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Pearson Edexoel
IntemationalGCSE

Physics
Unit: KPHO/4PHO
Paper: 2P
Paper Reference
KPHO/2P
Friday 16 June 2017-Morningg 4PHO/2P
Time: 1 hour
Total Marks
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Ruler, calculator

Instructions
Use black ink or balpoint pen.
with your name,
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page
centre nunmber and
candidate number.

Answer al questions.
Answerthe questions in the spaces provided
-there may be more space than you need.
Show all the steps in any calculations and state the units:
Some questions must be answered with a cross in a box . Ifyou change
a line through the box and then mark
your mind about an answer, put
your new answer with a cross 3.

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The total mark for this paper is 60.
The marksfor each question are shown inbrackets
- use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.

Advice
Read each question carefuly before you start to answer it
Write your answers neatly and in good English.
Try to answer every question,
Check your answers if you have time at the end.

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 Answer ALL questions.
which of these is a scalar quantity?

A weight (1)
8 masS

momentum

OD velocity

Which of these is a vector quantity?

A acceleration
(1)
B temperature

Ccharge

OD density

id The diagrams show the forces acting on four balls falling in air
Which diagram shows a ball decelerating as it fals2
(1)
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6N

3N

3N 3N

6N 6N

A B D

(Totalfor Question 1=3marks)

Turn over
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2 a ) A student passes a thickwire vertically through the centre a horizontal card.
direction, as shown in
then passes a curent through the wire in an upwards
He
the diagram.

/
On the diagram, draw the shape and direction of the magnetic field producedd
by the current in the wire.
(3)
(i) Describe a method that the student could use to show that a
produced by the curent in the wire.
magnetic field is
(2)
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lamp on and off in
another
ther circut.
Contacts
pivot

soft iron
amature

relay circuit

switch
-
A The table gives some statements about how the relay works.
Olt numbers in the boxes to show the correct order
sequence needed to tun on
the lamp.
One has been done for you.

(3

the switch is closed

the lamp is on

thearmature is attracted

the contacts are pushed together 5

the electromagnet is magnetised

the armature rotates
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(2)
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(Total for Question2=10 marks)

Ateacher uses this apparatus to demonstrate atmospheric pressure.

metal can-

water

can and heats it until the water boils.

The teacher puts a small amount of water into a metal
inside the can when the water is heated.
(a) Describe what happens to the water particles
(2)

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Describe how the arrangement of particles in the water differs from the arrangement of
partides in the steam.

You may draw diagrams to help your answer.

(2)
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T h et e a
water, as sho in the diagram. containing boiling water into a bowl of cold

large bowl of
Cold water

when the can is inverted in the cold

water, the can collapses.
tke ideas about particles and pressure to explain why the can collapses.
(3)

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(Totalfor Question3=7 markks)

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This question is about electric charge

becomes negatively charged.
When a balloon is rubbed with a cloth, the balloon
(a)
in the table.
TIck () the two correct statements (2)
1
Tic
Statement

balloon
onto the
m o v e from
the doth
particles
neganvely charged

rubbed off the balloon

positively harged partictes are

on the balloon are protons

negatively charged particles

the cloth becomes positively charged

can build up as
electrostatic charge
pipe,
(0 When petrol passes through a delivery
shown in the diagranm.

delivery
pipe
petrol
petrol tank

(0 Give a reason why a build-up of charge can be dangerous.

poebi lt o an eapoks1on.

i) State how the buld-up of electrostatic charge can be prevented.

(1)
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 Theadia
ram shows coffee granules passing through a funnel into a
container.
Asthe aranules pass through the funnel, they gain an electrostatic charge and
fall.
Spread out they
as

funnel

granules

container

Explain, in terms of charges, why the granules spread out.

(2)

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(Total for Question 4=6marks)

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that be
frequency
sound
produce a high
A student uses a dog
heard by humans.
for human hearing. (2)
(a) State the frequency range
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to display
The student uses an
oscilloscope in order to display
(b) would need
student
the
the other piece ofapparatus
Name
the sound wave.
(1)

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the oscilloscope.
obtains this trace on
i) The student

On the grid, draw a trace of a quieter sourd with double the frequency.
(2)

(Totalfor Question 5=8 marks)

 able shows how
w the
t a b l e
sh

activity of a sample of
s
lal
The

plutonium-238varies with time.

0 50 100 150 200 250
Ai 980 660 450 305 205 140

Plot a graph
of activity {y+axis) against time (xaxis).
(4)
the curve of best fit
Draw
(1)

960 L

200
-

680-

500-

300
200

200 S0 00

half-life of plutonium-238.
(Gi) Use your graph to find the
Show your working. (2)

y9% 89 s
years
half-life .
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it decays.
Ths energy is
themal energy as
utonium-238 transfers
heater units in spacecraft.
module from a heater unit.
he diagram shows a

-plutoníum-238 pelilet

solid ceramic block

every gram of
a rate of 0.56 W for
thermal energy at
0Plutonium-238 transfers
plutonium. plutonlum-238
from a pellet of
rate of thermal energy output
aculate the (1)
with mass 2.7 g.
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rate ofthermalenergy
it onBy emits alpha particles.
i) When plutonium-238 decays,
unit safely in
a technician can
hold a module from the heater
Explain why
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the planet Saturn on a mission that

A space probe caled Cassini was sent to
lasted several years.

Plutonium-238 was used to generate electricity on Cassini.

Explain why it was important to use plutonium-238 rather than another isotope
with a shorter half-life.

LongEr halF Life deeoys sloula Tereoë,

more eaeiak eon e enoeased
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some
g i v e s
urements abo ut a raindrop.

mass of raindrop

distance raindrop falls 0.000035 kg

speed of raindrop as it hits the 1200m
ground 8.8 m/s
ctate the
relationship etween momentum,
mass and
velocity.
(1)

momentum of the
mCalculate the
(i) Calculate
raindrop as it hits the ground.
Give the unit.

(3)
mOmerdom = 0.008035 48 g

308 I0
momentum-330841.unit kgms
State the equation linking gravitational potential energy, maas,g and height.
i

arutahen a potent ia concray=massigg

gPO

Calculate the change in gravitational potential energy (GPE), when the

raindrop falls 1200 m above the ground.
(2)

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2 3
O.u2
GPE

the raindrop as it hits the ground.

y
state the kinetic energy (KE) of
assume no energy losses (1)
KE= CnPE 20.u2

KE 2J
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energy,
State the equation
linking kinetic
(9 (1)
my2
kinete eneg2 T
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would be about 150 .

the speed of the raindrop
as it hits the ground m/s.
(E Show that
assume o energy losses]
(3)
2 0,u2
S PeedS v.0635

15 9
S 0 m/s o

) Explain why the actualspeed of the rairdrop

as it hits the ground is much less
than 150 m/s
(2)
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otal for Question 7=14 marks)

TOTAL FOR PAPER=60 MARKS