Free worksheet and solutions · AQA GCSE · 8463 / 8464
AQA GCSE Physics Specific Heat Capacity Required Practical Worksheet
AQA GCSE specific heat capacity practical worksheet with answers. Calculate thermal energy, analyse heating data and plan a valid heated-block investigation.
What is covered
Questions and skills covered
The worksheet contains 7 pages of printable questions. A separate 7-page solutions PDF makes it easy to mark, review or share answers after the activity.
- E = Pt, P = VI and energy = mass × specific heat capacity × temperature rise
- Heater-block apparatus, meters, thermal contact and safety
- Energy versus temperature-rise graph and supplied gradient relationship
- Heat-loss bias, corrected energy, repeats and controls
- Candidate block selection and heating time
- Scaffolded six-mark practical method
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Specification fit
AQA GCSE Physics Worksheets
8463 and 8464 · 4.1.1.3, 4.1.1.4, 4.1.2.1, 4.2.4.1, 4.2.4.2, 6.1.1.3, 6.1.1.4, 6.1.2.1, 6.2.4.1, 6.2.4.2
- 8463: 4.1.1.3, 4.1.1.4, 4.1.2.1, 4.2.4.1, 4.2.4.2
- 8464: 6.1.1.3, 6.1.1.4, 6.1.2.1, 6.2.4.1, 6.2.4.2
Choose the correct pathway: Combined Trilogy 8464 and Separate Physics 8463, both tiers. Supplied relationships scaffold the gradient task. Written practical preparation, not evidence of completing RP1/RP14.
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