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Cambridge A Level ยท 9702 ยท Paper 2 ยท AS structured questions

Physics 9702/21 May/June 2020 past paper

Cambridge A Level Physics (9702) Paper 2 (AS structured questions), variant 1, May/June 2020: the question paper and its official mark scheme, 6 questions worth 60 marks. Free to open, no account needed.

Questions
6
Marks
60
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File names: 9702_s20_qp_21 ยท 9702_s20_ms_21

Topics in this paper

Which syllabus chapters 9702/21 May/June 2020 tested, by marks. Each chapter links to every past-paper question on it.

ChapterQuestionsMarks
Work, energy and power113
Electricity112
Kinematics111
Particle physics110
Waves18
Physical quantities and units16

Questions in 9702/21 May/June 2020

  1. Question 1Physical quantities and units ยท 6 marks

    (a) Use an expression for work done, in terms of force, to show that the SI base units of energy are kg โ€ฆ

  2. Question 2Kinematics ยท 11 marks

    (a) State Newtonโ€™s second law of motion. (b) A delivery company suggests using a remote-controlled aircraft to drop a parcel into the garden of a customer. When the aircraft is vertically above point P on the ground, it releases the โ€ฆ

  3. Question 3Work, energy and power ยท 13 marks

    (a) State two conditions for an object to be in equilibrium. โ€ฆ

  4. Question 4Waves ยท 8 marks

    (a) (i) By reference to the direction of propagation of energy, state what is meant by a longitudinal wave. (ii) State the principle of superposition. (b) The wavelength of light from a laser is determined using the apparatus shown in โ€ฆ

  5. Question 5Electricity ยท 12 marks

    (a) Metal wire is used to connect a power supply to a lamp. The wire has a total resistance of 3.4 ฮฉ and the metal has a resistivity of โ€ฆ

  6. Question 6Particle physics ยท 10 marks

    (a) Two horizontal metal plates are separated by a distance of 2.0 cm in a vacuum, as shown in Fig. 6.1. horizontal plate horizontal plate 2.0 cm โ€ฆ

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Open the mark scheme above - it is the official Cambridge scheme for this exact paper (9702_s20_ms_21), and on a wide screen it sits beside the question you are reading.
Which topics came up in 9702/21 May/June 2020?
Mostly Work, energy and power, Electricity, Kinematics. The full list is in the table above.
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