Cambridge & Pearson Edexcel Past Paper Questions

An electric circuit consists of a battery, a variable resistor and connecting wires. Sections PQ and QR of the connecting wire are in a region of s...

A sample of the radioactive isotope radon-222 decays by the emission of alpha-particles.

Section B Answer two questions from this section. Answer in the spaces provided. Fig. 9.1 shows a large container ship travelling at constant speed...

Fig. 10.1 represents the electromagnetic spectrum. [Figure 10.1] visible light

Fig. 11.1 shows a negatively charged rod close to an uncharged metal sphere that is mounted on an insulating stand. [Figure 11.1]

Two small tugboats are pulling a large ship in a harbour. [Figure 1.1] represents the view from above and shows the directions of the forces on the...

A force applied to a solid object may cause it to accelerate so that its velocity changes.

A solid, rectangular concrete block is lying horizontally on flat ground with one of its largest sides in contact with the ground. [Figure 3.1] sho...

A 75W filament lamp in an office is accidentally left switched on for 63 hours when the office is closed.

A process called nuclear fusion takes place in the Sun.

[Figure 6.1] shows a girl standing a few hundred metres in front of a large building. The girl uses a signal generator and a loudspeaker to send a ...

A 4.5V battery is connected in a circuit with an ammeter, a light-dependent resistor (LDR) and a 1800 Ω fixed resistor. [Figure 7.1] is the circuit...

In the engine compartment of a car, the battery supplies a current of 120A to the starter motor.

[Figure 9.1] shows an astronaut in space near to a space station in orbit above the Earth. The total mass of the astronaut and all his equipment is...

A boiler containing water is plugged into a 230 V mains supply. The heater in the boiler is operating at full power.

The metals in the list below have many different uses. aluminium copper iron silver steel

An apple falls from a tree. Which row describes the forces acting on the apple and the motion of the apple as it falls?

The table shows how the speeds of four bodies, A, B, C and D, change with time. Which body has an acceleration that is not constant?

An engine pulls a truck at constant speed on a level track. The link between the engine and the truck breaks. The driving force on the engine remai...

On which car is there a resultant force?

Which piece of apparatus may be used to compare the masses of two objects?

The graph shows how the extension of a spring changes with the masses suspended from it when the spring is on planet X and when the spring is on pl...

Two cylinders P and Q are made of copper. The height of P is twice the height of Q. The diameter of P is half the diameter of Q. Which statement is...

A tennis ball is compressed. Work is done and energy is transferred to the molecules of air inside the ball, and also to the rubber from which the ...

Paths are laid as shown between points X, Y and Z. A person walks along the paths from X to Y to Z and then back to X. What is the value of the tot...

Which diagram shows the addition of the 4.0 N and the 3.0 N forces?

The diagram represents a geothermal power station. Which useful energy transformation is taking place?

A motor is used to lift a load 0.50 m vertically, as shown. The load weighs 40 N. The power of the motor is 20 W and the system is 25% efficient. H...

Different liquids are poured into four different containers. In which container does the liquid produce the greatest pressure at the bottom of the ...

A rectangular block of metal has weight 6.0 N and measures 3.0 cm × 4.0 cm × 5.0 cm. What is the smallest pressure that it can exert when resting o...

A long tube, full of mercury, is inverted in a small dish of mercury. The mercury level in the tube falls, leaving a vacuum at the top. When the at...

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

A 100 g piece of solid lead at room temperature is heated. After 22 s, it has all become liquid. The graph shows how its temperature varies with ti...

What increases when a liquid becomes a gas at its boiling point?

Two liquid-in-glass thermometers are almost identical. They contain the same quantity of the same liquid and the diameters of their capillary tubes...

Which statement about a water wave is correct?

The diagram shows a thin converging lens of focal length f. Where must an object be placed to produce a real image in the position shown?

White light is dispersed by a prism. Compared with blue light, the red light is

A student reads the following in her physics book. 'The incident angle is greater than 42° which is the critical angle for glass in air.' What is t...

Which statement about radio waves is correct?

Ultrasound is used to map the ocean floor. During one survey, the depth of water is 1200 m. An ultrasound pulse is sent from the surface and when i...

Which diagram shows the magnetic field pattern in the region between the N-poles of the two bar magnets?

Students are asked to describe an experiment to measure the resistance of a metallic conductor. Which description is correct?

The diagram shows three 6.0 Ω resistors connected to give various total resistances. What is the difference between the smallest total resistance a...

A wire of length 0.50 m and cross-sectional area 1.0 × 10⁻⁶ m² has a resistance of 0.75 Ω. Another wire of the same material has a length of 2.0 m ...

A defibrillator is a device that is used to give an electric shock to a patient’s heart. It supplies an electric shock with energy 240 J at an aver...

In a lighting circuit, the switch is placed in the live wire. Why is this?

Which cable transmits electrical energy at the highest voltage?

A thermistor and a light-dependent resistor are connected in series. Which conditions give the least resistance?

An oscilloscope is connected to a d.c. power supply. The time-base on the oscilloscope is switched off. What is seen on the screen of the oscillosc...