Physics 0625 · for examination in 2026, 2027 and 2028
Cambridge IGCSE Physics practice papers
One practice paper for each of the six topics of Cambridge IGCSE Physics 0625, written in the format the board actually sets: four-option multiple choice, structured questions with lettered parts, and a practical-skills question — with the Core and Supplement split drawn where the syllabus draws it.
Written by GioPhysics from the published syllabus. These are practice papers in the style of Cambridge IGCSE Physics 0625; they are not Cambridge papers, contain no past-paper questions, and the official syllabus and specimen materials remain the authority. Cambridge IGCSE Physics 0625 syllabus
- Papers
- 6
- Questions
- 60
- Marks
- 233
- Figures
- 30
How IGCSE examines
Every candidate sits two theory papers and one practical-skills paper. Core takes Papers 1 and 3 and is capped at grade C; Extended takes Papers 2 and 4 and reaches A*. Both then take either Paper 5 (practical test) or Paper 6 (alternative to practical), which carries 20% either way. Theory papers give you no formula sheet.
Pitched at the board's own level, not above it. Multiple choice is mostly one step, with a couple of two-step items and one that rewards the candidate who does not take the obvious route. Structured questions open on a 1-mark recall and close on an explanation or a suggestion worth two marks — the marks real candidates most often drop.
The papers
The largest topic on the syllabus and the one that carries the most marks in the real papers. Measurement, motion graphs, Newton's laws, moments, momentum, energy and pressure.
- Multiple choice
- Structured
- Practical skills
10 questions · 41 marks · 50 minutes
→2Thermal physicsThe kinetic particle model and what it explains: gas pressure, thermal expansion, specific heat capacity, change of state, and the three ways energy moves.
- Multiple choice
- Structured
- Practical skills
10 questions · 38 marks · 45 minutes
→3WavesGeneral wave properties, reflection and refraction, thin lenses, dispersion, the electromagnetic spectrum, and sound.
- Multiple choice
- Structured
- Practical skills
10 questions · 38 marks · 45 minutes
→4Electricity and magnetismMagnetism, charge and current, circuit calculations, electrical safety in the home, the motor effect, induction and transformers.
- Multiple choice
- Structured
- Practical skills
10 questions · 41 marks · 50 minutes
→5Nuclear physicsThe nuclear model of the atom, nuclide notation and isotopes, the three radiations and what stops them, decay equations, half-life and safety.
- Multiple choice
- Structured
- Practical skills
10 questions · 36 marks · 40 minutes
→6Space physicsThe Earth and the Solar System, orbits and gravitational field strength, the life cycle of stars, and the evidence for an expanding Universe.
- Multiple choice
- Structured
- Data analysis
10 questions · 39 marks · 40 minutes
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