Particle model and pressure: AQA GCSE Physics questions

Every AQA GCSE Physics exam question on 4.3.3 Particle model and pressure, 2018–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.

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Q08.3
June 2025 · Paper 1 Higher
4 marks4.3.3 Particle model and pressure
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Q04.1
June 2025 · Paper 1 Foundation
1 mark4.3.3 Particle model and pressure
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Q04.2
June 2025 · Paper 1 Foundation
1 mark4.3.3 Particle model and pressure
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Q04.3
June 2025 · Paper 1 Foundation
1 mark4.3.3 Particle model and pressure
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Q04.4
June 2025 · Paper 1 Foundation
1 mark4.3.3 Particle model and pressure
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Q08.1
June 2024 · Paper 1 Higher
3 marks4.3.3 Particle model and pressure
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Q08.2
June 2024 · Paper 1 Higher
1 mark4.3.3 Particle model and pressure
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Q05.1
June 2024 · Paper 1 Foundation
1 mark4.3.3 Particle model and pressure
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Q05.2
June 2024 · Paper 1 Foundation
1 mark4.3.3 Particle model and pressure
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Q05.3
June 2024 · Paper 1 Foundation
1 mark4.3.3 Particle model and pressure
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Q05.4
June 2024 · Paper 1 Foundation
1 mark4.3.3 Particle model and pressure
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Q05.5
June 2024 · Paper 1 Foundation
1 mark4.3.3 Particle model and pressure
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Q09.1
June 2023 · Paper 1 Higher
1 mark4.3.3 Particle model and pressure
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Q09.2
June 2023 · Paper 1 Higher
2 marks4.3.3 Particle model and pressure
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Q09.3
June 2023 · Paper 1 Higher
4 marks4.3.3 Particle model and pressure
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Q07.1
June 2023 · Paper 1 Foundation
1 mark4.3.3 Particle model and pressure
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Q07.2
June 2023 · Paper 1 Foundation
1 mark4.3.3 Particle model and pressure
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Q07.3
June 2023 · Paper 1 Foundation
3 marks4.3.3 Particle model and pressure
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Q07.4
June 2023 · Paper 1 Foundation
2 marks4.3.3 Particle model and pressure
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Q07.5
June 2023 · Paper 1 Foundation
3 marks4.3.3 Particle model and pressure
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All 38 questions on Particle model and pressure, as a list

June 2025, Paper 1 Higher, Q08.3 (4 marks): After the nitrogen had boiled, the temperature of the gas increased. Explain how the pressure in the container changed as the temperature increased. [4 marks]
June 2025, Paper 1 Foundation, Q04.1 (1 mark): How did heating the gas affect the average speed of the gas particles? [1 mark] Tick () one box. The speed decreased. The speed stayed the same. The speed incr
June 2025, Paper 1 Foundation, Q04.2 (1 mark): How did heating the gas affect the average kinetic energy of the gas particles? [1 mark] Tick () one box. The kinetic energy decreased. The kinetic energy stay
June 2025, Paper 1 Foundation, Q04.3 (1 mark): How did increasing the pressure affect the number of collisions each second between gas particles and the walls of the flask? [1 mark] Tick () one box. The num
June 2025, Paper 1 Foundation, Q04.4 (1 mark): What happened to the force exerted on the walls of the flask by the gas particles when the pressure increased? [1 mark] Tick () one box. The force exerted decr
June 2024, Paper 1 Higher, Q08.1 (3 marks): When the plunger was pushed slowly into the syringe, the pressure in the syringe increased. The temperature of the air remained constant. Explain why the pressu
June 2024, Paper 1 Higher, Q08.2 (1 mark): How does an increase in temperature affect the air particles inside the piston? [1 mark] Tick () one box. The mean kinetic energy of the particles increases. T
June 2024, Paper 1 Foundation, Q05.1 (1 mark): How did pushing the plunger in affect the volume of air in the syringe? [1 mark] Tick () one box. The volume decreased. The volume stayed the same. The volume
June 2024, Paper 1 Foundation, Q05.2 (1 mark): How did pushing the plunger in affect the distance between the air particles in the syringe? [1 mark] Tick () one box. The distance decreased. The distance sta
June 2024, Paper 1 Foundation, Q05.3 (1 mark): How did pushing the plunger in affect the frequency of collisions between the air particles and the syringe walls? [1 mark] Tick () one box. The frequency of c
June 2024, Paper 1 Foundation, Q05.4 (1 mark): How did pushing the plunger in affect the air pressure in the syringe? [1 mark] Tick () one box. The air pressure decreased. The air pressure stayed the same.
June 2024, Paper 1 Foundation, Q05.5 (1 mark): How does an increase in temperature affect the mean speed of the air particles inside the syringe? [1 mark] Tick () one box. The mean speed of the particles de
June 2023, Paper 1 Higher, Q09.1 (1 mark): Complete the sentence. [1 mark] Air particles in the tyre move quickly in directions.
June 2023, Paper 1 Higher, Q09.2 (2 marks): When the tyre is at the correct pressure, pumping more air into the tyre causes the pressure to increase further. The volume and temperature of the air in the t
June 2023, Paper 1 Higher, Q09.3 (4 marks): The air pressure in a car tyre changes if the temperature of the air in the tyre increases. Explain why. [4 marks]
June 2023, Paper 1 Foundation, Q07.1 (1 mark): Complete the sentence. Choose the answer from the box. [1 mark] circular paths random directions the same direction Particles in a gas move in .
June 2023, Paper 1 Foundation, Q07.2 (1 mark): Complete the sentence. Choose the answer from the box. [1 mark] a constant speed a constant velocity a range of speeds Particles in a gas move with .
June 2023, Paper 1 Foundation, Q07.3 (3 marks): Table 6 shows some of the results. Table 6 Pressure in kPa Volume in cm3 300 10 200 15 150 20 120 25 100 30 Complete Figure 10. The first point has been plotted
June 2023, Paper 1 Foundation, Q07.4 (2 marks): The relationship between the pressure and the volume of a gas is given by the equation: pressure × volume = constant Calculate the constant when the pressure of
June 2023, Paper 1 Foundation, Q07.5 (3 marks): When the volume of the gas increases, the pressure in the gas decreases. The temperature of the gas stays the same. How does increasing the volume affect each o
November 2021, Paper 1 Higher, Q09.1 (1 mark): What was the range of force used? [1 mark] From N to N
November 2021, Paper 1 Higher, Q09.2 (1 mark): Give one control variable in the investigation. [1 mark]
November 2021, Paper 1 Higher, Q09.3 (4 marks): When the volume of gas in the syringe was 45 cm3, the pressure gauge showed a value of 60 kPa. Calculate the pressure in the gas when the volume of gas in the s
November 2021, Paper 1 Higher, Q09.4 (3 marks): When the volume of gas in the syringe increased, the pressure on the inside walls of the syringe decreased. Explain why. [3 marks]
November 2021, Paper 1 Foundation, Q01.4 (1 mark): Which property of the water particles changes as the temperature of the water increases? [1 mark] Tick () one box. The kinetic energy of the particles The mass
November 2021, Paper 1 Foundation, Q08.1 (1 mark): What is the range of the syringe? [1 mark] Tick () one box. From 0 to 1 cm3 From 0 to 5 cm3 From 0 to 25 cm3
November 2021, Paper 1 Foundation, Q08.2 (1 mark): The relationship between the pressure and volume of a gas is given by the equation: pressure × volume = constant Complete the sentence. [1 mark] For this equati
November 2021, Paper 1 Foundation, Q08.3 (2 marks): The initial volume of the gas in the syringe was 12 cm3. The initial pressure of the gas in the syringe was 101 000 Pa. Calculate the constant in the equation b
November 2021, Paper 1 Foundation, Q08.4 (3 marks): The teacher pulled the plunger slowly outwards and the gas expanded. The new volume of the gas was 24 cm3. Calculate the new pressure in the gas. The constant h
November 2021, Paper 1 Foundation, Q08.5 (1 mark): Which change occurs when the plunger is pulled slowly outwards? [1 mark] Tick () one box. The gas particles stop moving. There are more frequent collisions bet
November 2020, Paper 1 Higher, Q10.1 (2 marks): Which statements describe the movement of the gas particles in the balloon? [2 marks] Tick () two boxes. The particles all move in a predictable way. The parti
November 2020, Paper 1 Higher, Q10.2 (4 marks): The pressure of the helium in the balloon is 100 000 Pa. The volume of the balloon is 0.030 m3. The balloon is compressed at a constant temperature causing the
November 2020, Paper 1 Higher, Q10.3 (4 marks): The temperature of the helium in the balloon was increased. The mass and volume of helium in the balloon remained constant. Explain why the pressure exerted by
November 2020, Paper 1 Foundation, Q06.1 (4 marks): Describe how the student could use the equipment in Figure 9 to obtain the data shown in Table 2. [4 marks]
November 2020, Paper 1 Foundation, Q06.2 (2 marks): Describe what happens to the pressure of the air when the volume of the air is halved. [2 marks]
November 2020, Paper 1 Foundation, Q06.3 (2 marks): The temperature of the air in the syringe remained constant during the student’s investigation. Which two properties of the air particles would change if the te
Specimen, Paper 1 Higher, Q01.1 (2 marks): Describe the movement of the particles of helium gas inside the balloon. [2 mark
Specimen, Paper 1 Foundation, Q09.1 (2 marks): Describe the movement of the particles of helium gas inside the balloon. [2 mark

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