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Edexcel International A Level Physics past-paper questions on 1.3.6.1 Work done by a force, 2019–2025, with mark schemes and examiner’s reports where available.
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All 20 questions on Work done by a force, as a list
- June 2025, AS Unit 1, Q9 (1 mark): The driver of a car applies the brakes. The frictional force F between the tyres and the road is constant. The average power dissipated by F is 50 kW. The car 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 ×
- October 2023, AS Unit 1, Q5 (1 mark): A helicopter moves vertically upwards with an increasing speed. Which of the following describes the increase in gravitational potential energy of the helicopte
- October 2023, AS Unit 1, Q10 (1 mark): A box is pulled along the ground by a rope inclined at an angle of 40° to the horizontal as shown. rope 30 N 40° box The tension in the rope is 30 N. The box is
- October 2023, Unit 5, Q18(c) (2 marks): Explain why the mass of the asteroid would not remain constant as the asteroid fell to the surface of the Earth. (2)
- June 2023, AS Unit 1, Q2 (1 mark): The wind exerts a force of 225 N on a windsurfer. The windsurfer moves a distance of 450 m at an angle of 40° to the wind, as shown. 450 m windsurfer direction
- 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
- October 2022, AS Unit 1, Q19(a) (2 marks): Show that the work done by the cyclist is about 3 × 104 J. (2)
- June 2022, AS Unit 1, Q9 (1 mark): A cyclist rode along a slope at a constant speed. The increase in vertical height of the cyclist was Δh. The slope was at an angle θ to the horizontal as shown.
- January 2022, AS Unit 1, Q12(a) (2 marks): Explain how the counterweight affects the amount of work required from the electric motor to raise the lift. (2)
- October 2021, AS Unit 1, Q18(b) (3 marks): Determine the total work done by the team. (3) Total work done =
- 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 2021, Unit 5, Q13(a) (1 mark): Give the SI base units of energy. (1)
- January 2021, Unit 5, Q17(b) (2 marks): Salyut 1 burned up over the Pacific Ocean as it re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere. Explain why Salyut 1 burned up. (2)
- October 2020, AS Unit 1, Q11(b) (3 marks): The car travelled a total distance of 730 km during the journey. The average force of the engine was 2.1 kN. Show that the average power output of the engine wa
- October 2020, AS Unit 1, Q18(b) (6 marks): To reach the goal, the disc must move up a ramp which is at an angle of 30° to the horizontal. goal disc 30° The velocity of the disc at the bottom of the ramp
- October 2020, Unit 4, Q15(a) (2 marks): The photographs show the mechanical version trap before and after it is set to trap a mouse. lever A upper jaw upper jaw lever A pivot Before being set After be
- June 2019, AS Unit 1, Q12 (4 marks): Machines make work easier by changing the size or direction of a force. A student designed a simple machine to lift a box of mass 50 kg. The student claimed the
- June 2019, AS Unit 1, Q17(a)(ii) (2 marks): A new climber suggests using a longer length of rope between the loop and the climber, as this would absorb more energy after a fall. Comment on this suggestion
- January 2019, AS Unit 1, Q18(c)(ii) (5 marks): An athlete reaches the finish line at a velocity of 33 m s–1. She then applies a minimum braking force of 240 N as she moves along the uphill section of track t
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