AS & A Level Physics (9702) — October–November 2023, Paper 13
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Start with Question 1 →What is the best estimate of the wavelength of green light? A 260 nm B 540 nm C 780 nm D 920 nm
Answer this question and get it marked →In an electric circuit, an ammeter reads 2 uA. In a second circuit, the ammeter reads 1 mA. How many times larger is the current in the second circuit compared with the current in…
Answer this question and get it marked →A set of repeated measurements is made of a fixed quantity. An average of these measurements is calculated. What is the effect of averaging on the random error and the systematic…
Answer this question and get it marked →A boat is crossing a river in which the water is moving at a speed of 4.0 m s^-1 from left to right. In still water, the speed of the boat is 6.0 m s^-1. The boat is directed at…
Answer this question and get it marked →A student walks at a constant speed for a distance of 50 m in a time of 40 s. The student rests for a time of 10 s and then walks back to the starting point at a constant speed in…
Answer this question and get it marked →The time taken for an object to fall from rest through a certain distance on Mars is TM. The time taken for the same object to fall from rest through the same distance on Earth is…
Answer this question and get it marked →Which statement about mass is correct? A Mass has a magnitude and a direction. B Mass resists changes in motion. C The greater the mass of an object, the greater its acceleration…
Answer this question and get it marked →A snooker ball has a mass of 200 g. It hits the cushion of a snooker table and rebounds along its original path. The ball arrives at the cushion with a speed of 14.0 m s^-1 and…
Answer this question and get it marked →A ball falls from rest through air and eventually reaches a constant velocity. For this fall, forces X and Y vary with time as shown: force X rises from zero and approaches a…
Answer this question and get it marked →An object X of mass 0.30 kg is travelling in a straight line at a constant velocity of 3.0 m s^-1 on a horizontal frictionless surface. Object X collides with a stationary object…
Answer this question and get it marked →A uniform rigid beam of length 3.2 m is pivoted at its centre. Two children sit at the opposite ends of the beam. One child has a mass of 24 kg. The other child has a mass of 36…
Answer this question and get it marked →Two parts of a sailing boat are the mast and the boom. The mast is a vertical rigid beam and the boom is a horizontal rigid beam. One end of the boom is attached to the mast by a…
Answer this question and get it marked →Full-fat milk is made up of fat-free milk mixed with fat. A volume of 1.000 x 10^-3 m^3 of full-fat milk has a mass of 1.035 kg. It contains 4.00% fat by volume. The density of…
Answer this question and get it marked →Which expression for pressure is correct? A force per unit area B mass per unit area C mass per unit volume D weight per unit volume
Answer this question and get it marked →A wooden cylinder floats partially submerged in a bath of water. A force F is applied to the cylinder until it is just fully submerged. Which statement is not correct? A Some of…
Answer this question and get it marked →A system has a useful power output of 4.0 W and a wasted power of 16 W. What is the efficiency of the system? A 5.0% B 20% C 25% D 80%
Answer this question and get it marked →A parachutist is falling towards the ground at a constant speed v. The rate at which she is losing gravitational potential energy is R. The acceleration of free fall is g. What is…
Answer this question and get it marked →A copper wire of diameter 1.6 mm is stretched within its limit of proportionality by a tensile force of 430 N. The Young modulus of copper is 130 GPa. What is the strain in the…
Answer this question and get it marked →Compressive forces are applied normally to the end faces of a cylinder of initial length L. The cylinder is compressed by the forces so that its length decreases to 0.6L. After…
Answer this question and get it marked →When sound travels through air, the air particles vibrate. A graph of displacement against time for a single air particle is shown, with two complete oscillations over the…
Answer this question and get it marked →A wave travels on the surface of water. P, Q, R and S are four particles of water on the surface. The diagram shows the positions of the particles at one instant. The direction of…
Answer this question and get it marked →A loudspeaker emits sound of frequency fs. The loudspeaker is attached to a car that moves with increasing speed directly towards a stationary observer. Which statement describes…
Answer this question and get it marked →Which statement about electromagnetic waves in a vacuum is correct? A Amplitude is inversely proportional to velocity. B Frequency is inversely proportional to wavelength. C…
Answer this question and get it marked →A vertically polarised electromagnetic wave of intensity I0 is incident normally on a polarising filter. The transmission axis of the filter is at an angle of 30 degrees to the…
Answer this question and get it marked →Which statement concerning a stationary wave is correct? A All the particles between two adjacent nodes oscillate in phase. B The amplitude of the stationary wave is equal to the…
Answer this question and get it marked →Stationary sound waves can be formed in the air columns of pipes. One type of pipe is closed at one end and open at the other end. Another type of pipe is open at both ends. Which…
Answer this question and get it marked →Water waves in a ripple tank are made to pass through a small gap. Which diagram shows the waves after they have passed through the gap? Four candidate diagrams A, B, C and D show…
Answer this question and get it marked →Light of a single wavelength is incident normally on a double slit. The slit separation can be varied. A screen is placed a fixed distance away from the double slit. The screen…
Answer this question and get it marked →A diffraction grating is used to measure the wavelength of light. The spacing of the slits in the grating is 1.15 x 10^-6 m. The angle between the first-order diffraction maxima…
Answer this question and get it marked →What could not be used to create an electric current? A alpha-particles B beta-particles C neutrons D protons
Answer this question and get it marked →What is the definition of the potential difference (p.d.) across a component? A the energy transferred per unit charge B the energy transferred per unit current C the power…
Answer this question and get it marked →The resistance of a filament lamp increases as the current in it increases. What is the reason for this? A The charge of each charge carrier increases. B The potential difference…
Answer this question and get it marked →A battery of electromotive force (e.m.f.) 12 V and negligible internal resistance is connected to a fixed resistor of resistance 40 ohm and a thermistor of resistance RT in…
Answer this question and get it marked →A cell of electromotive force (e.m.f.) 3.0 V and internal resistance 0.50 ohm is connected to a variable resistor, a voltmeter and an ammeter. The resistance of the variable…
Answer this question and get it marked →Three resistors, R1, R2 and R3, are connected in parallel to a cell. The currents in the resistors are I1, I2 and I3. The potential differences across the resistors are V1, V2 and…
Answer this question and get it marked →Three resistors, each of resistance R, are connected in a network between points X and Y. One resistor R forms the upper branch; two resistors R in series form the lower branch;…
Answer this question and get it marked →A potentiometer and a driver cell of electromotive force (e.m.f.) E are used to measure the e.m.f. of a new cell. A sliding contact at P is moved along a resistance wire QR until…
Answer this question and get it marked →The table shows the number of nucleons and the total number of particles (protons, neutrons and electrons) in neutral atoms of four nuclides W, X, Y and Z. number of nucleons…
Answer this question and get it marked →When a sample of a radioactive isotope decays by alpha-particle emission, the alpha-particles emitted have a single discrete energy. When a sample of a radioactive isotope decays…
Answer this question and get it marked →Some particles are a combination of three quarks. Which combination of quarks does not result in a particle with a charge of either +1.6 x 10^-19 C or zero? A up, down, down B up,…
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