Cambridge & Pearson Edexcel Past Paper Questions

What uses non-renewable energy?

Which process in the Sun produces energy?

A 300 N force is applied to a box to move it up a ramp, as shown. How much work is done by the force when moving the box from X to Y?

Four beakers contain the same liquid. At which point is the pressure the greatest?

Water of depth 10 m exerts a pressure equal to atmospheric pressure. An air bubble rises to the surface of a lake which is 20 m deep. When the bubb...

A gas in a container of fixed volume is heated. What happens to the molecules of the gas?

Which statement about thermal radiation is correct?

For a transverse wave, what is a wavefront?

A longitudinal wave passes along a spring. The coils of the spring vibrate from side to side. The diagram shows the positions of the coils at one p...

Light is incident on a mirror. The light is reflected from the mirror. The angle of incidence is i and the angle of reflection is r. Which diagram ...

Which length is the focal length of the lens shown in the diagram?

Light passes from air into a glass block of refractive index 1.5, as shown. What is the angle of refraction in the glass and what is the critical a...

Microwaves are used to transmit television signals to and from a satellite. Which statement about microwaves is correct?

Where are gamma-rays used?

An intruder alarm is adjusted to give a quieter sound without affecting the pitch of the note. How are the amplitude and the frequency of the sound...

Four plotting compasses are placed near a bar magnet. You may ignore any effects of the Earth's magnetic field. One compass appears like this () Wh...

The diagram shows an uncharged ball coated with metallic paint. The ball is suspended from an insulating thread. It is placed near a positively cha...

The current in a car headlamp is 2.0 A. The headlamp is switched on for 4.0 minutes. How much charge passes through the headlamp?

How can one volt also be expressed?

The cells, lamps and resistors in the circuits are identical. In which circuit is the lamp the brightest?

The graph is the voltage-current graph for two resistance wires P and Q. The wires are made from the same material and have equal lengths. The resi...

A lamp is connected to the a.c. mains supply in series with a switch and a fuse. Which circuit shows these components wired correctly?

A student is investigating resistance using the circuit shown. The resistance of R is approximately 5 Ω. What are the most suitable ranges for the ...

A split-ring commutator is used in a simple d.c. motor. It reverses the current in the coil. How often does it reverse the current?

Which component, when used in a circuit, allows current to pass in only one direction?

A potential divider consists of a thermistor and a light-dependent resistor (LDR). Which conditions give the smallest voltage V across the LDR?

Which type of radiation consists of electrons?

A sample of a radioactive isotope produces a count rate of 10000 counts per minute. The half-life of the isotope is one day. What was the count rat...

Which statement about a nucleus of ¹⁵N is correct?

Which property of a body resists change from a state of rest or of motion?

A brick is placed on a newton meter and then on a beam balance. What is measured by each instrument?

A uniform plank is pivoted at its mid-point. Two weights are added to the plank, one weight on each side of the pivot in the positions shown. A ver...

Which quantity is a vector?

A 300 N force is applied to a box to move it up a ramp, as shown. How much work is done by the force when moving the box from X to Y?

Four beakers contain the same liquid. At which point is the pressure the greatest?

A block of weight W rests on a side of area A. The gravitational field strength is g. What is the pressure exerted on the ground due to the block?

Water of depth 10m exerts a pressure equal to atmospheric pressure. An air bubble rises to the surface of a lake which is 20m deep. When the bubble...

The diagram shows two liquid-in-glass thermometers P and Q. The thermometers are identical except that Q has a capillary tube with a larger interna...

A slice of bread is placed under a red-hot electric grill to make toast. How does heat energy reach the bread?

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

A water wave in a ripple tank refracts as it passes from deep water to shallow water. Which properties change as the wave refracts?

The diagram shows light incident on a plane mirror. Which row gives the angle of reflection and the name of line PQ?

Which length is the focal length of the lens shown in the diagram?

The rays of light from a ray-box pass through three lenses placed at positions 1, 2 and 3. What type of lens is used at each position?

Light passes from air into a block of glass, as shown. Which expression is equal to the refractive index of glass?

A sound wave travels through air. The lines in the diagram show the positions of layers of air at one particular time. Which distance shows the wav...

A polythene rod is rubbed with a cloth and the cloth becomes positively charged. Which statement describes the transfer of charge?

A charge of 45 C flows through an electric appliance in 3.0 minutes. What is the average current in the appliance?

The diagram shows a battery of three 1.5 V cells. What is an advantage of this arrangement of cells?

Which diagram shows the arrangement of the ammeter and voltmeter to obtain readings to find the power of a lamp?