AS & A Level Physics (9702) — May–June 2023, Paper 12
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Start with Question 1 →A stone sinks in water. What is a possible value for the density of the stone? A 8 x 10^2 kg m^-3 B 2 x 10^3 kg m^-3 C 8 x 10^3 N m^-3 D 2 x 10^4 N m^-3
Answer this question and get it marked →Gm, Tm, micro-m and pm are all units of length. Which unit is the largest and which unit is the smallest? largest unit smallest unit A Gm micro-m B Gm pm C Tm micro-m D Tm pm
Answer this question and get it marked →Two measurements for a solid sphere are shown: mass = (32.5 +/- 0.1) g; diameter = (1.87 +/- 0.04) cm. These values are used to determine the density of the sphere. What is the…
Answer this question and get it marked →An aircraft travels along a horizontal path. Two of the forces that act horizontally on the aircraft are the thrust force of the engines and the force due to the wind. A vector…
Answer this question and get it marked →A ball travels from point X to point Y around a semicircular track of radius 1.0 m, as shown. X is at the top and Y is at the bottom of the semicircle, so X and Y are vertically…
Answer this question and get it marked →A rock is launched vertically upwards from the surface of the Earth and an identical rock is launched vertically upwards from the surface of Mars. Each rock is launched with an…
Answer this question and get it marked →Which statement describes the mass of an object? A the force the object experiences due to gravity B the momentum of the object before a collision C the resistance of the object…
Answer this question and get it marked →A submarine of total mass 3200 kg is at rest underwater. The total mass of the submarine is suddenly decreased by 200 kg by pumping water out of the submarine horizontally in a…
Answer this question and get it marked →A box in air slides with increasing speed down a rough slope from point P to point Q. The slope surface exerts a constant frictional force on the box. As the box moves from P to…
Answer this question and get it marked →Two balls, X and Y, approach each other along the same straight line and collide. The collision is perfectly elastic. Their initial speeds are uX and uY respectively. After the…
Answer this question and get it marked →A rod is pivoted at point O. A force F is applied to the rod at point W, as shown. X is the far end of the rod, and Y is the foot of the perpendicular from O to the line of action…
Answer this question and get it marked →A uniform rod XY of weight 10.0 N is freely hinged to a wall at X. It is held horizontal by a force F acting from Y at an angle of 30 degrees to the horizontal, as shown. What is…
Answer this question and get it marked →Two solid cubes X and Y are made of material of the same density. Cube X has twice the mass of cube Y. Cube X has sides of length x. Cube Y has sides of length y. What is the…
Answer this question and get it marked →A U-shaped glass tube contains liquid of density 2000 kg m^-3. Level P in one arm is 10.0 cm above the bottom region; level Q in the other arm is 6.0 cm above the bottom region; P…
Answer this question and get it marked →A steam turbine is used to drive a generator. The input power to the turbine is PI and the output power is PO. The power loss in the turbine is PL. What is the efficiency of the…
Answer this question and get it marked →A variable force is applied to ensure that a constant power is supplied to a train. Which graph best shows the variation of the force F applied with the velocity v of the train? A…
Answer this question and get it marked →A block is released from rest and slides a distance x down a straight slope. The slope is at an angle theta to the horizontal. The slope is frictionless and air resistance is…
Answer this question and get it marked →What is meant by the spring constant of a spring? A extension per unit force B (1/2) x force x extension C force x extension D force per unit extension
Answer this question and get it marked →A child holds a thin metal wire that is attached to a kite. The graph shows how the extension of the wire varies with its tension (a straight line through the origin). A gust of…
Answer this question and get it marked →A microphone detects a sound wave. The microphone is connected to a cathode-ray oscilloscope (CRO). The shape of the trace on the screen of the CRO is shown (a sinusoidal trace…
Answer this question and get it marked →A longitudinal wave is travelling from left to right. The graph shows the variation of the displacement of the particles with distance along the wave at one instant in time.…
Answer this question and get it marked →A source X emits a sound wave of constant frequency f. The wave is subsequently received at a stationary detector Y. The frequency of the wave that is detected by Y is less than…
Answer this question and get it marked →A beam of visible light is in a vacuum. What could be the frequency of the light? A 5.0 x 10^5 Hz B 5.0 x 10^8 Hz C 5.0 x 10^11 Hz D 5.0 x 10^14 Hz
Answer this question and get it marked →A vertically polarised beam of light of intensity I0 is incident normally on a polarising filter. The transmission axis of the filter is at 45 degrees to the vertical. The beam of…
Answer this question and get it marked →A stationary wave is formed by two progressive waves travelling in opposite directions along the same line of travel. Which statement about the two progressive waves is not…
Answer this question and get it marked →The sound from a loudspeaker placed above a tube causes resonance of the air in the tube. A stationary wave is formed with two nodes and two antinodes, as shown. The tube has…
Answer this question and get it marked →A continuous progressive water wave in a ripple tank passes through a gap in a barrier and diffracts. The width of the gap is greater than the wavelength of the wave. Which change…
Answer this question and get it marked →The diagram shows a view from above of a double-slit interference demonstration. L is a monochromatic light source with a vertical filament, B is a barrier with two narrow…
Answer this question and get it marked →Green light of wavelength 550 nm is incident normally on a diffraction grating and produces a diffraction pattern on a screen placed 3.5 m from the diffraction grating. The…
Answer this question and get it marked →Which charge can be carried by a charge carrier? A 1.1 x 10^-19 C B 4.0 x 10^-19 C C 4.8 x 10^-19 C D 9.1 x 10^-19 C
Answer this question and get it marked →A resistor of resistance R is connected across a cell of electromotive force (e.m.f.) E and negligible internal resistance. Which single change to the circuit would lead to the…
Answer this question and get it marked →An electrical cable is made up of one thick strand of copper wire that is surrounded by eight thin strands of copper wire. All nine strands of wire are connected in parallel with…
Answer this question and get it marked →A car has sensors for detecting the light intensity and temperature of its environment. The sensors make use of a light-dependent resistor (LDR) and a thermistor. The car moves…
Answer this question and get it marked →A student assembles the circuit shown. A cell is connected to lamp 1 in series with a branch containing diodes, and lamp 2; one diode is in series with lamp 1's branch and two…
Answer this question and get it marked →Kirchhoff's first law is a consequence of the conservation of which quantity? A charge B energy C momentum D potential difference
Answer this question and get it marked →Three identical cells each have electromotive force (e.m.f.) E and negligible internal resistance. The cells are connected to three identical resistors, each of resistance R, in a…
Answer this question and get it marked →In the potentiometer circuit shown, the reading on the ammeter is zero. A power supply drives current through a uniform metal wire; a fixed resistor and a light-dependent resistor…
Answer this question and get it marked →What are isotopes? A nuclei of different elements with the same number of neutrons B nuclei of different elements with the same number of nucleons C nuclei of the same element…
Answer this question and get it marked →A neutron (1/0 n) is fired at a 235/92 U nucleus. The neutron is absorbed by the nucleus which then splits to form nuclei of 141/56 Ba and 92/36 Kr. What is the number of free…
Answer this question and get it marked →A pi-plus meson has a charge of +e, where e is the elementary charge. It consists of an up quark and one other quark. What could be the other quark in the pi-plus meson? A…
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