Cambridge A Level · 9702 · Paper 2 · AS structured questions
Physics 9702/21 May/June 2016 past paper
Cambridge A Level Physics (9702) Paper 2 (AS structured questions), variant 1, May/June 2016: the question paper and its official mark scheme, 7 questions worth 60 marks, with the grade thresholds. Free to open, no account needed.
- Questions
- 7
- Marks
- 60
- Grade A from
- 37
File names: 9702_s16_qp_21 · 9702_s16_ms_21
Grade thresholds for 9702/21 May/June 2016
The minimum raw marks Cambridge set for each grade on this component (out of 60). Thresholds change every session and variant, so always compare your score with the paper you actually sat.
| A | B | C | D | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37 | 31 | 25 | 20 | 14 |
Topics in this paper
Which syllabus chapters 9702/21 May/June 2016 tested, by marks. Each chapter links to every past-paper question on it.
| Chapter | Questions | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| Electricity | 1 | 12 |
| Waves | 1 | 11 |
| Deformation of solids | 1 | 9 |
| Kinematics | 1 | 8 |
| Dynamics | 1 | 8 |
| Physical quantities and units | 1 | 7 |
| Particle physics | 1 | 5 |
Questions in 9702/21 May/June 2016
- Question 1
(a) Make estimates of (i) the mass, in kg, of a wooden metre rule, mass = kg (ii) the volume, in cm3, of a cricket ball or a tennis ball. volume = cm3 (b) A metal wire of length L …
- Question 2
A ball is thrown from a point P with an initial velocity u of …
- Question 3
A ball of mass 150 g is at rest on a horizontal floor, as shown in Fig. 3.1. ball floor Fig. …
- Question 4
(a) State what is meant by elastic potential energy. (b) A spring is extended by applying a force. The variation with extension x of the force F is shown in Fig. 4.1 for the range of values of x from …
- Question 5
The variation with time t of the displacement y of a wave X, as it passes a point P, is shown in Fig. …
- Question 6
(a) Define the coulomb. (b) A resistor X is connected to a cell as shown in Fig. …
- Question 7
(a) Give one example of a hadron: a lepton: (b) Describe, in terms of the simple quark model, (i) a proton, (ii) a neutron. (c) Beta particles may be emitted during the decay of an unstable nucleus of an atom. …
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