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Braking transfers energy from the car's kinetic store to thermal stores in the brakes, tyres and surroundings. Energy is conserved even though the car's kinetic energy decreases.
The force on the pump does work on the enclosed gas. This transfers energy to the gas's internal store and can raise its temperature.
At constant temperature, the object's energy store is not changing. Its rate of radiation absorption must therefore equal its rate of emission.
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Correct answer: The car's kinetic store decreases while thermal stores increase
Braking transfers energy from the car's kinetic store to thermal stores in the brakes, tyres and surroundings. Energy is conserved even though the car's kinetic energy decreases.
Correct answer: Work done on the gas increases its internal energy and temperature
The force on the pump does work on the enclosed gas. This transfers energy to the gas's internal store and can raise its temperature.
Correct answer: Its rate of radiation absorption equals its rate of radiation emission
At constant temperature, the object's energy store is not changing. Its rate of radiation absorption must therefore equal its rate of emission.
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Coal combustion releases carbon dioxide and other pollutants. Wind generation has no fuel emissions during operation, but turbines and infrastructure can affect habitats, views and land use.
Watch for: Do not substitute numbers before stating the relationship used for Energy. Convert units first and explain what the calculated result means.
Electric-field direction is the direction of force on a positive test charge. Around a positive isolated sphere, field lines point radially outward and become more widely spaced with distance.
Watch for: Do not substitute numbers before stating the relationship used for Electricity. Convert units first and explain what the calculated result means.
At the melting point, supplied energy changes the particles' potential energy and arrangement rather than raising temperature. The temperature remains constant until the change of state is complete.
Watch for: Do not substitute numbers before stating the relationship used for Particle model of matter. Convert units first and explain what the calculated result means.
Irradiation is exposure to radiation from an external source and stops when the source is removed. Contamination means radioactive atoms are present on or inside the object and continue emitting until removed or decayed.
Watch for: Do not substitute numbers before stating the relationship used for Atomic structure. Convert units first and explain what the calculated result means.
The swimmer exerts a backward force on the water, and the water exerts an equal forward force on the swimmer. The pair acts on different objects and is the same interaction.
Watch for: Do not substitute numbers before stating the relationship used for Forces. Convert units first and explain what the calculated result means.
In a transverse wave, oscillations are perpendicular to the direction of energy transfer. In a longitudinal wave, oscillations are parallel and form compressions and rarefactions.
Watch for: Do not substitute numbers before stating the relationship used for Waves. Convert units first and explain what the calculated result means.
Reversing either the current or the magnetic field reverses the forces on the coil sides, so the turning direction reverses. Reversing both would leave the rotation direction unchanged.
Watch for: Do not substitute numbers before stating the relationship used for Magnetism and electromagnetism. Convert units first and explain what the calculated result means.
Observations indicated that the universe's expansion is accelerating rather than slowing under gravity alone. Dark energy is the name given to the proposed cause, although its nature remains uncertain.
Watch for: Do not substitute numbers before stating the relationship used for Space physics. Convert units first and explain what the calculated result means.
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AQA · GCSE · Physics · 8463
Version 1.1, 30 September 2019; current specification checked 27 August 2026
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