Question 1

The diagram shows a measuring instrument.  Which quantity is this instrument used to measure?

Accepted Answer

volume

Answer

mass

Answer

area

Answer

density

Question 2

The diagram shows the distance-time graph of an object. Which statement describes the object?

Accepted Answer

It is moving at a constant speed.

Answer

It is accelerating.

Answer

It is slowing down.

Answer

It is stationary.

Question 3

A tennis player hits a ball hard and 0.40s later hears the echo from a wall. The speed of sound in air is 330m/ s.
How far away is the player from the wall?

Accepted Answer

66m

Answer

132m

Answer

825m

Answer

264m

Question 4

Which substance in the table has the lowest density?

Accepted Answer

C

Answer

B

Answer

D

Answer

A

Question 5

A car travels along a horizontal road at a constant speed. Three horizontal forces act on the car.
The diagram shows two of these three forces. What is the size and the direction of the third horizontal force acting on the car?

Accepted Answer

1200N backwards

Answer

1200N forwards

Answer

1800N backwards

Answer

1800N forwards

Question 6

Four different model steam engines each lift a 1.0kg object from the same laboratory floor to the
same laboratory bench. Each engine takes a different time to lift the object.
How does the most powerful engine compare with the other engines?

Accepted Answer

B

Answer

C

Answer

D

Answer

A

Question 7

Which row is correct for the evaporation of a liquid?

Accepted Answer

C

Answer

A

Answer

D

Answer

B

Question 8

A long thin bar of copper is heated evenly along its length.

Accepted Answer

It becomes longer.

Answer

It bends at the ends.

Answer

It becomes shorter.

Answer

It becomes less heavy.

Question 9

A solid is heated from room temperature. The graph shows how its temperature changes with
time as it is heated constantly. Between which labelled points on the graph is the substance partly solid and partly liquid?

Accepted Answer

between Q and R

Answer

between R and S

Answer

between S and T

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between P and Q

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

D

Answer

B

Answer

A

Answer

C

Question 11

The diagram shows a water wave in a ripple tank.
Which line represents a wavefront?

Accepted Answer

B

Answer

D

Answer

A

Answer

C

Question 12

Which diagram shows how the light from a candle is reflected by a mirror, and shows the position of the image formed?

Accepted Answer

A

Answer

D

Answer

C

Answer

B

Question 13

A parallel beam of light falls on a converging lens.
Which diagram shows what happens to the beam of light?

Accepted Answer

D

Answer

B

Answer

A

Answer

C

Question 14

In the experiment shown, the bell is heard ringing. The air is gradually pumped out of the jar. No change is made to the ringing bell. After a few minutes, the bell can no longer be heard.
Why is this?

Accepted Answer

The sound waves need a medium to travel through.

Answer

The sound waves from the bell become transverse.

Answer

The amplitude of vibration of the bell decreases.

Answer

The frequency of vibration of the bell increases.

Question 15

Which row gives the unit for electromotive force (e.m.f.) and the unit for potential difference
(p.d.)?

Accepted Answer

D

Answer

C

Answer

B

Answer

A

Question 16

Which sample of copper wire has the greatest electrical resistance?

Accepted Answer

C

Answer

D

Answer

B

Answer

A

Question 17

A student uses the circuit shown to determine the resistance of the two identical resistors. The voltmeter reading is 2.2V and the ammeter reading is 0.25A.
What is the resistance of each resistor?

Accepted Answer

4.4Ω

Answer

0.55Ω

Answer

0.275Ω

Answer

8.8Ω

Question 18

Which component is represented by this circuit symbol?

Accepted Answer

a relay

Answer

a fuse

Answer

a transformer

Answer

a bell

Question 19

A student sets up this circuit. What is the purpose of the circuit?

Accepted Answer

to sound a bell when the temperature rises

Answer

to amplify the sound of a voice

Answer

to light a lamp in the dark

Answer

to allow a lamp to be made dimmer or brighter as required

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