Cambridge A Level · 9702 · Paper 1 · Multiple choice
Physics 9702/13 May/June 2020 past paper
Cambridge A Level Physics (9702) Paper 1 (Multiple choice), variant 3, May/June 2020: the question paper and its official mark scheme, 40 questions worth 40 marks. Free to open, no account needed.
- Questions
- 40
- Marks
- 40
File names: 9702_s20_qp_13 · 9702_s20_ms_13
Topics in this paper
Which syllabus chapters 9702/13 May/June 2020 tested, by marks. Each chapter links to every past-paper question on it.
| Chapter | Questions | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| Electricity | 9 | 9 |
| Forces, density and pressure | 7 | 7 |
| Kinematics | 6 | 6 |
| Superposition | 5 | 5 |
| Work, energy and power | 3 | 3 |
| Waves | 3 | 3 |
| Physical quantities and units | 2 | 2 |
| Deformation of solids | 2 | 2 |
| Particle physics | 2 | 2 |
| Dynamics | 1 | 1 |
Questions in 9702/13 May/June 2020
- Question 1
A man is running a race in a straight line. What is an approximate value of his kinetic energy? …
- Question 2
A sample of gas has a mass of 4.8 µg and occupies a volume of 1.2 dm3. What is the density of the sample of gas? …
- Question 3
Which characteristics are possessed by a vector quantity but not by a scalar quantity? A direction only B magnitude and direction C magnitude and unit D unit only
- Question 4
A circuit is set up in order to determine the resistance of …
- Question 5
Two liquid-in-glass thermometers in a well-mixed liquid are individually observed by 10 different students. All agree that one thermometer reads 21 °C and the other thermometer reads 23 °C. What is a possible explanation for the difference? A The liquid …
- Question 6
The graph shows how the velocity of a ball varies with time from the moment it is hit vertically upwards from the ground. …
- Question 7
Two students each throw a ball horizontally from the top of a tower. The two balls are released at the same time. The first student throws her ball with a speed of …
- Question 8
A ball of mass m travels vertically downwards and then hits a horizontal floor at speed u. It rebounds vertically upwards with speed v. The collision lasts a time ∆t. What is the average resultant force exerted on the ball …
- Question 9
The resultant force F on a raindrop of mass m falling vertically with velocity v is given by the equation F = mg – kv 2 where k is a constant and g is the acceleration of free fall. The …
- Question 10
A ball of mass m, moving at a velocity v, collides with a stationary ball of mass 2m. The two balls stick together. Which fraction of the initial kinetic energy is lost on impact? …
- Question 11
A submarine is in equilibrium in a fully submerged position. sea water steel air What causes the upthrust on the submarine? A The air in the submarine is less dense than sea water. B There is a difference in water …
- Question 12
Two forces, each of magnitude F, act along the edges of a rectangular metal plate, as shown. …
- Question 13
A non-uniform rod has a mass of 100 g and a length of 50 cm. It is supported by a chain at its midpoint. The rod is held in equilibrium by having a mass of 60 g suspended from its …
- Question 14
A light rigid rod XY has an object of weight W fixed at one end. The rod is in equilibrium, resting on a support at Z and a vertical wall at X. The support exerts a force R on the …
- Question 15
Liquid Q has twice the density of liquid R. At depth x in liquid R, the pressure due to the liquid is 4 kPa. At which depth in liquid Q is the pressure due to the liquid 7 kPa? …
- Question 16
A trolley starts from rest at X. It rolls down to Y and eventually comes to rest at …
- Question 17
A cylinder is heated, causing the air inside to expand at a constant pressure of …
- Question 18
A ball slides down a curved track, as shown. …
- Question 19
The force diagram shows an aircraft accelerating. At the instant shown, the velocity of the aircraft is …
- Question 20
The diagram shows a simplified model of a building with four identical heavy floors. top rods bottom rods middle rods floors The spacing of the bottom floor from the ground is twice that of the spacing between the floors. Between …
- Question 21
The Achilles tendon in a rabbit’s leg is stretched when the rabbit jumps. The graph shows the variation with tension of the length of the tendon. …
- Question 22
A wave of amplitude A has an intensity I. After passing through a certain medium, the wave has a new intensity of …
- Question 23
A wave travels along a coiled spring. The graph shows the variation with time of the displacement of a point on the spring. 0 0 time / s displacement …
- Question 24
A loudspeaker is set up at the open end of a closed tube containing powder. When the loudspeaker produces sound of frequency 1200 Hz, a stationary wave is produced in the tube. The powder gathers at the nodes of the …
- Question 25
A stationary source S emits a sound wave of frequency f. The source now moves away from a stationary observer. Which statement is correct? A The frequency of the source S and the observed frequency are now both higher than …
- Question 26
The table lists possible wavelengths of four different electromagnetic waves. Which row is correct? type of wave approximate wavelength …
- Question 27
A vertical tube is partially filled with water. A sound wave moves down the tube and is reflected by the surface of the water. The frequency of the sound wave is gradually increased from zero until a much louder sound …
- Question 28
Water waves in a ripple tank are made to pass through a small gap as shown. Which diagram shows the waves after they have passed through the gap? …
- Question 29
A double-slit interference experiment is set up using green light. A pattern of interference fringes is formed on a screen. Which single change will increase the separation of the fringes? A increase the width of each slit B move the …
- Question 30
Light of a single wavelength from a distant point source falls normally onto a diffraction grating positioned with its lines vertical. eye of student diffraction grating light from distant point source NOT TO SCALE The plane of the diffraction grating …
- Question 31
Which diagram best represents the electric field between two point charges of equal magnitude and opposite sign? …
- Question 32
A negatively charged oil drop of mass m is between two horizontal parallel metal plates a distance d apart. horizontal metal plates …
- Question 33
The unit of electric charge is the coulomb. What is meant by 1 coulomb? A the charge passing a point in 1 second when a current produces 1 joule of work B the charge passing a point in 1 second …
- Question 34
Two copper wires are joined together and carry a current, as shown. current current wire P diameter d wire Q diameter 2d Wire P has diameter d and wire Q has diameter 2d. What is the ratio Q wire in …
- Question 35
A power supply of electromotive force (e.m.f.) V and negligible internal resistance is connected in the circuit shown. There is a current of 3.0 A in the 4.0 Ω resistor. …
- Question 36
The wire of a heating element has resistance R. The wire breaks and is replaced by a different wire. Data for the original wire and for the replacement wire are shown in the table. length diameter resistivity of metal original …
- Question 37
A fixed resistor and a variable resistor are connected in series with a cell that has an internal resistance, as shown. R The graph shows the variation of a quantity X with the resistance R of the variable resistor as …
- Question 38
A cell of electromotive force …
- Question 39
Radiation from a radioactive source has a range of a few millimetres in air and can be deflected by an electric field. Which type of radiation is being emitted? A α-radiation B β– radiation C β+ radiation D γ-rays
- Question 40
Which equation describes the process of β+ decay? key: u = up quark d = down quark ν = (electron) neutrino ν = (electron) antineutrino A ddu → uud …
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