Cambridge Past Paper Questions
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An object slides with constant velocity across a horizontal sheet of ice. Friction is negligible. A constant horizontal force of 2.1 N is then appl...
The energy conversions inside a power station burning fossil fuel can be simplified as shown. chemical energy W → thermal energy X → electrical ene...
The total weight of a motorbike and rider is 1800 N. The motorbike travels in a straight line at constant speed up a hill at an angle of 30° to the...
Three springs are arranged vertically as shown. [Figure 21.1] Springs P and Q are identical and each has spring constant k. Spring R has spring con...
A length of metal wire is attached to a fixed point and hangs vertically. Masses are then suspended from the wire. Assume that the cross-sectional ...
The table contains descriptions and examples of waves. Which row is correct? [Figure 23.1]
A sound wave from a loudspeaker is reflected back along its original path by a reflector. A microphone is initially at point X where the sound inte...
A train travels in a straight line at a constant speed of 30 m s⁻¹. The train's horn continuously emits sound of frequency 2400 Hz. A stationary ob...
Electromagnetic waves of frequency 30 THz are in a vacuum. In which region of the electromagnetic spectrum are the waves?
A stationary wave is produced on a string that is stretched between two fixed points that are a distance of 1.35 m apart, as shown. [Figure 27.1] T...
A beam of laser light is directed towards a narrow slit. [Figure 28.1] After emerging from the other side of the slit, the diffracted light then fa...
Two waves, each with a constant amplitude, interfere and produce an interference pattern. The pattern has minima at fixed points where the displace...
Light of wavelength 5.5 × 10⁻⁷ m is incident normally on a diffraction grating. [Figure 30.1] The angle between the second-order diffraction maxima...
Four diagrams representing the electric field between two oppositely charged point charges are shown. Which diagram correctly shows the electric fi...
A proton enters the uniform electric field between two parallel vertical metal plates in a vacuum. One plate is at a potential of 0 V and the other...
What is a description of the coulomb?
A battery of electromotive force (e.m.f.) 10 V and internal resistance 5.0 Ω is connected to a 5.0 Ω load resistor. [Figure 34.1] Which change occu...
The graphs show the variation with potential difference V of the current I for three circuit components. [Figure 35.1] The components are a metal w...
The electromotive force (e.m.f.) of a cell is 6.0 V. It has negligible internal resistance and is connected across a resistor. The potential differ...
A battery of negligible internal resistance is connected to three resistors, as shown. [Figure 37.1] The potential difference across each resistor ...
A battery of electromotive force (e.m.f.) 9.0 V and internal resistance 1.0 Ω is connected to a fixed resistor of resistance 5.0 Ω and a potentiome...
An unstable nucleus decays by emitting a β⁺ particle. Which statement is correct?
Answer all the questions in the spaces provided. (b) A smooth pebble, made from uniform rock, has the shape of an elongated sphere as shown in [Fi...
(b) Two balls X and Y, of equal diameter but different masses 0.24kg and 0.12kg respectively, slide towards each other on a frictionless horizontal...
(a) A uniform metal bar, initially unstretched, has sides of length w, x and y, as shown in [Fig. 3.1]. The bar is now stretched by a tensile forc...
(b) A vehicle travels at constant speed around a wide circular track. It continuously sounds its horn, which emits a single note of frequency 1.2kH...
(b) The circuit shown in [Fig. 5.1] contains a battery of electromotive force (e.m.f.) E and negligible internal resistance connected to four resis...
(a) Complete [Table 6.1] to show the masses (in terms of the unified atomic mass unit u) and charges (in terms of the elementary charge e) of α, β⁺...
A charged oil drop is in a vacuum between two horizontal metal plates. A uniform electric field is produced between the plates by applying a potent...
A child sits on the ground next to a remote-controlled toy car. At time t = 0, the car begins to move in a straight line directly away from the chi...
A tube is initially fully submerged in water. The axis of the tube is kept vertical as the tube is slowly raised out of the water, as shown in [Fig...
A cell of electromotive force (e.m.f.) 0.48 V is connected to a metal wire X, as shown in [Figure 6.1]. The cell has internal resistance. The curre...
A stationary nucleus P of mass 243u decays by emitting an α-particle of mass 4u to form a different nucleus Q, as illustrated in [Figure 7.1]. The ...
A solid cylinder of weight 24N is made of material of density 850kgm⁻³. The cylinder has a length of 0.18m, as shown in Fig. 1.1. [Figure 1.1]
An α-particle moves in a straight line through a vacuum with a constant speed of 4.1 × 10⁶ms⁻¹. The α-particle enters a uniform electric field at p...
In this experiment, you will investigate oscillations.
In this experiment, you will investigate the flow of oil.
In this experiment, you will investigate combinations of resistors in an electrical circuit.
In this experiment, you will investigate the time taken for filter papers to fall in air.
A trolley on a track is attached by springs to fixed blocks X and Y, as shown in [Figure 4.1]. The track contains many small holes through which ai...
An analogue signal is to be transmitted to a receiver. Before transmission, the signal passes through an analogue-to-digital converter (ADC). After...