Cambridge & Pearson Edexcel Past Paper Questions

The diagram shows the paths of two rays from the top of an object through a lens. The object is viewed from the opposite side of the lens to the ob...

A young person with healthy ears can hear a range of frequencies. What is the approximate range of frequencies?

The diagram shows a loudspeaker that is producing a continuous sound wave of frequency 200 Hz in air. Which diagram best shows how the sound wave c...

The diagram shows an alarm system. What happens when battery P is disconnected?

An electric current in a wire is into the page. Which diagram shows the shape and direction of the magnetic field around the wire?

A copper wire X has resistance R. Another copper wire Y has twice the length and half the cross-sectional area of X. What is the resistance of Y?

In the circuit shown, the temperature of the room and the amount of light affect the current. Under which conditions is the current in the circuit ...

An electrical appliance is plugged into a socket in the wall. The plug contains a fuse. What is the main purpose of the fuse?

A horizontal beam of electrons passes between the two poles of a magnet. In which direction is the beam deflected?

Which graph shows the voltage output V against time t for an a.c. generator?

A loudspeaker and a microphone are placed in front of a wall. The loudspeaker makes a sound which is detected by the microphone. The microphone is ...

The circuit diagram shows a variable resistor R connected in parallel to the lower half of a potential divider. The resistance of R increases. What...

Thin aluminium foil is used in cooking. The diagram shows a system used to control the thickness of aluminium foil being made in a factory. What is...

Which of alpha, beta and gamma radiations are waves?

A radioactive isotope of hydrogen has a half-life of 12 years. A sample contains 40 million atoms of this isotope. How many atoms of this isotope a...

How many nucleons are in one neutral atom of the krypton isotope ⁸⁴₃₆Kr?

A radioactive nucleus is represented as ²³⁰₉₂U. Which row represents another isotope of the same element?

Which is a vector quantity?

What is the name and value of the unit of power written as mW?

Micrometers, metre rules, tapes and calipers are used for measuring lengths. Which row identifies the most suitable device for accurately measuring...

The planets in the Solar System orbit the Sun. Which statement is correct?

Which forces act on a skydiver who is falling at terminal velocity?

A uniform rod of weight 5.0 N is held initially at rest. The diagram shows the forces acting on the rod when it is released. What happens to the ro...

A block of metal is placed on an electronic balance to record its mass. What is the unit of the reading on the electronic balance and what is the u...

Two objects X and Y are suspended from a uniform rod, pivoted at its centre. The rod is in equilibrium. Which statement about X and Y is correct?

A force of 1600 N accelerates a car, of mass 800 kg, from rest. What is the car's acceleration and its velocity after 4.0 s?

The graph shows extension-load curves for four fibres. Which fibre is the most difficult to stretch over the range of loads shown?

Which power station produces carbon dioxide when operating?

Work is done when a force of 400 N pulls a crate of weight 500 N at a constant speed along a ramp, as shown. Part of the work done increases the gr...

Five blocks have the same mass but different base areas. They all rest on a horizontal table. A graph is plotted to show the relationship between t...

The diagram shows a simple mercury barometer. Which height is a measure of the atmospheric pressure?

A sealed packet containing air and a snack is purchased at an airport. The sealed packet is taken on board an aircraft. During the flight the packe...

A sealed container of gas is heated and the pressure inside increases. What happens to the molecules of the gas to cause this increase in pressure?

Equal masses of copper and water are heated to the same temperature. As they cool down, the copper and the water lose thermal energy at the same ra...

The diagram shows a thermometer. What is in region X of the capillary tube?

The diagrams represent four thermometers. Which thermometer has the greatest sensitivity and which thermometer has the greatest range?

The resistance R of a wire increases uniformly with temperature. The values of R at the fixed points are shown in the table. What is the temperatur...

Samples of four different materials at room temperature are heated from below and heat is transferred upwards. In which material is all of the heat...

A communications system uses microwaves with a wavelength of 15 cm. The speed of light is 3.0 × 10⁸ m/s. What is the frequency of the microwaves?

Which statement about blue light is correct?

Which device uses total internal reflection?

A television controller emits an infra-red beam. Which statement about infra-red radiation is correct?

Which frequency is in the range heard by a healthy human ear?

What is one of the uses of ultrasound?

The diagram shows an alarm system. What happens when battery P is disconnected?

V is a potential difference, I is a current, R is a resistance, and t is a time. Which expression has units of energy?

A step-down transformer has a primary coil and a secondary coil wound on a soft-iron core. The primary coil is connected to a 6.0 V direct current ...

Which symbol is used for a light-dependent resistor?

An oscilloscope is used to measure potential difference (p.d.). The trace with no input connected is shown. A 1.5 V d.c. supply is connected to the...

A cyclist travels along a straight, horizontal road, as shown in Fig. 1.1. [Figure 1.1]