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A decorator wishes to calculate the area of a bathroom tile so that he can estimate the amount of adhesive that he needs to buy. What must he use?

1. Motion, forces and energy  →  1.1. Physical quantities and measurement techniques

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The three balls shown...

1. Motion, forces and energy  →  1.2. Motion

1. Motion, forces and energy  →  1.5.1. Effects of forces

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A car accelerates from traffic lights. The graph shows how the car’s speed changes with time. time / s speed m / s How far does the car travel before it reaches a steady speed?

1. Motion, forces and energy  →  1.2. Motion

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Which statement is correct?

1. Motion, forces and energy  →  1.3. Mass and weight

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Two blocks X and Y are placed on a beam as shown...

1. Motion, forces and energy  →  1.3. Mass and weight

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The masses of a measuring cylinder before and after pouring some liquid into it are shown...

1. Motion, forces and energy  →  1.4. Density

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A girl and a boy are pulling in opposite directions on a rope. The forces acting on the rope are shown...

1. Motion, forces and energy  →  1.5.1. Effects of forces

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Objects with different masses are hung on a 10 cm spring. The diagram shows how much the spring stretches. 100 g M 10 cm 20 cm 30 cm The extension of the spring is directly proportional to the mass hung on it. What is the mass of object M?

1. Motion, forces and energy  →  1.5.1. Effects of forces

1. Motion, forces and energy  →  1.3. Mass and weight

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What is designed to change electrical energy into kinetic energy?

1. Motion, forces and energy  →  1.7.1. Energy

1. Motion, forces and energy  →  1.7.3. Energy resources

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A power station uses nuclear fission to obtain energy. In this process, nuclear energy is first changed into A chemical energy. B electrical energy. C gravitational energy. D internal energy.

1. Motion, forces and energy  →  1.7.3. Energy resources

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A ball is released from rest and rolls down a track from the position shown...

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A water manometer is used to measure the pressure of a gas supply to a house. It gives a reading of h cm of water. gas supply h cm Why is it better to use water rather than mercury in this manometer?

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A farmer has two carts. The carts have the same weight, but one has four narrow wheels and the other has four wide wheels. narrow wheel wide wheel In rainy weather, which cart sinks less into soft ground, and why?

1. Motion, forces and energy  →  1.8. Pressure

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Viewed through a microscope, very small particles can be seen moving with Brownian motion. Which line in the table is correct?

2. Thermal physics  →  2.1.2. Particle model

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A measured mass of gas is placed in a cylinder at atmospheric pressure and is then slowly compressed. piston pushed in piston gas The temperature of the gas does not change. What happens to the pressure of the gas?

2. Thermal physics  →  2.1.3. Gases and the absolute scale of temperature

1. Motion, forces and energy  →  1.8. Pressure

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The graph shows the change in temperature of a material as it is heated. Which part on the graph shows when the material is boiling?

2. Thermal physics  →  2.2.3. Melting, boiling and evaporation

2. Thermal physics  →  2.1.3. Gases and the absolute scale of temperature

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An experiment is set up as shown...

1. Motion, forces and energy  →  1.8. Pressure

2. Thermal physics  →  2.1.3. Gases and the absolute scale of temperature

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An iron bar is held with one end in a fire. The other end soon becomes too hot to hold. fire hand iron bar How has the heat travelled along the iron bar?

2. Thermal physics  →  2.3.4. Consequences of thermal energy transfer

2. Thermal physics  →  2.3.3. Radiation

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The diagram shows a block of ice placed in a warm room. At which point is the temperature the lowest?

2. Thermal physics  →  2.2.3. Melting, boiling and evaporation

2. Thermal physics  →  2.1.2. Particle model

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The drawing shows a wave. Which labelled distance is the wavelength?

3. Waves  →  3.1. General properties of waves

3. Waves  →  3.4. Sound

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Radio waves are received at a house at the bottom of a hill. hill The waves reach the house because the hill has caused them to be A diffracted. B radiated. C reflected. D refracted.

3. Waves  →  3.1. General properties of waves

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Which diagram correctly shows a ray of light passing through a rectangular glass block?

3. Waves  →  3.2.2. Refraction of light

3. Waves  →  3.2.4. Dispersion of light

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The ray diagram shows how an image is formed by a converging lens. 24 cm 10 cm 8 cm What is the focal length of this lens?

3. Waves  →  3.2.3. Thin lenses

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A fire alarm is not loud enough. An engineer adjusts it so that it produces a note of the same pitch which is louder. What effect does this have on the amplitude and on the frequency of the sound?

3. Waves  →  3.4. Sound

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To estimate the width of a valley, a climber starts a stopwatch as he shouts. He hears an echo from the opposite side of the valley after 1.0 s. valley sound climber The sound travels at 340 m / s. What is the width of the valley?

3. Waves  →  3.4. Sound

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Which material is used for the core of an electromagnet?

4. Electricity and magnetism  →  4.1. Simple phenomena of magnetism

4. Electricity and magnetism  →  4.5.6. The transformer

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A brass rod is positioned in an east-west direction and a plotting compass is placed at each end. N plotting compass brass rod Which diagram shows the positions of the needles of the plotting compasses?

4. Electricity and magnetism  →  4.1. Simple phenomena of magnetism

4. Electricity and magnetism  →  4.5.3. Magnetic effect of a current

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How many of the following materials conduct electricity?

2. Thermal physics  →  2.3.1. Conduction

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In which circuit does the voltmeter read the potential difference across the lamp?

4. Electricity and magnetism  →  4.2.3. Electromotive force and potential difference

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In the circuit below, X and Y are identical 6 V lamps. switch X Y 6 V What happens when the switch is closed?

4. Electricity and magnetism  →  4.3.2. Series and parallel circuits

4. Electricity and magnetism  →  4.4. Electrical safety

4. Electricity and magnetism  →  4.2.4. Resistance

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The diagram shows a circuit with three ammeters, X, Y and Z. A A A X Y Z Which set of readings is possible?

4. Electricity and magnetism  →  4.2.2. Electric current

4. Electricity and magnetism  →  4.3.1. Circuit diagrams and circuit components

4. Electricity and magnetism  →  4.2.4. Resistance

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A lamp is to be connected in a circuit so that the p.d. across it can be varied from 0 to 6 V. Which circuit would be most suitable?

4. Electricity and magnetism  →  4.3.2. Series and parallel circuits

4. Electricity and magnetism  →  4.3.3. Action and use of circuit components

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A student makes the circuit shown...

4. Electricity and magnetism  →  4.4. Electrical safety

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Which graph shows the output voltage from a simple a.c. generator?

4. Electricity and magnetism  →  4.5.2. The a.c. generator

4. Electricity and magnetism  →  4.2.4. Resistance

4. Electricity and magnetism  →  4.5.6. The transformer

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A transformer has 50 turns on its primary coil and 100 turns on its secondary coil. An a.c. voltage of 25.0 V is connected across the primary coil. 25.0 V primary coil 50 turns secondary coil 100 turns What is the voltage across the secondary coil?

4. Electricity and magnetism  →  4.5.6. The transformer

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Two circuits are set up as shown...

4. Electricity and magnetism  →  4.1. Simple phenomena of magnetism

3. Waves  →  3.1. General properties of waves

4. Electricity and magnetism  →  4.3.3. Action and use of circuit components

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The diagram shows a simple cathode-ray tube. Which part emits the electrons?

5. Nuclear physics  →  5.1.1. The atom

5. Nuclear physics  →  5.2.2. The three types of nuclear emission

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Which type of radiation has the greatest ionising effect?

5. Nuclear physics  →  5.2.2. The three types of nuclear emission

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A powder contains 400 mg of a radioactive material that emits α-particles. The half-life of the material is 5 days. What mass of that material remains after 10 days?

5. Nuclear physics  →  5.2.4. Half-life

5. Nuclear physics  →  5.2.3. Radioactive decay

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In the symbol below, A is the nucleon number and Z is the proton number. X A Z What is represented by the symbol?

5. Nuclear physics  →  5.1.2. The nucleus

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