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The diagrams show an experiment to determine the volume of a stone. cm3 cm3 without stone with stone stone What is the volume of the stone?

1. Motion, forces and energy  →  1.4. Density

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

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Four athletes run twice around a track. The table shows their times at the end of each lap. Which athlete runs the second lap the fastest?

1. Motion, forces and energy  →  1.2. Motion

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The diagram shows the speed / time graph for an object moving at constant speed. time / s speed m / s What is the distance travelled by the object in the first 3 s?

1. Motion, forces and energy  →  1.2. Motion

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A car travels along the route PQRST in 30 minutes. P Q R S T 10 km 5 km 5 km 10 km What is the average speed of the car?

1. Motion, forces and energy  →  1.2. Motion

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Which list contains the name of a force?

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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The reading on a spring balance with a holder and eight identical discs is 3.0 N. Six discs are removed and the reading becomes 1.2 N. N spring balance holder for discs eight discs two discs N What is the weight of one disc?

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

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

1. Motion, forces and energy  →  1.5.3. Centre of gravity

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A student is trying to find the density of water and of a large, regularly shaped concrete block. Which apparatus is needed to find the density of both the water and the concrete block?

1. Motion, forces and energy  →  1.4. Density

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

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A force acts on a moving rubber ball. Which of these changes could not happen to the ball because of the force?

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

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The extension / load graph for a spring is shown...

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

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Which of these 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 car is driven on a long journey along a flat, horizontal road. The car stops several times on the journey and its engine becomes hot. Which type of energy does not change during the journey?

1. Motion, forces and energy  →  1.7.1. Energy

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

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

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What is a simple mercury barometer designed to measure?

1. Motion, forces and energy  →  1.8. Pressure

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Liquid X has a density of 1010 kg / m3. Liquid Y has a density of 950 kg / m3. The liquids are poured into tubes as shown...

1. Motion, forces and energy  →  1.4. Density

1. Motion, forces and energy  →  1.8. Pressure

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Some gas in a sealed plastic bag is cooled. How do the gas molecules behave when this happens?

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

2. Thermal physics  →  2.2.1. Thermal expansion of solids, liquids and gases

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

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A block of ice cream is prevented from melting by wrapping it in newspaper soaked in water. The water evaporates from the newspaper. Which molecules escape from the water and what happens to the average speed of the water molecules that remain in the newspaper?

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

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Which change is condensation?

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

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A beaker containing ice and a thermometer is left in a warm room for 15 minutes. No water is visible in the beaker until 5 minutes has passed. After 15 minutes some ice is still visible. start of experiment after 5 minutes after 15 minutes water ice ice Which graph shows how the thermometer reading changes?

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

1. Motion, forces and energy  →  1.2. Motion

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A piece of wood has some iron nails pushed through it. One side of the wood is covered with heat sensitive paper which turns from pink to blue when heated. The wood is heated as shown...

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

2. Thermal physics  →  2.3.1. Conduction

2. Thermal physics  →  2.2.2. Specific heat capacity

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An electric heater is placed inside a metal box which has one side open. The diagram shows four possible positions for the box. The heater is switched on for several minutes. In which position does the box become the hottest?

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

2. Thermal physics  →  2.2.1. Thermal expansion of solids, liquids and gases

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

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Which group contains only transverse waves?

3. Waves  →  3.1. General properties of waves

3. Waves  →  3.4. Sound

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Water waves in a tank pass over a thin plastic block as shown...

3. Waves  →  3.1. General properties of waves

3. Waves  →  3.2.2. Refraction of light

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A girl writes the word LEFT on a piece of card. LEFT She looks at the image of this card, made by reflection by a plane mirror. What does she see?

3. Waves  →  3.2.1. Reflection of light

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A scientist is trying to direct a ray of light through a glass block without any light leaving the top of the block. However, some light does leave the top. X glass block ray of light top of block light leaving top The scientist changes angle X and stops the ray of light leaving the top. Which row in the table describes the change to angle X and the name of the effect produced?

3. Waves  →  3.2.1. Reflection of light

3. Waves  →  3.2.2. Refraction of light

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The diagrams represent two different sound waves. wave P wave Q time time displacement displacement How do the frequency and pitch of P compare with the frequency and pitch of Q?

3. Waves  →  3.4. Sound

3. Waves  →  3.1. General properties of waves

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A ship sends a pulse of sound vertically downwards to the sea bed. An echo is heard 0.4 seconds later. If the speed of sound in the water is 1200 m / s, how deep is the water below the ship?

3. Waves  →  3.4. Sound

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Which statement about a magnet is not correct?

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

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A chain of steel nails and a chain of iron nails hang from a strong magnet. The chains are then carefully removed from the magnet. magnet steel iron What happens to the chains?

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

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A potential difference (p.d.) across a resistor causes a current in it. current resistor p.d. The p.d. and the resistance of the resistor can both be changed. Which row shows two changes that will both increase the current in the resistor?

4. Electricity and magnetism  →  4.2.4. Resistance

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

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The diagram shows a circuit containing two ammeters and three resistors. R1 R2 R3 ammeter X ammeter Y A A Which of the ammeters will show the current in resistor R2?

4. Electricity and magnetism  →  4.2.4. Resistance

4. Electricity and magnetism  →  4.2.2. Electric current

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

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Which component can store energy and can be used in time-delay circuits?

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

1. Motion, forces and energy  →  1.7.1. Energy

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A circuit contains two resistors connected in parallel with a battery. 2 Ω 4 Ω R P Q Which of the following statements about the currents at P, Q and R is true?

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

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The potential divider shown...

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

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

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A fuse is a safety device for use in an electrical appliance. How does a fuse affect a circuit when the current in it becomes higher than the correct value for the appliance?

4. Electricity and magnetism  →  4.4. Electrical safety

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Some electrical equipment is connected to a 230 V supply. It is kept inside a metal case which is not earthed. The case is fixed to a plastic support. A strand of wire has become loose and touches the metal case as shown...

4. Electricity and magnetism  →  4.4. Electrical safety

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A coil is rotated steadily between the poles of a magnet. The coil is connected to an oscilloscope. N S contact contact oscilloscope Which graph shows the output voltage V against time t ?

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

4. Electricity and magnetism  →  4.5.5. The d.c. motor

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A village has to be supplied with electricity from a power station that is a long way from the village. Which type of current should be used, and at which voltage?

4. Electricity and magnetism  →  4.2.2. Electric current

4. Electricity and magnetism  →  4.5.6. The transformer

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An electric field is set up between two parallel plates. Cathode rays are directed into this field, parallel to the plates. cathode rays + – In which direction are the cathode rays deflected by the electric field?

4. Electricity and magnetism  →  4.2.1. Electric charge

4. Electricity and magnetism  →  4.5.4. Force on a current-carrying conductor

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A radioactive element has a half-life of 70 s. The number of emissions per second, N, of a sample of the element is measured at a certain time. What was the number of emissions per second 70 s earlier?

5. Nuclear physics  →  5.2.3. Radioactive decay

5. Nuclear physics  →  5.2.4. Half-life

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S is a radioactive source emitting α-particles, β-particles and γ-rays. A detector is placed 5 cm away from S. A thin sheet of paper is placed as shown...

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

5. Nuclear physics  →  5.2.1. Detection of radioactivity

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In the atomic model, an atom consists of a central mass, orbited by much smaller particles. central mass orbiting particles What is the name of the central mass and of the orbiting particles?

5. Nuclear physics  →  5.1.1. The atom

5. Nuclear physics  →  5.1.2. The nucleus

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