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This document is a Cambridge O Level Physics exam paper from May/June 2020, consisting of multiple-choice questions covering various physics concepts. It includes instructions for answering the questions, information about scoring, and various physics problems related to forces, energy, and properties of materials. The paper contains 16 pages and is designed for students to demonstrate their understanding of physics principles.

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This document is a Cambridge O Level Physics exam paper from May/June 2020, consisting of multiple-choice questions covering various physics concepts. It includes instructions for answering the questions, information about scoring, and various physics problems related to forces, energy, and properties of materials. The paper contains 16 pages and is designed for students to demonstrate their understanding of physics principles.

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eoeszyosiiy (1 Cambridge Assessment ( International Education Cambridge O Level PHYSICS. 5054/11 Paper 1 Multiple Choice May/June 2020 41 hour You must answer on the multiple choice answer sheet ‘You willneed: Multiple choice answer sheet Soft clean eraser Soft pencil (type B or HB is recommended) INSTRUCTIONS So SUL Tatars ru aise aren tis ee hearer eerie O) © For each question there are four possible answers A, B, C and D. CI you consider correct Se a ea are te aii ats eee eee ne ese (oe eer © eee spaces provided unless this has been done for you. Do not use correction fluid. Do not write on any bar codes. e You may use a calculator. INFORMATION © The total mark for this paper is 40, © Each correct answer will sc ark will not be deducted for @ wrong answer. © Any rough working should n this question paper This document has 16 pages. Blank pages are indicated. 1820 06 5054_11/4RP © UCLES 2020 [Turn over 2 1 The diagram shows the resultant R of a 3.0N force and a 4.0N force that act at a point P. —R com ony be Granta Aron $ See one ao forus a 4H: le 4.0N The angle between the 3.0N force and the 4.0N force can be any value from 0° to 90°. wrish value of R is not possible? (®) 40Nn B 5.0N © 60N D 7.0N 2 Whatis measured using a micrometer? A rea tevet mantras Gur * lewegth & Calcntare? B current @— avmmeter * > © length <— mitvomatey Sevan Joust + N D_ mass <— balance re) 3. The graph shows a short journey. It is a spet Whatis the greatest speed reached? A imis B 2m/s © amis D 4mis 4 Acar of weight 11000N moves with constant velacity along a horizontal road. A driving force of 5O00N acts on the car. Rmiacs So dvivu : Reco 1 gate ES Whats the force opposing the motion of the car? ! ® s000n B 6000N © 11000N D 16000N e ucLes 2020 ‘5054/1 sur20 3 5 Amanwith an open parachute falls to Earth at constant speed. The following forces act: Newnes 37 enw, (- Cartue forns acts om liffe rane 0b jeu R__ the downward force of the Earth on the parachute 2. tow Hua Same S the downward force of the man on the parachute / “™3nitede « Be Ast epperte P the upward force of the parachute on the man Q__ the upward force of the man on the Earth Which two forces are a Newton's third law pair? AS ehsde A Panda B PandR © P ands D QandR 6 A boxis pulled up a rough slope, as shown. direction of we right © ucLes 2020 ss0sartyasr20 [Turn over 4 8 Which type of force causes the Earth to orbit the Sun? A. elastic Geevtetion athacthon Creates & B. slectrostatic Conte pater fiver, wiley camee tor Ha te orbit Ga cirenlar © gravitational pert. D_ magnetic 9 Four objects of different masses are on different planets, The weight of each object on its planet is determined. Which object is on the planet with the smallest gravitational field strength? 3745. mass/kg | _weight/N A 5 we TE B 15 150 <-—__ Sere = cy 2 220 <}— Atot2e © 25 225 &}— 226 A sensity mass temperature D_ volume rats vamacns Seme- @ will \neveate: 11. A single meta ah 34g, Three of the vorttire i id in a measuring cylinder that contains 30cm? of water. The reading on the measuring cylinder rises to 42cm? What is the density of the metal? A 081g/em? B 28g/cm CC 75g/cem* (6) 85g/cm? Vel > 42-36 om figte | a, a ( = 3¢ Z = bed ‘ Sons = B59 fem S/ @ucLES 2020 sosart mwsr20 12 13 14 A rocket of mass M when empty carries a mass M of fuel. The rocket and fuel travel at speed v. The engine of the rocket is fired and all of the fuel is expelled. The speed of the rocket increases to 2v. a kes 4 “vy What happens tothe kinetic energy ofthe rocket? pg A Itdoubles. eee B jthalves. 4 ~ eee @v) Itincreases by a factor of four. c kes 4 D_ Itstays the same. = A car of mass 1000kg is driven 200m up an incline so that it rises 50m vertically. @i seeemyl, 2000 5 [0K tox 5D 2800, 005 —— The acceleration of free fall gis 10m/s* Wat isthe gain in gravitational potential engray? A 5000J B 200000/ (€) fo D 20000004 A fish is swimming 15m below the su lake, as shown. The density of the water is 1000kg/m?. Prague dm towete = bPg - Atmospheric pressure is 100000Pa, Paz htg tate, paneer Lx (soe Lo) + 190,098 = 152,000 + [s0ps0 What is the total pressure on the fish? = 250,000 Pa- A 50000Pa B 120000Pa C 150000Pa (@) 250000Pa The acceleration of free fall gis 10m/s*, euctes 2020 5054/1420 [Turn over 15 The diagram shows a mercury manometer. The tube is open to the atmosphere on the right-hand side. The left-hand side is connected to a container containing a gas at pressure P. gas at pressure P mercury. Atmospheric pressure on its own supports a column of mercury of height, Which height of column does pressure P on its own support? ne Pretinee Uf the A. 676mm of mercury canal aan eS Ges presse a (© 96mm ot mercury Se ges pram Yeo es © 816mm of mercury 64 bmn HS D 836mm of mercury 16 In a weightlifting contest, an athlete lifts bar of mass 20kg fitted with a mass of 60kg on ‘each end, The lift from ground to a heigl ground The gravitational field strength gis 10N/kg. What average power does the weightlifter exert in providing the gravitational potential energy during this lift? wv A 0.90kW B 5.0kW c B.0kKW @ s.0nw @uctes 2020 ‘5054/1 svur20 17 A boy is standing by the side of a lake. Std oes stone. taht = hgh. dur a gh. 2.0m vee agh. water surface vt Vaxgxt adextoxe =V%e = 63 mls = The boy drops a heavy stone from a height of 2.0m above the water su The acceleration due to gravity is 10m/s*. e > What is the speed of the stone when it hits the surface of the A 45m/s 6.3m/s © 20m/s 40m/s 18 Inwhich situation is energy being released by. ‘of hydrogen nuclei to form helium? A. inthe decay of “C used to date an obj rH'HH'—> tet B ina radioactive isotope emitting al icles eee es c in the centre of the Earth a flees de the tom ght. © inthe centre of the Su fe fondana heat F ipl 419 The diagram shays pulled up a slope by a force F we new position Lu of block F, W-dz £xd iE we ' Paiva i i ee, Gg Both He quate ft cbout The block reaches th ete tra re eere aici tice ae tar eae lock reaches the new position at the top of the slope pris mp Wag jis the work done by force F in moving the block to its new position? @ Fxr B Fxp © F(q+p) D F(r+p) @UCLES 2020 ‘5054/1 1/MisI20_ [Turn over 8 20 Which statement about a mercury-in-glass nical thermometers corect? A}! covers much larger range than an orcnary laboratory thermometer. It is more sensitive than an ordinary laboratory thermometer. C Its scale is not linear. D Its sensitivity is affected by the constriction in the capillary tube. 24. Which description of a dull black surface is correct? A good emitter, good absorber and good reflector of radiation B _A00d emiter, poor absorber and poor reflector ofracation © 00d emitter, good absorber and poor reflector of radiation D poor emitter, poor absorber and poor reflector of radiation 22. The temperature of a body increases by 1°C. Which other quantity also increases? A heat capacity internal energy © specific heat capacity D specific latent heat raat crooks » ric heater in three minutes is used to melt wax. The 23 The thermal energy produced by i 60°C, solid wax is initially at its m The specific latent heat of is 220 J/g. The heater supplies 7700 J of thermal energy to the wax. Some of the wax finnbps) wwe Too e 1 “aRe6 +? How much wa'efts? A 0.589 B mee ae c 129° «© 359 24 Which row explains why a liquid has a fixed volume but does not have a fixed shape? force between molecules movement of molecules in the liquid in the liquid ® large free to move within the liquid B large vibrate at fixed positions c small free to move within the liquid D small vibrate at fixed positions © uctes 2020 ‘5054/14/20 25 A fixed mass of gas is enclosed in a cylinder by a piston which is free to move. Which combination of changes to the pressure and to the temperature must increase the density of the gas? Pom Whim temp decreas pressure | temperature | _ gas ic fiiced tay qar eat! coe) - a A | decrease | decrease | = vol sf geo veeds and Contract te Aecresse fy (Tag ens leer B |; decrease | increase he ee eee or ee aa ©] increase | decrease | Vv ac_L 1 ehomaThy vel erst D | increase | increase | ~So pyeytua werent, Got Lg prtnek na) Vili dacraste =f tues Hnipe 26 Light enters a glass block at an angle of incidence i and it produces an angle of refraction rin the glass 0-7 -Qyi oS "LQ gles i Smet, Han, Stas RL x Sr Dein Sore melee SRE oratar, So clie Svar wall intreate « "and a graph is drawn of sin i against sin ‘Several different values of j and rare meas Which graph ig correct? sini sin . sini sini 1.0 1.0: 1.0 Se we 0.5 % 0.5; 05; 0 T T OF T T oF T 0 T T 0 05 1.0 0 05 10 0 05 10 0 05 10 sinr sinr sinr sinr ‘© uctes 2020 ‘08401 riarz0 [Turn over 10 27 Asswimming pool is lt by an underwater light. A ray of light is incident on the water surface. ‘What is the correct path for the ray of light? water surface = Roy undergoes fetal Stent light aagle br grantey Hen critical Ger eee 2 + 28 Which diagram shows the action of a converging lens on a paral Bean of light? A % renga ot “tht Focal . v ® 29 What is a feature of red light compared with that of violet light? = bed [gle has s lege A_,Apprism deviates red light more. 7 Vv Warelenyt A Hon vile Red light has a lower frequency. ighe Red light has a shorter wavelength. — See es A far rextob D_ The speed of red light in a vacuum is smaller. Hom fe CO eget toes » H Sek fred (Skt Ut lane, poeta seumuno Sua AG quant "1 30. What is the ratio of the longest sound wavelength audible to a healthy human ear to the shortest? lon gese | Sharvresg. A 20:4 @® 1000:1 © 10000:1 D 20000:1 aces: 20 tow st 31. Ultrasound is used to clean jewellery in a liquid, What is another use of ultrasound? oko. alectwmagrete Sp hrm ‘A optical fibre communication <— Infva-re 4 oy vir bla, Wghe ved pre-natal scanning © sunbeds 2— UV (Gre D_ telephone communications <— ¢leemn’e Synal! 32. Bar magnets and various non-magnetic and demagnetised metal bars are: in the different arrangements shown. In which arrangement do the bars repel? e > ae A & non neegnete weil S N Tron N]_ [[eopper attest © Noting lag gen 2 ¢ YY ox Ee eR [s nN] IN s real Lice poles vepets gt thvack + euctes 2020 064 vMz0 [Turn over 12 33. There is varying current in the coil of the loudspeaker shown. The loudspeaker is producing a sound. The magnet is clamped. clamp coil magnet~ What is vibrating to produce the sound? — Tha coil te attere Cad ty tee come A. coil only r 7 — Fe the fern on tha cs Bi ican! ee Ue & poanet only Hon vein Rese, © coiland cone Comgey tea coll x And to Arr tome alfo 34 Two insulated and uncharged metal spheres X and Y a A positively charged rod is held near X and then th are moved apart. X now has a negative charge What isthe chergon = The tra Chorge ow The wed A. negative and smaitéfthan that on X atiects olectant fom B negative and the same size as that on X ee — So a tun clagt if ow ©. positive and smaller than that on X i (©) positive and the same size as that on x eucLEs 2020 5084/1 nw20 13 35 A stationary negative charge in an electric field experiences an electric force in the direction shown, ——— _ wt Oe foe — right en ave Wafis the rection of the electic fla? @) tothe tet = Se PRR HMA Ohare it athected fo Ha te He QA Ail. = ea Piebel dee che ie fom down the page sere a itace: D_ upthe page B tothe right 36 A battery consists of three identical cells in parallel. What is the unit of electromotive force (e.m.f.) and to what is the e.m._ of, tery equal? unit e.mf. of the battery is equal to eo ah we the sum of the e.mf.s of the three oills®] vate ae , © sic the emf. of one of the c NIV the sum of the e.m.s of cas | mahich NIV the emf. of Pie eots arte © Or8 cali, 37. The nuclide notation for an isotope of Xj onier Jentone How many neuron are Wer AA © Z-A Dz 38 Radioactivity iste ctivities that take place in hospitals. ae - Radiccednt, prodvos high actviy near uiPectoactvy? y geen @ cooking meals a ale es) scetictas « 3° Bate B diagnosing illnesses <— '> tracavs C_ sterilising equipment <—— gern vey vind: D treating ilinesses 2 CKarnotreraty , gore roys utecl y © uote 2020 soar sawr20 [Turn over 4 39 SC is a natural radioactive isotope of carbon and is present in all living things. It has a half-life of 5700 years. How old is a bone that is found to have only + of the natural proportion of ‘$C ? A 5700 years eee a 6 400 years ia " peer ence © 17100 years Autos Ge yeers = an Stee D 22800 years FN gEewys 40. A kettle is connected to the 240V mains supply using a plug containing a 13A fuse. The kettle contains water. ‘When it is switched on, the fuse blows. This happens again after a new. ted, Someone replaces the fuse with a nail, and the kettle works. ‘What else might happen as a result of replacing the fuse with A very large current overloads the wiring, oe B The kettle boils the water less quickly. C The kettle uses more energy to boil the CP D_ The water boils at a higher ‘enoegey —h fins a S. devia to Keep The Battle dpe SE neyral Grent’ — mw tt tee large, thr Over loads ocenge waht Cmte fle, dur to cverhian Wa The Cleetic cables: @uctes 2020 sar 4/ar20

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