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

Physics 9702/23 May/June 2020 past paper

Cambridge A Level Physics (9702) Paper 2 (AS structured questions), variant 3, 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_23 ยท 9702_s20_ms_23

Topics in this paper

Which syllabus chapters 9702/23 May/June 2020 tested, by marks. Each chapter links to every past-paper question on it.

ChapterQuestionsMarks
Electricity213
Work, energy and power112
Forces, density and pressure111
Kinematics110
Waves110
Physical quantities and units14

Questions in 9702/23 May/June 2020

  1. Question 1Physical quantities and units ยท 4 marks

    (a) State one similarity and one difference between distance and displacement. similarity: difference: (b) A student takes several measurements of the same quantity. This set of measurements has high precision, but low accuracy. Describe what is meant by: (i) high โ€ฆ

  2. Question 2Kinematics ยท 10 marks

    (a) State Newtonโ€™s first law of motion. (b) A skier is pulled in a straight line along horizontal ground by a wire attached to a kite, as shown in Fig. 2.1. wire horizontal ground kite 28ยฐ skier mass 89 kg โ€ฆ

  3. Question 3Forces, density and pressure ยท 11 marks

    (a) State the principle of moments. (b) In a bicycle shop, two wheels hang from a horizontal uniform rod AC, as shown in Fig. 3.1. wall โ€ฆ

  4. Question 4Waves ยท 10 marks

    Two progressive sound waves Y and Z meet at a fixed point P. The variation with time t of the displacement x of each wave at point P is shown in Fig. โ€ฆ

  5. Question 5Electricity ยท 7 marks

    (a) Define the volt. (b) Fig. 5.1 shows a network of three resistors. โ€ฆ

  6. Question 6Electricity ยท 6 marks

    The current I in a metal wire is given by the expression I = Anve where v is the average drift speed of the free electrons in the wire and e is the elementary charge. (a) State what is meant โ€ฆ

  7. Question 7Work, energy and power ยท 12 marks

    A potential difference is applied between two horizontal metal plates that are a distance of 6.0 mm apart in a vacuum, as shown in Fig. 7.1. path of ฮฒโ€“ particle radioactive source horizontal plate horizontal plate 6.0 mm โ€ฆ

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Open the mark scheme above - it is the official Cambridge scheme for this exact paper (9702_s20_ms_23), and on a wide screen it sits beside the question you are reading.
Which topics came up in 9702/23 May/June 2020?
Mostly Electricity, Work, energy and power, Forces, density and pressure. The full list is in the table above.
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