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Cambridge IGCSE Physics question types

All 2,021 original, past-paper-style questions sorted by the skill each one practises, topic by topic: 109 question types in total. Pick a type to open the topic with only those questions shown, each with its full mark scheme.

Ready to combine skills? Concept clusters: 48 original multi-part questions, each built on one setup that needs several subchapters at once.

The skills

Recalling definitions and factsState, define and identify: the facts and laws you need without any working.
Reasoning qualitativelyChoose the right physics idea without a full calculation: directions, which statement is correct, why something happens.
Calculating with one relationshipPick one equation, rearrange it, substitute and give the answer with a unit.
Solving multi-step problemsChain two or more ideas, where the answer to one step feeds the next.
Predicting changes and ratiosWhat happens when one quantity changes: factors, ratios and proportional reasoning.
Writing explanationsExplain, describe and outline in words, linking cause and effect with physics.
Reading and interpreting graphsValues, gradients and areas from a graph, and what its shape tells you.
Drawing graphs and diagramsSketch graphs and draw ray, field, force, circuit and wave diagrams.
Deriving and showing resultsShow that, derive and verify: every step written out.
Processing data and uncertaintiesTables of results, uncertainties, significant figures and best-fit lines.
Planning and evaluating experimentsMethod, variables, sources of error and improvements.

Exam tip: a topic can feel secure while one skill in it is weak. If you can do the calculations but lose marks on explanations or graphs, practise that question type on its own.

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Cambridge IGCSE Physics 0625

2,021 questions. By skill: Recalling definitions and facts 299, Reasoning qualitatively 341, Calculating with one relationship 653, Solving multi-step problems 419, Predicting changes and ratios 44, Writing explanations 202, Reading and interpreting graphs 23, Deriving and showing results 1, Processing data and uncertainties 16, Planning and evaluating experiments 23.

Cambridge IGCSE Physics 0625 · Topic 1

Motion, forces and energy

399 questions · 27 question types · all questions

Recalling definitions and facts · 12 questions

Reasoning qualitatively · 23 questions

Calculating with one relationship · 170 questions

Solving multi-step problems · 153 questions

Predicting changes and ratios · 5 questions

Writing explanations · 5 questions

Reading and interpreting graphs · 8 questions

Processing data and uncertainties · 15 questions

Planning and evaluating experiments · 8 questions

Cambridge IGCSE Physics 0625 · Topic 2

Thermal physics

327 questions · 16 question types · all questions

Recalling definitions and facts · 28 questions

Reasoning qualitatively · 97 questions

Calculating with one relationship · 47 questions

Solving multi-step problems · 64 questions

Predicting changes and ratios · 6 questions

Writing explanations · 79 questions

Reading and interpreting graphs · 3 questions

Planning and evaluating experiments · 3 questions

Cambridge IGCSE Physics 0625 · Topic 3

Waves

381 questions · 20 question types · all questions

Recalling definitions and facts · 68 questions

Reasoning qualitatively · 63 questions

Calculating with one relationship · 193 questions

Solving multi-step problems · 32 questions

Predicting changes and ratios · 8 questions

Writing explanations · 16 questions

Planning and evaluating experiments · 1 question

Cambridge IGCSE Physics 0625 · Topic 4

Electricity and magnetism

446 questions · 22 question types · all questions

Recalling definitions and facts · 30 questions

Reasoning qualitatively · 99 questions

Calculating with one relationship · 130 questions

Solving multi-step problems · 115 questions

Predicting changes and ratios · 19 questions

Writing explanations · 42 questions

Planning and evaluating experiments · 11 questions

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