Physics 9702,41 Oct Nov 2024 | Cambridge AS - A Level Past Papers With Mark Scheme

1. Gravitation & Orbits: Newton’s law of gravitation, satellite motion equations, determining constants from orbital data, and graphical analysis of orbital height vs. period.

2. Thermal Physics & Specific Heat Capacity: Defining specific heat capacity, analyzing temperature variation in thermal equilibrium, calculating heat capacity using given mass ratios.

3. Kinetic Theory & Ideal Gases: Avogadro’s constant, relationships between Boltzmann and molar gas constants, gas law calculations for pressure, internal energy, and molecular speeds.

4. Simple Harmonic Motion & Oscillations: Definition of SHM, interpreting velocity-height graphs, calculating amplitude, angular frequency, period, and sketching displacement-time graphs.

5. Electric Fields & Potential: Relationship between electric field and potential, explaining why total electric field and potential cannot be zero simultaneously, and deriving expressions for electric fields of point charges.

6. Electromagnetic Induction & Rectification: Differences between half-wave and full-wave rectification, circuit diagrams for rectifiers, capacitance calculations, and determining resistance in rectified circuits.