Cambridge A Level ยท 9702 ยท Paper 4 ยท A Level structured questions
Physics 9702/43 May/June 2023 past paper
Cambridge A Level Physics (9702) Paper 4 (A Level structured questions), variant 3, May/June 2023: the question paper and its official mark scheme, 10 questions worth 100 marks, with the grade thresholds. Free to open, no account needed.
- Questions
- 10
- Marks
- 100
- Grade A from
- 62
File names: 9702_s23_qp_43 ยท 9702_s23_ms_43
Grade thresholds for 9702/43 May/June 2023
The minimum raw marks Cambridge set for each grade on this component (out of 100). Thresholds change every session and variant, so always compare your score with the paper you actually sat.
| A | B | C | D | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 | 19 |
Topics in this paper
Which syllabus chapters 9702/43 May/June 2023 tested, by marks. Each chapter links to every past-paper question on it.
| Chapter | Questions | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| Motion in a circle | 1 | 12 |
| Thermodynamics | 1 | 12 |
| Electric fields | 1 | 11 |
| Temperature | 1 | 11 |
| Magnetic fields | 1 | 10 |
| Capacitance | 1 | 9 |
| Quantum physics | 1 | 9 |
| Nuclear physics | 1 | 9 |
| Astronomy and cosmology | 1 | 9 |
| Medical physics | 1 | 8 |
Questions in 9702/43 May/June 2023
- Question 1
(a) (i) Define gravitational field. (ii) Define electric field. (iii) State one similarity and one difference between the gravitational potential due to a point mass and the electric potential due to a point charge. similarity: difference: (b) An isolated uniform โฆ
- Question 2
A steel sphere of mass 0.29 kg is suspended in equilibrium from a vertical spring. The centre of the sphere is 8.5 cm from the top of the spring, as shown in Fig. 2.1. 8.5 cm spring steel sphere, mass โฆ
- Question 3
(a) State the reason why two objects that are at the same temperature are described as being in thermal equilibrium. (b) Fig. 3.1 shows the variations with temperature of the densities of mercury and of water between 0 ยฐC and โฆ
- Question 4
(a) State two of the basic assumptions of the kinetic theory of gases. โฆ
- Question 5
Part of an electric circuit is shown in Fig. 5.1. VIN VOUT โฆ
- Question 6
(a) State what is meant by a magnetic field. (b) A long, straight wire P carries a current into the page, as shown in Fig. 6.1. wire P current into page Fig. 6.1 On Fig. 6.1, draw four field lines โฆ
- Question 7
(a) State what is meant by the de Broglie wavelength. (b) Fig. 7.1 shows a glass tube in which electrons are accelerated through a high p.d. to form a beam that is incident on a thin graphite crystal. filament cathode โฆ
- Question 8
(a) Table 8.1 shows some data relating to the properties of air, gel and body tissue. The data are given to three significant figures. Table 8.1 material density / kg mโ3 speed of sound โฆ
- Question 9
Carbon-11 is radioactive and decays by ฮฒ+ emission to form boron-11. Carbon-11 has a half-life of 20 minutes. Boron-11 is stable. (a) Define half-life. (b) A sample contains N0 nuclei of carbon-11 and no other nuclei at time โฆ
- Question 10
(a) State Hubbleโs law. Identify any symbols that you use. (b) A star of luminosity โฆ
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