Leaving Cert Physics 2025

The 2025 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 2025 Higher Level paper?
  • Q1 equilibrium, moments, co-planar forces · 40 marks
  • Q2 conservation of momentum, velocity, experimental physics · 40 marks
  • Q3 speed of sound, resonance, waves · 40 marks
  • Q4 snell's law, refraction, optics · 40 marks
  • Q5 ohm's law, resistance, current-voltage · 40 marks
  • Q6 mechanics, optics, electrostatics, nuclear physics · 56 marks
  • Q7 gravitation, circular motion · 56 marks
  • Q8 diffraction, interference, waves · 56 marks
  • Q9 photoelectric effect, photon, quantum physics · 56 marks
  • Q10 heat, calorimetry, temperature · 56 marks
  • Q11 resistance, circuits, potential divider · 56 marks
  • Q12 nuclear physics, mass-energy equivalence, particle physics · 56 marks
  • Q13 electromagnetism, electromagnetic induction, transformers · 56 marks
  • Q14 simple harmonic motion, optics, radioactivity, electric fields · 56 marks

Ordinary Level

Exam PaperMarking Scheme
What's in the 2025 Ordinary Level paper?
  • Q1 mechanics, momentum, experiment · 40 marks
  • Q2 heat, boyle's law, experiment · 40 marks
  • Q3 light, refraction, experiment · 40 marks
  • Q4 heat, latent heat, experiment · 40 marks
  • Q5 electricity, resistivity, experiment · 40 marks
  • Q6 short questions, mixed topics · 56 marks
  • Q7 mechanics, force, vectors · 56 marks
  • Q8 sound, waves, diffraction, interference · 56 marks
  • Q9 light, mirrors, lenses, fibre optics · 56 marks
  • Q10 magnetism, electromagnetic induction, transformers · 56 marks
  • Q11 heat, temperature, renewable energy · 56 marks
  • Q12 nuclear physics, radioactivity, fission, fusion · 56 marks
  • Q13 domestic electricity, circuits, comprehension · 56 marks
  • Q14 energy, doppler effect, electrostatics, x-rays · 56 marks

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