Edexcel IAL · Physics · WPH14 · Nuclear and Particle Physics
Topic Questions: 117 understand why high energies are required to investigate the structure of nucleons — WPH14 Nuclear and Particle Physics
15 WPH14 Nuclear and Particle Physics topic questions are tagged to this syllabus point across 14 papers (2020–2026). Only the parts whose knowledge graph matches this syllabus statement are counted, and the table shows which parts of each question are involved.
Core finding
This Nuclear and Particle Physics syllabus point appears in 14 WPH14 papers across 2020–2026, contributing 15 topic questions and 27 marks. The most recent appearance is WPH14/01 January 2026. That equals 5.4% of the 278 topic questions and 4.1% of the 656 marks tagged to Nuclear and Particle Physics. Only parts tagged to this subtopic are counted, so a four-part question can contribute one item and one part's marks. The table lists every matching question, its tagged parts and marks, with a link back to the paper page. Sessions are newest first, so the statement can be traced back through the full paper history.
Topic questions by session
Newest sessions first. Parts and marks count only the parts tagged to this subtopic; “x of y parts” shows how much of the question is tagged elsewhere. Select the paper cell to open the matching question on the paper page, or use Go to Practice Hub to answer that exact question in the Interactive Practice Hub.
| Paper | Question | Type | Parts | Marks | Difficulty | Practice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WPH14/01January 2026 · Edexcel IAL | Q3 High Energy Electrons for Nucleon Structure - Edexcel IAL Physics Unit 4 Jan 2026 Q3 |
MCQ | MCQ · 1 part | 1 | Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WPH14/02January 2026 · Edexcel IAL | Q10 Nucleon Investigation Using Electrons - Edexcel IAL Physics Jan 2026 Q10 |
MCQ | MCQ · 1 part | 1 | Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WPH14/01October 2025 · Edexcel IAL | Q15 Properties and Discovery of Tetraquarks - Edexcel IAL Physics Oct 2025 Q15 |
FRQ | 1 of 4 parts ((d)) | 2 of 7 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WPH14/02October 2025 · Edexcel IAL | Q7 Proton-Proton Collision Interaction - Edexcel IAL Physics Oct 2025 Q7 |
MCQ | MCQ · 1 part | 1 | Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WPH14/01June 2025 · Edexcel IAL | Q8 Nucleon Investigation Energies - Edexcel IAL Physics June 2025 Q8 |
MCQ | MCQ · 1 part | 1 | Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WPH14/01June 2024 · Edexcel IAL | Q14 Standard Quark-Lepton Model and Leptoquarks - Edexcel IAL Physics Unit 4 June 2024 Q14 |
FRQ | 1 of 4 parts ((b)(iii)) | 1 of 11 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WPH14/01June 2024 · Edexcel IAL | Q16 Large Hadron Electron Collider and Linacs - Edexcel IAL Physics Unit 4 June 2024 Q16 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((c)) | 3 of 12 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WPH14/01January 2024 · Edexcel IAL | Q4 Probing Nucleons with High Energy Electrons - Edexcel IAL Physics Jan 2024 Q4 |
MCQ | MCQ · 1 part | 1 | Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WPH14/01June 2023 · Edexcel IAL | Q5 Investigating Nucleon Structure - Edexcel IAL Physics June 2023 Q5 |
MCQ | MCQ · 1 part | 1 | Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WPH14/01January 2023 · Edexcel IAL | Q18 Quark Generation, Colliders and Relativistic Velocities - Edexcel IAL Physics Jan 2023 Q18 |
FRQ | 1 of 6 parts ((b)(i)) | 4 of 16 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WPH14/01October 2022 · Edexcel IAL | Q13 High-Energy Collisions and Z Bosons - Edexcel IAL Physics Oct 2022 Q13 |
FRQ | 1 of 3 parts ((b)) | 3 of 9 on the paper |
Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WPH14/01June 2022 · Edexcel IAL | Q13 Linac Design and Particle Collisions - Edexcel IAL Physics June 2022 Q13 |
FRQ | 1 of 2 parts ((b)) | 3 of 9 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WPH14/01October 2021 · Edexcel IAL | Q8 Probing Nuclei with Electrons - Edexcel IAL Physics Oct 2021 Q8 |
MCQ | MCQ · 1 part | 1 | Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
| WPH14/01June 2021 · Edexcel IAL | Q10 Investigating Nucleon Structure - June 2021 Q10 |
MCQ | MCQ · 1 part | 1 | Easy | Go to Practice Hub |
| WPH14/01January 2020 · Edexcel IAL | Q19 Cyclotron Kinematics and High Energy Protons - Edexcel IAL Physics Jan 2020 Q19 |
FRQ | 1 of 4 parts ((c)) | 3 of 15 on the paper |
Medium | Go to Practice Hub |
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Topic question rules and edge cases
- How many topic questions cover this syllabus point?
- 15 question stems cover this subtopic across 14 papers, but only 15 tagged parts and 27 marks belong to it. Other parts of the same questions are assessed under different statements and are excluded from this page.
- Which papers include this subtopic?
- The table lists every matching session from 2020–2026. Each row links to the question anchor on the paper page, where the full paper context and practice entry point are available.
- Why can one question appear under several subtopics?
- The parts of one question can assess different syllabus statements. Each part is counted under its own subtopics, so the same question stem can appear on several subtopic pages while each page lists only the parts and marks tagged to that statement.
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