Cambridge IGCSE · 0625 · Paper 2 · Multiple choice (Extended)
Physics 0625/22 Feb/March 2021 past paper
Cambridge IGCSE Physics (0625) Paper 2 (Multiple choice (Extended)), variant 2, Feb/March 2021: the question paper and its official mark scheme, 40 questions worth 40 marks, with the grade thresholds. Free to open, no account needed.
- Questions
- 40
- Marks
- 40
- Grade A from
- 23
File names: 0625_m21_qp_22 · 0625_m21_ms_22
Grade thresholds for 0625/22 Feb/March 2021
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 |
Topics in this paper
Which syllabus chapters 0625/22 Feb/March 2021 tested, by marks. Each chapter links to every past-paper question on it.
Questions in 0625/22 Feb/March 2021
- Question 1
A student has a measuring cylinder containing water and also has a balance. Which of these could she use to find the volume of a small metal sphere? She has no other apparatus. A either the measuring cylinder containing water …
- Question 2
A ball hits a bat with a velocity of …
- Question 3
A train begins a journey from a station and travels 60 km in a time of 20 minutes. What is the average speed of the train? …
- Question 4
Which statement about mass is correct? A A mass of 10 kg weighs 1 N near the Earth’s surface. B Mass is a gravitational force. C Mass increases when the gravitational field strength increases. D The greater the mass of …
- Question 5
A small bottle has a mass of 20 g when empty. The volume of the bottle is 10 cm3. When full of liquid, the total mass is 150 g. What is the density of the liquid? …
- Question 6
An object of mass 0.80 kg is moving in a straight line at a velocity of …
- Question 7
An object moves at constant speed in the circular path shown. …
- Question 8
An object is pivoted at point P. A student ties a length of string to a peg on the object. He pulls the string with a force …
- Question 9
A gas molecule strikes the wall of a container. The molecule rebounds with the same speed. before hitting the wall after hitting the wall wall gas molecule wall gas molecule What happens to the kinetic energy and what happens to …
- Question 10
A horizontal force pulls a box along a horizontal surface. The box gains 30 J of kinetic energy and 10 J of thermal energy is produced by the friction between the box and the surface. How much work is done …
- Question 11
A crane is used to lift loads vertically. The output power of the crane to lift a car is P. The crane then lifts a lorry, which has 3.0 times the weight of the car, through 0.25 of the distance …
- Question 12
The diagram shows a manometer connected to a gas supply. from gas supply mercury mm …
- Question 13
The diagram shows a box of dimensions 6.0 cm 8.0 cm 4.0 cm. 8.0 cm 6.0 cm 4.0 cm …
- Question 14
Air in a sealed syringe is slowly compressed by moving the piston. The temperature of the air stays the same. syringe air piston Which statement about the air is correct? A The pressure of the air decreases because its molecules …
- Question 15
In an experiment, smoke particles are suspended in air and viewed through a microscope. The smoke particles move about with short random movements. Which of the following statements is correct? A Air particles have large masses compared to smoke particles …
- Question 16
The graph shows how the internal energy of 1.0 kg of a metal changes with temperature. …
- Question 17
A piece of melting ice at 0 C and a beaker of boiling water are both in a laboratory. The laboratory is at 20 C. melting ice boiling water Bunsen burner heating water What is happening to the temperature of …
- Question 18
One end of a copper rod is heated. What is one method by which thermal energy is transferred in the copper rod? A Free electrons transfer energy from the cooler end to the hotter end. B Free electrons transfer energy …
- Question 19
Which change will cause a decrease in the rate of radiation emitted by an object? A changing the surface colour from white to black B changing the surface texture from dull to shiny C increasing the surface temperature D increasing …
- Question 20
What is the approximate wavelength in air of the highest frequency sound that can be heard by a normal healthy person? …
- Question 21
What causes the change in direction when light travels from air into glass? A The amplitude of the light changes. B The colour of the light changes. C The frequency of the light changes. D The speed of the light …
- Question 22
Light from a torch is incident on a plane mirror. The angle of incidence is 38. What is the angle of reflection? …
- Question 23
Two rays with an angle of incidence of 60 pass into dilute and concentrated sugar-water solutions. The refractions are shown. air dilute sugar solution air concentrated sugar solution …
- Question 24
A thin converging lens is used to produce a sharp image of a candle. candle lens screen image Various sharp images are produced on the screen by moving the lens and the screen backwards and forwards. Which statement is always …
- Question 25
Which row gives the approximate speeds at which ultraviolet waves travel in air and in a vacuum? speed in air m /s speed in a vacuum …
- Question 26
The diagram represents a sound wave. X Y What are the names of the parts of the sound wave labelled X and …
- Question 27
The speed of sound is different in different states of matter. The speed of sound in liquid water is …
- Question 28
Three methods to demagnetise a magnet are suggested. The magnet is in an east-west direction. 1 hitting the magnet repeatedly with a hammer 2 heating the magnet until red hot 3 withdrawing the magnet from a coil which has a …
- Question 29
Three cores of different metals P, Q and R are placed inside identical coils of wire. At least one of the metals is non-magnetic. The cores are held above some iron nails. The three diagrams show what happens when there …
- Question 30
Two uncharged metal spheres X and Y rest on insulating stands and touch each other. A negatively charged plastic rod is brought near to sphere …
- Question 31
Which two changes to a metal wire both decrease its resistance? length of wire cross-sectional area of wire A decrease decrease B decrease increase C increase decrease D increase increase
- Question 32
There is a current I in a resistor of resistance R for a time t. The potential difference across the resistor is V. Which equation gives the energy E transferred by the resistor? …
- Question 33
A resistor R is connected in parallel with an 8.0 resistor. The resistance of this combination is …
- Question 34
A student designs a circuit to use as a dimmer switch for a lamp. X Y What happens to the brightness of the lamp and the potential difference (p.d.) across the lamp, when the slider is moved from X to …
- Question 35
The circuit shown contains two gates. …
- Question 36
The diagram shows an electromagnet near a coil of wire connected to a voltmeter. The reading on the voltmeter is zero. …
- Question 37
Which graph shows the voltage output of an a.c. generator with the peaks and zeros correctly labelled? voltage V time …
- Question 38
Three students are describing the structure of an atom. student 1 All the positively charged particles are in the nucleus. student 2 Positive electrons are in the nucleus. student 3 Negative electrons orbit around the nucleus. Which students are making …
- Question 39
When alpha particles are incident on a thin metal foil, most of them pass through undeviated. What does this observation reveal about the nature of the atom? A The atom has a dense nucleus. B The atom is mostly empty …
- Question 40
A laboratory worker measures the count rate from a radioactive source. He records his results in a table. time minutes count rate counts/s …