Grade 10 Physical Sciences past papers and memos

Download Grade 10 Physical Sciences past papers and memos

Newest first. The memo sits on the same row as the paper it belongs to, so you do not have to go looking for it.

What is in Grade 10 Physical Sciences Paper 1 and Paper 2

What each paper should cover, and what each topic is worth.

From the CAPS curriculum document for Physical Sciences. Grade 10 papers are set by your school or your province rather than nationally, and CAPS calls these a suggested weighting, so treat it as what a paper should look like rather than a promise about the one you downloaded.

A ± means it is the weighting the examiners work towards rather than a fixed part of the paper, so a sitting lands a few marks either side of it.

What comes back in matric

The matric Physical Sciences paper tests the whole Grade 12 year, plus these Grade 10 topics. The Department's exam guidelines say so. It is worth learning them properly now, because you write them again in two years.

Learn these well. They cost matrics marks.

Every year the Department checks what matrics got wrong. In Physical Sciences the same problem comes up: matrics lost marks on Grade 10 work. You are in Grade 10 now, so you still have time.

A past paper shows you the topic. It cannot show you which part of it you are weak at. The app breaks each topic into small skills, shows you how well you know each one, and tells you which to fix first.

Topics from the Department of Basic Education's 2025 NSC Diagnostic Report, matched to the grade CAPS teaches them in.