Year 9 is the awkward bridge year: still Key Stage 3 in school life, but already starting GCSE habits. This page gives free Year 9 Physics practice from GradeNinja's own bank - 58 auto-marked questions across 2 Year 9 topic sets.
The aim is not to cram GCSE papers early. It is to make the first GCSE topics feel normal: short retrieval practice, clear corrections, and enough repetition that classwork sticks before Year 10 gets busy.
Use these as ten-minute checks after a lesson or before homework. If you miss one, read the explanation, then come back tomorrow and answer it cold.
Year 9 questions are pulled from late Key Stage 3 and foundation GCSE bridge material. They should feel harder than Year 8, but they are not meant to be full Year 11 exam questions.
Answer first, then reveal. The useful bit is the retrieval attempt, not reading the answer. If a topic keeps going wrong, paste the homework or Google Classroom text into GradeNinja's Classroom import tool and turn it into a focused pack.
Real questions from GradeNinja's own bank, with the answer and the explanation the app gives. Tap to reveal.
V = IR
Ohm's Law: V = IR, where V = voltage (volts), I = current (amperes), R = resistance (ohms).
15 m/s
Speed = distance / time = 150 / 10 = 15 m/s.
Chemical
Chemical, kinetic, gravitational potential, thermal, and elastic are all energy stores. Heating, radiation, and electricity are ways energy is transferred, not stored.
Sound waves
Sound waves are mechanical waves that need a medium (solid, liquid or gas) to travel through. They cannot travel through a vacuum, unlike electromagnetic waves.
Ampere (A)
Current is measured in amperes (A), often called 'amps'. It measures the rate of flow of electric charge.
5 m/s²
F = ma, so a = F/m = 30/6 = 5 m/s². Newton's second law relates the resultant (net) force to mass and acceleration. If the resultant force is zero (balanced forces), acceleration is zero and the object moves at constant velocity or stays at rest — Newton's first law.
ampere
The SI unit of electric current is the ampere, often abbreviated as 'A'. Understanding this unit is fundamental in studying electricity and circuits, as it measures the flow of electric charge.
A rectangle with a straight line through the middle
The standard circuit symbol for a fuse is a rectangle with a straight line running through its centre, representing the thin wire that melts if current gets too high.
The circuit is broken and all lamps go off
A series circuit has only one loop. Removing one component breaks the loop, so current stops everywhere.
0.5 A
Using Ohm's law: V = IR, so I = V/R = 6/12 = 0.5 A. The triangle trick: cover what you want — cover I to see V/R. If voltage doubles and resistance stays constant, current doubles. If resistance doubles and voltage stays constant, current halves.
6 m/s
Speed = distance divided by time. 120 ÷ 20 = 6 m/s.
The Milky Way
The Milky Way is the galaxy that contains our Solar System, characterized by its spiral shape and vast number of stars. It is important to remember that our Solar System is located within this galaxy, which is one of billions in the universe.
60 Pa
Pressure = force / area = 30 / 0.5 = 60 Pa.
They are equal
The law of reflection: angle of incidence = angle of reflection. Both angles are measured from the normal (a line perpendicular to the mirror surface). The incident ray, reflected ray, and normal all lie in the same plane. This law applies to all smooth, reflective surfaces.
300 m/s
v = f × λ = 200 × 1.5 = 300 m/s. v = wave speed (m/s), f = frequency (Hz), λ = wavelength (m). This applies to all waves. All electromagnetic waves travel at 3 × 10⁸ m/s in a vacuum (the speed of light).
Electrons are transferred between two insulating materials by friction
Rubbing two insulating materials together transfers electrons from one to the other, leaving one positively charged and the other negatively charged.
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Start revising free →They are bridge questions: harder than early Key Stage 3, but not pitched as full Year 11 GCSE exam papers. The point is to prepare the habits and core knowledge early.
Yes. Use Classroom import in the app: paste the Google Classroom post, homework email or assignment brief and it turns the topics into practice questions and flashcards.
Short and often. Ten minutes after a lesson or a few times a week is more useful than one long session before a test.
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