Physics

Official curriculum and assessment

To start QCE Physics revision, open the 2025 Paper 1 examination paper. Use the official resources below to choose a task, attempt it independently and check your response against the available assessment guidance. The practice sequence below explains how to turn that review into a focused next attempt. Confirm the paper’s course and syllabus year before using it.

• 2025 Paper 1 examination paper (PDF)
• 2025 Paper 1 marking guidance (PDF)
• 2025 Paper 1 examiner feedback (PDF)
• 2025 Paper 1 examination paper (PDF)
• 2025 Paper 2 examination paper (PDF)
• 2024 Paper 1 examination paper (PDF)
• 2024 Paper 1 marking guidance (PDF)
• 2024 Paper 1 examiner feedback (PDF)
• 2024 Paper 1 examination paper (PDF)
• 2024 Paper 2 examination paper (PDF)

Editorial guidance prepared 3 November 2026.

How to practise this subject

These practice suggestions are editorial guidance from Australian Study Resources.

1. Choose a current course task with this focus: heating processes (kinetic particle model, specific heat capacity, conservation of energy). Sketch the physical situation and label the quantities with units. State the model or relationship you intend to use.
2. Choose a current course task with this focus: linear motion (displacement, velocity, acceleration, vector equations, SUVAT, gradients). Work through the calculation with signs and directions visible. Check whether the magnitude and units are reasonable.
3. Choose a current course task with this focus: gravity and motion (vector components, projectile motion, uniform circular motion, Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation, Kepler's laws of planetary motion). Explain the mechanism in words, connecting the initial conditions, the interaction and the resulting change.
4. Record the specific point you missed, write a corrected response, and attempt another question that requires the same skill. Check older material against your current course before reusing it.