Cambridge A Level · 9702 · Paper 4 · A Level structured questions
Physics 9702/43 May/June 2024 past paper
Cambridge A Level Physics (9702) Paper 4 (A Level structured questions), variant 3, May/June 2024: 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
- 61
File names: 9702_s24_qp_43 · 9702_s24_ms_43
Grade thresholds for 9702/43 May/June 2024
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | 49 | 39 | 29 | 18 |
Topics in this paper
Which syllabus chapters 9702/43 May/June 2024 tested, by marks. Each chapter links to every past-paper question on it.
| Chapter | Questions | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| Electric fields | 1 | 13 |
| Quantum physics | 1 | 13 |
| Ideal gases | 1 | 12 |
| Gravitational fields | 1 | 10 |
| Capacitance | 1 | 10 |
| D.C. circuits | 1 | 10 |
| Astronomy and cosmology | 1 | 9 |
| Oscillations | 1 | 8 |
| Nuclear physics | 1 | 8 |
| Temperature | 1 | 7 |
Questions in 9702/43 May/June 2024
- Question 1
(a) Define gravitational potential at a point. (b) A satellite X, of mass M, orbits a planet at a constant distance 4R from the centre of the planet, as shown in Fig. …
- Question 2
(a) (i) State the magnitude and unit of absolute zero on the thermodynamic temperature scale. (ii) Explain why temperature measured using a laboratory liquid-in-glass thermometer does not give a measurement of thermodynamic temperature. (b) Fig. 2.1 shows a simplified diagram …
- Question 3
(a) (i) State what is meant by an ideal gas. (ii) Use one of the basic assumptions of the kinetic theory to explain what can be deduced about the potential energy associated with the random motion of molecules in an …
- Question 4
(a) State what is meant by resonance. (b) A small ball is held in place using a stretched string. One end of the string is fixed to a wall and the other end is attached to a vibration generator, as …
- Question 5
(a) Define electric field. (b) Fig. 5.1 shows two parallel conducting plates that are in a vacuum. The plates are separated by a distance of 6.7 cm and have a potential difference (p.d.) of 430 V between them. 6.7 cm …
- Question 6
Fig. 6.1 shows a capacitor of capacitance C connected in series with a resistor of resistance …
- Question 7
A circuit contains a power supply that provides a sinusoidal alternating input voltage VIN. There is an output voltage VOUT across a load resistor R, as shown in Fig. 7.1. VIN VOUT R Fig. 7.1 (a) State the purpose of …
- Question 8
(a) State what is meant by a photon. (b) Fig. 8.1 shows a tube in which X-rays are produced at a metal target. filament vacuum metal target particles glass tube X Y Fig. 8.1 Particles are accelerated from the filament …
- Question 9
(a) Define half-life of a radioactive isotope. (b) Radioactive isotope X decays to isotope Y. A sample contains only nuclei of X at time …
- Question 10
(a) (i) State what is meant by the luminosity of a star. (ii) Explain how a standard candle in a distant galaxy can be used to determine the distance of the galaxy from an observer. (b) The Sun has a …
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