Cambridge & Pearson Edexcel Past Paper Questions

(a) A student pushes a drawing pin into a wooden board, as shown in Fig. 4.1. [Figure 4.1] The area of the pin in contact with the finger is 5.0 × ...

Fig. 5.1 shows the particles (molecules) in a sample of liquid water. [Figure 5.1]

The virtual reality headset in Fig. 6.1 contains a display and a lens, as shown in Fig. 6.2. [Figure 6.1] [Figure 6.2 (not to scale)] The display i...

A water wave in a ripple tank diffracts as it passes through the gap in a barrier. Fig. 7.1 shows a drawing made by a student of the crests in the ...

A filament lamp is arranged above a shiny metal surface, as shown in Fig. 8.1. [Figure 8.1] A student reads in a textbook that a light-emitting dio...

Fig. 9.1 shows a simple a.c. generator. [Figure 9.1]

Carbon-14 is an isotope of carbon. It undergoes radioactive decay with a half-life of 6000 years. The age of a sample of wood is found using the ca...

Table 11.1 shows details about eight planets in the solar system, their average distance from the Sun, their orbital period and their average surfa...

Fig. 1.1 shows the speed-time graph for a car travelling on a straight horizontal road. [Figure 1.1]

Fig. 2.2 shows a rider on an electric scooter. [Figure 2.2] The scooter contains a battery and a motor to drive the back wheel.

A fixed mass of gas in a glass tube is trapped by a seal at one end of the tube and by a column of mercury. The mercury is free to move within the ...

Fig. 4.1 shows the particles (atoms) at one instant in a sample of iron at a temperature below its melting point. [Figure 4.1]

Water waves are transverse waves.

Fig. 6.1 shows an electric circuit containing a filament lamp, a resistor R, a 12V battery and five meters. [Figure 6.1]

Ultraviolet radiation is one component of the electromagnetic spectrum.

Fig. 8.1 shows a step-down transformer used to operate an electric bell. [Figure 8.1]

A radioactive source emits α-particles, β-particles and γ-radiation.

Astronomical distances are measured in light-years.

In this experiment you will investigate specific heat capacity. You are provided with: • a 100 cm³ beaker labelled A with a mark at the 25 cm³ leve...

In this experiment you will investigate a thermistor. You are provided with: • a battery of cells • a switch or plug key • a fixed resistor • a the...

In this experiment you will investigate a falling mass. You have been provided with: • a pulley attached to a stand • two 100g mass hangers attache...

A student attaches a propeller to an electric motor driven by a 0 to 12Vd.c. power supply as shown in Fig. 4.1.[Figure 4.1] Moving air from the pro...

In this experiment you will measure the capacity of a drinks cup by three different methods. The capacity of a cup is the maximum volume of liquid ...

In this experiment you will investigate the effective resistance of different combinations of resistors and lamps in circuits. You are provided wit...

In this experiment you will investigate the image formed by a converging lens. You are provided with: • a converging lens in a lens holder • a metr...

A student investigates the time taken for ice cubes to melt when they are placed in a beaker of hot water. Plan an experiment to investigate how th...

A student investigates specific heat capacity.

A student investigates a thermistor using the circuit in Fig. 2.1. [Figure 2.1]

A student investigates a falling mass. The student uses the apparatus shown in Fig. 3.1. [Figure 3.1]

A student attaches a propeller to an electric motor driven by a 0 to 12 V d.c. power supply as shown in Fig. 4.1. [Figure 4.1] Moving air from the ...

A student measures the capacity of a drinks cup by three different methods. The capacity of a cup is the maximum volume of liquid that it can hold...

A student investigates the effective resistance of different combinations of resistors and lamps in circuits. The student sets up the circuit show...

A student investigates the image formed by a converging lens. The student arranges the apparatus as shown in Fig. 3.1. triangular object lamp to p...

A measuring cylinder containing water is placed on a top-pan balance. An object is placed into the measuring cylinder. The first diagram shows the ...

The table shows the distance travelled by a car in each 2 s time interval during a 12 s period of its journey. time interval/s: 0-2, 2-4, 4-6, 6-8,...

Two cubes, X and Y, have the same mass, but the length of a side of X is twice that of Y. What is the value of the ratio density of X / density of Y ?

An object slides down a frictionless slope as shown in the diagram. As the object presses on the surface, the surface pushes back on the object. In...

A car, travelling on a straight road, brakes and comes to a stop. Which row gives the expression for calculating the thinking distance and gives a ...

An unstretched spring of length 15.0 cm stretches by 4.0 cm when a mass of weight 6.0 N is suspended from it. The spring does not exceed the limit ...

Which statements describing the moment of a force about a pivot are correct? 1 The moment of a force is a measure of the turning effect of the forc...

Four objects have identical shapes but different distributions of mass. The centre of gravity of each object is shown by the dot marked G. Which ob...

An object of mass 5.0 kg is pushed up a slope at a steady speed of 2.0 m/s. The diagram shows the slope has a vertical height of 3.0 m and a base l...

A student of mass 60 kg climbs some steps. He travels a horizontal distance of 2.0 m and a vertical distance of 1.5 m as shown in the diagram. (NOT...

Which method of producing electricity does not involve a turbine?

The input power to a lamp is 6.0 W. The lamp wastes 2.7 J of energy in 3.0 s. What is the efficiency of the lamp?

A camera is taken under water and left at a depth of 8.0 m. atmospheric pressure = 100000 Pa density of water = 1000 kg/m³ What is the total pressu...

In which example are the particles in fixed positions?

A gas expands slowly and its temperature remains constant. What happens to the gas particles?

The air in each of four syringes is slowly compressed so that the temperature of the air stays constant. The volumes before and after compression f...

The temperature of a substance is measured with a liquid-in-glass thermometer. Which physical property changes so that the temperature can be measu...