Leaving Cert Physics: Heat & Temperature questions

Thermal physics: temperature and thermometry, heat energy, specific/latent heat, gas laws, and heat transfer, syllabus sections 2 (Temperature) and 3 (Heat).

53 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.

Heat & Temperature question pack

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2025 · 1 question

2024 · 1 question

2023 · 2 questions

Q440 marks

experiment

Q956 marks

nuclear physics, radioactive decay

2022 · 3 questions

Q240 marks

experiment

Q540 marks

joule's law, experiment

Q1156 marks

waves, radiocarbon dating

2021 · 2 questions

Q440 marks

resistance, resistivity

Show 6 earlier years (2015 to 2020)

2020 · 3 questions

Q556 marks

mechanics, optics, nuclear physics

Q756 marks

electrostatics, capacitance

Q1256 marks

gravitation, doppler effect, electric current

2019 · 2 questions

Q556 marks

density, radioactivity, particle physics

2018 · 3 questions

Q440 marks

joule's law, resistance, graphical analysis

Q556 marks

moments, doppler effect, particle physics

Q856 marks

nuclear fission, nuclear fusion

2017 · 2 questions

Q556 marks

momentum, electric field

2016 · 1 question

Q756 marks

conservation of energy

2015 · 4 questions

Q140 marks

graphical analysis

Q440 marks

resistance, filament bulb, graphical analysis

Q1256 marks

newton's laws, lenses, radioactivity

Heat & Temperature 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 · 3 questions

Q240 marks

experiment

Q440 marks

experiment

Q1156 marks

renewable energy

2024 · 3 questions

Q340 marks

experiment

Q540 marks

electricity, resistance, experiment

2023 · 2 questions

2022 · 2 questions

Q440 marks

experimental methods

2021 · 3 questions

Show 6 earlier years (2015 to 2020)

2020 · 3 questions

Q440 marks

electricity, resistance, experiment

Q556 marks

short questions, mechanics, electricity

Q1256 marks

motion, electricity, radioactivity

2019 · 2 questions

2018 · 4 questions

Q140 marks

mechanics, experiment

Q240 marks

experiment

Q1256 marks

mechanics, electromagnetic spectrum, electromagnetic induction

2017 · 3 questions

Q240 marks

experiment

Q440 marks

electricity, resistance, experiment

Q1256 marks

mechanics, pressure, electrostatics

2016 · 2 questions

Q556 marks

short questions, mechanics, electricity

2015 · 2 questions

Q240 marks

experiment

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