Cambridge & Pearson Edexcel Past Paper Questions

The diagram shows the dimensions of a box of mass M and weight W at rest on a table. What is the pressure on the table due to the box?

Which graph shows the relationship between the pressure and the volume of a fixed mass of gas at constant temperature?

A girl lifts an object of mass 1.0 kg from the floor and puts it on a ledge 2.0 m above the floor. How much potential energy is gained by the objec...

Which heat transfer processes do not require a medium?

The list shows four physical properties. mass resistance voltage volume How many of these properties can be used to measure temperature?

The diagram shows a clinical thermometer. Which factor affects the sensitivity of the thermometer?

Which statement about the thermal expansion of solids, liquids and gases is correct?

Which row describes the shape of a liquid and the arrangement of its molecules?

Air in a sealed container of fixed volume is heated. The pressure of the air increases. How do the molecules of air cause this increase in pressure?

An object of height 1.5 cm is placed in front of a converging lens of focal length 2.0 cm. The arrangement is shown on the full-scale ray diagram. ...

In which optical instrument is the distance between the object and the lens less than the focal length of the lens?

Which two waves are components of the electromagnetic spectrum?

Students are asked for the uses of ultrasound. Three suggested uses for ultrasound are: P cleaning jewellery Q tanning on a sunbed R obtaining an i...

The diagram shows a circuit. The ammeter has four different range settings. Which range setting gives a reading near the mid-point of the range?

In which example is the current 1.0 A?

Which graph shows the relationship between current and voltage for a filament lamp?

A three-pin mains plug contains a fuse. A device with double insulation has a cable connected to the plug. Which part of the plug is not connected ...

A trolley carrying a strong magnet rolls down a ramp at constant speed. It passes through a coil as shown. An electromotive force (e.m.f.) is induc...

What does an alpha-particle consist of?

An aircraft flies at a constant height. Air drag and the force from the aircraft's engines together produce a force on the aircraft of 36 kN due no...

Fig. 2.1 shows a hollow metal cube filled with boiling water. The temperature of the four vertical surfaces are equal but each surface has a differ...

A hot steel rod is cooled by plunging it into cold water, as shown in Fig. 3.1. [Figure 3.1]

(a) Fig. 4.1 shows a wave on a rope and Fig. 4.2 shows a wave on a spring. Both waves are moving in the direction shown by the arrows. [Figure 4.1]...

Fig. 5.1 shows part of the ray diagram of a lens being used as a magnifying glass. Three rays are shown coming from the top of an object O. The poi...

A student moves a metal bar upwards between the poles of a magnet, as shown in Fig. 6.1. [Figure 6.1] The ammeter connected to the metal bar shows ...

(a) Fig. 7.1 shows two circuit components. [Figure 7.1]

Fig. 8.1 shows a stationary horse and its rider, about to jump over two fences. [Figure 8.1]

Fig. 9.1 is the current-voltage graph for a filament lamp. [Figure 9.1]

Table 10.1 contains details of the nature and some properties of alpha, beta and gamma emissions. [Table 10.1]

State the difference between a scalar quantity and a vector quantity.

A car approaches a set of traffic lights. The lights change to red at time t = 0. Fig. 2.1 shows how the speed of the car changes with time. [Figur...

Fig. 3.1 shows a small brick hanging from a newton meter. [Figure 3.1] The reading on the newton meter is 3.0N.

In a demonstration, a teacher uses a loud ticking clock, two hollow tubes A and B, a barrier and a smooth surface. The clock is used as a source of...

Fig. 5.1 shows a method of producing sandpaper using static electricity. [Figure 5.1] Glue is sprayed on to moving paper. The sticky paper then pas...

The power input to a filament lamp when connected to a 12V supply is 20W.

Fig. 7.1 shows part of a simple d.c. electric motor. [Figure 7.1] The motor is connected to a battery with the positive terminal of the battery con...

Fig. 8.1 shows a potential divider circuit containing two resistors R₁ and R₂. [Figure 8.1]

9 (a) Fig. 9.1 represents the conversion of energy in a mobile phone. [Figure 9.1]

10 (a) Fig. 10.1 shows a water wave moving from shallow into deep water. The wavefronts shown represent the crests of the wave. [Figure 10.1]

11 A highly radioactive source that emits beta-particles is placed a few centimetres away from a detector, as shown in Fig. 11.1. [Figure 11.1]

A length of copper wire is labelled: length 0.50 m and diameter 0.50 mm. Which instruments are most suitable to measure accurately the length and t...

A driver drives a car at uniform velocity along a road. The driver sees a hazard and applies the brakes. What is the car's motion as it moves throu...

The diagram represents the Moon in its orbit around the Earth. Which arrow represents the direction of the resultant force acting on the Moon at th...

The mass m of an object is related to its weight W and the gravitational field strength g. Which equation shows the relationship?

A plastic cube, of density ρ, is compressed so that each of its sides becomes one-half of its original length. What is the new density of the mater...

Four glass objects have square bases of equal area. Which object is the least stable?

The initial pressure of a volume V₁ of a fixed mass of gas is p₁. The gas expands at a constant temperature until it has volume V₂ and pressure p₂....

A stone falls at terminal velocity in air. What is equal to the change in gravitational potential energy of the stone?

Water in a river is used to turn a turbine as the water flows downstream. How is this type of power source described?

A load is pulled by a rope attached to a motor. The resultant force exerted by the rope on the load is shown in the diagrams. In each diagram, the ...