Cambridge IGCSE ยท 0625 ยท Paper 3 ยท Theory (Extended)
Physics 0625/32 May/June 2015 past paper
Cambridge IGCSE Physics (0625) Paper 3 (Theory (Extended)), variant 2, May/June 2015: 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
- 52
File names: 0625_s15_qp_32 ยท 0625_s15_ms_32
Grade thresholds for 0625/32 May/June 2015
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 | F | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 41 | 31 | 26 | 21 | 14 | 8 |
Topics in this paper
Which syllabus chapters 0625/32 May/June 2015 tested, by marks. Each chapter links to every past-paper question on it.
| Chapter | Questions | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| Forces | 1 | 9 |
| Sound | 1 | 9 |
| Pressure | 1 | 8 |
| Electromagnetic effects | 1 | 8 |
| Motion | 1 | 7 |
| Thermal properties & temperature | 1 | 7 |
| Light | 1 | 7 |
| Electrical quantities | 1 | 7 |
| Radioactivity | 1 | 7 |
| Electronics | 1 | 6 |
| Simple phenomena of magnetism | 1 | 5 |
Questions in 0625/32 May/June 2015
- Question 1
An experiment is carried out to find the acceleration of free fall. A strip of paper is attached to a heavy object. The object is dropped and falls to the ground, pulling the paper strip through a timer. The timer โฆ
- Question 2
Fig. 2.1 shows a cylinder containing gas compressed by the movement of a piston. compressed gas final position of piston initial position of piston cylinder Fig. 2.1 Initially the volume of the gas was 470 cm3. The piston moves up โฆ
- Question 3
An athlete of mass 64 kg is bouncing up and down on a trampoline. At one moment, the athlete is stationary on the stretched surface of the trampoline. Fig. 3.1 shows the athlete at this moment. springs Fig. 3.1 (a) โฆ
- Question 4
(a) Fig. 4.1 shows a device used as a thermocouple thermometer. meter Z wire of material Y wire of material X wire of material X Fig. 4.1 In the table put three ticks against the correct statements about the thermocouple โฆ
- Question 5
(a) Fig. 5.1 shows a metal strip, held in a clamp. X metal strip clamp Y Z Fig. 5.1 The end of the strip is pulled down and released, so that the strip vibrates. X and Z are the extreme โฆ
- Question 6
The refractive index n of glass in air is โฆ
- Question 7
A physics teacher suspends two pointers in a magnetic field. One pointer is made of brass and the other is a magnet. She holds the pointers in the initial positions shown in the two upper circles of Fig. 7.1. She โฆ
- Question 8
Fig. 8.1 shows a circuit containing a battery of electromotive force โฆ
- Question 9
Fig. 9.1 represents a transformer. A coil S coil โฆ
- Question 10
(a) State the nature of an ฮฑ-particle. (b) Describe how an electric field between two charged plates could be used to determine whether a beam of particles consists of ฮฑ- or ฮฒ-particles. (c) Describe the path of ฮณ-rays in a โฆ
- Question 11
Fig. 11.1 shows the main components of a cathode-ray oscilloscope. heater P plate Y2 plate Y1 plate X1 plate X2 fluorescent screen anode system grid beam Fig. โฆ
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