OCR A Level Physics B (Advancing Physics) exam questions and past papers
Free OCR A Level Physics B (Advancing Physics) exam questions by topic, with mark schemes, past papers and model answers.
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OCR A Level Physics B (Advancing Physics) exam questions by topic
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Year 1 modules
OCR A Level Physics B (Advancing Physics)Module 2: Fundamental Data AnalysisUncertainty, graphs and data analysis
Module 3: Physics in ActionCommunication, imaging, signalling, sensing and materials
Module 4: Understanding ProcessesWaves, quantum behaviour, space, time and motion
Year 2 modules
OCR A Level Physics B (Advancing Physics)Module 5: Rise and Fall of the Clockwork UniverseCreating models, gravity, oscillations and thermal physics
Module 6: Field and Particle PhysicsElectromagnetism, charge and field, and probing deep into matter
Extra resources
Useful downloads for the whole course.
Every OCR Physics B (Advancing Physics) spec point as a checklist, so you can see what is left to revise.
Download Physics B (Advancing Physics) specification checklist → Data, Formulae and Relationships BookletThe OCR Physics B (Advancing Physics) booklet you get in every AS and A Level paper
Download Physics B (Advancing Physics) data, formulae and relationships booklet →AS Level papers
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Past papers
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Old specification papers
Exam questions from the previous OCR A Level Physics B (Advancing Physics) specification, by unit.
About OCR A Level Physics B (Advancing Physics)
The OCR A Level Physics B (Advancing Physics) exam (specification H557) is made up of three written papers. OCR A Level Physics B Paper 1, Fundamentals of Physics, and Paper 2, Scientific Literacy in Physics, last 2 hours 15 minutes each and can test content from across the course, from imaging, signalling and materials to the clockwork universe and field and particle physics. Paper 2 includes questions on a pre-released advance notice article. Paper 3, Practical Skills in Physics, lasts 1 hour 30 minutes and tests experimental skills and data analysis.
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