plumiKinetic and gravitational potential energy: Edexcel International A Level Physics questions
Edexcel International A Level Physics past-paper questions on 1.3.6.2 Kinetic and gravitational potential energy, 2019–2025, with mark schemes and examiner’s reports where available.
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All 33 questions on Kinetic and gravitational potential energy, as a list
- June 2025, AS Unit 1, Q14 (4 marks): The brakes in a car reduce the kinetic energy of the car. In an electric car, some of this energy is transferred to the battery in the car. An electric car of m
- January 2025, AS Unit 1, Q13(a) (2 marks): As a truck enters the escape lane, the kinetic energy of the truck is 8.0 × 10 5 N on the truck as the truck The sand exerts an average resistive force of 3.5 ×
- January 2025, AS Unit 1, Q15(a) (5 marks): In one minute, each pipe transfers 1700 m 3 of water to the generator. The density of the water in the lake is 1100 kg m −3. Show that the power transferred by
- October 2024, AS Unit 1, Q15(b)(i) (3 marks): The kinetic energy of the athlete is 409 J. Show that the athlete has a horizontal speed of about 3.4 m s −1. (3)
- October 2024, AS Unit 2, Q19(d) (3 marks): In the photomultiplier, the photocathode and several other metal plates are in a vacuum, as shown. metal plate photocathode vacuum 6 m s –1. An electron is emit
- October 2024, Unit 4, Q11 (3 marks): In 2021 scientists identified Amaterasu, the second most energetic cosmic ray particle ever detected on Earth. Amaterasu had an energy of 2.4 × 1020 eV. A newsp
- June 2024, AS Unit 1, Q11(a) (2 marks): Show that the gravitational potential energy gained by the train is about 400 MJ. 6 kg mass of train = 1.7 × 10 (2)
- June 2024, AS Unit 1, Q15(b) (2 marks): Before the collision, the kinetic energy of ball A is 4.5 × 10 energy of ball B is zero. Determine the decrease in total kinetic energy during the collision. (2
- June 2024, AS Unit 1, Q19(c) (3 marks): People take turns at moving along the zip-line from the high point to the low point. The people are initially at rest at the high point. Explain why the speeds
- June 2024, AS Unit 3, Q2(a)(ii) (2 marks): Explain why it is necessary to control this variable. (2)
- January 2024, AS Unit 1, Q14(a)(ii) (3 marks): The child has a mass of 24 kg. Determine the maximum speed v of the child on the slide. (3) v =
- October 2023, AS Unit 1, Q6 (1 mark): An object moves with a velocity v. The kinetic energy of the object is doubled. Which of the following is an expression for the new velocity of the object? A 2v
- October 2023, AS Unit 2, Q15(b)(ii) (2 marks): Calculate the maximum velocity of the electrons. (2) Maximum velocity =
- June 2023, AS Unit 1, Q13(a) (2 marks): The final speed of the train is 76 m s–1. Show that the useful work done to accelerate the train is about 2 GJ. mass of train = 7.2 × 105 kg (2)
- January 2023, AS Unit 1, Q17(b) (5 marks): The hammer is initially at rest at its highest point. As the person moves the hammer head towards the button, the average resultant force on the hammer head is
- January 2023, AS Unit 1, Q17(c) (2 marks): If the velocity of the hammer head as it hits the button doubles, the height gained by the cylinder does not double. Explain why. (2)
- October 2022, AS Unit 1, Q9 (1 mark): A proton and an electron have equal kinetic energies. The speed of the proton is v. The mass of a proton is 2000 times greater than the mass of an electron. Whi
- October 2022, AS Unit 1, Q19(b)(i) (4 marks): Calculate the work done by the cyclist against air resistance. mass of cyclist and bicycle = 90 kg (4) Work done against air resistance =
- June 2022, AS Unit 1, Q14(a) (3 marks): A car travelling at 13.0 m s–1 decelerated to rest. The energy transferred to the car’s battery during the deceleration was 73.9 kJ. Calculate the efficiency of
- June 2022, Unit 4, Q18(a)(ii) (3 marks): The vehicle then moved between the poles of the magnet before passing through light gate 2. The magnet caused the kinetic energy of the vehicle to reduce by 10%
- June 2022, Unit 5, Q15(a)(ii) (2 marks): 98% of the energy from the decay is released as kinetic energy of the alpha particle. Calculate the velocity of the alpha particle immediately after the decay.
- June 2022, Unit 5, Q20(b)(i) (2 marks): Explain why the mass of lead shot in the tube should not affect the value of Δθ. (2)
- January 2022, AS Unit 1, Q16(a) (2 marks): Show that the kinetic energy of the ball just after launching is about 4 × 10−5 J. mass of ball = 12 g (2)
- October 2021, AS Unit 1, Q8 (1 mark): A crane lifts a container of weight 4.0 × 105 N through a height of 25 m. Which of the following gives the gravitational potential energy gained by the containe
- October 2021, AS Unit 1, Q11(a) (2 marks): Calculate the increase in kinetic energy of the car as it accelerates down the slope. (2) Increase in kinetic energy =
- October 2021, AS Unit 1, Q18(c) (2 marks): Show that the useful work done on the block is about 90 kJ. (2)
- October 2021, AS Unit 3, Q4(b)(ii) (3 marks): The coefficient of restitution e is given by the equation v e = u where v is the velocity of the cube immediately after the collision. Explain why the gradient
- June 2021, AS Unit 1, Q11(c) (2 marks): Calculate the change in total kinetic energy during the collision. (2) Change in total kinetic energy =
- June 2021, AS Unit 1, Q14(b) (3 marks): Another skier travels along the horizontal surface with an initial speed of 23 m s−1 . She comes to rest after travelling a distance of 43 m. Calculate the aver
- January 2020, AS Unit 1, Q17(a)(i) (4 marks): Explain this prediction. (4)
- January 2020, AS Unit 3, Q4(b) (3 marks): Complete the last row of the table. (3)
- June 2019, AS Unit 1, Q7 (1 mark): A water pump causes 200 g of water to be ejected from the nozzle of a garden hose each second at a velocity of 3 m sí. Which of the following expressions could
- January 2019, AS Unit 1, Q8 (1 mark): A ball is dropped, bounces once and is then caught. Which of the following graphs of gravitational potential energy Egrav against time t could represent the mot
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