Leaving Cert Physics 2024

The 2024 Leaving Cert Physics exam paper and official marking scheme, free below as direct PDF links from the State Examinations Commission archive.

Higher Level

Exam PaperMarking Scheme
What's in the 2024 Higher Level paper?
  • Q1 newton's second law, force and acceleration, graphing · 40 marks
  • Q2 optics, converging lens, focal length · 40 marks
  • Q3 calorimetry, latent heat, heat transfer · 40 marks
  • Q4 resonance, waves, frequency and tension · 40 marks
  • Q5 ohm's law, resistivity, electrical circuits · 40 marks
  • Q6 mechanics, waves, electricity, modern physics · 56 marks
  • Q7 circular motion, projectile motion · 56 marks
  • Q8 electromagnetism, sound, loudspeaker · 56 marks
  • Q9 semiconductors, electrical power, transformers · 56 marks
  • Q10 nuclear physics, radioactivity, x-rays · 56 marks
  • Q11 capacitance, electric fields, rc circuits · 56 marks
  • Q12 particle physics, electromagnetism, induction · 56 marks
  • Q13 light, refraction, spectroscopy · 56 marks
  • Q14 energy conservation, radioactive decay, diffraction · 56 marks

Ordinary Level

Exam PaperMarking Scheme
What's in the 2024 Ordinary Level paper?
  • Q1 mechanics, equilibrium, moments, experiment · 40 marks
  • Q2 light, lenses, focal length, experiment · 40 marks
  • Q3 heat, specific heat capacity, calorimetry, experiment · 40 marks
  • Q4 waves, stretched string, resonance, experiment · 40 marks
  • Q5 electricity, resistance, temperature, experiment · 40 marks
  • Q6 short questions, mechanics, waves, electricity · 56 marks
  • Q7 mechanics, force, work, momentum · 56 marks
  • Q8 light, reflection, mirrors, magnification · 56 marks
  • Q9 heat, latent heat, change of state, thermometers · 56 marks
  • Q10 sound, resonance, stationary waves, harmonics · 56 marks
  • Q11 electricity, ohm's law, domestic safety, resistance · 56 marks
  • Q12 nuclear physics, fission, fusion, radioactivity · 56 marks
  • Q13 passage question, gravity, x-rays, density · 56 marks
  • Q14 newton's laws, semiconductors, diffraction, static electricity · 56 marks

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