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

Physics 9702/22 Feb/March 2023 past paper

Cambridge A Level Physics (9702) Paper 2 (AS structured questions), variant 2, Feb/March 2023: 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
41
Open the question paperMark scheme

File names: 9702_m23_qp_22 ยท 9702_m23_ms_22

Grade thresholds for 9702/22 Feb/March 2023

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.

ABCDE
4135292214

Topics in this paper

Which syllabus chapters 9702/22 Feb/March 2023 tested, by marks. Each chapter links to every past-paper question on it.

ChapterQuestionsMarks
Work, energy and power113
Electricity112
Waves110
Physical quantities and units17
Forces, density and pressure17
Dynamics16
Particle physics15

Questions in 9702/22 Feb/March 2023

  1. Question 1Physical quantities and units ยท 7 marks

    (a) Underline all the SI base units in the following list. ampere coulomb current kelvin newton (b) A toy car moves in a horizontal straight line. The displacement s of the car is given by the equation โ€ฆ

  2. Question 2Work, energy and power ยท 13 marks

    A motor uses a wire to raise a block, as illustrated in Fig. 2.1. motor wire block, weight โ€ฆ

  3. Question 3Forces, density and pressure ยท 7 marks

    A uniform beam AB is attached by a hinge to a wall at end A, as shown in Fig. 3.1. hinge โ€ฆ

  4. Question 4Dynamics ยท 6 marks

    Two blocks slide directly towards each other along a frictionless horizontal surface, as shown in Fig. 4.1. The blocks collide and then move as shown in Fig. โ€ฆ

  5. Question 5Waves ยท 10 marks

    (a) A microphone and cathode-ray oscilloscope (CRO) are used to analyse a sound wave of frequency 5000 Hz. The trace that is displayed on the screen of the CRO is shown in Fig. 5.1. 1.0 cm 1.0 cm Fig. 5.1 โ€ฆ

  6. Question 6Electricity ยท 12 marks

    (a) Define the potential difference across a component. (b) The variation with potential difference V of the current I in a semiconductor diode is shown in Fig. โ€ฆ

  7. Question 7Particle physics ยท 5 marks

    (a) Nuclei X and Y are different isotopes of the same element. Nucleus X is unstable and emits a ฮฒ+ particle to form nucleus Z. By comparing the number of protons in each nucleus, state and explain whether the charge โ€ฆ

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Questions students ask

Where can I get the 9702/22 Feb/March 2023 mark scheme?
Open the mark scheme above - it is the official Cambridge scheme for this exact paper (9702_m23_ms_22), and on a wide screen it sits beside the question you are reading.
What was the grade threshold for an A in 9702/22 Feb/March 2023?
41 marks out of 60, a C needed 29.
Which topics came up in 9702/22 Feb/March 2023?
Mostly Work, energy and power, Electricity, Waves. The full list is in the table above.
Do I need an account to open 9702/22 Feb/March 2023?
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.