Leaving Cert Physics: The Electron, Photoelectric Effect & X-rays questions

"Modern Physics: The Electron", the electron as fundamental particle and the phenomena of electron/photon emission, syllabus section 8, first half.

22 past Physics questions on this topic, spanning 2015 to 2025, grouped by year. Every question opens on the exact page of the official paper, with its marking scheme beside it.

The Electron, Photoelectric Effect & X-rays question pack

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2025 · 1 question

2024 · 1 question

Q1056 marks

nuclear physics, radioactivity

2023 · 1 question

Q1056 marks

electricity, electric fields

2022 · 1 question

Q1456 marks

mechanics, doppler effect, electromagnetic induction

2021 · 2 questions

Q1256 marks

electrostatics, capacitance

Q1456 marks

simple harmonic motion, doppler effect, refraction

Show 6 earlier years (2015 to 2020)

2020 · 1 question

Q1156 marks

atomic structure, diffraction, bohr model

2019 · 1 question

Q856 marks

emission spectra

2018 · 1 question

Q1256 marks

simple harmonic motion, radioactivity, capacitance

2017 · 1 question

2016 · 1 question

Q1156 marks

laws of refraction, wavelength, emission spectra

2015 · 1 question

The Electron, Photoelectric Effect & X-rays question pack

Every past question on this topic, taken from the official exam papers and set out for printing. Free, no sign-up.

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2025 · 1 question

Q1456 marks

energy, doppler effect, electrostatics

2024 · 1 question

Q1356 marks

passage question, gravity, density

2023 · 1 question

Q1256 marks

atomic structure

2022 · 1 question

Q1256 marks

modern physics

2021 · 1 question

Q1356 marks

electric charge, electric field

Show 5 earlier years (2015 to 2020)

2020 · 1 question

2019 · 1 question

Q1056 marks

electromagnetic radiation

2018 · 1 question

Q1056 marks

modern physics, electromagnetic radiation

2016 · 1 question

2015 · 1 question

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