Cambridge IGCSE · 0625 · Paper 1 · Multiple choice (Core)
Physics 0625/11 May/June 2020 past paper
Cambridge IGCSE Physics (0625) Paper 1 (Multiple choice (Core)), variant 1, May/June 2020: the question paper and its official mark scheme, 40 questions worth 40 marks. Free to open, no account needed.
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Which syllabus chapters 0625/11 May/June 2020 tested, by marks. Each chapter links to every past-paper question on it.
Questions in 0625/11 May/June 2020
- Question 1
A pendulum makes 50 complete swings in 2 min 40 s. What is the time period for 1 complete swing? …
- Question 2
The motion of an object is represented by the speed–time graph shown. area under the graph speed time 0 0 Which quantity is equal to the area under the graph? A acceleration B average speed C distance travelled D kinetic …
- Question 3
Which statement about acceleration is correct? A It is related to the changing speed of an object. B It is the distance an object travels in one second. C It is the force acting on an object divided by the …
- Question 4
Two metal blocks P and Q have identical dimensions. They hang on identical spring balances. …
- Question 5
A mass of 6.0 kg rests on the surface of a planet. On this planet, …
- Question 6
The mass of a measuring cylinder is …
- Question 7
A sledge is pulled in a straight line by dogs, as shown. sledge dogs surface The dogs produce a total horizontal driving force of 600 N. The frictional force between the sledge and the surface is 150 N and the …
- Question 8
Forces are applied to four identical objects. The lengths of the arrows indicate the magnitude of each force. Which object is in equilibrium? …
- Question 9
The diagram shows part of a rollercoaster ride with the car at different positions. The car runs freely down from position X to position Y and up the hill on the other side. X Y car What happens to the …
- Question 10
Student P uses a force of 35 N to push a box 3.0 m across the floor. Student Q uses a force of 22 N to push another box 1.8 m across the floor. Which statement gives a full explanation …
- Question 11
A man can either take an escalator or a lift to travel up between two floors in a hotel. escalator lift The escalator takes 20 seconds to carry the man between the two floors. The useful work done against gravity …
- Question 12
The diagram shows a solid block resting on a bench. The dimensions of the block are shown. bench 80 cm 20 cm 40 cm …
- Question 13
Four submarines are submerged. The density of fresh water is 1000 kg / m3 and the density of sea water is 1020 kg / m3. Which submarine experiences the greatest pressure due to the water? water surface fresh water …
- Question 14
A gas is heated in a sealed container. The volume of the container does not change. What happens to the molecules of the gas? A The average distance between molecules increases. B The average kinetic energy of the molecules increases. …
- Question 15
A student is investigating evaporation. She soaks a piece of cotton wool in a liquid and attaches this to the bulb of a thermometer. As the liquid evaporates the temperature reading on the thermometer changes. thermometer cotton wool soaked in …
- Question 16
The thermometer in the diagram has no scale. Before this thermometer can be used to measure temperature, two standard temperatures known as fixed points are needed. These are labelled X and Y. bulb X Y Which row describes these fixed …
- Question 17
When a hot gas is left to cool, its internal energy decreases. What causes this? A a decrease in the kinetic energy of the gas particles B a decrease in the gravitational potential energy of the gas particles C an …
- Question 18
The diagrams show four blocks of steel. The blocks are all drawn to the same scale. The same quantity of thermal energy is given to each block. Which block shows the greatest rise in temperature? …
- Question 19
One ice cube is placed on a metal block. An identical ice cube is placed on a plastic block. The blocks are left next to each other on a table in a laboratory. plastic block metal block ice cube Which …
- Question 20
Two freezers X and Y are identical except that one has a door opening at the front and the other has a door opening at the top. X freezer door Y freezer door Both doors are the same size and …
- Question 21
The diagram shows a wave. 8 cm 4 cm 3 cm 6 cm What are the amplitude and the wavelength of this wave? amplitude / cm wavelength / cm …
- Question 22
Waves travel more quickly on the surface of water when the water is deep. A stone is dropped at point X into a pool of varying depth. The diagram shows the first three wavefronts on the surface of the pool. …
- Question 23
The diagram shows a beam of light travelling through glass and meeting a glass-air interface. 60° glass air reflected light Which row correctly describes what is happening at the glass-air interface? angle of incidence at the interface observation A 30° …
- Question 24
A narrow beam of white light passes through a prism and is dispersed into a spectrum. …
- Question 25
An intruder alarm sensor detects that a person is warmer than his surroundings. Which type of electromagnetic wave does the sensor detect? A infrared B radio C ultraviolet D visible light
- Question 26
The graphs show the displacement of particles in sound waves from three sources X, Y and Z. The scales on the graphs are all identical. displacement time source X displacement time source Y displacement time source …
- Question 27
A permanent magnet is to be made. Which row gives the correct material to use and the correct reason for choosing this material? material reason A soft iron easy to demagnetise B soft iron hard to demagnetise C steel easy …
- Question 28
Four nails A, B, C and D are tested to find which makes the strongest permanent magnet. One of the nails is placed against a bar magnet and the number of paper clips which the nail can support is recorded. …
- Question 29
Three statements about electric charge are given. 1 An ammeter directly measures how much electric charge is in an object. 2 A moving electric charge can be detected by an ammeter. 3 A flow of electric charge is an electric …
- Question 30
- Question 31
A student uses the circuit shown to determine the resistance of two identical resistors. A V The voltmeter reading is 2.2 V and the ammeter reading is 0.25 A. What is the resistance of each resistor? …
- Question 32
In the circuit shown, A1 and A2 are ammeters. …
- Question 33
What happens to the resistance of an LDR when the brightness of light falling on it increases? A Its resistance decreases. B Its resistance increases. C Its resistance increases then decreases. D Its resistance stays the same.
- Question 34
A student constructs four circuits, each containing a fuse. The fuse blows in one circuit and both lamps in the circuit go out. In which circuit does the fuse blow and both lamps go out? …
- Question 35
A transformer has 200 turns on its primary coil and is connected to …
- Question 36
A conducting wire is placed between the poles of a magnet. When an electric current in the wire is in the direction shown, then the force on the wire acts out of the page. N S wire Three statements of …
- Question 37
A nuclide of the element iron has the symbol shown. 56Fe 26 What does a neutral atom of this nuclide contain? protons neutrons electrons …
- Question 38
What is the nucleon number of a nuclide? A the number of neutrons in the nucleus B the number of protons in the nucleus C the number of protons minus the number of neutrons in the nucleus D the number …
- Question 39
A thin sheet of paper is placed between a radioactive source and a radiation detector. The count rate falls to a very low reading. source paper detector counter From this result, which type of radiation is the source emitting? A …
- Question 40
In 1986 the Chernobyl nuclear power station in Ukraine suffered a meltdown. This caused background radiation in many countries, thousands of kilometres from Chernobyl, to increase. What was transported in the atmosphere to these countries to cause this rise in …
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