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1. A geologist compares the volumes of three rocks, X, Y and Z. three measuring cylinders contain
different volumes of water. He places each rock into one of the measuring cylinders.
The diagrams show the measuring cylinders before and after the rocks are put in.
Which rows shows the volumes of X, Y and Z in order, from largest to smallest?
A
B
C
D
2. A car moves with constant speed and then constant acceleration. Which graph is the speedtime graph for the car?
3. A car travels 100 km. The journey takes two hours. The highest speed of the car is 80 km / h,
and the lowest speed is 40 km / h.
What is the average speed for the journey?
A 40km / h
B 50 km / h
C 60 km / h
D 120 km / h
4. A student walks at a constant speed. He takes 100 s to walk 160 paces. The length of each
pace is 0.80 m.
How far does the student walk in 50 s?
A 64 m
B 80 m
C 128 m
D 256 m
5. Diagram 1 shows a piece of foam rubber that contains many pockets of air. Diagram 2 shows
the same piece of foam rubber after it has been compressed so that its volume decreases.
What happens to the mass and to the weight of the foam rubber when it is compressed?
A
B
C
D
mass
Increases
Increases
No change
No change
Weight
Increases
No change
increases
no change
5 10
( 1000
)2 cmg
5 10 g
( 21000
) cm
2 g
( 1000
5 10 ) cm
3
g
( 21000
5 10 ) cm
8. A student measures the length of a spring. She then hangs different weights from the spring.
She measures the length of the spring for each different weight. The table shows her results.
weight/N
0
1.0
2.0
3.0
4.0
5.0
length/mm
520
524
528
533
537
540
4 mm
5 mm
12 mm
13 mm
9. Which energy resource is used to generate electricity without using any moving parts?
A
B
C
D
geothermal
hydroelectric
nuclear
solar
10. A cyclist travels down a hill from rest at point X, without pedalling. The cyclist applies his brakes
and the cycle stops at point Y.
The block is now turned so that it rests with its largest side on the table.
How has this change affected the force and the pressure exerted by the block on the table?
in a freezer
in pure boiling water
in pure cold water
in pure melting ice
The graph shows how its temperature changes with time as it is heated constantly.
At which time has it just become completely liquid?
17. Thermal energy travels through space from the Sun to the Earth. Space is a vacuum.
How is thermal energy transferred from the Sun to the Earth?
A by conduction only
B by convection only
C by radiation only
D by convection and radiation
18. A cupboard is placed in front of a heater. Air can move through a gap under the cupboard.
Which row describes the temperature, and the direction of movement, of the air in the gap?
A
B
C
D
Air temperature
Cool
Cool
Warm
warm
Air direction
Away from the heater
Towards the heater
Away from the heater
Towards the heater
19. What is the number of wavefronts per second that pass a fixed point?
A the amplitude of the wave
B the frequency of the wave
C the speed of the wave
D the wavelength of the wave
20. The diagrams represent water waves in a tank.
Which diagram represents a wave that changes speed?
21. The diagram shows the electromagnetic spectrum, in order of increasing wavelength.
Three types of electromagnetic radiation P, Q, and R, are missing from the spectrum diagram.
22. A ray of light is incident on the surface of a glass block, as shown in the diagram below.
The refractive index of the glass is 1.5. The light ray changes direction when entering the glass.
What is the angle x through which the ray moves?
23. A ray of light travels from X to Y along an optical fibre. The angle of incidence at Y is greater
than the critical angle.
In which direction does the ray of light travel after reaching point Y?
24. A scientist tries to direct a ray of light in a glass block so that no light escapes from the top of
the block. However, some light does escape.
The scientist changes angle X and stops the light escaping from the top.
Which row in the table describes the change to angle X and the name of the effect produced?
26. A man holding a starting pistol stands 640 m away from a spectator.
The spectators hears the sound of the starting pistol 2.0 s after seeing the flash from the pistol.
Using this information, what is the speed of sound in the air?
A 160 m/s
B 320 m/s
C 640 m/s
D 1280 m/s
27. One end of a rod picks up the N-pole of a bar magnet when in position 1.
The same end of the rod picks up the S-pole of the bar magnet when in position 2.
Which material is the rod made form and what is the pole at end P of the rod in position 1?
28. An electromagnet with a soft-iron core is connected to a battery and an open switch. The softiron core is just above some small soft-iron nails.
The switch is now closed, left closed for a few seconds, and then opened.
What do the soft-iron nails do as the switch is closed, and what do they do when the switch is
then opened?
Ampere
Joule
Volt
Watt
31. A charge of 7.5 C flows through a resistor in 5.0 s. A student has ammeters with different ranges
that he can use to measure the current in the resistor.
Which ammeter range is the most appropriate?
A 0-1A
B 0- 2 A
C 0- 5 A
D 0- 40 A
34. The circuit diagram shows a 4.0 resistor and an 8.0 resistor connected to a 6.0 V battery.
36. The diagram shows a 3.0 resistor and a 6.0 resistor connected in parallel.
4.0 V
6.0 V
8.0 V
12.0 V
39. A transformer has 1200 turns on its primary coil and 400 turns on its secondary coil. An output
voltage of 90 V is induced across the secondary coil.
What is the input voltage of the transformer?
A
B
C
D
40.
14
6
30 V
90 V
270 V
1200 V
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