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About Edexcel
Pearson Edexcel is specifically designed to assist the students in developing their advanced skills in relevant subjects. These qualifications not only help the students in their higher education, but also assist them in their career. Edexcel A level family includes AS and A levels. It is easily available in a wide range of subjects and gives students an opportunity to develop their intellectual skills while exploring the subject deeply.
Edexcel A level Physics
The main objective of Edexcel A level physics is to help the students in developing their important knowledge and understanding which includes the association between theory and experiment, and the skills to design, execute and analyze their own investigations.
Edexcel A level Unit 5
Edexcel A level physics unit 5 covers the content related to thermodynamics, nuclear decay, oscillations, astrophysics and cosmology. In this paper, you can find questions of different formats such as multiple choice, short-open, open-response, calculations and extended writing questions. The paper will have questions that target mathematics at Level 2 or above. At least 36 marks will be given to mathematics at Level 2 or above.
It is expected from the candidates to apply their knowledge and comprehension to known and unknown contexts. The paper may include some synoptic questions as well. To answer these questions, you will need the knowledge and understanding from units 1, 2 and 4.
This resource contains many past papers and mark schemes for Unit 5 of the Edexcel Physics A-Level. These documents are freely available on the Edexcel website.