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Which single apparatus is used to find the volume of a solid cube and which single apparatus is used to find the volume of a quantity of liquid? [Table_1]
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The speed–time graph represents a short journey.
Which distance–time graph represents the same journey?
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The graph represents the motion of a car. How far has the car moved between 0 and 5 s?
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Which statement about mass or weight is \textbf{not} correct?
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Which two quantities must be known to determine the density of a material?
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Two boys are sitting on a see-saw. The see-saw is in equilibrium and remains horizontal. What affects the moment of each boy about the pivot?
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A uniform metre rule is pivoted in equilibrium at the 50 cm mark. A mass of 25 g is placed at the 30 cm mark on the rule.
What is the smallest mass that can be placed on the rule to restore equilibrium?
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A uniform beam XY is 100 cm long and weighs 4.0 N.
The beam rests on a pivot 60 cm from end X.
A load of 8.0 N hangs from the beam 10 cm from end X.
The beam is kept balanced by a force F acting on the beam 80 cm from end X.
What is the magnitude of force F?
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Three children's toys, X, Y and Z, are the same size and shape. They have weights at different positions inside so that the position of the centre of gravity of each toy is different. Each toy’s centre of gravity is marked P.
Which toy is the most stable and which toy is the least stable when balanced in the positions shown?
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The diagram shows the energy stores for a mobile (cell) phone and how the energy is transferred between stores.
What describes how the chemical energy is transferred?
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A moving object is brought to rest by a resistive force of 50 N over a distance of 5.0 m. What is the work done by the force?
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Which two physical quantities must be used to calculate the power developed by a student running up a flight of steps?
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A rectangular marble block has dimensions 1 m by 1 m by 5 m and weighs 125,000 N.
The marble block is stored with the long side resting on the ground, as in .
What is the change in the pressure on the ground due to the block when the block is stored as in diagram 2 rather than diagram 1?
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Four students describe the phrase 'absolute zero' during a lesson on the particle model. Which student is correct?
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At the surface of a liquid, the more energetic molecules can escape from the liquid into the atmosphere. Which name is given to this process?
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A teacher puts some cold water in a test-tube. She holds the bottom of the test-tube while heating the top. The water at the top boils but she continues to hold the test-tube as the bottom remains cold.
Which conclusion about water is made from this experiment?
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The diagram shows a wave.\n\nWhat are the amplitude and the wavelength of this wave?
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A light ray strikes a plane mirror and is reflected. Which angle is always equal in size to the angle of reflection?
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The diagram shows two diverging rays of light passing through a lens and emerging parallel to each other. Which labelled distance is the focal length of the lens?
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A beam of light consists of yellow and blue light. The beam of light is incident on a glass prism. Which diagram is correct?
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The two devices shown use different types of electromagnetic waves. Which types of waves are used in these devices? [Table_1]
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A boy shouts and hears the echo from a tall building 2.2 s later. The speed of sound in air is 330 m/s. How far away from the boy is the building?
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The magnetic field of a bar magnet can be represented by magnetic field lines. Which diagram shows two magnetic field lines correctly?
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A plastic rod is rubbed with a dry cloth. The rod becomes positively charged.
Why has the rod become positively charged?
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Which statement about electric current in a conductor is correct?
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Which circuit can be used to measure the resistance of a resistor?
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A lamp rated 12 V, 2.0 A is switched on for 60 s. How much energy is transferred?
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The circuit diagram shows a battery connected to two resistors. Four labelled ammeters are connected into the circuit. Which ammeter shows the largest reading?
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Two lamps are connected in parallel. Which switches must be closed so that both lamps light?
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Which statement about electrical safety is correct?
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A student investigates the output voltage induced across a coil of wire by a bar magnet. When will the induced voltage have the greatest value?
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In which device is the magnetic effect of a current not used?
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The diagram represents the transmission of electricity from a power station to homes that are many kilometres away. Two transformers are labelled X and Y. What type of transformers are X and Y?
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Which diagram represents the positions of the charged particles of an atom?
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The table shows the composition of three different nuclei.
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Which nuclei are isotopes of the same element?
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A sample of a radioactive isotope emits 9600 $\alpha$-particles per second. After 40 hours the rate of emission has fallen to 600 $\alpha$-particles per second. What is the half-life of this isotope?
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Which row states a harmful effect and a beneficial effect of ionising radiation on living things? [Table_1]
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Which statement about the Solar System is correct?
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The graph shows the energy radiated by the Sun at different wavelengths. Most of the energy is radiated in just three parts of the electromagnetic spectrum, labelled P, Q and R.
Which parts of the electromagnetic spectrum are P and R?
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An astronomer observes redshift in the light from a distant galaxy. Which statement about redshift is correct?
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