Cambridge A Level ยท 9702 ยท Paper 4 ยท A Level structured questions
Physics 9702/43 May/June 2014 past paper
Cambridge A Level Physics (9702) Paper 4 (A Level structured questions), variant 3, May/June 2014: the question paper and its official mark scheme, 11 questions worth 79 marks, with the grade thresholds. Free to open, no account needed.
- Questions
- 11
- Marks
- 100
- Grade A from
- 60
File names: 9702_s14_qp_43 ยท 9702_s14_ms_43
Grade thresholds for 9702/43 May/June 2014
The minimum raw marks Cambridge set for each grade on this component (out of 100). Thresholds change every session and variant, so always compare your score with the paper you actually sat.
| A | B | C | D | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 | 48 | 38 | 29 | 18 |
Topics in this paper
Which syllabus chapters 9702/43 May/June 2014 tested, by marks. Each chapter links to every past-paper question on it.
| Chapter | Questions | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| Electric fields | 2 | 11 |
| Nuclear physics | 1 | 10 |
| Quantum physics | 1 | 9 |
| Medical physics | 1 | 9 |
| Ideal gases | 1 | 8 |
| Magnetic fields | 1 | 8 |
| Gravitational fields | 1 | 7 |
| Capacitance | 1 | 7 |
| Thermodynamics | 1 | 6 |
| Oscillations | 1 | 4 |
Questions in 9702/43 May/June 2014
- Question 1
(a) Define gravitational potential at a point. (b) A stone of mass m has gravitational potential energy EP at a point X in a gravitational field. The magnitude of the gravitational potential at X is ฯ. State the relation between โฆ
- Question 2
(a) Explain what is meant by the Avogadro constant. (b) Argon-40 (40 18Ar) may be assumed to be an ideal gas. A mass of 3.2 g of argon-40 has a volume of 210 cm3 at a temperature of 37 ยฐC. โฆ
- Question 3
The volume of 1.00 kg of water in the liquid state at 100 ยฐC is โฆ
- Question 4
A student investigates the energy changes of a mass oscillating on a vertical spring, as shown in Fig. 4.1. spring mass Fig. 4.1 The student draws a graph of the variation with displacement x of energy E of the oscillation, โฆ
- Question 5
An isolated solid metal sphere of radius r is given a positive charge. The distance from the centre of the sphere is x. (a) The electric potential at the surface of the sphere is V0. On the axes of Fig. โฆ
- Question 6
An uncharged capacitor is connected in series with a battery, a switch and a resistor, as shown in Fig. โฆ
- Question 7
A solenoid is connected in series with a battery and a switch. A Hall probe is placed close to one end of the solenoid, as illustrated in Fig. 7.1. solenoid Hall probe Fig. 7.1 The current in the solenoid is โฆ
- Question 8
(a) State what is meant by quantisation of charge. (b) A student carries out an experiment to determine the elementary charge. A charged oil drop is positioned between two horizontal metal plates, as shown in Fig. 8.1. 7.0 mm oil โฆ
- Question 9
For a particular metal surface, it is observed that there is a minimum frequency of light below which photoelectric emission does not occur. This observation provides evidence for a particulate nature of electromagnetic radiation. (a) State three further observations from โฆ
- Question 10
(a) Explain what is meant by the binding energy of a nucleus. (b) Data for the masses of some particles are given in Fig. 10.1. mass / u proton neutron tritium (3 1H) nucleus polonium (210 84Po) nucleus โฆ
- Question 12
(a) Outline briefly the principles of CT scanning. (b) In a model for CT scanning, a section is divided into four voxels. The pixel numbers โฆ
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