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

Physics 9702/22 May/June 2020 past paper

Cambridge A Level Physics (9702) Paper 2 (AS structured questions), variant 2, May/June 2020: the question paper and its official mark scheme, 7 questions worth 60 marks. Free to open, no account needed.

Questions
7
Marks
60
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File names: 9702_s20_qp_22 ยท 9702_s20_ms_22

Topics in this paper

Which syllabus chapters 9702/22 May/June 2020 tested, by marks. Each chapter links to every past-paper question on it.

ChapterQuestionsMarks
Waves111
Dynamics110
Electricity110
Work, energy and power19
Deformation of solids19
Physical quantities and units16
Particle physics15

Questions in 9702/22 May/June 2020

  1. Question 1Physical quantities and units ยท 6 marks

    (a) Define velocity. (b) The drag force FD acting on a car moving with speed v along a straight horizontal road is given by โ€ฆ

  2. Question 2Dynamics ยท 10 marks

    (a) Fig. 2.1 shows the velocityโ€“time graph for an object moving in a straight line. 0 0 time velocity โ€ฆ

  3. Question 3Work, energy and power ยท 9 marks

    (a) Explain what is meant by work done. (b) A ball of mass 0.42 kg is dropped from the top of a building. The ball falls from rest through a vertical distance of 78 m to the ground. Air resistance โ€ฆ

  4. Question 4Waves ยท 11 marks

    (a) State the difference between progressive waves and stationary waves in terms of the transfer of energy along the wave. (b) A progressive wave travels from left to right along a stretched string. Fig. 4.1 shows part of the string โ€ฆ

  5. Question 5Deformation of solids ยท 9 marks

    One end of a wire is attached to a fixed point. A force F is applied to the wire to cause extension x. The variation with F of x is shown in Fig. โ€ฆ

  6. Question 6Electricity ยท 10 marks

    (a) A battery of electromotive force โ€ฆ

  7. Question 7Particle physics ยท 5 marks

    (a) A nucleus of an element X decays by emitting a ฮฒ+ particle to produce a nucleus of potassium-39 (39 19K) and a neutrino. The decay is represented by Q SX โ€ฆ

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Where can I get the 9702/22 May/June 2020 mark scheme?
Open the mark scheme above - it is the official Cambridge scheme for this exact paper (9702_s20_ms_22), and on a wide screen it sits beside the question you are reading.
Which topics came up in 9702/22 May/June 2020?
Mostly Waves, Dynamics, Electricity. The full list is in the table above.
Do I need an account to open 9702/22 May/June 2020?
No. Every paper opens for free without signing in. A free account also saves your pen marks and records your score against the grade thresholds.