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PHYSICS Paper 6 Alternative to Practical Candidates answer on the Question Paper. No Additional Materials are required. READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your Centre number, candidate number and name on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen. You may use a pencil for any diagrams, graphs or rough working. Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid. DO NOT WRITE IN ANY BARCODES. Answer all questions. At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.
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2 1 An IGCSE student is determining the position of the centre of mass of a triangular card. The apparatus is shown in Fig. 1.1.
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pin or nail cork A
stand card
B C
plumbline
Fig. 1.1 (a) The student hangs the card on the nail through hole A. He checks that the card is able to swing freely and then hangs the plumbline from the nail so that it is close to, but not touching, the card. When the card and plumbline are still, he makes a small mark at the edge of the card where the plumbline crosses the edge. He removes the card and draws a line from the mark to hole A. He repeats the procedure using holes B and C. Fig.1.2 is a drawing of the card.
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C
Fig.1.2
B
On Fig.1.2, the position of each of the marks the student makes is shown with a small cross. On Fig. 1.2, draw in the lines between the positions of the holes A, B and C and the corresponding crosses on the card. [2] (b) If the experiment is
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS International General Certificate of Secondary Education
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* 9 0 9 6 7 1 7 3 6 0 *
PHYSICS Paper 6 Alternative to Practical Candidates answer on the Question Paper. No Additional Materials are required. READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your Centre number, candidate number and name on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen. You may use a pencil for any diagrams, graphs or rough working. Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid. DO NOT WRITE IN ANY BARCODES. Answer all questions. At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.
0625/61
May/June 2011 1 hour
For Examiner’s Use 1 2 3 4 5 Total
This document consists of 10 printed pages and 2 blank pages.
DC (LEO/SW) 28913/4 © UCLES 2011
[Turn over
2 1 An IGCSE student is determining the position of the centre of mass of a triangular card. The apparatus is shown in Fig. 1.1.
For Examiner’s Use
pin or nail cork A
stand card
B C
plumbline
Fig. 1.1 (a) The student hangs the card on the nail through hole A. He checks that the card is able to swing freely and then hangs the plumbline from the nail so that it is close to, but not touching, the card. When the card and plumbline are still, he makes a small mark at the edge of the card where the plumbline crosses the edge. He removes the card and draws a line from the mark to hole A. He repeats the procedure using holes B and C. Fig.1.2 is a drawing of the card.
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A
C
Fig.1.2
B
On Fig.1.2, the position of each of the marks the student makes is shown with a small cross. On Fig. 1.2, draw in the lines between the positions of the holes A, B and C and the corresponding crosses on the card. [2] (b) If the experiment is