Cambridge IGCSE Physics 0625/22 Paper 2 Multiple Choice (Extended)

Exam Information

• Duration: 45 minutes
• Total Questions: 40
• Materials Needed:
  • Multiple choice answer sheet
  • Soft clean eraser
  • Soft pencil (type B or HB is recommended)
• Instructions:
  • Answer all questions by marking the correct answer (A, B, C, or D) with a pencil
  • Write your name, center number, and candidate number on the answer sheet
  • Calculators are allowed
  • Total mark is 40, one mark per correct answer

Sample Questions and Concepts

Question 1: Pendulum Investigation

• Measures time for 20 oscillations
• Calculate average period of the pendulum
• Options: 0.88 s, 0.92 s, 17.6 s, 18.4 s

Question 2: Tennis Ball Acceleration

• Considers acceleration when air resistance is ignored
• Options: Depends on density/mass, increases, or stays the same

Question 3: Car Acceleration

• Initial speed 14 m/s, acceleration 4.0 m/s² for 5 seconds
• Calculate final speed
• Options: 18 m/s, 20 m/s, 32 m/s, 34 m/s

Question 4: Gravitational Field Strength

• Venus: 8.8 N/kg, Mars: 3.8 N/kg
• Object weight comparison and calculations

Question 5: Density of a Rock

• Apparatus includes balance and measuring cylinder
• Necessary measurements for density

Question 6: Resultant Force on a Car

• Car mass: 1500 kg, speed change
• Calculate magnitude of force

Question 7: Metal Wire and Hooke's Law

• Discusses the limit of proportionality

Question 8: Balanced Metre Rule

• Analysis of moments and forces on a pivoted rule

Question 9: Vector Quantities

• Identify which is a vector: mass, density, temperature, velocity

Question 10: Resultant Force and Velocity

• Resultant force affects car's velocity

Energy and Matter

Question 11: Energy Transfer in Toy Car

• Main energy transfer as the car slows

Question 12: Kinetic Energy and Momentum in Cannonball

• Effects on kinetic energy and momentum after firing

Question 13: Efficiency of Hydroelectric Power

• Given parameters to calculate efficiency

Question 14: Pressure Calculation

• Equation for calculating pressure exerted by an object

Question 15: Brownian Motion

• Causes of random motion in smoke particles

Question 16: Evaporation Rate of Ether

• Factors influencing evaporation when air is bubbled through

Heat and Waves

Question 17: Heating Ice

• Graph of temperature vs. time
• Thermal energy and temperature changes

Question 18: Specific Heat Capacity Experiment

• Apparatus needed to determine thermal capacity

Question 19: Boiling vs. Evaporation

• Differences between boiling and evaporation

Question 20: Thermal Conduction in Metals

• Role of electrons in conduction

Question 21: Ripples and Refraction

• Factors causing ripple refraction in water

Question 22: Diffraction of Waves

• Changes that increase diffraction

Question 23: Light and Lenses

• Ray diagrams through lenses

Question 24: Total Internal Reflection

• Conditions for reflection in optical fibers

Question 25: Solar Eclipse and Radiation

• Order of disappearance of solar radiation types

Question 26: Sound Waves

• Compression and rarefaction in sound waves

Electricity and Circuits

Question 27: Charge Distribution in Spheres

• Negative charge distribution on isolated spheres

Question 28: Power Supplies and Current

• Comparison of power supplies

Question 29: Resistance in Wires

• Factors affecting wire resistance

Question 30: Circuit Components

• Identifying components controlling bulb brightness

Question 31: Ammeter Readings in Circuits

• Comparison of ammeter readings

Question 32: Fridge Potential Divider Circuit

• Components needed to activate warning light

Question 33: Logic Gates

• Equivalent logic gate for NAND gates

Question 34: Drill Logic Circuit

• Identifying missing logic gate

Magnetism and Radiation

Question 35: Magnets and Coils

• Attraction and repulsion of magnets by a coil

Question 36: Magnetic Field and Conductors

• Effects of magnetic field on conductors

Question 37: Atomic Structure and -particles

• Observations and conclusions about atoms

Question 38: Nuclear Fusion

• Description of nuclear fusion reactions in stars

Question 39: Radioactive Isotopes

• Determining the half-life based on count rate