Cambridge IGCSE ยท 0625 ยท Paper 3 ยท Theory (Extended)
Physics 0625/33 Oct/Nov 2015 past paper
Cambridge IGCSE Physics (0625) Paper 3 (Theory (Extended)), variant 3, Oct/Nov 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
- 42
File names: 0625_w15_qp_33 ยท 0625_w15_ms_33
Grade thresholds for 0625/33 Oct/Nov 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | 31 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 |
Topics in this paper
Which syllabus chapters 0625/33 Oct/Nov 2015 tested, by marks. Each chapter links to every past-paper question on it.
| Chapter | Questions | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| Forces | 1 | 9 |
| Energy, work & power | 1 | 8 |
| Sound | 1 | 8 |
| Electromagnetic effects | 1 | 8 |
| Motion | 1 | 7 |
| Thermal properties & temperature | 1 | 7 |
| Light | 1 | 7 |
| Electrical quantities | 1 | 7 |
| Nuclear model of the atom | 1 | 7 |
| Density | 1 | 6 |
| Electric circuits | 1 | 6 |
Questions in 0625/33 Oct/Nov 2015
- Question 1
A plastic ball is dropped from the balcony of a tall building and falls towards the ground in a straight line. Fig. 1.1 is the speed-time graph for the falling ball. โฆ
- Question 2
A student has 500 identical, rectangular sheets of paper. The mass of 1.0 m2 of the paper is 0.080 kg. (a) Using a metre rule, she measures the length of one sheet of paper and its width. The length is โฆ
- Question 3
Fig. 3.1 shows part of the extension-load graph for a spring. โฆ
- Question 4
A soft rubber ball of mass 0.15 kg is dropped, in a vacuum, from a height of 2.0 m on to a hard surface. The ball then bounces. (a) State the main energy changes taking place when (i) the ball โฆ
- Question 5
(a) State two examples of physical properties that vary with temperature and that may be used for the measurement of temperature. โฆ
- Question 6
A dolphin produces a sound wave in water of frequency 7800 Hz. Fig. 6.1 represents rarefactions of the sound wave travelling in the water and hitting the side of a wooden ship at an angle. A B water wood rarefactions โฆ
- Question 7
(a) The refractive index of a type of glass is 1.6. Calculate the critical angle for light in this type of glass. critical angle โฆ
- Question 8
A metal sphere, mounted on an insulating plastic stand, is positively charged. (a) State the name of the unit in which electric charge is measured. (b) A smaller metal sphere, also mounted on an insulating plastic stand, is uncharged. This โฆ
- Question 9
(a) Place one tick in each row of the table to indicate one use of a thermistor and one use of a transistor. heat detector light detector magnetic field detector rectifier switch thermistor transistor (b) In Fig. 9.1, lamp A โฆ
- Question 10
The output of an a.c. generator in a power station is โฆ
- Question 11
Uranium-238 and uranium-234 are radioactive isotopes of the element uranium. A uranium-238 nucleus is different from a uranium-234 nucleus but both decay by the emission of an ฮฑ-particle. (a) (i) In terms of the particles in each, state how a โฆ
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