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What is a micrometer screw gauge used to measure?

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

4. Electricity and magnetism  →  4.2.2. Electric current

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A man stands next to a railway track. A train travelling at 40 m / s takes 2.0 s to pass the man. What is the length of the train?

1. Motion, forces and energy  →  1.2. Motion

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A skydiver jumps from an aeroplane and falls towards the Earth. Which statement is correct when the skydiver has reached terminal velocity?

1. Motion, forces and energy  →  1.2. Motion

3. Waves  →  3.4. Sound

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On the Moon, all objects fall with the same acceleration. Which statement explains this?

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

1. Motion, forces and energy  →  1.2. Motion

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A measuring cylinder contains 30 cm3 of a liquid. cm3 balance Some more of the liquid is added until the liquid level reaches the 50 cm3 mark. The reading on the balance increases by 30 g. What is the density of the liquid?

1. Motion, forces and energy  →  1.4. Density

1. Motion, forces and energy  →  1.8. Pressure

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A box of mass 4.0 kg is pulled along a horizontal floor in a straight line by a constant force F. The constant frictional force acting on the box is 2.0 N. The speed of the box increases from 0.50 m / s to 2.5 m / s in 2.0 s. What is the value of F ?

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

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A beam is pivoted at one end, as shown...

1. Motion, forces and energy  →  1.5.2. Turning effect of forces

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Two vectors, WX and WZ, are as shown...

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

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

1. Motion, forces and energy  →  1.6. Momentum

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Which equation for impulse is correct?

1. Motion, forces and energy  →  1.6. Momentum

1. Motion, forces and energy  →  1.2. Motion

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A ball of mass 0.16 kg is moving forwards at a speed of 0.50 m / s. A second ball of mass 0.10 kg is stationary. The first ball strikes the second ball. The second ball moves forwards at a speed of 0.50 m / s. What is the speed of the first ball after the collision?

1. Motion, forces and energy  →  1.6. Momentum

1. Motion, forces and energy  →  1.2. Motion

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In which form is energy stored by stretching a spring?

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 moves along a horizontal road. Its initial kinetic energy is 280 kJ. A constant resistive force of 200 N acts on the car. No other horizontal forces act on the car. What is the kinetic energy of the car after it has travelled a distance of 300 m?

1. Motion, forces and energy  →  1.7.1. Energy

1. Motion, forces and energy  →  1.7.2. Work

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The diagram shows a deep reservoir formed by a dam. water dam X On what does the pressure at X depend?

1. Motion, forces and energy  →  1.8. Pressure

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The diagram shows gas particles hitting the wall of a container. The system is at room temperature. Why do the gas particles exert a pressure on the wall?

2. Thermal physics  →  2.1.2. Particle model

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

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A gas in a container is cooled but the volume of the gas does not change. Which row describes the changes in the pressure of the gas and the kinetic energy of the gas particles?

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

2. Thermal physics  →  2.1.2. Particle model

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The iron cylinder of an engine is to be fitted into a piece of aluminium. The outside diameter M of the iron cylinder is slightly larger than the diameter N of the hole in the aluminium. M N iron cylinder aluminium What is the best action to fit the cylinder into the aluminium?

4. Electricity and magnetism  →  4.5.6. The transformer

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Four metal blocks at a temperature of 200 °C are left to cool down to the same temperature. The table gives the mass of each block and the energy it transfers to the surroundings as it cools. block mass / g energy transferred / J 16 200 16 200 32 400 8 100 Which two blocks are made of the same metal?

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

2. Thermal physics  →  2.3.3. Radiation

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

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A glass contains an iced drink on a warm and humid day. Water starts to form on the outside of the glass. What is the name of the effect by which the water forms?

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

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One end of a copper bar is heated to a high temperature. Which mechanism is responsible for the transfer of thermal energy to the other end of the copper bar?

2. Thermal physics  →  2.3.1. Conduction

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

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An object emits infrared radiation. Which two properties of the object determine the rate of radiation of thermal energy from the object?

2. Thermal physics  →  2.3.3. Radiation

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The diagram shows a wave. 2.0 1.0 –1.0 –2.0 displacement / cm distance / cm 4.0 8.0 12.0 16.0 20.0 24.0 28.0 Which row is correct?

3. Waves  →  3.1. General properties of waves

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The wavelength of a beam of X-rays, travelling through air, is 5.4 × 10–10 m. What is its frequency?

3. Waves  →  3.1. General properties of waves

3. Waves  →  3.3. Electromagnetic spectrum

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A ray of light passes from air through a sheet of glass and out the other side, as shown...

3. Waves  →  3.2.1. Reflection of light

3. Waves  →  3.2.2. Refraction of light

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A plane mirror is fixed to a vertical wall. A boy looks at the image of himself in the mirror. Which statement describes the image formed?

3. Waves  →  3.2.1. Reflection of light

3. Waves  →  3.2.3. Thin lenses

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The speed of light in air is 3.0 × 108 m / s. The critical angle for light in a transparent plastic material placed in air is 37°. What is the speed of light in the plastic material?

3. Waves  →  3.2.2. Refraction of light

3. Waves  →  3.4. Sound

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A resistor and a battery are connected in series. The value of the resistor is 20 Ω. The potential difference (p.d.) of the battery is 4.0 V. What is the current in the resistor?

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

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Which statement correctly compares radio waves and X-rays?

3. Waves  →  3.3. Electromagnetic spectrum

3. Waves  →  3.1. General properties of waves

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A student attempts to make a permanent magnet by hammering metal bars of the same size in the same magnetic field. In which case is the strongest permanent magnet produced?

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

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A metal sphere R is suspended on an insulating thread. insulating thread R support Another sphere S is brought close to sphere R. Sphere S has a negative charge and is attached to a plastic stand. The diagram shows the spheres when they are close to each other. R plastic stand table – – – – – – – – S Which charged state of R accounts for the behaviour in the diagram?

4. Electricity and magnetism  →  4.2.1. Electric charge

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A student compares the wavelength and uses of infrared waves with microwaves. Which row is correct?

3. Waves  →  3.3. Electromagnetic spectrum

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There is a current I in a resistor for a time t. The potential difference (p.d.) across the resistor is V. A student calculates the product IVt. In which unit is the student’s answer measured?

4. Electricity and magnetism  →  4.2.2. Electric current

1. Motion, forces and energy  →  1.7.4. Power

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

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Which statement about identical lamps in a parallel circuit is not correct?

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

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The four circuits shown...

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

4. Electricity and magnetism  →  4.2.4. Resistance

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The truth table for a logic gate is shown...

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A wire XY is connected to a resistor R. The wire is moved in the magnetic field between two magnetic poles. In which direction must the wire be moved so that the induced current is in the direction shown...

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

4. Electricity and magnetism  →  4.5.1. Electromagnetic induction

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Which transformer can change a 240 V a.c. input into a 15 V a.c. output?

4. Electricity and magnetism  →  4.5.6. The transformer

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The circuit shown...

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

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

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Carbon-14 has a proton number (Z) of 6 and a nucleon number (A) of 14. Nitrogen-14 has a proton number of 7 and a nucleon number of 14. Carbon-14 emits β-particles to form nitrogen-14. Which nuclide equation describes this process?

5. Nuclear physics  →  5.1.2. The nucleus

5. Nuclear physics  →  5.2.3. Radioactive decay

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A beam of radiation, containing α-particles, β-particles and γ-rays, passes between two parallel plates. One plate is positively charged and the other is negatively charged. Which radioactive emissions will be attracted towards the positively charged plate?

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

5. Nuclear physics  →  5.2.3. Radioactive decay

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A scientist uses a counter to measure the radioactivity of a sample of nitrogen-13. The counter and sample of nitrogen-13 are on a table in a laboratory. The reading on the counter is recorded for a period of 80 min and a graph is drawn using the measurements. count rate counts / min time / min What is the best estimate for the half-life of the sample of nitrogen-13?

5. Nuclear physics  →  5.2.1. Detection of radioactivity

5. Nuclear physics  →  5.2.4. Half-life

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