Balanced and unbalanced forces past paper questions

O Level Physics 5054 · Forces. 1 Identify and use different types of force, including weight (gravitational force), friction, drag, air resistance, tension (elastic force), electrostatic force, magnetic force, thrust (driving force) and contact force 2 Identify forces acting on an object and draw free-body diagram(s) representing the forces 3 State Newton’s first law as ‘an object either remains at rest or continues to move in a straight line at constant speed unless acted on by a resultant force’ 4 State that a force may change the velocity of an object by changing its direction of motion or its speed 5 Determine the resultant of two or more forces acting along the same straight line 6 Recall and use the equation resultant force = mass × acceleration F = ma 7 State Newton’s third law as ‘when object A exerts a force on object B, then object B exerts an equal and opposite force on object A’ 8 Know that Newton’s third

In Cambridge O Level Physics 5054, Balanced and unbalanced forces came up in 36 of the 72 papers on Paperstreak, for about 3 marks a paper when it does. It last came up in October/November 2025.

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58 questions, newest first

5054/11/O/N/25 Question 9 · 1 mark
5054/12/O/N/25 Question 2 · 1 mark
5054/12/O/N/25 Question 8 · 1 mark
5054/12/O/N/25 Question 9 · 1 mark
5054/12/O/N/25 Question 10 · 1 mark
5054/21/O/N/25 Question 9 part (a) · 2 marks
5054/22/O/N/25 Question 3 part (c) · 2 marks
5054/21/M/J/25 Question 1 parts (c(i)) (d) · 4 marks
5054/11/O/N/24 Question 3 · 1 mark
5054/11/O/N/24 Question 9 · 1 mark
5054/12/O/N/24 Question 8 · 1 mark
5054/22/O/N/24 Question 1 parts (b(i)) (b(ii)) · 4 marks
5054/22/O/N/24 Question 4 part (a(ii)) · 2 marks
5054/11/M/J/24 Question 5 · 1 mark
5054/12/M/J/24 Question 2 · 1 mark
5054/12/M/J/24 Question 7 · 1 mark
5054/12/M/J/24 Question 8 · 1 mark
5054/11/O/N/23 Question 3 · 1 mark
5054/12/O/N/23 Question 5 · 1 mark
5054/21/O/N/23 Question 1 part (c) · 2 marks
5054/41/O/N/23 Question 3 parts (b(iii)) (e(i)) (e(ii)) (f) · 6 marks
5054/11/M/J/23 Question 3 · 1 mark
5054/11/M/J/23 Question 7 · 1 mark
5054/12/M/J/23 Question 3 · 1 mark
5054/12/M/J/23 Question 8 · 1 mark
5054/21/M/J/23 Question 1 part (b) · 3 marks
5054/21/M/J/23 Question 4 part (a(ii)) · 1 mark
5054/41/M/J/23 Question 3 parts (c) (d) · 6 marks
5054/41/M/J/23 Question 4 · 6 marks
5054/11/O/N/22 Question 1 · 1 mark
5054/12/O/N/22 Question 1 · 1 mark
5054/12/O/N/22 Question 6 · 1 mark
5054/21/O/N/22 Question 7 part (c(ii)) · 2 marks
5054/22/O/N/22 Question 1 part (b(ii)) · 2 marks
5054/12/M/J/22 Question 1 · 1 mark
5054/12/M/J/22 Question 4 · 1 mark
5054/22/M/J/22 Question 1 parts (c(i)) (c(ii)) · 5 marks
5054/11/O/N/21 Question 2 · 1 mark
5054/12/O/N/21 Question 4 · 1 mark
5054/21/O/N/21 Question 2 parts (b(i)) (b(ii)) · 3 marks
5054/22/O/N/21 Question 2 part (b(i)) · 3 marks
5054/12/M/J/21 Question 3 · 1 mark
5054/21/M/J/21 Question 1 parts (a) (b(ii)) · 5 marks
5054/21/M/J/21 Question 8 parts (a(i)) (a(ii)) · 5 marks
5054/11/O/N/20 Question 1 · 1 mark
5054/11/O/N/20 Question 3 · 1 mark
5054/11/O/N/20 Question 11 · 1 mark
5054/12/O/N/20 Question 1 · 1 mark
5054/12/O/N/20 Question 5 · 1 mark
5054/12/O/N/20 Question 10 · 1 mark
5054/22/O/N/20 Question 7 part (c(ii)) · 4 marks
5054/11/M/J/20 Question 1 · 1 mark
5054/11/M/J/20 Question 4 · 1 mark
5054/11/M/J/20 Question 5 · 1 mark
5054/12/M/J/20 Question 2 · 1 mark
5054/12/M/J/20 Question 6 · 1 mark
5054/12/M/J/20 Question 7 · 1 mark
5054/21/M/J/20 Question 3 part (c) · 3 marks

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