June 2011 (v3) QP - Paper 1 CIE Physics IGCSE
June 2011 (v3) QP - Paper 1 CIE Physics IGCSE
June 2011 (v3) QP - Paper 1 CIE Physics IGCSE
PHYSICS 0625/13
Paper 1 Multiple Choice May/June 2011
45 minutes
Additional Materials: Multiple Choice Answer Sheet
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There are forty questions on this paper. Answer all questions. For each question there are four possible
answers A, B, C and D.
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1 A tennis player hits a ball hard and 0.40 s later hears the echo from a wall.
2 The diagram shows an enlarged drawing of the end of a metre rule. It is being used to measure
the length of a small feather.
10 20 30
mm
cm 1 2 3
A 19 mm B 29 mm C 19 cm D 29 cm
For each of these, which row shows whether or not the speed of the water waves changes?
A no no yes
B no yes no
C yes no no
D yes yes yes
4 The diagram shows a balance being used to find the weight of a baby. The weight of the basket
can be ignored.
centre of mass
of beam
pivot
W
baby
basket
A less than W
B more than W
C W
D impossible to tell
6 An object moves initially with constant speed and then with constant acceleration.
A B
speed speed
0 0
0 time 0 time
C D
speed speed
0 0
0 time 0 time
2.0 cm
balance
7.2 g
After a short time, some of the ice has melted and the drink has cooled to a temperature of 8 °C.
A 0 °C B 2 °C C 4 °C D 8 °C
°C
110
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
–10
What are the values of the lower fixed point and of the upper fixed point on the Celsius scale?
A –10 110
B 0 20
C 0 100
D 20 100
10 An experiment is set up to find out which metal is the best conductor of heat.
Balls are stuck with wax to rods made from different metals, as shown in diagram 1.
The rods are heated at one end. Some of the balls fall off, leaving some as shown in diagram 2.
diagram 1 diagram 2
A B C D
11 Objects with different masses are hung on a spring. The diagram shows how much the spring
stretches.
10 cm
20 cm
30 cm
100 g
The extension of the spring is directly proportional to the mass hung on it.
12 When a liquid evaporates, some molecules escape from it and its temperature changes.
From where do the molecules escape and what is the effect on the temperature of the liquid?
What happens to the average speed of the molecules and to the pressure of the gas in the
cylinder as the temperature rises?
average speed of
gas pressure
the gas molecules
A falls falls
B falls rises
C rises falls
D rises rises
mercury
point X point Y
A The atmospheric pressure on day 1 is less than the atmospheric pressure on day 2.
B The atmospheric pressure on day 1 is the same as the atmospheric pressure on day 2.
C The pressure at point X is less than the pressure at point Y.
D The pressure at point X is the same as the pressure at point Y.
A gravitational the energy due to the movement of a train along a level track
B internal the energy due to the flow of cathode rays in a cathode-ray tube
C kinetic the energy due to the position of a swimmer standing on a
high diving board
D strain the energy due to the compression of springs in a car seat
brick
table
The brick is now turned so that it rests on the table on its smallest face.
How has this affected the force and the pressure exerted by the brick on the table?
force pressure
A increased increased
B increased unchanged
C unchanged increased
D unchanged unchanged
17 Two farmers use an electrically powered elevator to lift bales of hay. All the bales of hay have the
same mass.
bale of hay
As sunset approaches, they increase the speed of the motor so that more bales are lifted up in a
given time.
How does this affect the work done in lifting each bale and the useful output power of the motor?
A increases decreases
B increases increases
C no change decreases
D no change increases
A hydroelectric
B nuclear fission
C tides
D waves
10
screen
image
lens
candle
Various focused images are produced on the screen by moving the lens and the screen
backwards and forwards.
20 Food is kept in a cool-box which uses two ice packs to keep it cool.
Where should the ice packs be placed to keep all the food as cool as possible?
A diffraction
B dispersion
C reflection
D refraction
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22 A student listens to a machine that makes sounds of different frequencies. He can only hear one
of the sounds.
A 2 Hz B 10 Hz C 2 kHz D 30 kHz
Why does dispersion occur when white light enters the glass?
A The frequency of red light decreases more than that of violet light.
B The frequency of violet light decreases more than that of red light.
C The speed of red light decreases more than that of violet light.
D The speed of violet light decreases more than that of red light.
In two seconds, three wave crests are produced on the surface of the water.
wave P
crests
12
25 An ammeter and an 18 Ω resistor are connected in series with a battery. The reading on the
ammeter is 0.50 A. The resistance of the battery and the ammeter can be ignored.
18 Ω
A 9.0 N B 9.0 V C 36 N D 36 V
26 In two separate experiments, a magnet is brought near to an unmagnetised iron bar. This causes
the bar to become magnetised.
A N N
B N S
C S N
D S S
27 Which circuit includes a capacitor and what does the capacitor do in this circuit?
what the
circuit
capacitor does
13
28 Which test could be used to find which end of a magnet is the north pole?
29 The diagram shows a thermistor in a potential divider. A voltmeter is connected across the
thermistor.
The graph shows how the resistance of the thermistor changes with temperature.
resistance
temperature
As the thermistor becomes warmer, what happens to its resistance and what happens to the
reading on the voltmeter?
A decreases decreases
B decreases increases
C increases decreases
D increases increases
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15
32 A magnet is suspended from a spring so that it can move freely inside a coil. The coil is
connected to a sensitive centre-zero ammeter.
spring
moving magnet
N
centre-zero ammeter
stationary coil S
What does the ammeter show when the magnet repeatedly moves slowly up and down?
33 Which graph shows how the output voltage varies with time for a simple a.c. generator?
A B
voltage voltage
0 0
time time
C D
voltage voltage
0 0
time time
16
B C D
35 In this circuit, a component at X automatically protects the wiring from overheating if there is a
fault.
electrical supply
17
36 An atom of the element lithium has a nucleon number of 7 and a proton number of 3.
A B
– –
n + +
+ + +
+ n n key
n = a neutron
– –
+ = a proton
–
– = an electron
C D (not to scale)
– –
– –
n n
+n+ +n+
n n n n
+ +
– –
– –
–
18
A 0 mg B 40 mg C 100 mg D 200 mg
38 Which row shows the relative ionising effects and penetrating abilities of α-particles and
β-particles?
39 A beam of cathode rays passes between two parallel metal plates connected to a high-voltage
d.c. power supply.
C
+ + + + + +
D
cathode B
rays
19
power
supply
Y vacuum
screen
X
X Y
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