Cambridge IGCSE ยท 0625 ยท Paper 2 ยท Multiple choice (Extended)
Physics 0625/21 Oct/Nov 2016 past paper
Cambridge IGCSE Physics (0625) Paper 2 (Multiple choice (Extended)), variant 1, Oct/Nov 2016: the question paper and its official mark scheme, 40 questions, with the grade thresholds. Free to open, no account needed.
- Questions
- 40
- Marks
- 40
- Grade A from
- 29
File names: 0625_w16_qp_21 ยท 0625_w16_ms_21
Grade thresholds for 0625/21 Oct/Nov 2016
The minimum raw marks Cambridge set for each grade on this component (out of 40). Thresholds change every session and variant, so always compare your score with the paper you actually sat.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | 25 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 9 |
Topics in this paper
Which syllabus chapters 0625/21 Oct/Nov 2016 tested, by marks. Each chapter links to every past-paper question on it.
| Chapter | Questions | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| Energy, work & power | 5 | โ |
| Electric circuits | 4 | โ |
| Motion | 3 | โ |
| Density | 3 | โ |
| Kinetic particle model of matter | 3 | โ |
| Electrical quantities | 3 | โ |
| Nuclear model of the atom | 3 | โ |
| Mass & weight | 2 | โ |
| Transfer of thermal energy | 2 | โ |
| Light | 2 | โ |
| Sound | 2 | โ |
| Forces | 1 | โ |
| Pressure | 1 | โ |
| Thermal properties & temperature | 1 | โ |
| General wave properties | 1 | โ |
| Electromagnetic spectrum | 1 | โ |
| Simple phenomena of magnetism | 1 | โ |
| Electronics | 1 | โ |
| Radioactivity | 1 | โ |
Questions in 0625/21 Oct/Nov 2016
- Question 1
The graph shows how the distance travelled by a vehicle changes with time. 0 0 distance time โฆ
- Question 2
A stone falls freely from the top of a cliff. Air resistance may be ignored. Which graph shows how the acceleration of the stone varies with time as it falls? 0 0 time acceleration โฆ
- Question 3
A car travels along a horizontal road in a straight line. The driver presses the accelerator to increase the speed of the car. The speed-time graph for the car is shown. โฆ
- Question 4
A spaceship approaches the Earth from deep space. Near the Earth, a force on the spaceship causes it to have weight. This causes it to change its speed and direction. Which type of force causes the spaceshipโs weight, and which โฆ
- Question 5
The diagrams show an empty rectangular box, and the same box filled with liquid. The box has a mass of 60 g when empty. When filled with liquid, the total mass of the box and the liquid is 300 g. โฆ
- Question 6
An object travels in a circular path at constant speed. Which statement about the object is correct? A It has changing kinetic energy. B It has changing momentum. C It has constant velocity. D It is not accelerating.
- Question 7
Which diagram shows the magnitude and direction of the resultant R of the two forces F1 and โฆ
- Question 8
Two cars, P and Q, have different masses and different speeds as shown. speed โฆ
- Question 9
A car of mass 800 kg travels over a hill of height h. h hill NOT TO SCALE By travelling to the top of the hill, the car gains โฆ
- Question 10
A lamp has a power input of 5.0 W. It wastes 1.0 W of power heating the surroundings. What is the efficiency of the lamp? โฆ
- Question 11
The box contains the names of eight different energy resources. natural gas geothermal solar waves hydroelectric oil wind coal How many of these energy resources are renewable? โฆ
- Question 12
The diagram shows a dam holding back water. dam water 65 m The depth of the water is 65 m. The density of the water is 1000 kg / m3. The gravitational field strength g is โฆ
- Question 13
Air is trapped in a cylinder by a piston. The original volume of the trapped air is V and the original pressure of the trapped air is P. The piston is pushed to the left. The temperature of the gas โฆ
- Question 14
When a liquid evaporates, some of its molecules escape from the surface and the temperature of the liquid changes. Which row describes the escaping molecules and the change in temperature of the liquid? escaping molecules temperature of the liquid A โฆ
- Question 15
A gas at a constant temperature is in a container of fixed volume. The gas exerts a pressure on the walls of the container. The pressure is caused by the gas molecules striking the walls. Which statement about the gas โฆ
- Question 16
A piece of melting ice at 0 ยฐC and a beaker of boiling water are both in a laboratory. The laboratory is at 20 ยฐC. melting ice boiling water Bunsen burner heating water What is happening to the temperature of โฆ
- Question 17
The diagram shows a liquid-in-glass thermometer. โฆ
- Question 18
A copper container of mass 0.20 kg contains 0.10 kg of water. The specific heat capacity of copper is โฆ
- Question 19
The thermal transfer of energy through a copper rod involves electrons. A second process is also involved. What is this method of thermal energy transfer, and what is the second process? method second process A conduction density change B conduction โฆ
- Question 20
The diagrams show four spherical objects at the same temperature. Two of the objects are small and two are large. Two of the objects are white and two are black. Which object emits infra-red radiation at the greatest rate? โฆ
- Question 21
The diagram represents plane wavefronts being diffracted by passing through a gap in a barrier. barrier wavefronts gap Which pair of changes must increase the amount of diffraction that occurs? A decrease the wavelength and decrease the size of the โฆ
- Question 22
An image is formed by a plane mirror. A second image is formed by a lens used as a magnifying glass. Which row states the nature of each of these images? plane mirror magnifying glass A real real B real โฆ
- Question 23
Light travelling at a speed of โฆ
- Question 24
Radiation from which part of the electromagnetic spectrum is used in the remote controller for a television? A infra-red waves B microwaves C radio waves D ultraviolet waves
- Question 25
A girl notices that, when she shouts into a cave, she hears an echo. Which wave property causes the echo? A diffraction B dispersion C reflection D refraction
- Question 26
The diagrams represent the displacement in four different sound waves. All the diagrams are drawn to the same scale. Which diagram represents the sound with the highest pitch? โฆ
- Question 27
A student suggests three methods for demagnetising a piece of steel. 1 placing it in an east-west direction and hammering it hard 2 placing it in an east-west direction and heating it until red hot 3 removing it slowly from โฆ
- Question 28
In two separate experiments, a magnet is brought near to an unmagnetised iron bar. This causes the bar to become magnetised. N S magnet X iron bar N S magnet Y iron bar experiment 1 experiment 2 Which magnetic pole โฆ
- Question 29
A polythene rod is rubbed with a cloth. The rod becomes positively charged because of the movement of charged particles. Which row gives the name of these charged particles, and the direction in which they move? charged particles direction of โฆ
- Question 30
The diagram shows a lamp in a circuit. P Which change to the circuit would increase the current in the lamp? A adding another resistor in parallel with the one in the circuit B adding another resistor in series with โฆ
- Question 31
- Question 32
The circuit shows a 12 V battery connected to a lamp of resistance โฆ
- Question 33
The diagram shows a circuit containing a battery, a resistor with high resistance, a switch and a lamp. 12 V battery 12 V lamp resistor Initially the switch is open. What happens to the lamp when the switch is closed? โฆ
- Question 34
This is the truth table for a logic gate. input 1 input 2 output โฆ
- Question 35
Why is a fuse used in an electrical circuit? A so that the current can have only one value B to prevent the current becoming too large C to provide a path to earth if a fault occurs D to โฆ
- Question 36
An electric current can produce a heating effect and a magnetic effect. Which row shows the effect that a relay uses and one application of a relay? effect used by a relay one application of a relay A heating effect โฆ
- Question 37
A very important experiment improved scientistsโ understanding of the structure of matter. The experiment involved ฮฑ-particles being fired at a thin gold foil. What happened? A All the ฮฑ-particles were absorbed by the nuclei of the gold atoms. B All โฆ
- Question 38
What is meant by nuclear fusion? A the emission of an electron from a nucleus B the emission of two protons from a nucleus C the joining together of two nuclei D the splitting of a nucleus into two smaller โฆ
- Question 39
A nucleus undergoes radioactive decay. The proton number increases by one. The nucleon number does not change. Which particle has been emitted in this decay? A a neutron B a proton C an ฮฑ-particle D a ฮฒ-particle
- Question 40
Radioactive source S emits ฮฑ-particles, ฮฒ-particles and ฮณ-rays. A detector is placed 5 cm away from S. A thin sheet of paper is placed as shown in the diagram. S 5 cm thin sheet of paper detector Which emissions from โฆ
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