Cambridge IGCSE · 0625 · Paper 2 · Multiple choice (Extended)
Physics 0625/22 Feb/March 2022 past paper
Cambridge IGCSE Physics (0625) Paper 2 (Multiple choice (Extended)), variant 2, Feb/March 2022: 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_m22_qp_22 · 0625_m22_ms_22
Grade thresholds for 0625/22 Feb/March 2022
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 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 |
Topics in this paper
Which syllabus chapters 0625/22 Feb/March 2022 tested, by marks. Each chapter links to every past-paper question on it.
Questions in 0625/22 Feb/March 2022
- Question 1
A student investigates a pendulum. He measures the time for the pendulum to complete 20 oscillations. He repeats the experiment three more times. The readings are shown. experiment time for 20 oscillations …
- Question 2
A tennis ball falls from the upstairs window of a house. What can be said about the acceleration of the ball if air resistance is ignored? A It depends on the density of the ball. B It depends on the …
- Question 3
A car joins a road at a speed of …
- Question 4
The gravitational field strength is …
- Question 5
A student carries out an experiment to find the density of a rock. …
- Question 6
A car has a mass of 1500 kg. A constant resultant force acts on the car and the car accelerates from …
- Question 7
A metal wire is loaded up to the limit of proportionality. Which statement is correct? A Hooke’s law is not obeyed when the load is increased from zero to this point. B When the load is increased beyond the limit …
- Question 8
The diagram shows a uniform metre rule, MN, pivoted at its midpoint …
- Question 9
Which physical quantity is a vector? A mass B density C temperature D velocity
- Question 10
A resultant force of 500 N acts for 10 s on a car of mass 1000 kg. This causes the velocity of the car to double. What is the final velocity of the car? …
- Question 11
A child pushes a toy car along a horizontal surface and then releases it. As the car slows down, what is the main energy transfer? A from chemical to thermal B from chemical to kinetic C from kinetic to gravitational …
- Question 12
At time = 0, a cannonball is stationary inside a cannon. The cannonball is then fired from the cannon. At time = t, the cannonball moves forwards and the cannon moves backwards. What happens to the total kinetic energy and …
- Question 13
In a small hydroelectric power scheme, 800 kg of water drops through a vertical height of 2.2 m every second. The electrical output is 10.6 kW. What is the efficiency of the scheme? …
- Question 14
An object is at rest on a horizontal surface. Which equation is used to calculate the pressure that the object exerts? A mass of the object area of contact B weight of the object area of contact C mass of …
- Question 15
Smoke particles, illuminated by a bright lamp, are seen through a microscope. They move about randomly. What causes this motion? A attraction between the smoke particles and the molecules of the air B collisions between the smoke particles and the …
- Question 16
Ether is a liquid that evaporates easily at room temperature. The rate at which ether evaporates can be increased by bubbling air through it. The diagram shows this process. air ether air bubbles Students give three suggestions why the rate …
- Question 17
Some ice is slowly heated and its temperature is measured. A graph is plotted of temperature against time. …
- Question 18
The diagram shows the apparatus needed for an experiment to determine the specific heat capacity of the material from which an object is made. A V stop-clock thermometer heater object balance Which piece of apparatus could be omitted if the …
- Question 19
Both boiling and evaporation involve a change of state from liquid to gas. Which row gives the correct difference between boiling and evaporation? boiling evaporation A no bubbles are formed bubbles are formed B occurs at all temperatures occurs at …
- Question 20
Which statement describes thermal conduction in a metal by electrons? A Atoms and electrons move freely throughout the metal. B Atoms and electrons vibrate about their fixed positions only. C Electrons move freely throughout the metal. D Electrons remain attached …
- Question 21
A tank contains water. Ripples are produced on the surface of the water. Refraction is observed. What causes the ripples to refract? A The cold water in the tank is replaced by warm water. B The ripples change speed as …
- Question 22
The diagram shows wavefronts of a water wave passing through a gap in a barrier. barrier Which change will increase the diffraction of the wave as it passes through the gap? A Increase the amplitude of the wave. B Increase …
- Question 23
The diagrams each show a ray of light from an object O passing through a thin converging lens. The principal focuses in each diagram are labelled …
- Question 24
The diagram shows a ray of light inside an optical fibre approaching point …
- Question 25
An eclipse of the Sun happens when the Moon comes between the Earth and the Sun. Which statement is correct? A Infrared radiation from the Sun disappears before visible light and ultraviolet radiation. B Ultraviolet radiation from the Sun disappears …
- Question 26
The diagram shows air particles in a sound wave. …
- Question 27
Two isolated metal spheres are both negatively charged. The spheres are brought close together but do not touch. Which diagram shows the charge distribution on the spheres? …
- Question 28
Two separate circuits have different power supplies. Both power supplies provide the same magnitude current. Power supply P has an electromotive force (e.m.f.) of 1.5 V and power supply Q has an e.m.f. of 3.0 V. Which statements about Q …
- Question 29
The diagram shows a piece of metal resistance wire. Which wire, made of the same metal, has a smaller resistance? A a wire of the same length with a larger diameter B a wire of the same length with a …
- Question 30
Which labelled component in the circuit shown controls the brightness of lamp …
- Question 31
A circuit includes a battery, two identical resistors and five ammeters, …
- Question 32
An electrician sets up a potential divider circuit in a fridge so that when the fridge door is open and light from the room enters the fridge, a warning light turns on. Which component does the electrician need to use …
- Question 33
Two NAND gates are joined together as shown. input 1 input 2 output Which single logic gate is equivalent to this combination? A AND B NAND C NOR D OR
- Question 34
The diagram shows an electric drill and safety guard. safety guard in closed position drill electric motor The drill requires the logic circuit shown. motor alarm ? safety guard open 0 closed 1 motor on 1 motor off 0 alarm …
- Question 35
Two magnets are placed near a current-carrying coil. The diagram shows this experimental arrangement and the current direction in the coil. …
- Question 36
Two circuits are set up as shown. The iron rods are placed close together and are able to move. X S iron rod iron rod What happens to the size of the gap at X when switch S is closed? …
- Question 37
When a current-carrying conductor is placed in a magnetic field, it experiences a force. Which statement about this force is correct? A It is parallel to both the magnetic field and the direction of the current. B It is parallel …
- Question 38
When a beam of -particles is incident on a thin metal foil, most of them follow a path represented by path X in the diagram. A small number of -particles follow a path represented by path Y in the diagram. …
- Question 39
Nuclear fusion is a reaction that takes place in stars. Which row describes this reaction? action of atomic nuclei energy A an atomic nucleus splits into two or more smaller nuclei absorbed B an atomic nucleus splits into two or …
- Question 40
When a radioactive isotope is set up close to a counter, a count rate of 38 000 counts / s is obtained. The table shows the count rate from the isotope over a three-year period. time / years s / …