GCSE Physics (9-1)
Welcome. This is a complete, interactive GCSE Physics book for England, covering both Foundation and Higher tier. Everything here is free to read online, and there is nothing to install.
How to use this book
Each section has three pages:
| Page | What it is for |
|---|---|
| Learn | The teaching: ideas, worked examples, and something to try |
| Practise with help | Questions with hints you reveal only if you need them |
| Practise | Independent questions, with answers at the end |
Each chapter opens with a problem you will be able to solve by the end, and ends with a Review that mixes the chapter's ideas together.
Higher only. Some sections are for Higher tier only. They are marked in the chapter list. If you are taking Foundation, you can skip them.
The equations booklet
A booklet button sits at the bottom right of every page. It opens a searchable booklet of the equations and data you are given in the exam. Choose your exam board and tier, and it shows only what that board provides.
Checked questions
The questions and the answers in every Practise set are printed from the same source, so they cannot disagree. A computer checks the arithmetic and the units of each calculation when the book is built. It cannot check the physics, so read the reasoning in Learn as well.
Chapters
- Energy
- Forces and their interactions
- Forces and motion Higher only sections
- Waves in matter Higher only sections
- Light and electromagnetic waves
- Electricity
- Magnetism and electromagnetism Higher only sections
- Particle model of matter
- Atomic structure
- Space physics
Learn more
- Glossary — the key words, by topic
- Energy · Forces and motion · Waves · Electricity · Space physics