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Edexcel International A Level Physics past-paper questions on 1.3.3.3 Weight and free fall (core practical 1), 2019–2025, with mark schemes and examiner’s reports where available.
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All 23 questions on Weight and free fall (core practical 1), as a list
- June 2025, AS Unit 1, Q11 (3 marks): A resultant force of 4800 N acts on a boat. The acceleration of the boat is 0.31 m s –2. Calculate the weight of the boat. Weight of boat =
- January 2025, AS Unit 1, Q2 (1 mark): A coin and a feather are dropped from the same height, through air. Which row of the table is correct as the coin and feather fall to the ground? Initial accele
- January 2025, AS Unit 1, Q7 (1 mark): A student drops a ball and measures the time taken for the ball to reach the ground. He repeats this for different heights. He uses a graphical method to determ
- January 2025, AS Unit 1, Q13(b) (2 marks): The resistive force exerted by the sand on a vehicle is proportional to the weight of the vehicle. The weight of a car is less than the weight of a truck. Expla
- January 2025, Unit 6, Q4(c)(i) (2 marks): Determine the student’s value of g. (2) g =
- October 2024, AS Unit 1, Q14(a) (2 marks): She took one photograph using a strobe app on a mobile phone. She took a second photograph using a laboratory strobe. The time interval between flashes was the
- October 2024, AS Unit 1, Q14(b)(i) (2 marks): Explain why a graph of s against t 2 gives a straight line. (2)
- October 2024, AS Unit 1, Q14(b)(ii) (2 marks): The student plotted a graph of s against t 0.35 0.30 0.25 0.20 s / m 0.15 0.10 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.04 0.06 0.08 t2 / s2 Determine the acceleration of free fal
- June 2024, AS Unit 1, Q8 (1 mark): A student is determining the acceleration of free-fall, g. The student uses a stopwatch to measure the time taken for a ball bearing to fall a measured distance
- June 2024, Unit 4, Q13(a) (4 marks): The student determined the maximum frictional force between the coin and the disk by tilting the disk, as shown. coin plastic disk Not to scale 6.3 cm The edge
- June 2023, AS Unit 1, Q6 (1 mark): A student determined the acceleration of free fall g. She measured the time t for a ball bearing to fall from rest through a distance s. She repeated this for a
- January 2023, AS Unit 1, Q2 (1 mark): Which of the following describes gravitational field strength? A weight per unit mass B acceleration per unit mass C gravitational potential energy per unit mas
- January 2023, AS Unit 1, Q4 (1 mark): A student measures the time taken for a steel ball bearing to fall a measured distance in air. The student uses these measurements to determine the acceleration
- June 2022, AS Unit 1, Q5 (1 mark): A student determined a value for g by dropping a metal sphere from rest. The student measured the distance fallen and the time taken for the sphere to fall. The
- January 2021, AS Unit 1, Q4 (1 mark): A student measures the time t taken for a ball bearing to fall different measured distances s from rest. The student uses his measurements to plot a graph with
- October 2020, AS Unit 1, Q7 (1 mark): A student used a falling sphere to determine the acceleration of free-fall g. The sphere was released from rest. Which two quantities would require the fewest m
- January 2020, AS Unit 1, Q2 (1 mark): Which of the following statements describes the gravitational field strength acting on a body at a point? A gravitational force per unit length B gravitational
- January 2020, AS Unit 1, Q11 (5 marks): A student carried out an experiment to measure the acceleration of free-fall g. A ball bearing was released from position A. The time t for the ball bearing to
- January 2019, AS Unit 1, Q6 (1 mark): A ball is thrown vertically upwards. Which row of the table correctly describes the magnitude of the initial acceleration of the ball and the magnitude of the a
- January 2019, AS Unit 1, Q12(a) (2 marks): State the additional measurements the student should take. (2)
- January 2019, AS Unit 1, Q12(b) (2 marks): Describe how the velocity v of the wooden rod as it passes through the light gate can be determined accurately. (2)
- January 2019, AS Unit 1, Q12(c) (3 marks): Describe how the student can determine a value for g using a graphical method. (3)
- January 2019, AS Unit 1, Q16(b) (6 marks): The probe was in ‘free fall’ from a height of 3.7 km, reaching the surface of Mars with a velocity of 150 m s–1. Explain whether the term ‘free fall’ is correct
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