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Cambridge IGCSE. 2025. Physics (0625). May/June - Paper 2 (22) · Multiple Choice (Extended)

Question 1

Which instrument is most suitable to determine the volume of a small irregularly shaped stone?
  1. 30 cm ruler
  2. digital timer
  3. measuring cylinder
  4. tape measure

Question 2

A steel ball is dropped from the top floor of a building. Air resistance can be ignored.

Which statement describes the motion of the ball?
  1. The ball falls with constant acceleration.
  2. The ball falls with constant speed.
  3. The ball falls with decreasing speed.
  4. The ball falls with increasing acceleration.

Question 3

The diagram shows a velocity–time graph for an object which is accelerating.

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What is the acceleration of the object?
  1. 0.40 m/s²
  2. 2.5 m/s²
  3. 3.0 m/s²
  4. 100 m/s²

Question 4

Diagram 1 shows a piece of flexible material that contains many pockets of air. Diagram 2 shows the same piece of flexible material after it has been compressed so that its volume decreases.

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What happens to the mass and to the weight of the flexible material when it is compressed?
  1. mass: increases; weight: increases
  2. mass: increases; weight: no change
  3. mass: no change; weight: increases
  4. mass: no change; weight: no change

Question 5

A student determines the density of copper.

She has a rectangular block of copper.

Which other apparatus does she need?

(key: ✓ = needed, ✗ = **not** needed)
  1. balance ✓, ruler ✓, stop-watch ✓, thermometer ✓
  2. balance ✓, ruler ✓, stop-watch ✓, thermometer ✗
  3. balance ✓, ruler ✓, stop-watch ✗, thermometer ✗
  4. balance ✓, ruler ✗, stop-watch ✗, thermometer ✗

Question 6

A 0.15 kg mass is suspended from a vertical spring.

The mass is pulled downwards until the spring has extended by 12 cm from its unstretched length.

The spring constant of the spring is 30 N/m.

What is the magnitude of the initial acceleration of the spring when it is released?
  1. 14 m/s²
  2. 24 m/s²
  3. 28 m/s²
  4. 34 m/s²

Question 7

A cricket ball of mass 0.15 kg is moving at a speed of 30 m/s.

The diagram shows a batsman holding a bat stationary as the ball hits the bat and bounces back at the same speed in the opposite direction.

The ball is in contact with the bat for $1.0 \times 10^{-3}$ s.

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The table shows the change in momentum of the ball and the magnitude of the force applied to the ball.

Which row is correct?
  1. change of momentum: 4.5 kg m/s; force applied to ball: 4500 N
  2. change of momentum: 4.5 kg m/s; force applied to ball: 9000 N
  3. change of momentum: 9.0 kg m/s; force applied to ball: 4500 N
  4. change of momentum: 9.0 kg m/s; force applied to ball: 9000 N

Question 8

A stone is thrown vertically upwards at a speed of 5.0 m/s.

All of the energy initially in the kinetic store of the stone is transferred to its gravitational potential store when the stone reaches its maximum height.

Which equation gives the maximum height $h$ reached by the stone?
  1. $h = \dfrac{9.8}{2 \times 5.0^2}$
  2. $h = \dfrac{5.0^2 \times 2}{9.8}$
  3. $h = \dfrac{5.0^2}{2 \times 9.8}$
  4. $h = \dfrac{2 \times 9.8}{5.0^2}$

Question 9

Three energy resources are listed.

1. geothermal
2. wind
3. nuclear fuel

Which resources get their energy from the Sun?
  1. 1, 2 and 3
  2. 1 and 2 only
  3. 1 only
  4. 2 only

Question 10

A sample of a substance has a shape that is determined by its container.

What are the possible states of this sample?
  1. gas, liquid and solid
  2. gas and liquid only
  3. gas and solid only
  4. solid and liquid only

Question 11

A stationary smoke particle is hit by a fast-moving nitrogen molecule.

Which row describes the motion of the smoke particle and of the nitrogen molecule after the collision?
  1. smoke particle: moves; nitrogen molecule: rebounds
  2. smoke particle: moves; nitrogen molecule: stops
  3. smoke particle: remains stationary; nitrogen molecule: rebounds
  4. smoke particle: remains stationary; nitrogen molecule: stops

Question 12

A bubble of gas rises from the bottom of a lake to the top.

The table shows readings of the gas pressure inside the bubble and the volume of the bubble.

The temperature of the water in the lake is constant.

The values in three rows of the table are correct and one row is **not** correct.

Which row is **not** correct?
  1. pressure 360 kPa; volume 2.4 cm³
  2. pressure 270 kPa; volume 3.2 cm³
  3. pressure 160 kPa; volume 4.6 cm³
  4. pressure 120 kPa; volume 7.2 cm³

Question 13

The diagram shows a glass flask sealed with a small volume of mercury in a glass tube. When the flask is gently warmed, the mercury rises up the tube.

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What is the main cause of the movement of the mercury?
  1. expansion of air in the flask
  2. expansion of the glass flask
  3. expansion of the glass tube
  4. expansion of the mercury

Question 14

The diagram shows the equipment used in an experiment to determine the specific heat capacity of a metal.

In the experiment, a heater is switched on for $t$ s and the increase in temperature $\Delta\theta$ of a block of the metal is measured in °C.

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Which equation gives the specific heat capacity of the metal?
  1. $c = \dfrac{P}{t m \Delta\theta}$
  2. $c = \dfrac{Pt}{m \Delta\theta}$
  3. $c = \dfrac{t m \Delta\theta}{P}$
  4. $c = \dfrac{m \Delta\theta}{Pt}$

Question 15

The diagram shows four rods. Each rod is made of a different metal.

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Wax is used to attach small metal balls at the rod ends P, Q, R and S.

Each rod is the same size. They are heated uniformly by a Bunsen burner at point X.

As the rods warm up, the wax melts and the balls fall off.

Why does the ball on the silver rod fall first?
  1. Silver is the best conductor of heat.
  2. Silver is the worst conductor of heat.
  3. Silver is the best radiator of heat.
  4. Silver is the worst radiator of heat.

Question 16

Three solid copper spheres, X, Y and Z, are heated to the same temperature.

| sphere | diameter | colour of surface |
|:---:|:---:|:---:|
| X | 2*d* | black |
| Y | *d* | white |
| Z | 2*d* | white |

Which row gives the order for the rate of emission of radiation?
  1. highest: X; second highest: Y; lowest: Z
  2. highest: X; second highest: Z; lowest: Y
  3. highest: Z; second highest: X; lowest: Y
  4. highest: Z; second highest: Y; lowest: X

Question 17

Which wave will diffract the most when passing through a gap that is 0.85 m wide?
  1. wave speed 300 m/s; wave frequency 280 Hz
  2. wave speed 300 m/s; wave frequency 400 Hz
  3. wave speed 350 m/s; wave frequency 280 Hz
  4. wave speed 350 m/s; wave frequency 400 Hz

Question 18

Which arrow on the graph shows the amplitude of the wave?

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  1. Arrow A
  2. Arrow B
  3. Arrow C
  4. Arrow D

Question 19

Which row describes a seismic S-wave?
  1. type of wave: longitudinal; direction of vibration: parallel to the direction of travel of the wavefront
  2. type of wave: longitudinal; direction of vibration: perpendicular to the direction of travel of the wavefront
  3. type of wave: transverse; direction of vibration: parallel to the direction of travel of the wavefront
  4. type of wave: transverse; direction of vibration: perpendicular to the direction of travel of the wavefront

Question 20

The image of an object is formed by a plane mirror.

Which row gives the correct properties of the image?
  1. real; closer to the mirror than the object
  2. real; the same distance from the mirror as the object
  3. virtual; closer to the mirror than the object
  4. virtual; the same distance from the mirror as the object
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