forces and elasticity
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What it tested

  • Particle model of matter24 marks
  • Forces23 marks
  • Electricity19 marks
  • Magnetism and electromagnetism18 marks
  1. Q1Work done and energy transfer1 mark
  2. Q2Density and changes of state1 mark
  3. Q3Not in our course1 mark
  4. Q4Not in our course1 mark
  5. Q5Not in our course1 mark
  6. Q6Not in our course1 mark
  7. Q7Scalars, vectors, forces and resultants1 mark
  8. Q8Higher: resolving forces, circular motion and tangents1 mark
15 more questions
  1. Q9Not in our course1 mark
  2. Q10Higher: Fleming's left-hand rule and electric motors1 mark
  3. Q11Circuit symbols, charge, current and resistanceSeries and parallel circuits1 mark
  4. Q12Not in our course1 mark
  5. Q13Higher: velocity-time areas and inertia1 mark
  6. Q14Electrical power, appliances and the National Grid1 mark
  7. Q15Higher: momentum and its conservation1 mark
  8. Q16Acceleration and Newton's lawsDistance, speed, velocity and distance-time graphs10 marks
  9. Q17Particle motion in gases8 marks
  10. Q18Forces and elasticityScalars, vectors, forces and resultants8 marks
  11. Q19Circuit symbols, charge, current and resistanceSeries and parallel circuits9 marks
  12. Q20Higher: Fleming's left-hand rule and electric motorsElectromagnetism10 marks
  13. Q21Electromagnetism7 marks
  14. Q22Circuit symbols, charge, current and resistance8 marks
  15. Q23Internal energy, specific heat capacity and latent heatEnergy stores, changes and power15 marks

June 2023 Higher grade boundaries

Marks needed across both Higher papers, out of 180.

  • Grade 9144
  • Grade 8130
  • Grade 7117
  • Grade 699
  • Grade 581
  • Grade 463
  • Grade 354

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