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Cambridge IGCSE ยท 0625 ยท Paper 4 ยท Theory (Extended)

Physics 0625/42 May/June 2020 past paper

Cambridge IGCSE Physics (0625) Paper 4 (Theory (Extended)), variant 2, May/June 2020: the question paper and its official mark scheme, 10 questions worth 80 marks. Free to open, no account needed.

Questions
10
Marks
80
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File names: 0625_s20_qp_42 ยท 0625_s20_ms_42

Topics in this paper

Which syllabus chapters 0625/42 May/June 2020 tested, by marks. Each chapter links to every past-paper question on it.

ChapterQuestionsMarks
Electric circuits217
Motion19
Electromagnetic effects19
Momentum18
Energy, work & power18
Thermal properties & temperature18
General wave properties18
Radioactivity18
Light15

Questions in 0625/42 May/June 2020

  1. Question 1Motion ยท 9 marks

    Fig. 1.1 shows the speedโ€“time graph of a person on a journey. On the journey, he walks and then waits for a bus. He then travels by bus. He gets off the bus and waits for two minutes. He then โ€ฆ

  2. Question 2Momentum ยท 8 marks

    Fig. 2.1 shows a train. Fig. 2.1 The total mass of the train and its passengers is 750 000 kg. The train is travelling at a speed of โ€ฆ

  3. Question 3Energy, work & power ยท 8 marks

    (a) A solar panel receives energy from the Sun at a rate of 5.0 kW. Thermal energy is transferred from the solar panel to water with an efficiency of 20%. Cold water of mass 15 kg enters the solar panel โ€ฆ

  4. Question 4Thermal properties & temperature ยท 8 marks

    Fig. 4.1 shows a liquid-in-glass thermometer without a temperature scale. The liquid inside the thermometer has a melting point of โ€“39 ยฐC. Fig. 4.1 (a) Describe simple experiments to mark the positions of the fixed points on this liquid-in-glass thermometer. โ€ฆ

  5. Question 5General wave properties ยท 8 marks

    Fig. 5.1 shows crests of a wave approaching a barrier where the wave is reflected. barrier crest direction of travel of wave Fig. 5.1 (a) On Fig. 5.1, draw three crests of the reflected wave. (b) The wave has a โ€ฆ

  6. Question 6Light ยท 5 marks

    (a) Fig. 6.1 shows an arrangement of glass prisms inside a box. The angles of the prisms are 45ยฐ, 45ยฐ and 90ยฐ. box prism 1 prism 2 eye incident ray of light wall Fig. 6.1 (not to scale) This is โ€ฆ

  7. Question 7Electromagnetic effects ยท 9 marks

    (a) A student makes a transformer that uses an alternating current (a.c.) supply with an electromotive force (e.m.f.) of 12.0 V to induce an output potential difference (p.d.) of 2.0 V. The student is provided with two lengths of insulated โ€ฆ

  8. Question 8Electric circuits ยท 10 marks

    (a) A light-emitting diode (LED) is a diode that emits light when there is a current in it. Draw a circuit diagram showing an LED, connected so that it is lit, in series with a battery and a fixed resistor. โ€ฆ

  9. Question 9Electric circuits ยท 7 marks

    (a) Complete the truth table shown in Table 9.1 for a NAND gate. Table 9.1 input 1 input 2 output โ€ฆ

  10. Question 10Radioactivity ยท 8 marks

    Fig. 10.1 shows a vacuum tube with a radioactive source. The radioactive source emits ฮฑ-particles, ฮฒ-particles and ฮณ -rays. There is a very strong magnetic field between the N pole and the S pole of the magnet. vacuum N S โ€ฆ

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Open the mark scheme above - it is the official Cambridge scheme for this exact paper (0625_s20_ms_42), and on a wide screen it sits beside the question you are reading.
Which topics came up in 0625/42 May/June 2020?
Mostly Electric circuits, Motion, Electromagnetic effects. The full list is in the table above.
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