Cambridge & Pearson Edexcel Past Paper Questions

Boiling and evaporation are different processes. Which statement is correct?

A hot meal is supplied in a container made of shiny metal foil. Why does the container help to keep the food hot?

Which quantity is defined as the number of wavelengths passing a point per second?

A plane mirror forms the image of an object. What are characteristics of the image formed?

A ray of light strikes the surface of a glass block at an angle of incidence of 45°. The refractive index of the glass is 1.8. What is the angle of...

Which diagram shows rays of light passing through a converging lens?

A beam of white light is incident on a glass prism as shown in the diagram. X and Y are the two ends of the visible spectrum. Which statement is co...

Which components of the electromagnetic spectrum are used to communicate from a remote controller to a television set and from the Earth to a satel...

A student claps his hands in front of a wall and hears the echoes. He claps at the same moment as he hears the echo of the previous clap. Another s...

A compass is placed close to a strong bar magnet and pivots to the position shown in the diagram. Which type of magnet is a compass needle and what...

Plastic and wool are insulating materials. Samples of plastic and wool are rubbed together. This causes a transfer of electrons. Which row shows th...

Which circuit contains a heater and a fuse?

A light-dependent resistor (LDR) is to be used as an input sensor for an intruder alarm circuit. When there is no light on the LDR, the lamp switch...

A potential difference of 4.0 V produces a current of 3.0 A in a resistor. How much energy is transferred to thermal energy during 10 s?

The diagram shows a generator. It depicts a coil rotating between magnetic poles (labeled N and X). Y refers to the slip rings/commutator assembly....

The diagram shows a loudspeaker that is producing a sound. It depicts a magnet (N-S poles) with a coil of wire attached to a cone. A student writes...

A step-down transformer changes 240 V a.c. to 12 V a.c. There are 600 turns on the primary coil. How many turns are on the secondary coil?

Alpha particles are directed at a thin gold foil. Only a very small proportion of the alpha particles are deflected through very large angles. Whic...

A radioactive source emitting only gamma radiation is placed in front of a radiation detector which measures the count rate. What must cause the co...

Nuclear fusion is one source of energy. What is nuclear fusion?

Two people pull on ropes to move a boat along a canal. [Figure 2.1] The boat moves at a constant velocity. The vector diagram for the tension in th...

The graph shows how the speed of a car travelling in a straight line changes with time. [Figure 3.1] Which section shows the largest acceleration?

A man walks along a path from X to Y. The diagram shows the path from above. [Figure 4.1] The man measures the distance he walks and the time taken...

Which property of an object determines its resistance to a change from its state of rest or motion?

The diagram shows a moon buggy used by astronauts. [Figure 6.1] The mass of the moon buggy on the Earth is 210 kg. The gravitational field strength...

A car travels along a road. The force on the car due to the engine is 800 N. The motion of the car depends on the value of the total resistive forc...

Four of the gravitational forces that act between objects in the Solar System are listed. P the force on the Moon due to the Earth Q the force on t...

A box is moved up a rough slope from X to Y. The diagram shows four forces acting on the box. [Figure 9.1] Which force is the force due to friction...

The graph shows how the extension of four different threads depends on the load attached. [Figure 10.1] Which thread is the most difficult to stret...

A satellite orbits a planet in a circular path as shown. It has constant speed. There is a force on the satellite due to the planet. In which direc...

A crane has a 5800 N counterweight positioned 2.3 m from the tower along a horizontal jib. The centre of gravity P of the crane jib is marked. [Fig...

A car of mass 750 kg travels 400 m at 25 m/s. It then accelerates to 35 m/s and travels a further 400 m. What is the change in the momentum of the ...

A ball is dropped from rest at the top of a building. Air resistance is negligible. The velocity of the ball is 14 m/s when it hits the ground. Wha...

Which energy source is available constantly over a 24-hour period?

A 15 W lamp is turned on for 30 minutes. It wastes 7000 J of energy. What is the efficiency of the lamp?

Which quantity is not measured in joules (J)?

Which description of a liquid is correct?

A transparent box has a dividing wall in its middle. It contains two different gases, one in each half, as shown. [Figure 19.1] The dividing wall i...

A bottle containing a cold liquid is placed on a table on a warm day. Drops of water form on the outside of the bottle. Which process causes the dr...

What is the specific heat capacity of a liquid?

Which statement about infrared radiation is correct?

The speed of sound in air is 330 m/s. Which sound is classed as ultrasound?

Which diagram shows how light from a distant object forms an image in a normal eye? [Figure 24.1]

The colour of visible light is related to the wavelength of the light. Which list of colours is in order of increasing wavelength?

A thin converging lens is used as a magnifying glass. Which row gives the nature of the image produced and an expression that is the linear magnifi...

Which application is not a use for ultrasound?

Which equation is correct for potential difference (p.d.)?

The diagrams show five electrical circuits. All of the resistors shown are identical. [Figure 29.1] Which circuits have equal resistance?

Which electrical appliance uses the heating effect of electricity?

How many kilowatt-hours of energy are used by a 1000 W heater connected to a 230 V supply for 30 minutes?