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Kinematics: WJEC A‑Level Physics questions

Every WJEC A-Level Physics exam question on 1.2 Kinematics, 2016–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.

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  1. Q3(a)

    Summer 2025 · AS Unit 1

    2 marks1.2 Kinematics
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    Summer 2025 AS Unit 1, question 3(a): A cannonball is fired in a horizontal direction, as shown. cannon The following table refers to the flight of the cannonball after it has left the barrel of the

  2. Q3(b)(i)

    Summer 2025 · AS Unit 1

    3 marks1.2 Kinematics
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    Summer 2025 AS Unit 1, question 3(b)(i): The height of the lower cannon above the sea is 3.0 m. Show that the time of flight through the air for this cannonball is approximately 0.8 s. [3]

  3. Q3(b)(ii)

    Summer 2025 · AS Unit 1

    2 marks1.2 Kinematics
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    Summer 2025 AS Unit 1, question 3(b)(ii): Calculate the vertical velocity of the cannonball fired from the upper cannon just before it strikes the sea. [2]

  4. Q3(b)(iii)

    Summer 2025 · AS Unit 1

    2 marks1.2 Kinematics
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    Summer 2025 AS Unit 1, question 3(b)(iii): The cannonball fired from the upper cannon strikes the sea at an angle of 10° below the horizontal, as shown below. horizontal velocity, vH 10° vertical velocit

  5. Q3(b)(iv)

    Summer 2025 · AS Unit 1

    2 marks1.2 Kinematics
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    Summer 2025 AS Unit 1, question 3(b)(iv): Hence, calculate the horizontal distance travelled by the cannonball fired from the lower cannon before it strikes the sea. [2]

  6. Q3(c)

    Summer 2025 · AS Unit 1

    2 marks1.2 Kinematics
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    Summer 2025 AS Unit 1, question 3(c): Without further calculation, explain whether the cannonball fired from the lower cannon would strike the water at an angle greater than, equal to or less than 1

  7. Q5(a)

    Summer 2024 · AS Unit 1

    1 mark1.2 Kinematics
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    Summer 2024 AS Unit 1, question 5(a): State the definition of mean velocity. [1]

  8. Q5(b)(i)

    Summer 2024 · AS Unit 1

    1 mark1.2 Kinematics
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    Summer 2024 AS Unit 1, question 5(b)(i): [1]

  9. Q5(b)(ii)

    Summer 2024 · AS Unit 1

    2 marks1.2 Kinematics
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    Summer 2024 AS Unit 1, question 5(b)(ii): Calculate the mean velocity of the train as it moves from A to C. [2]

  10. Q5(b)(iii)

    Summer 2024 · AS Unit 1

    3 marks1.2 Kinematics
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    Summer 2024 AS Unit 1, question 5(b)(iii): Ieuan believes that, since the speed between A and C is constant, the train is not accelerating. Seren disagrees. Explain who is correct, justifying your answer

  11. Q5(c)

    Summer 2024 · AS Unit 1

    6 marks1.2 Kinematics
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    Summer 2024 AS Unit 1, question 5(c): decelerates uniformly to rest in a distance of 1.2 m. Complete the velocity-time graph and the displacement-time graph for the motion from C on the grids below.

  12. Q2(d)(ii)

    Summer 2023 · Unit 3

    4 marks1.2 Kinematics
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    Summer 2023 Unit 3, question 2(d)(ii): A student claims that if the string breaks when the sphere is at the top of the circle it will reach the ground at a horizontal distance of approximately 2 m aw

  13. Q3(a)(i)

    Summer 2023 · AS Unit 1

    2 marks1.2 Kinematics
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    Summer 2023 AS Unit 1, question 3(a)(i): Describe and explain the motion of the pellet from the instant the gun is fired. [Ignore the effects of air resistance.] [2]

  14. Q3(a)(ii)

    Summer 2023 · AS Unit 1

    2 marks1.2 Kinematics
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    Summer 2023 AS Unit 1, question 3(a)(ii): The distance D is now increased and the experiment repeated. Describe one difference and one similarity that an observer viewing the apple would see in this cas

  15. Q3(b)(i)

    Summer 2023 · AS Unit 1

    1 mark1.2 Kinematics
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    Summer 2023 AS Unit 1, question 3(b)(i): Calculate vH, the horizontal component of the velocity, u, given that the time taken for the stone to move from A to B is 0.40 s. [1]

  16. Q3(b)(ii)

    Summer 2023 · AS Unit 1

    4 marks1.2 Kinematics
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    Summer 2023 AS Unit 1, question 3(b)(ii): Calculate h, the maximum height achieved by the stone between A and B. [4]

  17. Q6(a)

    Summer 2022 · AS Unit 1

    3 marks1.2 Kinematics
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    Summer 2022 AS Unit 1, question 6(a): A velocity-time graph is given for a body which is accelerating uniformly for a time, t. Velocity v u 0 t Time Using the graph, show clearly that: [3] x = ut +

  18. Q6(b)(i)

    Summer 2022 · AS Unit 1

    1 mark1.2 Kinematics
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    Summer 2022 AS Unit 1, question 6(b)(i): The shot put is an event in athletics. The shot (a heavy metal ball) is thrown from a standing position so that it lands on the ground a horizontal distance, R,

  19. Q6(b)(ii)

    Summer 2022 · AS Unit 1

    3 marks1.2 Kinematics
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    Summer 2022 AS Unit 1, question 6(b)(ii): Hence calculate, H, the vertical distance above the ground from which the shot was thrown. [3]

  20. Q6(b)(iii)

    Summer 2022 · AS Unit 1

    2 marks1.2 Kinematics
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    Summer 2022 AS Unit 1, question 6(b)(iii): [2]
All 39 questions on Kinematics, as a list
  1. Summer 2025, AS Unit 1, Q3(a) (2 marks): A cannonball is fired in a horizontal direction, as shown. cannon The following table refers to the flight of the cannonball after it has left the barrel of the
  2. Summer 2025, AS Unit 1, Q3(b)(i) (3 marks): The height of the lower cannon above the sea is 3.0 m. Show that the time of flight through the air for this cannonball is approximately 0.8 s. [3]
  3. Summer 2025, AS Unit 1, Q3(b)(ii) (2 marks): Calculate the vertical velocity of the cannonball fired from the upper cannon just before it strikes the sea. [2]
  4. Summer 2025, AS Unit 1, Q3(b)(iii) (2 marks): The cannonball fired from the upper cannon strikes the sea at an angle of 10° below the horizontal, as shown below. horizontal velocity, vH 10° vertical velocit
  5. Summer 2025, AS Unit 1, Q3(b)(iv) (2 marks): Hence, calculate the horizontal distance travelled by the cannonball fired from the lower cannon before it strikes the sea. [2]
  6. Summer 2025, AS Unit 1, Q3(c) (2 marks): Without further calculation, explain whether the cannonball fired from the lower cannon would strike the water at an angle greater than, equal to or less than 1
  7. Summer 2024, AS Unit 1, Q5(a) (1 mark): State the definition of mean velocity. [1]
  8. Summer 2024, AS Unit 1, Q5(b)(i) (1 mark): [1]
  9. Summer 2024, AS Unit 1, Q5(b)(ii) (2 marks): Calculate the mean velocity of the train as it moves from A to C. [2]
  10. Summer 2024, AS Unit 1, Q5(b)(iii) (3 marks): Ieuan believes that, since the speed between A and C is constant, the train is not accelerating. Seren disagrees. Explain who is correct, justifying your answer
  11. Summer 2024, AS Unit 1, Q5(c) (6 marks): decelerates uniformly to rest in a distance of 1.2 m. Complete the velocity-time graph and the displacement-time graph for the motion from C on the grids below.
  12. Summer 2023, Unit 3, Q2(d)(ii) (4 marks): A student claims that if the string breaks when the sphere is at the top of the circle it will reach the ground at a horizontal distance of approximately 2 m aw
  13. Summer 2023, AS Unit 1, Q3(a)(i) (2 marks): Describe and explain the motion of the pellet from the instant the gun is fired. [Ignore the effects of air resistance.] [2]
  14. Summer 2023, AS Unit 1, Q3(a)(ii) (2 marks): The distance D is now increased and the experiment repeated. Describe one difference and one similarity that an observer viewing the apple would see in this cas
  15. Summer 2023, AS Unit 1, Q3(b)(i) (1 mark): Calculate vH, the horizontal component of the velocity, u, given that the time taken for the stone to move from A to B is 0.40 s. [1]
  16. Summer 2023, AS Unit 1, Q3(b)(ii) (4 marks): Calculate h, the maximum height achieved by the stone between A and B. [4]
  17. Summer 2022, AS Unit 1, Q6(a) (3 marks): A velocity-time graph is given for a body which is accelerating uniformly for a time, t. Velocity v u 0 t Time Using the graph, show clearly that: [3] x = ut +
  18. Summer 2022, AS Unit 1, Q6(b)(i) (1 mark): The shot put is an event in athletics. The shot (a heavy metal ball) is thrown from a standing position so that it lands on the ground a horizontal distance, R,
  19. Summer 2022, AS Unit 1, Q6(b)(ii) (3 marks): Hence calculate, H, the vertical distance above the ground from which the shot was thrown. [3]
  20. Summer 2022, AS Unit 1, Q6(b)(iii) (2 marks): [2]
  21. Summer 2022, AS Unit 1, Q6(c) (3 marks): Steve makes the following comment to Bryn, a fellow competitor. “Throwing the shot at an angle even greater than 50° to the horizontal will increase the horizon
  22. Summer 2019, AS Unit 1, Q2(b)(i) (2 marks): Show that the instantaneous speed of the car at t = 50 s is approximately 70 km h –1. [2]
  23. Summer 2019, AS Unit 1, Q2(b)(ii) (3 marks): The car covers the 8 km between the two cameras at a mean speed of exactly 60 km h –1. Complete the graph to show this motion. [3] Space is provided below for y
  24. Summer 2019, AS Unit 1, Q2(c) (3 marks): deceleration a normal car can achieve in dry conditions is assumed to be 8 m s–2. Traffic police can estimate the speed of vehicles involved in accidents using
  25. Summer 2018, Unit 3, Q8(a) (2 marks): Explain why the water in Figure 1 flows in a downward curve (paragraph 1). [2]
  26. Summer 2018, AS Unit 1, Q2(b)(iii) (2 marks): The following relationship is used to find a value for g: 2h g = t2 Show how this relationship is obtained from an appropriate equation of accelerated motion. [
  27. Summer 2018, AS Unit 1, Q2(b)(iv) (4 marks): draw a line of best fit. [4]
  28. Summer 2018, AS Unit 1, Q2(b)(v) (3 marks): Use your graph to determine a value for g. [3]
  29. Summer 2018, AS Unit 1, Q2(c) (3 marks): Discuss to what extent your graph agrees with the equation in (b)(iii). [3]
  30. Summer 2017, AS Unit 1, Q5(a) (2 marks): to show that, for a body accelerating uniformly from rest: [2] 1 x = at2 2
  31. Summer 2017, AS Unit 1, Q5(b) (3 marks): The diagram shows the path of a projectile after it is launched horizontally from a table. Path of projectile When considering the horizontal and vertical compo
  32. Summer 2017, AS Unit 1, Q5(c)(i) (3 marks): Calculate the height, h, of the table. [3]
  33. Summer 2017, AS Unit 1, Q5(c)(ii) (4 marks): Calculate the magnitude of the velocity and the direction of travel of the bottle just before it hits the ground. [4]
  34. Summer 2017, AS Unit 1, Q5(d) (2 marks): The flight time for the bottle in part (c) will depend on the horizontal velocity – the greater the horizontal velocity, the longer it will take for the bottle
  35. Summer 2016, AS Unit 1, Q6(a) (3 marks): A projectile is fired from the Earth’s surface and follows a curved path as shown. projectile Describe and explain how, if at all, the vertical and the horizont
  36. Summer 2016, AS Unit 1, Q6(b)(i) (1 mark): Use information from the image to calculate the horizontal velocity of the lander between the first and second bounce. [1]
  37. Summer 2016, AS Unit 1, Q6(b)(ii) (2 marks): By considering the first bounce, show that the value of the acceleration due to gravity on the comet is approximately 0.0002 m s–2. [2]
  38. Summer 2016, AS Unit 1, Q6(b)(iii) (3 marks): Show that the vertical velocity of the lander immediately after the first bounce was greater than 60% of the escape velocity. [3]
  39. Summer 2016, AS Unit 1, Q6(c) (3 marks): By considering the following facts discuss whether or not the mission was justified. [3] • Cost of developing and sending the spacecraft to the comet: £1 billio

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