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OCR Gateway GCSE Physics June 2025 Paper 2

  • J249/02
  • Foundation
  • Topics P5 to P8
  • 1 hour 45 minutes
  • 90 marks

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

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5 new exam questions, 34 minutes, marked as you go. Free, no account.

  • Energy transfers and efficiency
  • National and global energy resources
  • Electromagnetic waves, refraction and uses
  • Radioactive decay, nuclear equations and half-life
  • Transverse and longitudinal waves
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What it tested

  • Energy43 marks
  • Waves28 marks
  • Atomic structure11 marks
  • Forces3 marks
  • Electricity1 marks
  1. Q1Not in our course1 mark
  2. Q2Energy transfers and efficiency1 mark
  3. Q3Electromagnetic waves, refraction and usesEnergy transfers and efficiency1 mark
  4. Q4Work done and energy transfer1 mark
  5. Q5Not in our course1 mark
  6. Q6Atoms, isotopes and the model of the atom1 mark
  7. Q7Direct and alternating p.d., and mains electricity1 mark
  8. Q8Radioactive decay, nuclear equations and half-life1 mark
15 more questions
  1. Q9Not in our course1 mark
  2. Q10Distance, speed, velocity and distance-time graphs1 mark
  3. Q11Electromagnetic waves, refraction and uses1 mark
  4. Q12Acceleration and Newton's laws1 mark
  5. Q13Not in our course1 mark
  6. Q14Electromagnetic waves, refraction and uses1 mark
  7. Q15Transverse and longitudinal waves1 mark
  8. Q16National and global energy resources12 marks
  9. Q17Electromagnetic waves, refraction and usesAtoms, isotopes and the model of the atom7 marks
  10. Q18Radioactive decay, nuclear equations and half-lifeAtoms, isotopes and the model of the atom9 marks
  11. Q19Electromagnetic waves, refraction and uses8 marks
  12. Q20Energy transfers and efficiencyElectrical power, appliances and the National Grid12 marks
  13. Q21National and global energy resources9 marks
  14. Q22Transverse and longitudinal wavesEnergy stores, changes and power9 marks
  15. Q23Energy transfers and efficiencyEnergy stores, changes and power9 marks

June 2025 Foundation grade boundaries

Marks needed across both Foundation papers, out of 180.

  • Grade 5114
  • Grade 4101
  • Grade 377
  • Grade 254
  • Grade 131

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