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PHYSICS 0625/43
Paper 4 Theory (Extended) May/June 2023

1 hour 15 minutes

You must answer on the question paper.

No additional materials are needed.

INSTRUCTIONS
● Answer all questions.
● Use a black or dark blue pen. You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams or graphs.
● Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top of the page.
● Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
● Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
● Do not write on any bar codes.
● You may use a calculator.
● You should show all your working and use appropriate units.
● Take the weight of 1.0 kg to be 9.8 N (acceleration of free fall = 9.8 m / s2).

INFORMATION
● The total mark for this paper is 80.
● The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].

This document has 16 pages. Any blank pages are indicated.

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1 Fig. 1.1 shows a balloon filled with helium gas.

Fig. 1.1

The mass of the balloon is 120 kg.

(a) Calculate the weight of the balloon. Show your working.

1176 N
weight = ......................................................... [1]

(b) The resultant force on the balloon is 54 N.

Show that the acceleration of the balloon is 0.45 m / s2.

54/120 = 0.45 m/s2

[2]

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(c) The balloon accelerates upwards from rest at 0.45 m / s2 for 8.0 s.

Calculate the velocity of the balloon after 8.0 s.

3.6
velocity = ......................................................... [2]

(d) Calculate the distance travelled by the balloon in the first 8.0 s.

28.8
distance = ......................................................... [2]

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2 (a) (i) Define pressure.

force acting per unit area
...........................................................................................................................................

..................................................................................................................................... [1]

(ii) Describe how pressure in a liquid varies with its depth and with its density.

variation with depth

increases
...........................................................................................................................................

...........................................................................................................................................

variation with density

increases
...........................................................................................................................................

...........................................................................................................................................
[2]

(b) State two energy resources for which the Sun is not the main source.
geothermal
1 ................................................................................................................................................
tidal
2 ................................................................................................................................................
[2]

(c) State and explain whether each of the following methods of electrical power generation is
renewable.

(i) power generation in a nuclear power station

non-renewable
statement ..........................................................................................................................

explanation ........................................................................................................................
resource cannot be replenished

...........................................................................................................................................
[2]

(ii) power generation from waves in the sea

renewable
statement ..........................................................................................................................
resource can be replenished
explanation ........................................................................................................................

...........................................................................................................................................
[2]

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3 (a) (i) State which state of matter, solid, liquid or gas, has the greatest thermal expansion and
which has the least.
gas
greatest expansion ...........................................
solid
least expansion ................................................
[2]

(ii) Describe, in terms of the motion and arrangement of particles, the structures of solids
and gases.

solids .................................................................................................................................
vibrate on its position in a lattice structure

...........................................................................................................................................
freely move around with no fixed structure
gases .................................................................................................................................

...........................................................................................................................................
[3]

(b) (i) Define specific heat capacity.

amount of energy to raise an object of unit mass by unit temperature
...........................................................................................................................................

..................................................................................................................................... [2]

(ii) A student carries out an experiment to determine the specific heat capacity of a metal. A
cylinder of the metal is heated by a 12 W electrical heater.

State the readings that the student takes.

rise in temperature, amount of time taken, mass of the metal
...........................................................................................................................................

...........................................................................................................................................

..................................................................................................................................... [3]

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4 (a) Fig. 4.1 is an incomplete ray diagram showing an object O, a converging lens and the principal
axis. The focal points of the lens are each labelled F.

F F
O

Fig. 4.1

(i) Complete the ray diagram to draw the image formed by the lens. Label your image I. [3]

(ii) Circle three descriptions in the list which describe the image formed in (i).

diminished enlarged inverted same size

real upright virtual

[3]

(b) (i) State the name for the defect of vision that can be corrected by a converging lens.
Long-sightedness
..................................................................................................................................... [1]

(ii) Describe how a converging lens corrects the defect in (i).

You may find it helpful to sketch a ray diagram.

Decreases focal length and bring image closer to eye

...........................................................................................................................................

...........................................................................................................................................

..................................................................................................................................... [2]

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5 (a) Two types of electromagnetic radiation are used in glass optical fibres for high-speed
broadband.

(i) State the type of electromagnetic radiation, other than visible light, which is used in glass
optical fibres.
infra red
..................................................................................................................................... [1]

(ii) Give two reasons why these two types of electromagnetic radiation are used in glass
optical fibres for high-speed broadband.

1 ........................................................................................................................................
minimal disturbance by electronic interference

...........................................................................................................................................
fast speed of travel of wave
2 ........................................................................................................................................

...........................................................................................................................................
[2]

(b) (i) The critical angle of the glass in an optical fibre is 45°.

Calculate the refractive index of the glass.

1.4
refractive index = ......................................................... [2]

(ii) Fig. 5.1 shows an optical fibre made of the glass described in (i).

Fig. 5.1

On Fig. 5.1, draw carefully a ray of light in the fibre undergoing total internal reflection.
[2]

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6 An electric heater uses a resistance wire of resistance 26 Ω. The power dissipated in the resistance
wire is 2500 W.

(a) Calculate the current in the resistance wire.

9.8
current = ......................................................... [3]

(b) The resistance wire of the heater has a length of 1.2 m and a cross-sectional area of
7.9 × 10–7 m2.

A new heater is designed using wire of the same material with length 1.8 m and cross-
sectional area 5.8 × 10–7 m2.

Calculate the resistance of this wire.

53
resistance = ......................................................... [3]

(c) The 2500 W heater is used in a country where electricity costs 0.30 dollars per kilowatt-hour.

Calculate the cost of using the heater continuously for two days.

36
cost = ............................................. dollars [2]

[Total: 8]

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7 The voltage across the primary coil of a 100% efficient transformer is 220 V and the voltage across
the secondary coil is 12 V.

(a) The current in the secondary coil is 2.5 A.

Calculate the current in the primary coil.

0.14
current = ......................................................... [3]

(b) Calculate the ratio of the number of turns on the primary coil to the number of turns on the
secondary coil of the transformer.

55:3
ratio = ......................................................... [2]

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8 (a) During β-decay, one of the neutrons in the nucleus changes.

(i) State what happens to this neutron.

gets split into proton and electron
..................................................................................................................................... [1]

(ii) Explain how charge is conserved during this change.

electron has charge of -1
...........................................................................................................................................
proton has charge of +1
...........................................................................................................................................
+1 + -1 =0 therefore charge in conserved
..................................................................................................................................... [2]

(b) Complete the nuclide equation for the α-decay of radon-212 to form an isotope of polonium,
symbol Po.

212
86
Rn

[3]

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9 Fig. 9.1 shows the Sun as the central dot and the planets Saturn, Jupiter and Earth labelled S0,
J0 and E0. The planets orbit the Sun anticlockwise. From the Earth’s orbit, the planets appear
aligned.

S0

J0

E0

Fig. 9.1 (not to scale)

Assume that Saturn takes 30 years to orbit the Sun and that Jupiter takes 12 years to orbit the
Sun.

(a) On Fig. 9.1, mark the positions of Saturn and Jupiter 5.0 years after the original positions
shown.

Label these positions S1 and J1. Show your working.

[3]

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(b) (i) On Fig. 9.1, mark the positions of Saturn and Jupiter 20 years after the original positions
shown in Fig. 9.1.

Label these positions S2 and J2.

[1]

(ii) State what is observed from the Earth’s orbit after 20 years.
Both planets are aligned
...........................................................................................................................................

..................................................................................................................................... [1]

(c) (i) Choose two words from the list to describe each planet.

gaseous large rocky small

Large gaseuos
Jupiter ...............................................................................................................................
small rocky
Earth ..................................................................................................................................
[1]

(ii) The average density of Jupiter is much less than that of the Earth.
The gravitational field strength at the surface of Jupiter is greater than that at the surface
of the Earth.

Explain how these differences in density and in gravitational field strength are consistent
with your answers to (c)(i).

density
Jupiter has lower density as it is composed of gas
...........................................................................................................................................

...........................................................................................................................................

gravitational field strength

...........................................................................................................................................
jupiter is bigger than earth and has a greater mass so GFS is greater

...........................................................................................................................................
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(d) The average density of Jupiter is 1300 kg / m3 and its volume is 1.4 × 1015 km3.

Calculate the mass of Jupiter.

1.82 X 10^27
mass = ......................................................... [3]

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10 (a) Show that 1 light-year = 9.5 × 1015 m.

(3*10^8)*(60*60*24*365) = 9.5 * 10^15 m

[4]

(b) (i) State one measurement that is taken when determining the speed v at which a galaxy is
moving away from the Earth.
Change in wavelength of light
...........................................................................................................................................

..................................................................................................................................... [1]

(ii) Write down an equation relating v and the distance d of a far galaxy.
H0= v/d
..................................................................................................................................... [1]

(iii) State how the distance d of a far galaxy can be determined other than by using the
equation in (ii).
intensity of light from supernovae in distant galaxies
...........................................................................................................................................

..................................................................................................................................... [1]

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