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Free Edexcel GCSE Sciences
Practice Paper

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

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What the real Edexcel GCSE Sciences 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 Sciences syllabus. Tap "Show answer" after each to check yourself.

Q1 · Difficulty 1/3

What is kinetic energy?

  1. Potential energy
  2. Stored energy
  3. Energy an object has due to its motion: KE = ½mv²
  4. Heat energy
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✓ Answer: C — Energy an object has due to its motion: KE = ½mv²
KE depends on mass and velocity. Doubling velocity quadruples KE (because v is squared).
Q2 · Difficulty 1/3

The unit of force is the:

  1. watt
  2. pascal
  3. newton
  4. joule
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✓ Answer: C — newton
Force is measured in newtons.
Q3 · Difficulty 1/3

A force that acts between two surfaces sliding over each other is:

  1. friction
  2. gravity
  3. upthrust
  4. tension
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✓ Answer: A — friction
Friction opposes relative motion between surfaces.
Q4 · Difficulty 2/3

Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only:

  1. removed
  2. measured
  3. transferred
  4. increased
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✓ Answer: C — transferred
Energy is conserved and only transferred.
Q5 · Difficulty 2/3

What energy transfers occur in a filament light bulb?

  1. Only light
  2. Electrical → light + heat (mostly heat — low efficiency)
  3. Electrical → only heat
  4. Chemical → light
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✓ Answer: B — Electrical → light + heat (mostly heat — low efficiency)
Filament bulbs convert ~5% of electrical energy to light and ~95% to heat. LEDs are much more efficient.
Q6 · Difficulty 2/3

What is the formula for momentum?

  1. p = mv
  2. p = mgh
  3. p = ½mv²
  4. p = Ft
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✓ Answer: A — p = mv
Momentum = mass × velocity. Unit: kg m/s. Momentum is conserved in all collisions (in a closed system).
Q7 · Difficulty 3/3

The extension of a spring is directly proportional to the force applied. This is:

  1. Newton's third law
  2. Ohm's law
  3. the gas law
  4. Hooke's law
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✓ Answer: D — Hooke's law
Hooke's law: force ∝ extension.
Q8 · Difficulty 3/3

Gravitational potential energy is calculated using:

  1. mass × speed
  2. force × time
  3. mass ÷ height
  4. mass × gravity × height
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✓ Answer: D — mass × gravity × height
GPE = mgh.
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Edexcel GCSE Sciences FAQ

What does the Edexcel GCSE Sciences exam look like?
The Edexcel GCSE Sciences 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 Edexcel GCSE Sciences past paper?
Real Edexcel past papers are published directly by Edexcel 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 Edexcel GCSE Sciences 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.