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The topics where you're leaving the most marks on the table, ranked from your own answers.
% Of exams is the share of exam series a topic came up in. 100% means it came up at least once in every series, not on every paper.
| Topic | June 2018 | June 2019 | November 2020 | November 2021 | June 2022 | June 2023 | June 2024 | June 2025 | Share of exam series |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 Energy | |||||||||
| 1.1 Energy changes in a system, and the ways energy is stored before and after such changes | 1.1 Energy changes in a system, and the ways energy is stored before and after such changes: comes up in 8 of 8 Foundation exam series, on 11 of 16 Foundation papers · 9.3% of all Foundation marks (148 of 1,600) | ||||||||
| 1.2 Conservation and dissipation of energy | 1.2 Conservation and dissipation of energy: comes up in 8 of 8 Foundation exam series, on 9 of 16 Foundation papers · 5.6% of all Foundation marks (90 of 1,600) | ||||||||
| 1.3 National and global energy resources | 1.3 National and global energy resources: comes up in 8 of 8 Foundation exam series, on 8 of 16 Foundation papers · 5.1% of all Foundation marks (81 of 1,600) | ||||||||
2 Electricity | |||||||||
| 2.1 Current, potential difference and resistance | 2.1 Current, potential difference and resistance: comes up in 8 of 8 Foundation exam series, on 9 of 16 Foundation papers · 7.1% of all Foundation marks (113 of 1,600) | ||||||||
| 2.2 Series and parallel circuits | 2.2 Series and parallel circuits, June 2025 Foundation: none | 2.2 Series and parallel circuits: comes up in 7 of 8 Foundation exam series, on 7 of 16 Foundation papers · 1.9% of all Foundation marks (31 of 1,600) | |||||||
| 2.3 Domestic uses and safety | 2.3 Domestic uses and safety, June 2018 Foundation: none | 2.3 Domestic uses and safety, June 2019 Foundation: none | 2.3 Domestic uses and safety, June 2022 Foundation: none | 2.3 Domestic uses and safety: comes up in 5 of 8 Foundation exam series, on 5 of 16 Foundation papers · 0.8% of all Foundation marks (13 of 1,600) | |||||
| 2.4 Energy transfers | 2.4 Energy transfers: comes up in 8 of 8 Foundation exam series, on 8 of 16 Foundation papers · 4.9% of all Foundation marks (78 of 1,600) | ||||||||
| 2.5 Static electricity | 2.5 Static electricity, November 2020 Foundation: none | 2.5 Static electricity, November 2021 Foundation: none | 2.5 Static electricity, June 2025 Foundation: none | 2.5 Static electricity: comes up in 5 of 8 Foundation exam series, on 5 of 16 Foundation papers · 1.6% of all Foundation marks (26 of 1,600) | |||||
3 Particle model of matter | |||||||||
| 3.1 Changes of state and the particle model | 3.1 Changes of state and the particle model: comes up in 8 of 8 Foundation exam series, on 8 of 8 Foundation papers that cover it · 4.1% of all Foundation marks (65 of 1,600) | ||||||||
| 3.2 Internal energy and energy transfers | 3.2 Internal energy and energy transfers: comes up in 8 of 8 Foundation exam series, on 8 of 8 Foundation papers that cover it · 2.3% of all Foundation marks (37 of 1,600) | ||||||||
| 3.3 Particle model and pressure | 3.3 Particle model and pressure, June 2018 Foundation: none | 3.3 Particle model and pressure, June 2019 Foundation: none | 3.3 Particle model and pressure, June 2022 Foundation: none | 3.3 Particle model and pressure: comes up in 5 of 8 Foundation exam series, on 5 of 8 Foundation papers that cover it · 2.2% of all Foundation marks (35 of 1,600) | |||||
4 Atomic structure | |||||||||
| 4.1 Atoms and isotopes | 4.1 Atoms and isotopes, November 2020 Foundation: none | 4.1 Atoms and isotopes, June 2022 Foundation: none | 4.1 Atoms and isotopes, June 2024 Foundation: none | 4.1 Atoms and isotopes: comes up in 5 of 8 Foundation exam series, on 5 of 16 Foundation papers · 1.4% of all Foundation marks (23 of 1,600) | |||||
| 4.2 Atoms and nuclear radiation | 4.2 Atoms and nuclear radiation: comes up in 8 of 8 Foundation exam series, on 8 of 16 Foundation papers · 2.9% of all Foundation marks (46 of 1,600) | ||||||||
| 4.3 Hazards and uses of radioactive emissions and of background radiation | 4.3 Hazards and uses of radioactive emissions and of background radiation, June 2019 Foundation: none | 4.3 Hazards and uses of radioactive emissions and of background radiation, June 2025 Foundation: none | 4.3 Hazards and uses of radioactive emissions and of background radiation: comes up in 6 of 8 Foundation exam series, on 6 of 16 Foundation papers · 0.9% of all Foundation marks (14 of 1,600) | ||||||
| 4.4 Nuclear fission and fusion | 4.4 Nuclear fission and fusion, June 2019 Foundation: none | 4.4 Nuclear fission and fusion, June 2022 Foundation: none | 4.4 Nuclear fission and fusion, June 2025 Foundation: none | 4.4 Nuclear fission and fusion: comes up in 5 of 8 Foundation exam series, on 5 of 16 Foundation papers · 0.8% of all Foundation marks (13 of 1,600) | |||||
5 Forces | |||||||||
| 5.1 Forces and their interactions | 5.1 Forces and their interactions: comes up in 8 of 8 Foundation exam series, on 8 of 16 Foundation papers · 2.3% of all Foundation marks (37 of 1,600) | ||||||||
| 5.2 Work done and energy transfer | 5.2 Work done and energy transfer, June 2023 Foundation: none | 5.2 Work done and energy transfer: comes up in 7 of 8 Foundation exam series, on 7 of 16 Foundation papers · 2.0% of all Foundation marks (32 of 1,600) | |||||||
| 5.3 Forces and elasticity | 5.3 Forces and elasticity: comes up in 8 of 8 Foundation exam series, on 9 of 16 Foundation papers · 4.0% of all Foundation marks (64 of 1,600) | ||||||||
| 5.4 Moments, levers and gears | 5.4 Moments, levers and gears, November 2020 Foundation: none | 5.4 Moments, levers and gears, June 2022 Foundation: none | 5.4 Moments, levers and gears, June 2023 Foundation: none | 5.4 Moments, levers and gears: comes up in 5 of 8 Foundation exam series, on 5 of 16 Foundation papers · 1.8% of all Foundation marks (29 of 1,600) | |||||
| 5.5 Pressure and pressure differences in fluids | 5.5 Pressure and pressure differences in fluids, June 2019 Foundation: none | 5.5 Pressure and pressure differences in fluids, November 2020 Foundation: none | 5.5 Pressure and pressure differences in fluids, June 2025 Foundation: none | 5.5 Pressure and pressure differences in fluids: comes up in 5 of 8 Foundation exam series, on 5 of 16 Foundation papers · 2.1% of all Foundation marks (34 of 1,600) | |||||
| 5.6 Forces and motion | 5.6 Forces and motion: comes up in 8 of 8 Foundation exam series, on 8 of 16 Foundation papers · 12% of all Foundation marks (186 of 1,600) | ||||||||
6 Waves | |||||||||
| 6.1 Waves in air, fluids and solids | 6.1 Waves in air, fluids and solids: comes up in 8 of 8 Foundation exam series, on 8 of 8 Foundation papers that cover it · 8.2% of all Foundation marks (131 of 1,600) | ||||||||
| 6.2 Electromagnetic waves | 6.2 Electromagnetic waves: comes up in 8 of 8 Foundation exam series, on 8 of 8 Foundation papers that cover it · 7.1% of all Foundation marks (113 of 1,600) | ||||||||
| 6.3 Black body radiation | 6.3 Black body radiation, June 2022 Foundation: none | 6.3 Black body radiation, June 2025 Foundation: none | 6.3 Black body radiation: comes up in 6 of 8 Foundation exam series, on 6 of 8 Foundation papers that cover it · 2.3% of all Foundation marks (37 of 1,600) | ||||||
7 Magnetism and electromagnetism | |||||||||
| 7.1 Permanent and induced magnetism, magnetic forces and fields | 7.1 Permanent and induced magnetism, magnetic forces and fields: comes up in 8 of 8 Foundation exam series, on 8 of 8 Foundation papers that cover it · 1.9% of all Foundation marks (31 of 1,600) | ||||||||
| 7.2 The motor effect | 7.2 The motor effect: comes up in 8 of 8 Foundation exam series, on 8 of 8 Foundation papers that cover it · 2.3% of all Foundation marks (37 of 1,600) | ||||||||
8 Space physics | |||||||||
| 8.1 Solar system; stability of orbital motions; satellites | 8.1 Solar system; stability of orbital motions; satellites, June 2019 Foundation: none | 8.1 Solar system; stability of orbital motions; satellites: comes up in 7 of 8 Foundation exam series, on 7 of 8 Foundation papers that cover it · 3.5% of all Foundation marks (56 of 1,600) | |||||||
| 8.2 Red-shift | 8.2 Red-shift, June 2018 Foundation: none | 8.2 Red-shift, November 2020 Foundation: none | 8.2 Red-shift, November 2021 Foundation: none | 8.2 Red-shift, June 2022 Foundation: none | 8.2 Red-shift, June 2024 Foundation: none | 8.2 Red-shift: comes up in 3 of 8 Foundation exam series, on 3 of 8 Foundation papers that cover it · 0.9% of all Foundation marks (14 of 1,600) | |||