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Edexcel International A Level Physics past-paper questions on 5.5.2.2 Energy in damped and undamped oscillations, 2019–2025, with mark schemes and examiner’s reports where available.
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All 12 questions on Energy in damped and undamped oscillations, as a list
- June 2025, Unit 5, Q15(c) (2 marks): Explain how damping causes the amplitude of oscillation of the car body to decrease. (2)
- January 2025, Unit 5, Q2 (1 mark): Ductile materials can be used in buildings to reduce the amplitude of forced oscillations during an earthquake. Which of the following is the reason that ductil
- January 2025, Unit 5, Q8 (1 mark): A pendulum is made by attaching a light paper cone to a thin string, as shown. string paper cone The pendulum is displaced and set into oscillation. Plasticine
- January 2025, Unit 5, Q17(b)(ii) (2 marks): Sketch a graph on the axes below to show how the kinetic energy of the object varies with displacement x. You do not need to do any more calculations. (2) Kinet
- October 2024, Unit 5, Q2 (1 mark): During an earthquake, steel‑framed buildings remove energy from the oscillation of the building. Which of the following is the reason for this? A Steel is a duc
- June 2024, Unit 5, Q20(c) (2 marks): As the floor moves, the rollers force oil through holes in the steel plate. Explain why this reduces the amplitude of oscillation of the building. (2)
- October 2023, Unit 5, Q20(c) (2 marks): Explain why the maximum velocity of the oscillating mass decreased over time. (2)
- June 2023, Unit 5, Q19(b)(ii) (3 marks): The student makes the following conclusion: “As the frequency is increased, the amplitude of the mass increases to a maximum, so energy conservation does not ap
- January 2023, Unit 5, Q14(a) (1 mark): Add a line to the graph to show how the total energy of the mass‑spring system varies with displacement. (1)
- January 2023, Unit 5, Q14(b) (4 marks): Determine the speed of the mass when its displacement from the equilibrium position is 1.0 cm. (4) Speed of mass =
- January 2021, Unit 5, Q5 (1 mark): A car is driven along an uneven road. This forces the car into vertical oscillations. Over time, the energy of oscillation of the car increases by a factor of 4
- October 2020, Unit 5, Q20(c) (2 marks): The graph shows how the displacement of the oscillating mass varies over two cycles. Displacement 0 Time Add to the graph to show how the kinetic energy of the
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