0654.P4.2.06 — Describe electrostatic charging by friction, 8 State that the direction of an electric field at a and simple methods to determine if an obje: past paper questions
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- 0973/32 · May/June 2025 · Q9d(i)[1]
State what causes the transfer of electrostatic charges.
See it on the paper → - 0973/41 · October/November 2023 · Q6c[3]
The bee becomes positively charged as it flies through the air. Suggest how this charge is produced.
See it on the paper → - 0973/41 · May/June 2023 · Q9c[2]
The student chooses to use a maximum electromotive force (e.m.f.) of 1.5 V. State the meaning of the term electromotive force (e.m.f.).
See it on the paper → - 0973/31 · October/November 2020 · Q6a(ii)[1]
During the journey, the car becomes electrostatically charged. State what has been added to or removed from the car for it to become charged.
See it on the paper → - 0973/41 · October/November 2020 · Q3c[2]
The car battery has an electromotive force (e.m.f.) of 12 V. State what is meant by electromotive force.
See it on the paper → - 0973/32 · May/June 2020 · Q12a(ii)[1]
A boy measures the potential difference across a resistor in the circuit. Name the instrument the boy uses to measure the potential difference.
See it on the paper → - 0973/41 · May/June 2020 · Q12a[2]
Fig. 12.1 shows an aircraft being refuelled using a plastic pipe. tanker aircraft plastic pipe Fig. 12.1 As the fuel flows through the pipe, the fuel and pipe become electrically charged. Explain why the fuel becomes negatively charged and the pipe becomes positively charged.
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What examiners said
A wide range of answers were seen, such as energy, electrostatic forces, movement and magnetism. Few candidates knew that friction was responsible for the transfer.
— Examiner report, May/June 2025, 0973/32 Q9(d)(i) (Cambridge)
This question about how the bee becomes positively charged as it travels through the air was challenging to many candidates. Incorrect ideas included the bee collecting positively charged pollen which makes it positively charged, the bee leaving the negative charge on the flower, the bee having more energy and so more charge, positive electrons moving onto the bee from the flower and protons movin...
— Examiner report, October/November 2023, 0973/41 Q6(c) (Cambridge)
Only a handful of candidates were able to give a correct meaning for the term electromotive force (e.m.f.). This is a term that is poorly understood.
— Examiner report, May/June 2023, 0973/41 Q9(c) (Cambridge)
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