Cambridge & Pearson Edexcel Past Paper Questions
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In this experiment, you will investigate the motion of oscillating table tennis balls.
In this experiment, you will investigate the rotational oscillation of a combination of springs.
In this experiment, you will investigate the motion of a chain of paper clips.
In this experiment, you will investigate the equilibrium of a balanced metre rule and determine its mass.
Explain how a satellite may be in a circular orbit around a planet.
A bar magnet of mass 180g is suspended from the free end of a spring, as illustrated in Fig. 2.1. [Figure 2.1] The magnet hangs so that one pole is...
The digital transmission of speech may be illustrated using the block diagram of Fig. 3.1. [Figure 3.1]
Describe the motion of molecules in a gas, according to the kinetic theory of gases.
An α-particle is travelling in a vacuum towards the centre of a gold nucleus, as illustrated in Fig. 5.1. [Figure 5.1] The gold nucleus has charge ...
A comparator circuit is designed to switch on a mains lamp when the ambient light level reaches a set value. An incomplete diagram of the circuit i...
An electron having charge –q and mass m is accelerated from rest in a vacuum through a potential difference V. The electron then enters a region of...
Explain the main principles behind the use of nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (NMRI) to obtain information about internal body structures.
A simple transformer is illustrated in Fig. 9.1. [Figure 9.1]
State what is meant by the hardness of an X-ray beam,
A beam of light consists of a continuous range of wavelengths from 420 nm to 740 nm. The light passes through a cloud of cool gas, as shown in Fig....
One possible nuclear reaction that takes place in a nuclear reactor is given by the equation ²³⁵₉₂U + ¹₀n → ¹³⁹₅₇La + ⁹⁵₄₂Mo + 2¹₀n + x⁰₋₁e Data fo...
Define gravitational field strength.
The pressure p and volume V of an ideal gas are related to the density ρ of the gas by the expression p = ¹/₃ρ(c²).
A bar magnet of mass 250 g is suspended from the free end of a spring, as illustrated in Fig. 3.1. [Figure 3.1] The magnet hangs so that one pole i...
Explain the main principles behind the use of ultrasound to obtain diagnostic information about internal body structures.
State two advantages of the transmission of data in digital form rather than in analogue form. 1. ...................................................
State Coulomb's law.
A capacitor consists of two parallel metal plates, separated by an insulator, as shown in Fig. 7.1. [Figure 7.1]
A student designs a circuit incorporating an operational amplifier (op-amp) as shown in Fig. 8.1. [Figure 8.1]
A Hall probe is placed near to one end of a current-carrying solenoid, as shown in Fig. 9.1. [Figure 9.1] The probe is rotated about the axis XY an...
Briefly describe two phenomena associated with the photoelectric effect that cannot be explained using a wave theory of light. 1. ...................
An electron has charge –q and mass m. It is accelerated from rest in a vacuum through a potential difference V.
One nuclear reaction that can take place in a nuclear reactor may be represented, in part, by the equation ²³⁵₉₂U + ¹₀n → ⁹⁵₄₂Mo + ¹³⁹₅₇La + 2¹₀n ...
The Earth and the Moon may be considered to be uniform spheres that are isolated in space. The Earth has radius R and mean density ρ. The Moon, mas...
A bar magnet of mass 180 g is suspended from the free end of a spring, as illustrated in Fig. 2.1. spring magnet coil [Figure 2.1] The magnet hangs...
A student is investigating the motion of a wooden block on an inclined plane, as shown in Fig. 1.1. A falling body causes the wooden block to accel...
A student is investigating how the time for an electrical pulse to travel in a coaxial cable varies with the length of the cable. The pulse is refl...
A student is investigating the motion of a small cube on a turntable connected to an electric motor as shown in Fig. 1.1. [Figure 1.1] The cube i...
A student is investigating the current in a circuit. The circuit is set up as shown in Fig. 2.1. [Figure 2.1] Two resistors P and Q are connected...
A sheet of gold leaf has a thickness of 0.125 µm. A gold atom has a radius of 174 pm. Approximately how many layers of atoms are there in the sheet?
The drag coefficient Cd is a number with no units. It is used to compare the drag on different cars at different speeds. Cd is given by the equatio...
A student measures the current through a resistor and the potential difference (p.d.) across it. There is a 4% uncertainty in the current reading a...
A student applies a potential difference V of (4.0 ± 0.1)V across a resistor of resistance R of (10.0 ± 0.3)Ω for a time t of (50 ± 1)s. The stude...
The velocity of an object changes with time t as shown. [Graph] Which graph best shows the variation with time t of the displacement s of the object?
A projectile is launched at an angle to the horizontal at time t = 0. It travels over horizontal ground, as shown. [Diagram] Assume that air resis...
A sky-diver falls vertically from a helicopter and reaches constant (terminal) velocity. The graph shows the variation with time t of the speed v o...
A tennis ball of mass 55g is travelling horizontally with a speed of 30ms⁻¹. The ball makes contact with a wall before rebounding in the horizontal...
An elastic collision occurs between two bodies X and Y. The mass of body X is m and the mass of body Y is 4m. Body X travels at speed v before the ...
The density of water is 1.0 g cm⁻³ and the density of glycerine is 1.3 g cm⁻³. Water is added to a measuring cylinder containing 40 cm³ of glyceri...
An astronaut throws a stone horizontally near to the surface of the Moon, where there is no atmosphere. Which row describes the horizontal and ver...
A cylindrical block of wood has cross-sectional area A and weight W. It is totally immersed in water with its axis vertical. The block experiences ...
A uniform diving-board is held by two fixed rods at points P and Q. A person stands at end R of the diving-board, as shown. [Diagram] The forces e...
Two forces, each of magnitude F, act in opposite directions on a rod. [Diagram] Each force acts on the rod at a distance d from the pivot P. What...
The vector diagram shows three coplanar forces acting on an object at P. [Diagram] The magnitude of the resultant of these three forces is 1 N. W...
In 'normal driving conditions', an electric car has a range of 150 km. This uses all of the 200 MJ of energy stored in its batteries. With the bat...