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Every AQA GCSE Physics exam question on 4.1.3 National and global energy resources, 2018–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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Q01.1
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Q01.4
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Q01.5
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Q04.1
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Q04.2
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Q04.3
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Q04.4
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Q04.5
The whole paper ↗![June 2025 Paper 1 Higher, question 04.5: Which two of the following energy resources do not emit carbon dioxide when used to generate electricity? [2 marks] Tick () two boxes. Biofuel Nuclear Oil Sola](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/84631h-jun25-04-5-qp.webp)
Q01.1
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Q01.2
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Q01.3
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Q01.4
The whole paper ↗![June 2025 Paper 1 Foundation, question 01.4: An electric car does not emit carbon dioxide as it is driven. Choose one reason why. [1 mark] Tick () one box. Electric cars are powered by a battery. Electric](https://pub-e8a9dbab8e2a4d089f52b2a45e0d0b50.r2.dev/bank/84631f-jun25-01-4-qp.webp)
Q01.5
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Q08.1
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Q08.4
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All 65 questions on National and global energy resources, as a list
- June 2025, Paper 1 Higher, Q01.1 (2 marks): Describe the difference between renewable energy resources and non-renewable energy resources. [2 marks] Figure 1 shows a new design of tidal turbine to generat
- June 2025, Paper 1 Higher, Q01.4 (2 marks): As flow speed increases, power output increases. Give two other conclusions that can be made using information from Figure 2. [2 marks] 1 2
- June 2025, Paper 1 Higher, Q01.5 (4 marks): Figure 3 shows the turbines used to obtain the data for Figure 2. Figure 3 Compare the environmental impacts of the wind turbine and the tidal turbine in Figure
- June 2025, Paper 1 Higher, Q04.1 (2 marks): Explain one environmental problem caused by the emission of carbon dioxide. [2 marks]
- June 2025, Paper 1 Higher, Q04.2 (1 mark): What mass of carbon dioxide is produced during the manufacture of the electric car? [1 mark] Mass of carbon dioxide = kg
- June 2025, Paper 1 Higher, Q04.3 (1 mark): At one distance, the amount of carbon dioxide emitted by both cars is the same. What is this distance? [1 mark] Distance = km
- June 2025, Paper 1 Higher, Q04.4 (2 marks): The battery-powered electric car does not emit carbon dioxide as it is driven. Explain why more carbon dioxide is produced as the distance travelled by the elec
- June 2025, Paper 1 Higher, Q04.5 (2 marks): Which two of the following energy resources do not emit carbon dioxide when used to generate electricity? [2 marks] Tick () two boxes. Biofuel Nuclear Oil Sola
- June 2025, Paper 1 Foundation, Q01.1 (1 mark): Which of the following is an environmental problem caused by the emission of carbon dioxide? [1 mark] Tick () one box. Acid rain Damage to the ozone layer Glob
- June 2025, Paper 1 Foundation, Q01.2 (1 mark): How much carbon dioxide is emitted during the manufacture of the car? Use Figure 1. [1 mark] Carbon dioxide emitted = kg
- June 2025, Paper 1 Foundation, Q01.3 (1 mark): How does the total carbon dioxide emitted change as the total distance travelled by the car increases? Use Figure 1. [1 mark]
- June 2025, Paper 1 Foundation, Q01.4 (1 mark): An electric car does not emit carbon dioxide as it is driven. Choose one reason why. [1 mark] Tick () one box. Electric cars are powered by a battery. Electric
- June 2025, Paper 1 Foundation, Q01.5 (3 marks): Some energy resources used to generate electricity cause environmental issues. Draw one line from each method of generating electricity to the environmental iss
- June 2025, Paper 1 Foundation, Q08.1 (2 marks): Describe the difference between renewable energy resources and non-renewable energy resources. [2 marks] Figure 14 shows a new design of tidal turbine to genera
- June 2025, Paper 1 Foundation, Q08.4 (2 marks): As flow speed increases, power output increases. Give two other conclusions that can be made using information from Figure 15. [2 marks] 1 2
- June 2025, Paper 1 Foundation, Q08.5 (4 marks): Figure 16 shows the turbines used to obtain the data for Figure 15. Figure 16 Compare the environmental impacts of the wind turbine and the tidal turbine in Fig
- June 2024, Paper 1 Higher, Q01.4 (4 marks): Decreasing the amount of carbon dioxide released by different activities will help slow down climate change. Transport and generating electricity are the two ac
- June 2024, Paper 1 Higher, Q02.5 (2 marks): Nuclear power stations do not generate electricity every day of the year. One nuclear power station generated electricity for 92% of a year. one year = 365 days
- June 2024, Paper 1 Foundation, Q09.4 (4 marks): Decreasing the amount of carbon dioxide released by different activities will help slow down climate change. Transport and generating electricity are the two ac
- June 2024, Paper 1 Foundation, Q10.5 (2 marks): Nuclear power stations do not generate electricity every day of the year. One nuclear power station generated electricity for 92% of a year. one year = 365 days
- June 2023, Paper 1 Higher, Q04.3 (2 marks): Figure 5 shows how the power output of the generator varied during one year. Figure 5 A solar power system is installed in the remote village in addition to the
- June 2023, Paper 1 Foundation, Q04.1 (2 marks): Calculate the percentage of electricity generated using hydroelectric power. [2 marks] Percentage = %
- June 2023, Paper 1 Foundation, Q04.5 (2 marks): The hydroelectric generator is turned by falling river water. Figure 5 shows how the power output of the hydroelectric generator varied during one year. Figure
- June 2022, Paper 1 Higher, Q01.1 (2 marks): Calculate the mean power needed for 1 home. Give your answer in watts. [2 marks] Mean power needed for 1 home = W
- June 2022, Paper 1 Higher, Q01.2 (2 marks): On one day the demand for electricity in the UK was 34 000 MW. Suggest two reasons why wind power was not able to meet this demand. [2 marks] 1 2
- June 2022, Paper 1 Higher, Q01.4 (2 marks): In most homes in the UK there are many different electrical devices. Explain why people should be encouraged to use energy efficient electrical devices. [2 mark
- June 2022, Paper 1 Foundation, Q07.1 (2 marks): Electricity from the power station can be generated using renewable or non-renewable energy resources. Complete Table 2 to show which energy resources are renew
- June 2022, Paper 1 Foundation, Q09.1 (2 marks): Calculate the mean power needed for 1 home. Give your answer in watts. [2 marks] Mean power needed for 1 home = W
- June 2022, Paper 1 Foundation, Q09.2 (2 marks): On one day the demand for electricity in the UK was 34 000 MW. Suggest two reasons why wind power was not able to meet this demand. [2 marks] 1 2
- June 2022, Paper 1 Foundation, Q09.4 (2 marks): In most homes in the UK there are many different electrical devices. Explain why people should be encouraged to use energy efficient electrical devices. [2 mark
- November 2021, Paper 1 Higher, Q02.3 (2 marks): The idea of obtaining power from nuclear fusion was investigated using models. The models were tested before starting to build the first commercial nuclear fusi
- November 2021, Paper 1 Higher, Q02.4 (2 marks): Generating electricity using nuclear fusion will have fewer environmental effects than generating electricity using fossil fuels. Explain one environmental effe
- November 2021, Paper 1 Higher, Q05.4 (2 marks): It is unlikely that all of the electricity that the UK needs can be generated by solar power systems. Explain why. [2 marks]
- November 2021, Paper 1 Foundation, Q06.1 (2 marks): The solar cells on the roof of the house always face in the same direction. Explain one disadvantage caused by the solar cells only facing in one direction. [2
- November 2021, Paper 1 Foundation, Q06.6 (1 mark): Why is it unlikely that all the UK’s electricity needs could be met by solar power systems? [1 mark] Tick () one box. A very large area would need to be covere
- November 2021, Paper 1 Foundation, Q10.3 (2 marks): The idea of obtaining power from nuclear fusion was investigated using models. The models were tested before starting to build the first commercial nuclear fusi
- November 2021, Paper 1 Foundation, Q10.4 (2 marks): Generating electricity using nuclear fusion will have fewer environmental effects than generating electricity using fossil fuels. Explain one environmental effe
- November 2020, Paper 1 Higher, Q03.5 (2 marks): Figure 5 shows how the UK demand for electricity increases and decreases during one day. Figure 5 The hydroelectric power station in Figure 4 can provide 1.5 ×
- November 2020, Paper 1 Higher, Q04.1 (2 marks): Determine the percentage increase in electricity generated using gas-fired power stations from 2014 to 2018. [2 marks] Percentage increase = %
- November 2020, Paper 1 Higher, Q04.2 (2 marks): Give two environmental advantages of using a gas-fired power station to generate electricity compared with using a coal-fired power station. [2 marks] 1 2
- November 2020, Paper 1 Higher, Q04.3 (2 marks): A student does not believe that climate change is occurring. Explain how the data in Figure 7 suggests the student is wrong. [2 marks]
- November 2020, Paper 1 Foundation, Q01.2 (2 marks): Calculate how many times greater the percentage of electricity generated by gas-fired power stations was in 2018 than in 2014. [2 marks] Number of times greater
- November 2020, Paper 1 Foundation, Q01.3 (2 marks): Explain one environmental effect of generating electricity using a gas-fired power station. [2 marks]
- November 2020, Paper 1 Foundation, Q01.4 (1 mark): The UK government wants more electricity to be generated using renewable energy resources. What is a renewable energy resource? [1 mark] Tick () one box. An en
- November 2020, Paper 1 Foundation, Q01.5 (2 marks): An offshore wind farm is a group of wind turbines that are placed out at sea. Figure 3 shows the power output of an offshore wind farm compared with a wind farm
- November 2020, Paper 1 Foundation, Q10.5 (2 marks): Figure 15 shows how the UK demand for electricity increases and decreases during one day. Figure 15 The hydroelectric power station in Figure 14 can provide 1.5
- June 2019, Paper 1 Foundation, Q05.1 (2 marks): The UK government plans to stop using coal-fired power stations by 2025. Explain one environmental problem caused when electricity is generated by burning coal.
- June 2019, Paper 1 Foundation, Q05.2 (2 marks): Give two renewable energy resources that could make up the ‘Other’ energy resources in Figure 6. [2 marks] 1 2
- June 2019, Paper 1 Foundation, Q05.3 (2 marks): Determine the percentage of electricity generated in nuclear power stations that day. Use data from Figure 6. [2 marks] Percentage of electricity generated in n
- June 2019, Paper 1 Foundation, Q05.4 (2 marks): What was the difference between the maximum demand and minimum demand for electricity during this day? [2 marks] Difference = MW
- June 2019, Paper 1 Foundation, Q05.5 (2 marks): Figure 7 shows that the demand for electricity increased between 06:00 and 09:00 Solar power could have met the demand if there were enough solar panels install
- June 2019, Paper 1 Foundation, Q06.1 (2 marks): Table 2 compares an electric car and a diesel car. Table 2 Power source Maximum acceleration in m/s2 Mass of power source in kg Range in km Maximum power output
- June 2019, Paper 1 Foundation, Q06.2 (2 marks): The mass of the battery in the electric car is 420 kg The total mass of the electric car is 1610 kg Calculate the mass of the battery as a percentage of the tot
- June 2019, Paper 1 Foundation, Q06.3 (2 marks): Designers of electric car batteries want to increase the amount of energy that can be stored in a battery. Suggest two reasons why. [2 marks] 1 2
- Specimen, Paper 1 Higher, Q03.1: Suggest one reason for the shape of the graph between 15.00 and 18.00 on Monday. [1 mar
- Specimen, Paper 1 Higher, Q03.2: Gas fired power stations reduce their output when demand for electricity is low. Suggest one time on Figure 2 when the demand for electricity was low. [1 mar
- Specimen, Paper 1 Higher, Q03.3 (2 marks): The National Grid ensures that fossil fuel power stations in the UK only produce about 33% of the total electricity they could produce when operating at a maxim
- Specimen, Paper 1 Foundation, Q01.1 (2 marks): Coal is a non-renewable energy resource. Name two other non-renewable energy resources. [2 mark 1 2
- Specimen, Paper 1 Foundation, Q01.2 (1 mark): A wind turbine does not generate electricity constantly. For how many hours did the wind turbine generate no electricity? [1 mark] Time = hours
- Specimen, Paper 1 Foundation, Q01.4 (1 mark): An island has a large number of wind turbines and a coal-fired power station. The island needs to use the electricity generated by the coal-fired power station
- Specimen, Paper 1 Foundation, Q01.5 (2 marks): A wind turbine has an average power output of 0.60 MW. A coal-fired power station has a continuous power output of 1500 MW. Calculate how many wind turbines wou
- Specimen, Paper 1 Foundation, Q01.6: It is important that scientists develop new energy resources. Choose one reason why. [1 mar Tick one box. All energy resources are running out. All energy resou
- Specimen, Paper 1 Foundation, Q11.1: Suggest one reason for the shape of the graph between 15.00 and 18.00 on Monday. [1 mar
- Specimen, Paper 1 Foundation, Q11.2: Gas fired power stations reduce their output when demand for electricity is low. Suggest one time on Figure 13 when the demand for electricity was low. [1 mar
- Specimen, Paper 1 Foundation, Q11.3 (2 marks): The National Grid ensures that fossil fuel power stations in the UK only produce about 33% of the total electricity they could produce when operating at a maxim
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