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INTERNATIONAL GCSE
PHYSICS
Paper 2

Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes

Materials For Examiner’s Use
For this paper you must have:
• a pencil and a ruler Question Mark
• a scientific calculator 1
• the Physics Equations Sheet (enclosed).
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Instructions 3
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen. 4
• Pencil should only be used for drawing. 5
• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page.
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• Answer all questions in the spaces provided.
• If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of 7
this book. Write the question number against your answer(s). 8
• Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want to
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be marked.
• In all calculations, show clearly how you worked out your answer. 10

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• The maximum mark for this paper is 90.
• The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
• You are expected to use a calculator where appropriate.

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0 1 A student investigates the reflection of light from a plane mirror.

Figure 1 shows a light ray being reflected from a plane mirror.

Figure 1

0 1 . 1 What piece of equipment should the student use to measure the angles?
[1 mark]

0 1 . 2 Complete the sentence.

[1 mark]
Choose the answer from the box.

equal to greater than less than

The angle of incidence is the angle of reflection.

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0 1 . 3 What is the name of the dotted line in Figure 1? box

Tick () one box.

[1 mark]

The normal

The parallel

The perpendicular

The right angle

0 1 . 4 Which range of angle of incidence should the student use in the investigation?

Tick () one box.

[1 mark]

0°–10°

0°–180°

10°–80°

10°–360°

0 1 . 5 How many different angles of incidence should the student use in the investigation?

Tick () one box.

[1 mark]

80

360

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Figure 2 is a picture of a person looking in a plane mirror. box

Figure 2

The image in the plane mirror is a virtual image.

0 1 . 6 What is meant by a virtual image?

Tick () one box.

[1 mark]

An image that is upside down.

An image that cannot be displayed on a screen.

An image that is smaller than the object.

An image that is not formed by reflection.

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0 1 . 7 Which words describe the image in the plane mirror? box

Tick () two boxes.

[2 marks]

Laterally inverted

Magnified

Real

Refracted

Upright

0 1 . 8 The mirror is described as a plane mirror.

What does the word plane mean, when it is describing a mirror?

[1 mark]
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0 2 Krypton-85 is a radioactive isotope that emits beta radiation when it decays. box

0 2 . 1 Complete the sentence.

[1 mark]
Choose the answer from the box.

electron neutron proton

A beta particle is a fast-moving emitted from a nucleus.

0 2 . 2 Krypton-85 has a half-life of 11 years.

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How many years will it take for the activity of a sample to decrease to of the
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original level?
[1 mark]

years

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0 2 . 3 Krypton-85 is a radioactive gas. box

Figure 3 shows krypton-85 gas being used to find small cracks in a metal pipe.

Figure 3

The detector is slowly moved along the pipe.

The reading on the counter suddenly increases when the detector is close to the
crack.

Explain why.
[2 marks]

0 2 . 4 Explain why radioactive gases may be more hazardous to people than radioactive
solids or liquids.
[2 marks]

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0 3 Figure 4 shows a drag racing car. box

Drag racing cars are designed to drive short distances as quickly as possible.

Figure 4

0 3 . 1 The car is powered by an engine that burns fuel.

Describe the energy transfers as the car accelerates.

[3 marks]

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The maximum momentum of the car is 180 000 kg m/s. box

0 3 . 2 Calculate the maximum velocity of the car.

mass of car = 1200 kg

Use the Physics Equations Sheet.

[3 marks]

Maximum velocity = m/s

0 3 . 3 At the end of a race the car decelerates from its maximum velocity to a stop in
6.0 seconds.

Calculate the average force acting on the car during this deceleration.

Use the Physics Equations Sheet.

[2 marks]

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Average force = N

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0 4 Figure 5 shows a cup of hot coffee. The temperature of the coffee is decreasing. box

Figure 5

0 4 . 1 Which diagram shows the arrangement of particles in the coffee?

Tick () one box.

[1 mark]

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0 4 . 2 What is the main way that energy is transferred through the coffee? box

Tick () one box.

[1 mark]

Conduction

Convection

Insulation

Radiation

0 4 . 3 The coffee loses energy from its surface to the air.

Which of these processes causes energy loss from the surface of the coffee?

Tick () one box.

[1 mark]

Condensation

Evaporation

Fusion

Freezing

0 4 . 4 The coffee needs to cool before it can be drunk.

Give two factors that affect the time it takes for the coffee to cool.
[2 marks]

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0 4 . 5 The cup in Figure 5 contains 0.15 kg of coffee. box

specific heat capacity of coffee = 4000 J/kg °C

Calculate the energy transferred from the coffee when it cools by 20 °C.

Use the Physics Equations Sheet.

[2 marks]

Energy transferred = J

0 4 . 6 Explain what happens to the density of the coffee near the surface as it cools.
[2 marks]

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0 5 A student investigated moments. box

Figure 6 shows the equipment used.

Figure 6

The metre rule is balanced.

0 5 . 1 Determine the distance d in Figure 6.

Use the Physics Equations Sheet.

[3 marks]

Distance = m

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0 5 . 2 Give two changes that would cause the metre rule to become unbalanced. box

[2 marks]

0 5 . 3 Figure 7 shows a man using a lever to move a heavy rock.

Figure 7

Explain how the lever is used as a force multiplier to move the heavy rock.
[3 marks]

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0 6 Figure 8 shows a smart watch that has a rechargeable battery. box

Figure 8

The fully charged battery stores 2160 C of charge.

0 6 . 1 Calculate the maximum energy the battery in the watch can transfer.

potential difference of the battery = 4.0 V

Use the Physics Equations Sheet.

[3 marks]

Maximum energy transfer = J

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0 6 . 2 The minimum current from the battery in the watch is 5.0 × 10–3 A. box

Calculate the maximum time the watch can be used before it needs recharging.

Give your answer in hours.

Use the Physics Equations Sheet.

[4 marks]

Time = hours

0 6 . 3 Give two reasons why the time the watch can be used before it needs recharging is
not always the same.
[2 marks]

2
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0 7 A student tested a heating element. box

Figure 9 shows the circuit symbols for the equipment used.

Figure 9

0 7 . 1 Plan an experiment to investigate how current varies with potential difference for a
heating element.

Your answer should include a circuit diagram.

[6 marks]

Circuit diagram

Plan

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0 7 . 2 Explain one safety precaution the student should use in the investigation. box

[2 marks]

0 7 . 3 Figure 10 shows a graph of current against potential difference for the

heating element.

Figure 10

Explain the shape of the graph in Figure 10.

[3 marks]

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0 8 In 2015 the island of El Hierro became the first island to generate 100% of its box

electricity using renewable resources.

Figure 11 shows how electricity is generated in a renewable way on the island.

Figure 11

Table 1 gives some information about the generation of electricity on El Hierro.

Table 1

Maximum total Maximum power Maximum

power output of output of the demand for
the 5 wind hydroelectric electrical power
turbines generator of the island

11.4 MW 11.5 MW 12.4 MW

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0 8 . 1 Each of the 5 wind turbines is identical. The wind turbines are 60% efficient. box

Determine the power input to one of the wind turbines.

Use the Physics Equations Sheet.

[4 marks]

Power input = W

0 8 . 2 Suggest why water is pumped up to the higher reservoir at night.

[3 marks]

0 8 . 3 Explain why El Hierro also has diesel generators that can generate electricity.
[2 marks]

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0 9 All stars go through a life cycle. box

0 9 . 1 At the start of their life cycle, stars consist mainly of which two elements?
[2 marks]

0 9 . 2 Give the name of the process by which heavier elements are formed in the core of a
star.
[1 mark]

0 9 . 3 Different stars have different life cycles.

What property of a star determines its life cycle?

[1 mark]

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0 9 . 4 The Sun is a main sequence star. The surface temperature of the Sun is 5600 °C. box

Table 2 shows the surface temperature of different colour stars.

Table 2

Colour of star Surface temperature in °C

Blue > 30 000

White 6000–30 000

Yellow 5000–6000

Orange 3500–5000

Red < 3500

Describe how the surface temperature of the Sun will change during its life cycle.

Use data from Table 2.

[6 marks]

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1 0 Figure 12 shows a raindrop falling through the air. box

Figure 12

Air resistance acts on the raindrop. The raindrop is falling at a constant speed.

1 0 . 1 Explain why the forces acting on the raindrop do not cause it to accelerate.
[2 marks]

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1 0 . 2 Work is done by air resistance on the raindrop when it falls at constant speed. box

When the raindrop falls 150 m the work done is 0.0441 J.

gravitational field strength = 9.8 N/kg

Calculate the mass of the raindrop.

Use the Physics Equations Sheet.

[6 marks]

Mass = kg

1 0 . 3 Raindrops have different masses.

Explain why the mass of a raindrop affects the terminal velocity of the raindrop.
[3 marks]

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