Cambridge IGCSE · 0625 · Paper 3 · Theory (Extended)
Physics 0625/32 May/June 2010 past paper
Cambridge IGCSE Physics (0625) Paper 3 (Theory (Extended)), variant 2, May/June 2010: the question paper and its official mark scheme, 11 questions worth 80 marks, with the grade thresholds. Free to open, no account needed.
- Questions
- 11
- Marks
- 80
- Grade A from
- 43
File names: 0625_s10_qp_32 · 0625_s10_ms_32
Grade thresholds for 0625/32 May/June 2010
The minimum raw marks Cambridge set for each grade on this component (out of 80). Thresholds change every session and variant, so always compare your score with the paper you actually sat.
| A | B | C | D | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 17 |
Topics in this paper
Which syllabus chapters 0625/32 May/June 2010 tested, by marks. Each chapter links to every past-paper question on it.
| Chapter | Questions | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| Energy, work & power | 2 | 17 |
| Light | 1 | 11 |
| Electric circuits | 1 | 10 |
| Electrical quantities | 1 | 9 |
| Forces | 1 | 7 |
| Thermal properties & temperature | 1 | 6 |
| Electronics | 1 | 6 |
| Kinetic particle model of matter | 1 | 5 |
| Sound | 1 | 5 |
| Radioactivity | 1 | 4 |
Questions in 0625/32 May/June 2010
- Question 1
For Examiner’s Use 1 A ball player bounces a ball of mass 0.60 kg. Its centre of mass moves down through a distance of 0.90 m, as shown in Fig. 1.1. Ignore air resistance throughout this question. 0.90 m Fig. …
- Question 2
For Examiner’s Use 2 Four students, …
- Question 3
For Examiner’s Use 3 An ornamental garden includes a small pond, which contains a pumped system that causes water to go up a pipe and then to run down a heap of rocks. Fig. 3.1 shows a section through this …
- Question 4
For Examiner’s Use 4 A technician has been asked to design a liquid-in-glass thermometer, using alcohol as the liquid. (a) (i) State what is meant by the sensitivity of the thermometer. (ii) State one design feature the technician could use …
- Question 5
For Examiner’s Use 5 The apparatus shown in Fig. 5.1 is used to demonstrate how a coin and a piece of paper fall when they are released from rest. piece of paper tube containing air coin A Fig. 5.1 (a) …
- Question 6
For Examiner’s Use 6 A ray of monochromatic light passes through the glass prism shown in Fig. 6.1. ray …
- Question 7
For Examiner’s Use 7 A disused railway line has a length of …
- Question 8
For Examiner’s Use 8 (a) State the law of attraction and repulsion between electrostatic charges. (b) Sometimes, when people have been riding in a car, they get an electric shock from the door handle as they get out of the …
- Question 9
For Examiner’s Use 9 The circuit in Fig. 9.1 contains …
- Question 10
For Examiner’s Use 10 A student is using a cathode-ray oscilloscope to display the waveform of an alternating current supply. The arrangement is shown in Fig. 10.1. a.c. supply R Y-input switch S (open) cathode-ray oscilloscope Fig. 10.1 When switch …
- Question 11
For Examiner’s Use 11 A radium source emits , and radiations. Fig. 11.1 illustrates what happens to these radiations when they pass through a magnetic field. The left hand beam is actually deviated a great deal less than …
Other Physics papers from May/June 2010
- 0625/11 Multiple choice (Core)
- 0625/12 Multiple choice (Core)
- 0625/13 Multiple choice (Core)
- 0625/21 Theory (Core)
- 0625/22 Theory (Core)
- 0625/23 Theory (Core)
- 0625/31 Theory (Extended)
- 0625/33 Theory (Extended)
- 0625/61 Alternative to Practical
- 0625/62 Alternative to Practical
- 0625/63 Alternative to Practical