IGCSE Physics (0625) — May–June 2025, Paper 22
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Start with Question 1 →Which instrument is most suitable to determine the volume of a small irregularly shaped stone? A 30 cm ruler B digital timer C measuring cylinder D tape measure
Answer this question and get it marked →A steel ball is dropped from the top floor of a building. Air resistance can be ignored. Which statement describes the motion of the ball? A The ball falls with constant…
Answer this question and get it marked →The diagram shows a velocity-time graph for an object which is accelerating. The graph is a straight line. Velocity (in m/s) is on the vertical axis (marked from 0 to 120) and…
Answer this question and get it marked →Diagram 1 shows a piece of flexible material that contains many pockets of air. Diagram 2 shows the same piece of flexible material after it has been compressed so that its volume…
Answer this question and get it marked →A student determines the density of copper. She has a rectangular block of copper. Which other apparatus does she need? Key: tick = needed, cross = not needed. balance ruler…
Answer this question and get it marked →A 0.15 kg mass is suspended from a vertical spring. The mass is pulled downwards until the spring has extended by 12 cm from its unstretched length. The spring constant of the…
Answer this question and get it marked →A cricket ball of mass 0.15 kg is moving at a speed of 30 m/s. The diagram shows a batsman holding a bat stationary as the ball hits the bat and bounces back at the same speed in…
Answer this question and get it marked →A stone is thrown vertically upwards at a speed of 5.0 m/s. All of the energy initially in the kinetic store of the stone is transferred to its gravitational potential store when…
Answer this question and get it marked →Three energy resources are listed. 1 geothermal 2 wind 3 nuclear fuel Which resources get their energy from the Sun? A 1, 2 and 3 B 1 and 2 only C 1 only D 2 only
Answer this question and get it marked →A sample of a substance has a shape that is determined by its container. What are the possible states of this sample? A gas, liquid and solid B gas and liquid only C gas and solid…
Answer this question and get it marked →A stationary smoke particle is hit by a fast-moving nitrogen molecule. Which row describes the motion of the smoke particle and of the nitrogen molecule after the collision? smoke…
Answer this question and get it marked →A bubble of gas rises from the bottom of a lake to the top. The table shows readings of the gas pressure inside the bubble and the volume of the bubble. The temperature of the…
Answer this question and get it marked →The diagram shows a glass flask sealed with a small volume of mercury in a glass tube. When the flask is gently warmed, the mercury rises up the tube. The diagram shows a…
Answer this question and get it marked →The diagram shows the equipment used in an experiment to determine the specific heat capacity of a metal. In the experiment, a heater is switched on for t s and the increase in…
Answer this question and get it marked →The diagram shows four rods. Each rod is made of a different metal. Four rods cross at a central point X, forming an X shape. The upper-left rod (end P) is brass; the upper-right…
Answer this question and get it marked →Three solid copper spheres, X, Y and Z, are heated to the same temperature. sphere diameter colour of surface --- --- --- X 2d black Y d white Z 2d white Which row gives the order…
Answer this question and get it marked →Which wave will diffract the most when passing through a gap that is 0.85 m wide? wave speed / (m/s) wave frequency / Hz --- --- --- A 300 280 B 300 400 C 350 280 D 350 400
Answer this question and get it marked →Which arrow on the graph shows the amplitude of the wave? The graph shows displacement (vertical axis) against distance (horizontal axis) for a transverse wave (two full…
Answer this question and get it marked →Which row describes a seismic S-wave? type of wave direction of vibration --- --- --- A longitudinal parallel to the direction of travel of the wavefront B longitudinal…
Answer this question and get it marked →The image of an object is formed by a plane mirror. Which row gives the correct properties of the image? real or virtual distance of the image from the mirror --- --- --- A real…
Answer this question and get it marked →A ray of light, travelling in air, is incident on an air-glass boundary. The angles between the incident ray, the refracted ray and the boundary are shown. The diagram shows a ray…
Answer this question and get it marked →A small object O is placed near a converging lens, as shown. The lens forms an image I. The diagram shows a converging (convex) lens on the principal axis with a small object O…
Answer this question and get it marked →What is the approximate speed of light in air? A 300 m/s B 300 km/s C 3.0 x 10^8 m/s D 3.0 x 10^8 km/s
Answer this question and get it marked →A ship sends an ultrasound pulse to the seabed to measure the depth of the sea. The speed of ultrasound waves in sea water is 1500 m/s. The pulse takes 4.6 seconds to travel to…
Answer this question and get it marked →A dolphin has a range of audible frequencies of 150 Hz - 150 kHz. Which range of frequencies can be heard both by humans with good hearing and by dolphins? A 20 Hz - 150 Hz B 20…
Answer this question and get it marked →A positively charged balloon is placed against a wall. The charge makes the balloon stick to the wall. Which statement explains this? A Positive charges on the balloon attract…
Answer this question and get it marked →A student is trying to determine the resistance of a lamp. He sets up the incorrect circuit shown. The diagram shows a circuit with a cell, a lamp, a voltmeter (V) and an ammeter…
Answer this question and get it marked →A metallic wire X has a resistance. What is the difference in resistance for a wire of the same material as X that is: - shorter than X but the same diameter - the same length as…
Answer this question and get it marked →The diagram shows the circuit for a potential divider. The diagram shows a cell connected to two resistors R1 and R2 in series. The potential difference across R1 is V1 and the…
Answer this question and get it marked →Which electrical device is used to convert a.c. to d.c.? A diode B relay C thermistor D transformer
Answer this question and get it marked →A cell is connected to a parallel combination of a 2.0 ohm resistor and a 4.0 ohm resistor. The current in the 4.0 ohm resistor is 1.0 A. The diagram shows a cell connected to two…
Answer this question and get it marked →When there is an electric current in a long straight wire, a magnetic field is created around the wire. Which diagram shows the correct pattern and direction of magnetic field…
Answer this question and get it marked →The primary voltage supplied to a transformer is 3.0 V. The secondary voltage is 5.0 V and the secondary current is 2.0 A. The transformer is 100% efficient. What is the primary…
Answer this question and get it marked →When a thin gold foil is bombarded with alpha particles, some alpha particles are deflected through large angles. Which statement explains this deflection? A Most of the atom…
Answer this question and get it marked →A detector near a radioactive source shows a reading of 2000 counts/minute. How is the corrected count rate determined? A by moving the detector closer to the source B by placing…
Answer this question and get it marked →Which statement about alpha, beta and gamma radiation is not correct? A Alpha particles are deflected most in an electric field. B Beta particles are deflected most in a magnetic…
Answer this question and get it marked →A sample of a radioactive material has a half-life of 20 minutes. Which statement is correct? A After 30 minutes, less than half of the material has decayed. B After 40 minutes,…
Answer this question and get it marked →Which statement is correct? A The Earth orbits the Sun once in approximately 24 hours. B The Earth orbits the Moon once in approximately 1 week. C The Moon orbits the Earth once…
Answer this question and get it marked →Stars are powered by nuclear reactions that release energy. Which statement describes the nuclear reaction in stable stars? A Nuclear fission converts helium into hydrogen. B…
Answer this question and get it marked →A galaxy is moving away from the Earth at a velocity of 3000 km/s. What is the distance between the Earth and the galaxy? A 7.3 x 10^-25 m B 7.3 x 10^-22 m C 1.4 x 10^21 m D 1.4 x…
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