Edexcel IAL · Physics · WPH14 · Nuclear and Particle Physics

Topic Questions: 121 know that in the standard quark-lepton model particles can be classified as: • baryons (e.g. neutrons and protons), which are made from three quarks • mesons (e.g. pions), which are made from a quark and an antiquark • leptons (e.g. electrons and neutrinos), which are fundamental particles • photons and that the symmetry of the model predicted the top quark — WPH14 Nuclear and Particle Physics

34 WPH14 Nuclear and Particle Physics topic questions are tagged to this syllabus point across 20 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.

34 topic questions 20 papers 63 tagged marks 12.2% of topic questions 9.6% of topic marks 2020–2026 Syllabus 2018–current

Core finding

This Nuclear and Particle Physics syllabus point appears in 20 WPH14 papers across 2020–2026, contributing 34 topic questions and 63 marks. The most recent appearance is WPH14/01 January 2026. That equals 12.2% of the 278 topic questions and 9.6% 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.

PaperQuestionTypePartsMarksDifficultyPractice
WPH14/01January 2026 · Edexcel IAL Q13
Leptons, Mesons and Muon Decay Conservation Laws - Edexcel IAL Physics Unit 4 Jan 2026 Q13
FRQ 1 of 2 parts ((a)) 1
of 5 on the paper
Easy Go to Practice Hub
WPH14/02January 2026 · Edexcel IAL Q14
Lambda Particle Decay and Deflection - Edexcel IAL Physics Jan 2026 Q14
FRQ 1 of 4 parts ((a)) 1
of 10 on the paper
Easy Go to Practice Hub
WPH14/02January 2026 · Edexcel IAL Q20
Subatomic Particles in the Standard Model - Edexcel IAL Physics Jan 2026 Q20
FRQ 1 part 6 Medium Go to Practice Hub
WPH14/01October 2025 · Edexcel IAL Q2
Proton Collision Particle Creation - Edexcel IAL Physics Oct 2025 Q2
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 ((a)) 1
of 7 on the paper
Medium Go to Practice Hub
WPH14/02October 2025 · Edexcel IAL Q13
Linac and Quark Model - Edexcel IAL Physics Oct 2025 Q13
FRQ 1 of 11 parts ((d)(i)) 2
of 21 on the paper
Easy Go to Practice Hub
WPH14/01June 2025 · Edexcel IAL Q14
Omega Minus Particle Reaction - Edexcel IAL Physics June 2025 Q14
FRQ 1 of 4 parts ((a)(i)) 1
of 9 on the paper
Easy Go to Practice Hub
WPH14/01January 2025 · Edexcel IAL Q2
Mesons - Edexcel IAL Physics Jan 2025 Q2
MCQ MCQ · 1 part 1 Easy Go to Practice Hub
WPH14/01October 2024 · Edexcel IAL Q3
Fundamental Particles - Edexcel IAL Physics Oct 2024 Q3
MCQ MCQ · 1 part 1 Easy Go to Practice Hub
WPH14/01October 2024 · Edexcel IAL Q18
Sigma Plus Particle Decay - Edexcel IAL Physics Oct 2024 Q18
FRQ 1 of 5 parts ((b)(i)) 1
of 17 on the paper
Easy Go to Practice Hub
WPH14/01June 2024 · Edexcel IAL Q11
Chadwick's Discovery of the Neutron - Edexcel IAL Physics Unit 4 June 2024 Q11
FRQ 1 of 2 parts ((b)) 2
of 4 on the paper
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 ((a)) 2
of 11 on the paper
Easy Go to Practice Hub
WPH14/01January 2024 · Edexcel IAL Q22
Kaon Structure and Cyclotron Principles - Edexcel IAL Physics Jan 2024 Q22
FRQ 1 of 4 parts ((a)(i)) 2
of 13 on the paper
Easy Go to Practice Hub
WPH14/01October 2023 · Edexcel IAL Q21
Pion Decay and Conservation Laws - Edexcel IAL Physics Oct 2023 Q21
FRQ 1 of 4 parts ((a)) 1
of 10 on the paper
Easy Go to Practice Hub
WPH14/01June 2023 · Edexcel IAL Q6
Fundamental Particles - Edexcel IAL Physics June 2023 Q6
MCQ MCQ · 1 part 1 Easy Go to Practice Hub
WPH14/01June 2023 · Edexcel IAL Q11
Quark Structure of Pentaquarks - Edexcel IAL Physics June 2023 Q11
FRQ 1 part 5 Medium Go to Practice Hub
WPH14/01January 2023 · Edexcel IAL Q1
Quark Structure of Nucleons - Edexcel IAL Physics Jan 2023 Q1
MCQ MCQ · 1 part 1 Easy Go to Practice Hub
WPH14/01January 2023 · Edexcel IAL Q18
Quark Generation, Colliders and Relativistic Velocities - Edexcel IAL Physics Jan 2023 Q18
FRQ 2 of 6 parts ((a)(i), (a)(ii)) 4
of 16 on the paper
Easy Go to Practice Hub
WPH14/01October 2022 · Edexcel IAL Q7
Baryon Quark Composition - Edexcel IAL Physics Oct 2022 Q7
MCQ MCQ · 1 part 1 Easy Go to Practice Hub
WPH14/01October 2022 · Edexcel IAL Q11
Particle Classification and Conservation - Edexcel IAL Physics Oct 2022 Q11
FRQ 2 of 3 parts ((a), (b)) 2
of 6 on the paper
Easy Go to Practice Hub
WPH14/01June 2022 · Edexcel IAL Q1
Fundamental Particles - Edexcel IAL Physics June 2022 Q1
MCQ MCQ · 1 part 1 Easy Go to Practice Hub
WPH14/01June 2022 · Edexcel IAL Q14
Particle Paths and Properties in Detector - Edexcel IAL Physics June 2022 Q14
FRQ 1 of 4 parts ((c)) 2
of 11 on the paper
Easy Go to Practice Hub
WPH14/01January 2022 · Edexcel IAL Q16
Meson-Proton Collision and Conservation Laws - Edexcel IAL Physics Jan 2022 Q16
FRQ 1 of 5 parts ((b)(i)) 2
of 14 on the paper
Easy Go to Practice Hub
WPH14/01January 2022 · Edexcel IAL Q17
Muon Classification, Decay and Storage Ring - Edexcel IAL Physics Jan 2022 Q17
FRQ 1 of 6 parts ((a)) 2
of 14 on the paper
Easy Go to Practice Hub
WPH14/01October 2021 · Edexcel IAL Q1
Fundamental Particles - Edexcel IAL Physics Oct 2021 Q1
MCQ MCQ · 1 part 1 Easy Go to Practice Hub
WPH14/01October 2021 · Edexcel IAL Q9
Quark Structure of Pions - Edexcel IAL Physics Oct 2021 Q9
MCQ MCQ · 1 part 1 Medium Go to Practice Hub
WPH14/01October 2021 · Edexcel IAL Q17
LINAC and Particle Collisions - Edexcel IAL Physics Oct 2021 Q17
FRQ 1 of 4 parts ((c)) 3
of 14 on the paper
Medium Go to Practice Hub
WPH14/01June 2021 · Edexcel IAL Q1
Fundamental Particles - June 2021 Q1
MCQ MCQ · 1 part 1 Easy Go to Practice Hub
WPH14/01June 2021 · Edexcel IAL Q4
Pentaquark Structure - June 2021 Q4
MCQ MCQ · 1 part 1 Medium Go to Practice Hub
WPH14/01January 2021 · Edexcel IAL Q14
Muon Decay and Relativistic Time Dilation - Edexcel IAL Physics Jan 2021 Q14
FRQ 1 of 2 parts ((b)) 2
of 7 on the paper
Medium Go to Practice Hub
WPH14/01October 2020 · Edexcel IAL Q13
Aces Model vs Standard Model - Edexcel IAL Physics June 2020 Q13
FRQ 1 part 4 Medium Go to Practice Hub
WPH14/01January 2020 · Edexcel IAL Q12
Classification in the Standard Model - Edexcel IAL Physics Jan 2020 Q12
FRQ 1 part 6 Medium Go to Practice Hub

Topic question rules and edge cases

How many topic questions cover this syllabus point?
32 question stems cover this subtopic across 20 papers, but only 34 tagged parts and 63 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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