Cambridge IGCSE · 0625 · Paper 2 · Multiple choice (Extended)
Physics 0625/22 Feb/March 2020 past paper
Cambridge IGCSE Physics (0625) Paper 2 (Multiple choice (Extended)), variant 2, Feb/March 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 0625/22 Feb/March 2020 tested, by marks. Each chapter links to every past-paper question on it.
Questions in 0625/22 Feb/March 2020
- Question 1
The diagram shows a rectangular metal sheet close to two rulers. …
- Question 2
A ball falls from rest through the air towards the ground. The diagram shows two forces acting on the ball. air resistance gravitational force As the ball falls, the air resistance increases. Which statement is correct? A The acceleration of …
- Question 3
A compressed spring projects a ball horizontally in a vacuum chamber. On the Earth, the ball reaches the chamber floor 4.0 m in front of the spring. An identical experiment is done on the Moon. The gravitational field strength is …
- Question 4
Diagram 1 shows a piece of flexible material that contains many pockets of air. Diagram 2 shows the same piece of flexible material after it has been compressed so that its volume decreases. diagram 1 (before compression) diagram 2 (after …
- Question 5
The graph shows how the strength of the Earth’s gravitational field varies as the distance from the Earth’s surface increases. strength of the Earth’s gravitational field distance from the surface of the Earth 0 0 Which row describes the effect …
- Question 6
A measuring cylinder contains 40 cm3 of water. A solid metal ball is dropped into the water and the water level rises to 56 cm3. The mass of the ball is 80 g. What is the density of the metal …
- Question 7
A car travels along a horizontal road at constant speed. Three horizontal forces act on the car. The diagram shows two of these forces. air resistance 300 N force from engine 1500 N direction of motion forwards What is the …
- Question 8
A car is driven round a bend in the road at a constant speed. car direction of the motion of the car What is the direction of the resultant force on the car when it is going round the bend? …
- Question 9
An athlete with mass 70 kg trains by performing press-ups with a load on his back. The diagram shows the perpendicular distances involved. The centre of mass of the athlete is CM and the centre of mass of the load …
- Question 10
An air pistol fires a pellet forwards. What is the motion of the air pistol? A The air pistol moves backwards with speed greater than the pellet. B The air pistol moves backwards with speed less than the pellet. C …
- Question 11
Which row describes an advantage and a disadvantage of wind turbines? advantage disadvantage A no fuel needed harmful gases released B variable supply fuel needed C no harmful gases released variable supply D constant supply noisy
- Question 12
An electric motor provides 900 J of useful output energy. The efficiency of the motor is 60 %. How much electrical energy is supplied to the motor? …
- Question 13
A crane takes 2.0 minutes to lift a 500 kg load to the top of a building that is 12 m high. What is the useful power developed against gravity by the crane? …
- Question 14
A skier is standing still on a flat area of snow. skis The weight of the skier is 550 N. The total area of his skis in contact with the ground is 0.015 m2. What is the pressure exerted on …
- Question 15
A tall cylinder is partly filled with two liquids which do not mix. The two liquids have different densities. A student measures the pressure due to the liquids at different depths. position P position Q two liquids with different densities …
- Question 16
When pollen grains in water are viewed through a microscope, they are seen to be in continuous, rapid random motion. What causes a pollen grain to move in this way? A convection currents in the water B bombardment by a …
- Question 17
A student measures the mass of warm water in an open container over two minutes. The container is kept at a constant temperature. The results are in the table. time / minutes mass …
- Question 18
Which points are the fixed points of the liquid-in-glass thermometer shown? …
- Question 19
The specific heat capacities of aluminium, iron, ethanol and water are given. substance specific heat capacity J / kg °C aluminium 900 iron 450 ethanol 2400 water 4200 1 kg of each metal is put into 5 kg of each …
- Question 20
Metals are good thermal conductors. Insulators are poor thermal conductors. Which description of the mechanism of thermal conductivity is correct? A In insulators, conduction takes place by electron transfer and molecular vibrations. B In insulators, conduction takes place by electron …
- Question 21
A teacher shows his class a polystyrene cup. The cup is made from thick plastic with lots of tiny air bubbles in it. He asks the class why the cup is so good at keeping a hot drink warm. Three …
- Question 22
A boy jumps into an indoor swimming pool. He notices that the water appears to get colder as he goes deeper underwater. This is due to convection. Which statement is correct? A Cold water is more dense than warm water …
- Question 23
Four students A, B, C and D, investigate the diffraction of water waves through a gap. Each student uses a different gap size and a different wavelength for the water waves. Which student produces the waves which have the most …
- Question 24
The diagrams show examples of wave motion. 1 2 waves on water waves in air waves on a rope waves in a spring 3 4 ripple tank drum Which waves are longitudinal? A 1 only B 2 and 3 only …
- Question 25
Which diagram shows how the light from a candle is reflected by a mirror, and shows the position of the image formed? eye candle image of candle A eye candle eye candle image of candle B image of candle C …
- Question 26
A converging lens can be used as a magnifying glass. What will be the nature of the image? A real, inverted, diminished B real, upright, enlarged C virtual, inverted, enlarged D virtual, upright, enlarged
- Question 27
The wavelength of blue light changes from …
- Question 28
The diagram shows compressions and rarefactions in air as a sound wave moves from left to right. rarefaction compression A quieter sound of the same frequency is made. What will happen to the number of particles in a region of …
- Question 29
The diagrams show three different metal rods P, Q and R, inside coils of wire. Small iron nails are placed on a wooden bench under the rods. Diagram 1 shows the situation when there are electric currents in the wires. …
- Question 30
Which row describes conventional current and electron flow in a circuit containing a cell? conventional current electron flow A from the negative terminal of the cell to the positive terminal of the cell from the negative terminal of the cell …
- Question 31
A student makes four resistors using different pieces of wire. The wires have different diameters and lengths. All the pieces of wire are made of the same material. Which piece of wire will make the resistor with the largest resistance? …
- Question 32
A student is to determine the resistance of resistor R. She uses a circuit including a voltmeter and an ammeter. Which circuit should be used? …
- Question 33
The diagram shows a battery connected to two resistors. Three ammeters M1, M2 and M3 are connected in the circuit. …
- Question 34
A cell is connected to a parallel combination of …
- Question 35
The two inputs of a NAND gate are joined together. input output Which truth table represents the action of this gate? …
- Question 36
The diagram shows a transformer that has an output voltage of …
- Question 37
The diagrams show different particles moving through a magnetic field. Which particle experiences a magnetic force acting up out of the plane of the paper? A proton proton …
- Question 38
When Rutherford bombarded thin gold foil with α-particles, he found that some α-particles were deflected through large angles. Which statement explains this deflection? A Most of the atom consists of empty space. B All of the positive charge and most …
- Question 39
The diagram shows the path followed by α-particles as they pass between two charged plates. They are deflected downwards. …
- Question 40
The graph shows the count rate from a radioactive source over a period of time. …