The National 5 Physics relationships sheet

The question paper comes with a relationships sheet (every relationship you need) and a data sheet (speeds of light and sound, gravitational field strengths, properties of materials and radiation weighting factors).

Question paper	2 hours, 110 marks
Section 1	20 marks of multiple choice
Section 2	90 marks of written answers
Exam day 2027	Tuesday 4 May, 13:00 to 15:00

What the sheets do not tell you

Which relationship fits the question, and what each symbol stands for in that setting.
The conditions a relationship needs: the temperature in kelvin for the gas laws, the temperature change, not the final temperature, for specific heat capacity.
Units and prefixes, and how many significant figures to give.

Try 2 questions

Question 1Section 1 style

A crate of weight

1200\ \text{N}

rests on the floor. Its base is a rectangle

0.40\ \text{m}

0.60\ \text{m}

. What pressure does the crate exert on the floor?

Question 2Section 1 style

Table of one person's annual equivalent dose by source: radon gas 1.20 mSv, cosmic radiation 0.30 mSv, rocks and buildings 0.25 mSv, food and drink 0.25 mSv, medical 0.45 mSv, fallout and the nuclear industry 0.05 mSv.
Source	Annual equivalent dose (mSv)
Radon gas	1.20
Cosmic radiation	0.30
Rocks and buildings	0.25
Food and drink	0.25
Medical	0.45
Fallout and the nuclear industry	0.05

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Questions people ask

Is the value of g given?

Yes. The data sheet gives the gravitational field strength on Earth as 9.8 N kg^-1, and on the Moon, the Sun and the other planets.