AQA GCSE Physics Paper 2 Foundation June 2024 question paper 8463/2F

A group of stars is called a galaxy.

What is the name of our galaxy?

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The Sun is one of the stars in our galaxy.

What was the Sun originally formed from?

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Which of the following forces was involved in the formation of the Sun?

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Stars produce light because they release energy.

Complete the sentence.

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Visible light and infrared radiation travel from the Sun to the Earth.

Which statement describes the time taken for visible light and infrared radiation to travel from the Sun to the Earth?

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Infrared radiation has a longer wavelength than visible light.

Complete the sentence.

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Compared with the frequency of infrared radiation, the frequency of

The Sun and the Earth both emit infrared radiation.

How does the rate of infrared radiation emitted by the Sun compare with the rate of infrared radiation emitted by the Earth?

Give a reason for your answer.

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Some metals are magnetic and others are non-magnetic.

Which of the following metals is magnetic?

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Figure 1 shows magnetic field lines around a bar magnet.

The circles represent plotting compasses.

Draw one arrow in each circle on Figure 1 to show the direction of the magnetic field at each place.

Figure 2 shows magnetic field lines around a bar magnet.

Which letter shows where the magnetic field is strongest?

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Figure 3 shows the magnetic field lines between two bar magnets.

Which diagram shows how the magnets are arranged in Figure 3 ?

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A teacher demonstrates how a current in a wire creates a magnetic field around the wire.

Figure 4 shows the wire passing through a piece of cardboard.

The current can be switched on and off.

Describe how the teacher can use a plotting compass to demonstrate the magnetic effect of the current in the wire.

The teacher decreases the current in the wire.

How does the strength of the magnetic field around the wire change?

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The teacher reverses the direction of the current in the wire.

What happens to the magnetic field around the wire?

A student investigated how changing the mass of a trolley affects the acceleration of the trolley.

Figure 5 shows some of the equipment used.

The trolley in Figure 5 is not moving.

Which force prevents the trolley from moving?

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The force pulling on the trolley was increased so that the trolley accelerated.

The force was then kept constant and different masses were put on the trolley.

For each different mass the acceleration of the trolley was measured.

Draw one line from each variable to the correct quantity.

For one of the masses put on the trolley, the student recorded three values of acceleration.

Calculate the mean acceleration of the trolley.

Figure 6 shows some of the results.

Describe the relationship shown in Figure 6.

When the total mass of the trolley was 1.5 kg, the acceleration of the trolley

Calculate the resultant force acting on the trolley.

Use the equation:

resultant force = mass × acceleration

Figure 7 represents a transverse wave.

Which arrow represents the amplitude of the wave?

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Which arrow represents the wavelength of the wave?

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A wave has a frequency of 5000 Hz.

Calculate the period of the wave.

Use the equation:

Give one example of a transverse wave that can travel through a vacuum.

Figure 8 represents a longitudinal wave.

Which point is at the centre of a rarefaction?

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A sound wave has a frequency of 750 Hz.

speed of sound in air = 330 m/s

Calculate the wavelength of the sound wave.

Use the equation:

Describe a method that could be used to determine the speed of sound in air.

When a sound wave moves from air into water, the speed of the wave increases.

The frequency of the sound wave does not change.

Complete the sentence.

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When a sound wave moves from air into water its

A person has been for a walk.

Figure 9 shows the distance–time graph for the walk.

Some quantities are scalar quantities and others are vector quantities.

Which of the following are scalar quantities?

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What was the total distance walked by the person in 2000 seconds?

Calculate the average speed of the person during the 2000 seconds.

Use your answer to Question 05.2

Use the equation:

Which section of Figure 9 shows the person walking the slowest?

Give a reason for your answer.

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The person walked slowest when going up some steps.

Complete the sentence.

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When walking up the steps, the person did more work against the

On another day, the person ran the same route.

What is a typical speed for a person running?

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Figure 10 shows the wavelengths of some types of electromagnetic radiation.

Suggest one piece of equipment that can be used to detect infrared radiation.

Which of the following values is a wavelength of red light?

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Figure 10 is repeated below.

The eyes of a bee can detect electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths between 300 nm and 600 nm.

Give two ways the radiation detected by the eyes of a bee is different from the radiation detected by human eyes.

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When sunlight shines on a red flower, the red light

All other colours of light shining on the red flower

A gardener looks at a red flower through a green filter.

How does the flower appear to the gardener?

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The leaves of the plant reflect light.

The leaves have a rough surface.

What type of reflection happens at the leaf surface?

A swimming pool is being filled with water.

Calculate the weight of the water in the swimming pool when the mass of the water is 25 000 kg.

gravitational field strength = 9.8 N/kg

Use the equation:

weight = mass × gravitational field strength

When the swimming pool is full, the weight of the water is 1 960 000 N.

The bottom of the swimming pool has an area of 49 m².

Calculate the pressure at the bottom of the swimming pool when it is full.

Use the equation:

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There is a force acting on the side of the swimming pool because of the water pressure.

Figure 11 shows the side of the swimming pool.

Which arrow shows the direction of the force acting on the side of the swimming pool?

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A child is swimming in the pool. The velocity of the child is 0.70 m/s.

The child then accelerates for 5.0 s, reaching a final velocity of 1.3 m/s.

Calculate the acceleration of the child.

Use the equation:

Figure 12 shows a diving board at the side of the swimming pool.

The original length of the spring is 0.84 m.

When the child stands on the diving board, the length of the spring decreases by 0.21 m.

Calculate the percentage change in the length of the spring.

Use the Physics Equations Sheet to answer questions 07.6 and 07.7.

Write down the equation which links extension (e), force applied to a spring (F) and spring constant (k).

The force applied to the spring by the weight of the child is 336 N.

The change in length of the spring is 0.21 m.

Calculate the spring constant of the spring.

The child steps off the diving board and falls into the swimming pool.

The initial velocity of the child is 0 m/s.

acceleration due to gravity = 9.8 m/s²

Calculate the final velocity when the child has fallen a distance of 0.95 m through the air.

Give your answer to 2 significant figures.

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A student investigated the refraction of light by a glass block.

Figure 13 shows the protractor used to measure the angles of incidence and the angles of refraction.

What is the resolution of the protractor used to measure the angles?

Table 1 shows the results.

Describe a method the student could have used to obtain the data in Table 1.

You may include a labelled diagram.

Figure 14 shows some of the results.

The student measured the angles of refraction for two additional angles of incidence.

Table 2 shows the additional results.

Complete Figure 14.

You should:

• plot the results from Table 2

• draw the line of best fit.

How does Figure 14 show that the angle of refraction is not directly proportional to the angle of incidence?

Figure 15 shows a diagram of a car headlight.

The headlight has a lamp, a reflective surface and a transparent cover.

Figure 16 shows a ray of light incident on the reflective surface.

Complete Figure 16 to show the reflected ray of light.

You should include the normal line at the point where the incident ray meets the reflecting surface.

Rays of light pass through the transparent cover of the headlight.

Which diagram shows how a ray of light passes through the transparent cover?

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Figure 17 shows a young child using a baby walker.

The child is standing still.

What is the resultant vertical force on the child?

Give a reason for your answer.

Use the Physics Equations Sheet to answer questions 09.2 and 09.3.

Write down the equation which links distance (s), force (F) and work done (W).

The child pushed the baby walker 2.8 m across a horizontal floor.

The work done by the child was 35 J.

Calculate the horizontal force the child applied to the baby walker.

The child pushed the baby walker from a carpet onto a hard floor.

The child applied the same horizontal force to the baby walker.

Explain why the speed of the baby walker increased.

There are some toy gears on the front of the baby walker.

Figure 18 shows the gears.

The child applies a force to gear A.

This causes a moment about the pivot, so gear A rotates.

Use the Physics Equations Sheet to answer questions 09.5 and 09.6.

Write down the equation which links distance (d), force (F) and moment of a force (M).

The child applies a force of 2.0 N on gear A.

The perpendicular distance between the force and the pivot is 7.5 cm.

Calculate the moment of the force about the pivot.

Explain what happens to gear B when the child applies the force to gear A.