Cambridge A Level · 9702 · Paper 4 · A Level structured questions
Physics 9702/41 May/June 2025 past paper
Cambridge A Level Physics (9702) Paper 4 (A Level structured questions), variant 1, May/June 2025: 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
- 64
File names: 9702_s25_qp_41 · 9702_s25_ms_41
Grade thresholds for 9702/41 May/June 2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | 52 | 42 | 31 | 20 |
Topics in this paper
Which syllabus chapters 9702/41 May/June 2025 tested, by marks. Each chapter links to every past-paper question on it.
| Chapter | Questions | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| Quantum physics | 1 | 13 |
| Capacitance | 1 | 12 |
| Electric fields | 1 | 11 |
| Magnetic fields | 1 | 10 |
| Nuclear physics | 1 | 10 |
| Astronomy and cosmology | 1 | 10 |
| Gravitational fields | 1 | 9 |
| Temperature | 1 | 9 |
| Thermodynamics | 1 | 8 |
| Oscillations | 1 | 8 |
Questions in 9702/41 May/June 2025
- Question 1
(a) Define gravitational potential at a point. (b) Mars is a planet that may be considered to be an isolated uniform sphere of radius …
- Question 2
A helium atom may be modelled as a nucleus surrounded by two electrons in diametrically opposite circular orbits, each of radius 170 pm, as shown in Fig. 2.1. 170 pm electron electron orbit of electrons nucleus Fig. 2.1 (a) State …
- Question 3
(a) Define specific latent heat. (b) Explain why, for a substance, the specific latent heat of vaporisation is usually greater than the specific latent heat of fusion. (c) An ice cube of mass 37.0 g at temperature 0.0 °C is …
- Question 4
(a) (i) State what is meant by the internal energy of a system. (ii) Explain why the internal energy of an ideal gas is directly proportional to the thermodynamic temperature of the gas. (b) A sample of an ideal gas …
- Question 5
A cuboidal block floats in a liquid with its base horizontal, as shown in Fig. 5.1. block liquid surface h Fig. 5.1 The base of the block is at a depth h below the surface of the liquid. The block …
- Question 6
Fig. 6.1 shows a circuit that rectifies an alternating input voltage VIN and produces an output voltage VOUT across a resistor …
- Question 7
(a) Define magnetic flux density. (b) A particle of mass m and charge +Q moves at speed v into a region where there is a uniform magnetic field, as shown in Fig. 7.1. region of magnetic field path of particle …
- Question 8
(a) State what is meant by the de Broglie wavelength. (b) Calculate the de Broglie wavelength of an electron moving at a speed of …
- Question 9
(a) Define activity of a radioactive sample. (b) Explain why the variation with time of the activity of a radioactive sample is exponential in nature. (c) A sample contains a single radioactive isotope that decays to form a stable isotope. …
- Question 10
(a) State Hubble’s law. (b) A star in a distant galaxy emits radiation that has a maximum intensity of emission at a wavelength of …
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