A Level Physics 9702, topic 14.3
Specific heat capacity and specific latent heat: past paper questions
10 Cambridge A Level Physics 9702 questions on Specific heat capacity and specific latent heat (14.3) from 10 papers, 2023 to 2026. Open the paper or try a question free.
Practising builds a set from this topic, free with an account. One question opens straight away, with no account.
- Questions
- 10
- Papers
- 10
- Years
- 2023 to 2026
- Total marks
- 104
- Average per question
- 10.4 marks
- Largest question
- 14 marks
By type: Structured 10
What the syllabus asks
- define and use specific heat capacity
- define and use specific latent heat and distinguish between specific latent heat of fusion and specific latent heat of vaporisation
How hard the questions are
- Recall0
- Apply2
- Analyse8
- Not banded0
Derived from the command word Cambridge prints in each question, banded by a fixed table beside the syllabus's own definitions. A question printing no command word is unbanded: unknown, not middling.
Command words
- defineRecall9 questions
give precise meaning
- determineApply7 questions
establish an answer using the information available
- explainAnalyse7 questions
set out purposes or reasons/make the relationships between things evident/provide why and/or how and support with relevant evidence
- show thatApply5 questions
- calculateApply4 questions
work out from given facts, figures or information
- stateRecall3 questions
express in clear terms
- suggestAnalyse2 questions
apply knowledge and understanding to situations where there are a range of valid responses in order to make proposals
- useApply2 questions
Where the questions come from
By year
- 20261
- 20254
- 20243
- 20232
By session
- May/June4
- Oct/Nov6
By paper
- Paper 410
Questions on this topic
Showing 3 of 10, spread across the years. Open one to write your answer and have it marked.
- Try this questionQuestion 3May/June 2026, paper 42Structured14 marks
Define specific heat capacity.
- Try this questionQuestion 2Oct/Nov 2025, paper 43Structured8 marks
State two ways in which the first law of thermodynamics describes that the internal energy of a system may be changed.
- Try this questionQuestion 3May/June 2025, paper 41Structured9 marks
Define specific latent heat.