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GCSE OCR Physics A Papers 1 and 3
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#1. What is this component?
#2. What is the boiling temperature of water?
#3. Using the equation ρ = m/V, calculate the density of a gold bar that has a mass of 25kg and a volume of 0.0013m³. Answer to 1 decimal place and give your answer in kg/m³. ? The units for density are kg/m³, do not include them in your answer
#4. When two magnets are placed alongside each other – what is the best way to describe the shape of the magnetic field they produce?
#5. What is potential difference measured in?
#6. Why did Ernest Rutherford’s experiments with gold foil demonstrate that most of atoms consists of empty space?
#7. Aluminium is a magnetic material – true or false?
#8. Complete the equation for power. Power (W) = work done (J) / ……..
#9. In a parallel circuit, is the potential difference across each branch –
#10. A car makes a journey to the shop and back. Calculate the overall displacement travelled by the car.
#11. An object with a mass of 5kg is 100m above the ground and has 35 J of gravitational potential energy. What will happen to the gravitational potential energy if the mass was increased to 10kg?
#12. What does F represent in the equation for work done?
#13. A current carrying conductor placed near a magnet experiences a force. The magnet also experiences a force, which is the best description of this force?
#14. Which of the following are ways that a magnetic field of an electromagnet can be made stronger?
Select all that apply:
#15. Which of the following devices do we use to measure weight? ? 2 answers
Select all that apply:
#16. What state of matter has particles which are far apart and move around independently?
#17. Magnesium is a magnetic material – true or false?
#18. What state of matter has particles which are close together and vibrate around fixed positions?
#19. What is current measured in?
#20. What is this component?
#21. Kate and Emma both walk up 10 stairs, moving 4.5m higher than before. Emma does this in 2.7 seconds, Kate does this in 3.2 seconds. Which girl has exerted the most power?
#22. Why does the temperature of a material stay constant during the transition from liquid to gas?
#23. What is this component?
#24. What is the name of the phase change from solid to gas?
#25. What state of matter has particles which are close together and move around each other?
#26. For circular motion to take place there must be a resultant force that acts towards the centre of the circle. What is the name of this force?
#27. What is this component?
#28. Why would a wire carrying a current experience a force near a magnetic field?
#29. The melting point of gallium is 29.8˚C and the boiling point is 2204˚C. What state is gallium at 25˚C?
#30. Is this statement true or false? As potential difference increases, the current across a component increases?
#31. Which greek letter represents density?
#32. What is the function of an LED?
#33. What is happening to the speed of the object in the graph between 0 and 8 seconds?
#34. Is this a parallel or series circuit?
#35. Which of the following is the correct equation for work done?
#36. If a current travelling along a wire changes direction, does the magnetic field also change direction?
#37. What do we call the energy transferred by a force?
#38. When a substance changes from a solid to a liquid, what happens to the mass?
Stays the same because there has been no change in the number of particles. We say that the mass has been conserved.
#39. Conventional current goes from:
#40. What is the equation for kinetic energy?
#41. Which of the following is the equation for change in gravitational potential energy?
#42. What is the name of the phase change from liquid to solid?
#43. Magnets have north and south poles – if two south poles are put close together what will happen?
#44. Steel is a magnetic material – true or false?
#45. Is this a parallel or series circuit?
#46. True or False – Magnetic field lines are used to show how a single north pole would move from north to south?
#47. What devices are used to determine the shape of a magnetic field?
#48. Does a current flow if there is no source of potential difference?
#49. Magnets have north and south poles – if north and south poles are put close together what will happen?
#50. Which scientist proposed the Plum Pudding Model?
#51. What is this component?
#52. Magnets have north and south poles – if two north poles are put close together what will happen?
#53. This diagram shows the direction of a magnetic field caused by a current flowing through a conductor. Where is the magnetic field strongest?
#54. What is this component?
#55. What does E represent in the equation for work done?
#56. What is this component?
#57. Fill in the blank: A current flowing through a wire causes a ………. field.
#58. Magnets can attract magnetic materials – true or false?
#59. Calculate the acceleration of the object in the graph between 5 and 6 seconds.
This is a straight-line graph.
Calculate the gradient of a straight-line graph using the following:
y₂ – y₁ / x₂ – x₁
30-20/6-5 = 10m/s²
This is the same as a simpler version:
Rise/run
or vertical distance / horizontal distance
#60. What is the function of a fuse?
#61. In an equilibrium situation – the forces between two objects are?
#62. What is the function of a cell?
#63. If an object is moving in a circular path – what is happening to its velocity?
#64. What is the name of the phase change from gas to solid?
#65. Jack moves a cube weighing 250N. He moves the cube by 2.5m in a straight line. Calculate the work done by Jack. Answers to 1d.p, include the units. ? Do not include your workings in your answer
#66. What is Newton’s Third Law of Motion?
#67. What is the name of the phase change from solid to liquid?
#68. What is the function of a diode?
#69. Cobalt is a magnetic material – true or false?
#70. What is a resultant force?
#71. Using the kinetic energy equation – calculate the kinetic energy of a car with a mass of 1200kg travelling at 10 m/s. Include units. ? If you do not remember the kinetic energy equation it is listed below the quiz.
#72. Ernest Rutherford fired positive particles at a thin gold foil and showed that most of atoms is empty space. Which particles did he fire at the gold foil?
#73. If a car experiences a resultant force in the forwards direction, what will happen to the motion of the car?
#74. What is this component?
#75. What is this component?
#76. Calculate the acceleration of an object which has the following characteristics. Use the following equation v² − u² = 2 a x. Final velocity = 50m/s, Initial velocity 0m/s, Distance travelled = 350m
Rearrange the equation to the following and then substitute in the correct values:
a = v² – u²
2 x
Where:
a = acceleration
v² = final velocity squared
u² = initial velocity squared
x = distance
#77. What is the function of a voltmeter?
#78. Why are metals good conductors?
#79. What is the rate of acceleration in freefall?
#80. What is a battery?
#81. Acceleration is an increase in the rate of what?
#82. Find the volume of a silver block that has a mass of 159g and a density of 10.49 g/cm³. Give your answer in cm³ and to 1 decimal place.
#83. Which of the following was the Rutherford Model of atomic structure?
#84. True or False – Magnetic field lines that are far apart represent the strongest part of the field?
#85. An electric motor does 70,000 J of work in 200 s. Calculate the Power of this action. Include the units and answer to 1d.p ? Do not include your workings in your answer
#86. What is this component?
#87. A wire carrying a current experiences a force near a magnetic field. The size of the force is dependant on which three quantities?
Select all that apply: