IGCSE Physics (0625) — October–November 2024, Paper 32

Fig. 1.1 shows the distance–time graph for a student's journey (distance from student's home/m, 0–1600, vs time/min, 0–120). The student walks from home to a shop. He stops at the…

A student wants to measure the diameter of a wire. The wire is thinner than a single gradation on her ruler. She coils the wire carefully and makes 12 loops as shown in Fig. 2.1…

A car has a fault. A mechanic uses a machine to pull the car onto a recovery vehicle as shown in Fig. 3.1. Fig. 3.2 shows the mechanic applies a force of 26 N to the handle of the…

Energy stored in the water behind hydroelectric dams is an example of a renewable energy source. State what is meant by a renewable energy source.

A sealed glass bottle contains air. The temperature of the air is 21 °C. Calculate the temperature of the air in kelvin.

Fig. 6.1 shows a wood burner in a cabin. The wood burner keeps the inside of the cabin warm when it is cold outside. Explain how thermal energy from the wood burner warms the…

The direction of vibration in a type of wave is parallel to the direction in which the wave is moving. State the name of this type of wave.

Fig. 8.1 represents charges on an acetate strip and on a dry cloth. Both the acetate strip and the dry cloth are electrically neutral. The student charges the acetate strip by…

Fig. 9.1 represents part of a d.c. electric motor. The coil of wire rotates at a steady speed between the N and S poles of a magnet, with the current direction shown. State two…

Name three types of nuclear emission from radioactive sources.

Fig. 11.1 represents part of the Solar System (not to scale), showing the Sun and labelled planets Mercury, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, plus two unlabelled planets X…