GCSE Physics Key Terms & Retrieval Quizzes

Free GCSE Physics key terms glossary (97 terms) and six retrieval quizzes with answers and slides, for Combined Science and separate (Triple) Physics. AQA, Edexcel, OCR and Eduqas.

The six areas are Energy and the particle model; Electricity; Magnetism and electromagnetism; Atomic structure and radioactivity; Forces; and Waves and space physics. A specification map gives the matching sections for AQA (8463, 8464), Edexcel (1PH0, 1SC0), OCR Gateway A and Twenty First Century B, and Eduqas, so you can use the areas your course covers.

The glossary gives each key term a clear, exam-ready meaning in the wording mark schemes credit, with the equation and units wherever a term is a quantity (power, efficiency, specific heat capacity, resistance, charge, weight, acceleration, wave speed). Separate Physics content (such as static electricity, transformers, moments and space physics) is tagged TRIPLE, so Combined Science classes can skip it, and every quiz question works for Combined Science. There is one retrieval quiz per area, each with 8 questions (4 multiple choice, 2 true or false, 2 short answers or calculations), and a one-page answer key so you can hand out the quizzes without the answers. The same quizzes come as PowerPoint slides, with question and answer slides for each area, ready for a 10-minute starter.

Every definition, question and calculation has been checked for accuracy against the specifications. The Word and PowerPoint files are fully editable, and the PDF is ready to print.

Teachers use it:

• As a knowledge organiser or key terms list for Year 10 and 11
• As starters, homework or a quick check before mocks
• For equation recall and calculation practice
• As a self-test: cover the meaning column and recall it