IGCSE Physics (0972) — October–November 2023, Paper 41

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Question 1 · 9 marks · Energy and momentum

A girl holds a rubber ball out of a window of a tall building. The mass of the ball is 0.20 kg. The ball is at rest 10 m above a concrete path. Calculate the gravitational…

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Question 2 · 6 marks · Thermal energy transfer

A copper cooking pan contains water. Fig. 2.1 shows the pan on a hotplate. Copper is a metal. Thermal energy is conducted through all solids by lattice vibrations. Describe one…

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Question 3 · 8 marks · Pressure and the particle model

Liquids are difficult to compress whereas gases can be compressed easily. Explain, in terms of particles, why it is difficult to compress liquids.

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Question 4 · 7 marks · Centre of gravity and moments

A radio transmitter is a very tall, thin cylinder, prevented from falling over by wires fixed to the transmitter and the ground a long distance away. Fig. 4.1 shows the…

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Question 5 · 7 marks · Energy resources

Many methods of generating electrical power involve the use of water. Describe one method of generating electrical power from energy stored in water.

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Question 6 · 8 marks · Lenses

A page of printed text is placed 18 cm from a converging lens of focal length 35 cm. Fig. 6.1 is a scale diagram with each principal focus labelled F. A length of 1.0 cm on the…

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Question 7 · 6 marks · Electric charge and fields

A plastic rod is uncharged. When the rod is rubbed with a woollen cloth, the rod becomes negatively charged. Explain, in terms of particles, why the rod becomes negatively charged.

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Question 8 · 9 marks · Electric current and resistance

A cylinder is made of modelling clay (an electrical conductor). It is connected into a circuit (Fig. 8.2) with a battery of e.m.f. 9.0 V and a resistor P. The resistance of P is…

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Question 9 · 10 marks · Radioactivity

Many household smoke alarms contain a sample of the radioactive isotope americium-241 (Am), the isotope of americium with nucleon number 241. State how the composition of a…

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Question 10 · 10 marks · Stars and the Universe

The Milky Way is one of many billions of galaxies, each containing many billions of stable stars. Stable stars transfer energy into space by emitting electromagnetic radiation…

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