Cambridge & Pearson Edexcel Past Paper Questions

Which unit is the same as a volt?

The voltage/current graph for a metal wire is shown. What does the gradient of this graph represent?

What is the symbol for a device that measures current?

The cable to an electric cooker contains a live wire, a neutral wire and an earth wire. When the cooker is working correctly, in which wires are th...

The coil of a simple motor lies between the poles of a permanent magnet. The coil rotates about its axis when there is a current in it. What decrea...

A beam of electrons travels through a vacuum. The beam passes between the poles of a magnet as shown. What is the direction of the conventional cur...

A teacher uses the circuit shown. The identical lamps X and Y are connected to a low voltage a.c. power supply by high resistance transmission wire...

A car battery supplies a current in one direction. A current in the opposite direction recharges the battery. Which circuit recharges the battery, ...

A neutral atom of boron contains 5 electrons and 5 protons. The nucleon number (mass number) of the atom is 11. How many neutrons are there in the ...

A woman runs 2.0 km from X to Y in 20 minutes and then rests at Y for 10 minutes. She then takes 10 minutes to run 1.6 km from Y to Z. What is the ...

A cyclist travelling in a straight line at 8.0 m/s accelerates to 12 m/s in a time of 6.0 s. Which expression gives the cyclist's acceleration?

The diagram shows the distance-time graph for a moving object. What is the moving object?

A parachutist of mass 60 kg falls at a steady speed of 10 m/s. The gravitational field strength g is 10 N/kg. What is the upward force acting on th...

A force moves a box up a rough slope. The diagram shows four forces acting on the box. Which is the force due to friction on the box?

The mass of object P is greater than the mass of object Q. The objects contain different amounts of matter and have a different resistance to chang...

A uniform metre rule is balanced by a 4.0N weight as shown. What is the weight W of the metre rule?

A large hook sticks into a pencil. The hook and pencil are balanced on the edge of a table, as shown. Where is the centre of mass of the hook and p...

The diagram shows a graph of load against extension for a material. At which point is the limit of proportionality?

A length of metal wire is made from a radioactive isotope of the metal. The diagram shows masses suspended from the end of the wire. The masses are...

The diagram shows a manometer containing mercury that is sealed at one end. What happens to the distance h when the manometer is taken higher up a ...

The pressure on the gas contained in a sealed syringe is slowly doubled. The volume of the gas halves. What must be true about the density and the ...

An object is lifted. Which expression gives the increase in gravitational potential energy of the object?

Which method of producing electricity does not use an a.c. generator?

Three solar panels have a total area of 7.2 m². Together, they produce 1.0 kW of power. An area of 1.0 m² of each panel receives 0.80 kJ of energy ...

A student suggests three different definitions for power. 1 energy transferred per second 2 force × distance moved 3 rate of doing work Which defin...

How is latent heat defined?

In low-pressure hydrogen, there are no forces between the molecules except during collisions with each other. Which statement describes the motion ...

A wave on water travels towards a stationary boat. As the wave passes, the boat starts to move up and down and gains kinetic energy from the wave. ...

An object is placed at a distance from a converging lens that is equal to twice the focal length of the lens. Which statement about the image is co...

The lens in the diagram produces an image I of the object O. Why is this not the ray diagram for a photographic enlarger?

What is the approximate range of audible frequencies for a healthy human ear?

The speed of sound in air is cₐ, the speed of sound in water is cᵥᵥ and the speed of sound in ice is cᵢ. Which relationship is correct?

One end of each of two bars is marked with an X or a Y, as shown. End X of bar 1 is brought close to the N-pole and then to the S-pole of a magnet....

The diagram shows a car ignition switch and starter motor. The ignition switch is in a circuit with long, thin wires. The starter motor is in a cir...

The diagram shows a simple circuit. What happens when the resistance of the variable resistor is increased?

The diagram shows a simple electrical circuit. Which statement cannot be correct?

The manufacturer of an electrical heater states that only one heater must be connected to the mains wiring through any fuse. The current in the cir...

A coil is rotating in a magnetic field. The coil is connected to an oscilloscope. The diagram shows the trace on the screen of the oscilloscope. Th...

A proton has charge q and mass m. What is the charge and what is the mass of an alpha-particle?

Fig. 1.1 shows the distance-time graph for a journey made by a cyclist between town A and town B. [Figure 1.1] The cyclist leaves town A at time t ...

Some sources of energy, used to produce electricity, may run out in the future. Underline the two sources of energy that are likely to run out firs...

A large spring is stretched by an athlete to increase the strength of his arms. The athlete extends the spring, as shown in Fig. 3.1, and then rele...

Fig. 4.1 shows a cylinder with a piston that contains a gas. [Figure 4.1]

A student uses the circuit shown in Fig. 5.1 to investigate a resistor R. [Figure 5.1]

Fig. 6.1 shows the fuse inside the plug of a hairdryer. [Figure 6.1]

Fig. 7.1 shows part of a torch. The torch does not contain a battery. [Figure 7.1] The torch is shaken and this causes the magnet to move backwards...

Fig. 8.1 shows a circuit diagram containing a 2000 Ω resistor of constant resistance and a thermistor. [Figure 8.1]

Fig. 9.1 shows a parachutist falling vertically towards the ground. [Figure 9.1] The mass of the parachutist is 60 kg and his weight is 600 N.

In Fig. 10.1 the vertical lines represent the crests of a wave in a ripple tank. [Figure 10.1] Fig. 10.1 is drawn to scale, with 1.0 cm on the diag...

A teacher carries out an experiment on radioactivity using the apparatus shown in Fig. 11.1. [Figure 11.1] The count rate is a measurement of the c...