Cambridge Past Paper Questions
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In this experiment, you will investigate how the rate of cooling of a hot liquid depends on its volume.
In this experiment, you will investigate the patterns produced by overlaid grids.
In this experiment, you will investigate the oscillations of a mass on a spring.
In this experiment, you will investigate the oscillations of a loaded wooden strip.
The Earth may be assumed to be an isolated uniform sphere with its mass of 6.0 × 10^24 kg concentrated at its centre. A satellite of mass 1200 kg i...
An ideal gas is contained in a cylinder by means of a movable frictionless piston, as illustrated in [Figure 2.1]. Initially, the gas has a volume ...
Outline the use of ultrasound to obtain diagnostic information about internal body structures.
The variation with temperature of the resistance of a thermistor is shown in [Figure 8.1]. A student includes the thermistor and an ideal operation...
An isolated planet is a uniform sphere of radius 3.39 × 10⁶ m. Its mass of 6.42 × 10²³ kg may be considered to be a point mass concentrated at its ...
An ideal gas has a volume of 3.1 × 10⁻³m³ at a pressure of 8.5 × 10⁵ Pa and a temperature of 290 K, as shown in [Figure 2.1]. The gas suddenly expa...
A U-shaped tube contains some liquid. The liquid column in each half of the tube has length L, as shown in [Figure 3.1]. The liquid columns are dis...
A sinusoidal carrier wave has a constant amplitude and a frequency of 1.2 MHz. The carrier wave is modulated by a signal wave such that a 1.0 V dis...
An isolated metal sphere of radius r is charged so that the electric potential at its surface is V₀. [Figure 5.1] On Fig. 5.1, sketch the variation...
Two flat metal plates are held a small distance apart by means of insulating pads, as shown in [Figure 6.1].
Two properties of an ideal operational amplifier (op-amp) are infinite input impedance and infinite bandwidth.
A stationary nucleus of samarium-157 (¹⁵⁷₆₂Sm) emits a gamma-ray (γ-ray) photon of energy 0.57 MeV.
A student investigates the current in a coil and a resistor connected in series, as shown in Fig. 1.1. [Figure 1.1] The student connects a high-vol...
A student investigates the collision of two gliders A and B on a linear air-track. A card is attached to glider B, as shown in Fig. 2.1. [Figure 2....
A student investigates the heating of a solid metal cylinder. Fig. 1.1 shows the cylinder of cross-sectional area A and height h. h A cylinder Fig....
A student investigates the current in a circuit containing a cell, as shown in Fig. 2.1. A E r R1 R2 P Q Fig. 2.1 The student connects two resist...
Which estimate is reasonable?
What is the symbol for the SI base unit of temperature?
Which statement about systematic errors is not correct?
An object is moving with an initial velocity of 4.0 m s⁻¹ to the right. The velocity of the object changes so that its final velocity is 3.0 m s⁻¹ ...
A car travels anticlockwise along a horizontal circular road of radius 12 m, as shown. [Figure 5.1] The car takes a time of 4.0 s to move from posi...
The water surface in a deep well is 78.0 m below the top of the well. A person at the top of the well drops a heavy stone down the well. Air resist...
Which statement is not a requirement of a pair of forces that obey Newton's third law of motion?
A child of mass 20 kg stands on the rough surface of a sledge of mass 40 kg. The sledge can slide on a horizontal frictionless surface. One end of ...
A stone S and a foam rubber ball R are identical spheres of equal volume. They are released from rest at time t = 0 and fall vertically through the...
Two forces form a couple. Which statement describes the two forces?
A uniform rod is attached by a hinge at one end to a wall. The other end of the rod is supported by a wire so that the rod is horizontal and in equ...
A diving board of length 5.0 m is hinged at one end and supported 2.0 m from this end by a spring of spring constant 10 kN m⁻¹. A child of mass 40 ...