IGCSE Physics (0625) — October–November 2024, Paper 22
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Start with Question 1 →Two forces with magnitudes F₁ and F₂ act on an object at right angles to each other. What is the magnitude of the resultant force? A √(F₁² + F₂²) B √F₁ + √F₂ C √(F₁²) + √(F₂²) D…
Answer this question and get it marked →A boy takes 30 minutes to cycle a distance of 8.0 km. He then walks a further distance of 2.0 km in 15 minutes. What is his average speed? A 4.5 km/h B 5.6 km/h C 12 km/h D 13 km/h
Answer this question and get it marked →A small, light ball is dropped from the top of a tall building. Which graph shows how the speed of the ball changes with time? A a straight line through the origin (speed…
Answer this question and get it marked →Which statement about gravitational field strength is not correct? A It changes the mass of an object. B It is equivalent to the acceleration of free fall. C It is measured in…
Answer this question and get it marked →Three liquids P, Q and R have different densities and do not mix. The liquids are placed in a measuring cylinder and allowed to settle (P at the bottom, Q in the middle, R at the…
Answer this question and get it marked →The diagram shows a uniform beam pivoted at its centre. A student applies two forces, F₁ and F₂, as shown. F₁ acts down on the left at distance d₁ from the left end and d₃ from…
Answer this question and get it marked →Which expression can be used to determine the impulse on a tennis ball? A force × time B momentum / time C mass × initial velocity D mass × acceleration
Answer this question and get it marked →Which row shows the process by which energy in the Sun is released, the process by which it is transferred to the Earth and a way in which it is stored once it reaches the Earth?…
Answer this question and get it marked →An object has a mass of 20 kg. It is taken up stairs through a height of 4.0 m. What is the increase in the store of gravitational potential energy? A 5.0 J B 49 J C 80 J D 780 J
Answer this question and get it marked →An electrician uses a lifting machine, as shown. The lifting machine takes 4.5 s to lift the electrician a vertical height of 3.2 m. The mass of the electrician is 72 kg. The…
Answer this question and get it marked →Some altimeters use the change in air pressure to measure height. If the pressure is 100 kPa at sea level on a particular day, what will the pressure be at the top of an 830 m…
Answer this question and get it marked →Water can exist in three states: solid (ice), liquid (liquid water) and gas (steam). In which states is the motion of the water particles only vibrational? A liquid water and ice…
Answer this question and get it marked →A cube has sides 2.0 m long. The cube contains a gas at a pressure of 8000 N/m². A second cube has sides 4.0 m long. This cube contains the same mass of the same gas as the first…
Answer this question and get it marked →Which row gives the correct name for each change of state shown (gas to liquid; liquid to solid; solid to liquid)? A condensation; melting; solidification B condensation;…
Answer this question and get it marked →In an experiment to measure specific heat capacity, a block of aluminium is heated and its rise in temperature is measured. The internal energy gained by the block is ΔE. The mass…
Answer this question and get it marked →Which statement about the transfer of thermal energy is correct? A All metals conduct thermal energy equally well. B Convection can only occur in solids or liquids. C Convection…
Answer this question and get it marked →What is the number of wavefronts per second that pass a fixed point? A the amplitude of the wave B the frequency of the wave C the speed of the wave D the wavelength of the wave
Answer this question and get it marked →An earthquake under the ocean can produce a dangerous water wave called a tsunami. The table gives typical data for a tsunami: ocean depth/m, velocity/(km/h), wavelength/km: 7000,…
Answer this question and get it marked →The diagram shows what happens to wavefronts at sea when they enter a harbour through a gap in the harbour wall: straight wavefronts approach the gap and spread into curved…
Answer this question and get it marked →A ray of light passes from air into glass. The diagram shows the ray meeting the boundary; the angle between the incident ray and the normal is 50° and the angle between the…
Answer this question and get it marked →An object is placed in front of a converging lens. The lens has a focal length f. The lens produces a real, enlarged image of the object. Positions A, B, C, D are marked on the…
Answer this question and get it marked →What is the speed of electromagnetic waves in a vacuum? A 300 m/s B 300 km/s C 300 000 km/s D 300 000 000 km/s
Answer this question and get it marked →The starter in an athletics race fires the starting pistol. There is a wall 60 m from the starter. Take the speed of sound as 330 m/s. How long after firing the pistol does the…
Answer this question and get it marked →The diagram shows the magnetic field around a conductor which is carrying a current into the paper, drawn as concentric circles. Points A, B, C, D lie below the conductor at…
Answer this question and get it marked →A positive ion in a vacuum moves at a steady speed in a straight line. There is a potential difference between the two parallel metal plates P (top) and Q (bottom) so that they…
Answer this question and get it marked →In the circuit shown, the voltmeter reads 2.0 V. A charge of 5.0 C passes through the resistor in a certain time. How much energy is supplied to the resistor in this time? A 0.40…
Answer this question and get it marked →Which diagram shows the current-voltage (I-V) graph for a filament lamp? A a curve that flattens (gradient decreasing) as V increases B a straight line through the origin C a…
Answer this question and get it marked →The diagram shows an electrical circuit: a cell connected to three parallel branches, each with an ammeter and a resistor (A₁ with 4 Ω, A₂ with 3 Ω, A₃ with 2 Ω). Which statement…
Answer this question and get it marked →The diagram shows an arrangement of resistors in series and parallel: R₁ is in series with the parallel combination of R₂ and R₃. Which equation is used to calculate the combined…
Answer this question and get it marked →An electrical engineer has made a pair of components P and Q. The resistance of P decreases as the temperature rises. The resistance of Q increases as the temperature rises. The…
Answer this question and get it marked →The diagram shows a wire XY moving upwards in a magnetic field between the poles of a magnet (N pole on the left, S pole on the right; X at the bottom of the wire, Y at the top).…
Answer this question and get it marked →Diagram 1 shows a magnet being pushed (N pole downward) into a coil connected to a centre-zero sensitive voltmeter, and the pointer deflects. Diagram 2 shows a stationary magnet…
Answer this question and get it marked →What is the purpose of the brushes and the split-ring commutator in a d.c. motor? A to change the size of the current B to keep the coil turning in the same direction C to keep…
Answer this question and get it marked →The diagram shows β-particles being directed (travelling to the right) between the poles of a magnet, with the N pole above and the S pole below the beam path. In which direction…
Answer this question and get it marked →An α-particle and a β-particle have the same kinetic energy. Why does the α-particle have a larger ionising effect than the β-particle as it passes through air? A The α-particle…
Answer this question and get it marked →A student is carrying out an experiment to measure the radiation from a radioactive source. He uses a radiation detector and records the total counts in 5-minute intervals. He…
Answer this question and get it marked →The count rate measured near a radioactive source drops from 542 counts per minute to 94 counts per minute in 12 hours. The background count remains constant at 30 counts per…
Answer this question and get it marked →What happens when a protostar becomes a stable star? A Most of the hydrogen is converted to helium and the protostar expands. B The inward force due to gravity is balanced by an…
Answer this question and get it marked →The table gives information about some of the planets in our Solar System (planet; mass compared with the Earth; average density g/cm³; gravitational field strength at surface…
Answer this question and get it marked →Which quantity is an estimate of the age of the Universe? (H₀ is the Hubble constant, d is distance, v is recession speed.) A H₀ B d × H₀ C 1 / H₀ D v × H₀
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