Energy stores and pathways
Short recall cards build the wording needed for Physics answers.
AQA GCSE Physics Energy flashcards
Cover one of the biggest GCSE Physics themes with an energy pack built for retrieval practice. Revise stores, transfers, efficiency, and required practical language in bite-size cards that are easy to repeat daily. It is ideal before mock papers where mixed energy questions often combine maths and explanation marks.
What you will practise
Efficiency calculations
Short recall cards build the wording needed for Physics answers.
Power and work done
Short recall cards build the wording needed for Physics answers.
Required practical interpretation
Short recall cards build the wording needed for Physics answers.
Example cards from this pack
What is meant by an energy store?
Answer: A way of describing where energy is held in a system.
Why it matters: Use the energy-stores model: energy is transferred between stores, not created as separate forms.
Memory tip: A store is where energy is being kept in the system.
What is the difference between an energy store and an energy transfer pathway?
Answer: A store is where energy is held; a pathway describes how energy moves between stores.
Why it matters: Useful pathways include mechanical work, electrical work, heating and radiation.
Memory tip: Stores say where energy is; pathways say how energy moves.
When a moving car brakes, which energy-store change is the key idea?
Answer: Energy is transferred from the car's kinetic store to thermal stores in the brakes, tyres, road and surroundings.
Why it matters: This is a standard GCSE example of dissipation by friction.
Memory tip: Braking drains the kinetic store and warms the surroundings.
Where this fits
- Use it early in Physics revision because energy language appears across electricity, forces and particles.
- Pair it with electricity when questions switch from stores and transfers into work done by charges.
- Revisit it before calculation practice so efficiency, power and work-done equations stay attached to the right meanings.