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Free AQA GCSE Chemistry
Practice Paper

8 mixed-difficulty practice questions in the style of real AQA GCSE papers — answers, mark-scheme-style explanations, and the official exam structure all on one page.

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What the real AQA GCSE Chemistry paper looks like

Paper 1
Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes, ~70-100 marks. Covers Topics 1-4 of the specification.
Paper 2
Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes, ~70-100 marks. Covers Topics 5-8 of the specification.
Paper 3
Where applicable — e.g. Combined Science, Languages. Includes synoptic and applied questions.
Total exam time: ~3 hours across two or three papers.
Grading: Grades: 9 (highest) to 1 (lowest), with U (ungraded). A grade of 4 is a standard pass; 5 is a strong pass.

Mini practice paper: 8 questions

Mixed-difficulty questions from across the Chemistry syllabus. Tap "Show answer" after each to check yourself.

Q1 · Difficulty 1/3

Which set of properties is typical of ceramics?

  1. Malleable, ductile and good thermal conductors
  2. Soft, flexible and good electrical conductors
  3. Low melting point and easily remoulded
  4. Hard, brittle and good electrical insulators
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✓ Answer: D — Hard, brittle and good electrical insulators
Award 1 mark. Ceramics resist scratching and compression well but crack rather than bend under a sharp blow, which is why they are used for tiles and insulators but not where flexibility is needed.
Q2 · Difficulty 1/3

What is the definition of isotopes?

  1. Atoms of the same element with different numbers of protons
  2. Atoms of different elements with the same number of electrons
  3. Atoms of different elements with the same mass number
  4. Atoms of the same element with different numbers of neutrons
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✓ Answer: D — Atoms of the same element with different numbers of neutrons
Award 1 mark for identifying that isotopes are atoms of the same element (same number of protons) with different numbers of neutrons. C is incorrect — isotopes must be of the same element, not different elements. A is incorrect — atoms with different numbers of protons would be different elements. B is incorrect — this describes ions of different elements, not isotopes.
Q3 · Difficulty 1/3

An atom's nucleus contains protons and:

  1. ions
  2. photons
  3. electrons
  4. neutrons
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✓ Answer: D — neutrons
Protons and neutrons.
Q4 · Difficulty 1/3

Increasing temperature usually ____ the rate of reaction.

  1. stops
  2. reverses
  3. decreases
  4. increases
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✓ Answer: D — increases
Higher temperature → faster rate.
Q5 · Difficulty 1/3

Which element is a noble gas?

  1. copper
  2. helium
  3. sodium
  4. oxygen
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✓ Answer: B — helium
Helium is a noble gas (Group 0).
Q6 · Difficulty 1/3

Carbon is included in the reactivity series because it can:

  1. Conduct electricity in all forms
  2. Form ionic bonds with metals
  3. Remove oxygen from the oxides of less reactive metals
  4. React with every known metal
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✓ Answer: C — Remove oxygen from the oxides of less reactive metals
Carbon sits between zinc and iron. It can reduce the oxides of metals below it, which is why those metals are extracted by heating with carbon.
Q7 · Difficulty 1/3

The period number of an element tells you the number of:

  1. protons only
  2. neutrons
  3. outer electrons
  4. occupied electron shells
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✓ Answer: D — occupied electron shells
The period number gives the number of electron shells (energy levels) in the atom.
Q8 · Difficulty 1/3

Atoms of the same element with different numbers of neutrons are called:

  1. isotopes
  2. molecules
  3. allotropes
  4. ions
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✓ Answer: A — isotopes
Isotopes have the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons.
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AQA GCSE Chemistry FAQ

What does the AQA GCSE Chemistry exam look like?
The AQA GCSE Chemistry exam is structured across 3 components. Paper 1: Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes, ~70-100 marks. Covers Topics 1-4 of the specification. Paper 2: Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes, ~70-100 marks. Covers Topics 5-8 of the specification. Paper 3: Where applicable — e.g. Combined Science, Languages. Includes synoptic and applied questions. Total exam time: ~3 hours across two or three papers.
Can I download a free AQA GCSE Chemistry past paper?
Real AQA past papers are published directly by AQA on their official website. Kramizo doesn't redistribute copyrighted past papers, but we do generate free AI-written practice papers in the exact same style — same command words, same difficulty tier, same mark conventions. Use this practice paper as warm-up, then time yourself on official past papers before exam day.
How is AQA GCSE Chemistry graded?
Grades: 9 (highest) to 1 (lowest), with U (ungraded). A grade of 4 is a standard pass; 5 is a strong pass. Kramizo's practice questions are tagged with difficulty 1-3 mapping roughly to the lower, middle, and top grade boundaries you'll encounter in the real exam.