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Edexcel International A Level Physics past-paper questions on 5.6.1.1 Gravitational fields and field strength, 2019–2025, with mark schemes and examiner’s reports where available.
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All 7 questions on Gravitational fields and field strength, as a list
- June 2025, Unit 5, Q17(c) (2 marks): A solid sphere has the same diameter as the Gaia globe. Calculate the mass of the sphere that would give a value of g, at its surface, –1. of 9.8 N kg (2) Mass
- January 2025, Unit 5, Q14(b) (3 marks): A television programme claimed that the gravitational field strength at the surface of the Sun is 28 times the gravitational field strength at the surface of th
- October 2024, Unit 5, Q18(b)(i) (2 marks): Show that the gravitational field strength at the surface of Ganymede is about 1.4 N kg –1. radius of Ganymede = 2640 km mass of Ganymede = 1.48 × 10 23 kg (2)
- October 2023, Unit 5, Q17(a) (2 marks): Calculate the gravitational field strength at the surface of Makemake. (2) Gravitational field strength at surface =
- January 2023, Unit 5, Q21(b) (5 marks): Humans would not be able to survive on a planet with a gravitational field strength 4 times greater than the gravitational field strength at the surface of the
- October 2022, Unit 5, Q17(b) (3 marks): Mercury is the smallest planet in our solar system. The gravitational field strength gm at the surface of Mercury is 3.7 N kg–1. It is claimed that the gravitat
- October 2020, Unit 5, Q15(b)(i) (1 mark): The change in gravitational potential energy ∆Egrav of a mass m when it experiences a vertical displacement Δh can be calculated using the expression ∆Egrav = m
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