Cambridge & Pearson Edexcel Past Paper Questions

A stone is placed in a measuring cylinder of water, as shown. The volume of water in the cylinder before adding the stone is 15 cm³ and the stone h...

The extension of a spring is measured for various loads. The limit of proportionality is not reached. Which graph shows the extension-load graph fo...

An underwater diver moves from the ocean to a fresh water lake. The density of water in the lake is less than in the ocean. In which position does ...

When the pressure exerted by the atmosphere is 0.10 MPa, the height of the mercury in a barometer is 0.76 m. What is the pressure exerted by the at...

The diagram shows a block of mass m pulled in a straight line along a horizontal surface by a force F. The block moves a distance d in time t. The ...

Less thermal energy is needed to raise the temperature of 1.0 kg of copper by 1.0 °C than is needed to raise the temperature of 1.0 kg of water by ...

The graph is the temperature-time graph for a sample of wax that is heated so that it melts. The mass of the wax is 200 g. Thermal energy is suppli...

A fixed amount of gas is trapped inside a metal can. The temperature of the gas decreases but the volume does not change. How does this change affe...

The diagram shows a room temperature liquid in a beaker. What reduces the rate of loss of liquid by evaporation?

A water wave on a pond passes into a region where the wave travels more slowly. It then returns to a region where it travels at the original speed....

What is meant by the amplitude of a wave?

The diagram shows one wavefront of a wave as it travels from deep water to shallow water in a ripple tank. What happens as the wavefront moves into...

A ray of light passes into a glass block. It travels through the glass block and then emerges into the air. Which angle is the angle of refraction ...

Two rays of light pass through a lens in region X. Which type of lens is in region X and which type of image is formed?

Light rays are deviated by a prism. The deviation angle d is measured for light rays of different frequency, including blue light and red light. Wh...

Which component of the electromagnetic spectrum is used for the remote control of a television?

A student stands a distance x in front of a large wall. He claps his hands at a regular rate so that each clap coincides with the echo from the pre...

An ultrasound scanner produces an image of an unborn baby. What does the scanner use to form an image of the baby?

Object X is on an electronic balance. Object Y is held above object X as shown. The reading on the balance increases when Y is moved closer to X. W...

A teacher wants to demagnetise a bar magnet and tries three different methods. 1 Heat the bar magnet to a high temperature and let it cool. 2 Place...

A piece of paper torn out of an exercise book is shown. is the work done (measured in joules) on unit charge (measured in coulombs) as it moves aro...

Which circuit is connected to measure the current in the fixed resistor and the potential difference (p.d.) across the same resistor?

The diagram shows a circuit with a 5.0 V power supply, three resistors and four output terminals P, Q, R and S. Between which pair of terminals is ...

Two 100 W lamps are connected in parallel to the mains supply, as shown. How much electrical energy is supplied by the mains when the switch is clo...

The cost of electricity is 9.0 cents/kWh. It takes 0.060 hours and costs 1.2 cents to boil the water in a kettle. What is the power rating of the k...

A transformer with an efficiency of 100% has a primary voltage input of 600 V and a secondary voltage output of 240 V. The secondary coil is attach...

The diagram shows an alarm system in which the switch S is shown closed. The top circuit is arranged so that the electromagnet is positioned over t...

A microphone detects a musical sound and the signal is fed into an oscilloscope. The diagram shows the trace which appears on the screen. The spot ...

A student connects two components whose resistances can change and a fixed resistor across a 6.0 V supply. Under which conditions is the voltage ac...

Technetium-99m is a radioactive isotope used in medical scanning. It is injected into the body and its emissions are detected outside the body. Whi...

Which statement about the production of electricity in a nuclear power station is correct?

In the simple model of an atom, X orbits around Y. What are X and Y?

A boy starts at P and walks 3.0 m due north from P to Q and then 4.0 m due east from Q to R. What is the shortest distance that he must now walk to...

A student investigates the motion of a ball falling through the air. Which quantity is a vector?

A skier slides down a slope. The diagram shows how his speed varies with time. What is his average acceleration during the 6.0 s?

A solid object, immersed in water, hangs from an elastic thread. Three forces act on the object: its weight W, the tension in the thread T, and a f...

The diagram shows a car going around a circular track at constant speed. Which arrow shows the direction of the resultant force on the car?

An object in a laboratory is used to determine the gravitational field strength g. Which quantity is equal to g?

A student takes measurements to find the density of a regularly shaped block. Which formula is used to calculate the density of the block?

Four solid objects are made from the same material and have equal volumes. Which object is the most stable?

A metal wire is stretched by a force F up to the limit of proportionality. Which statement describes what happens when F is increased slightly?

Piston X is pushed into a hydraulic cylinder. Piston X produces a pressure Px in the liquid in the cylinder. The diagram shows the cylinder viewed ...

A 60 kg ice-skater, travelling initially at 3.0 m/s, glides across a horizontal icy surface. The skater brakes and comes to rest after 5.0 m. The w...

Which equation is used to find the efficiency of an energy transfer?

The diagram shows the inside of a refrigerator. When the refrigerator is first switched on, what happens to the air near the cooling unit?

What is the colour and what is the texture of a good absorber of infrared radiation?

Which temperatures are used as the lower and upper fixed points for a mercury-in-glass thermometer?

Two liquid-in-glass thermometers have identical dimensions. One contains ethanol and the other an equal volume of mercury. Ethanol expands more tha...

Solar panels are used to heat water with a mass of 500 kg. The total area of the solar panels is 10 m² and the average power output from each squar...

The graph is the temperature-time graph for a sample of wax that is heated so that it melts. The mass of the wax is 200 g. Thermal energy is suppli...