Physics 0625/22 May/June 2013 past paper

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Which syllabus chapters 0625/22 May/June 2013 tested, by marks. Each chapter links to every past-paper question on it.

Questions in 0625/22 May/June 2013

1. Question 1Motion · 6 marks

   For Examiner’s Use 1 The highlight of Super Academy’s athletics calendar is the end-of-year cross-country race. This is a circular race over a distance of 6.0 km. By tradition, it starts and ends below the school clock tower. Student Goodrunner …

2. Question 2Forces · 7 marks

   For Examiner’s Use 2 A piece of stiff cardboard is attached to a plank of wood by two sticky-tape “hinges”, as shown in Fig. 2.1. stiff cardboard sticky-tape “hinge” plank of wood Fig. 2.1 (a) The cardboard in Fig. 2.1 …

3. Question 3Forces · 10 marks

   For Examiner’s Use 3 (a) A spring is hung from a support. A load, hung on the spring, makes it extend. Describe how you would use a ruler to measure the extension. (b) The lengths of the spring are found …

4. Question 4Pressure · 4 marks

   For Examiner’s Use 4 Fig. 4.1 shows a typical laboratory liquid-in-glass thermometer. …

5. Question 5Kinetic particle model of matter · 5 marks

   For Examiner’s Use 5 (a) The descriptions in the table below each give information about the molecules of a substance. In the space alongside each description, write the state of the substance being described. description state of the substance The …

6. Question 6Light · 6 marks

   For Examiner’s Use 6 Fig. 6.1 shows a converging lens with an object placed to one side of it. Points F1 and F2 are the principal foci of the lens. F2 object F1 Fig. 6.1 (a) On Fig. 6.1, mark …

7. Question 7Electric circuits · 5 marks

   For Examiner’s Use 7 A student has devised the circuit in Fig. 7.1 to control the lighting of three lamps, A, B and …

8. Question 8Electrical quantities · 10 marks

   For Examiner’s Use 8 (a) There is a current in a wire. (i) What is moving in the wire, to create this current? (ii) What must be done to the wire in order to cause a current? (iii) In which …

9. Question 9Electric circuits · 7 marks

   For Examiner’s Use 9 (a) A transformer consists of two coils of insulated wire, wound on a core. State a suitable material from which to make (i) the coils, (ii) the core. (b) A lamp has a normal working voltage …

10. Question 10Simple phenomena of magnetism · 8 marks

    For Examiner’s Use 10 (a) Fig. 10.1 shows a bar magnet. N S Fig. 10.1 (i) On Fig. 10.1, carefully draw the magnetic field pattern around the magnet, ignoring the Earth’s magnetic field. (ii) On one of your lines, draw …

11. Question 11Radioactivity · 6 marks

    For Examiner’s Use 11 (a) The emissions from some radioactive sources are tested. Use the information in the table below to deduce the types of the emissions being described. passes through a sheet of paper passes through 8 mm of …

12. Question 12Kinetic particle model of matter · 6 marks

    For Examiner’s Use 12 (a) Atoms are composed of protons, neutrons and electrons. (i) Which of these particles has the smallest mass? (ii) Which two of these types of particle are found in the nucleus? and (b) Naturally-occurring chlorine gas …

Other Physics papers from May/June 2013

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• 0625/23 Theory (Core)
• 0625/31 Theory (Extended)
• 0625/32 Theory (Extended)
• 0625/33 Theory (Extended)
• 0625/61 Alternative to Practical
• 0625/62 Alternative to Practical
• 0625/63 Alternative to Practical