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Pearson Edexcel Level 1/Level 2 GCSE (9–1)
Thursday 22 May 2025
Morning (Time: 1 hour 10 minutes) Paper
reference 1SC0/1PH
Combined Science
PAPER 3
Higher Tier
You must have: Total Marks
Calculator, ruler, Equation Booklet (enclosed)
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2
, Answer ALL questions. Write your answers in the spaces provided.
Some questions must be answered with a cross in one of the four boxes . If you change your
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mind about an answer, put a line through the box and then mark your new answer with
a cross .
1 (a) Figure 1 shows the two forces acting on a beach ball as it falls through the air.
air resistance
weight = 2.5 N
(Source: © Stepan Bormotov/Shutterstock)
Figure 1
The resultant of these two forces is 0.92 N downwards.
(i) The mass of the beach ball is 0.25 kg.
Calculate the acceleration of the beach ball as it falls.
Use the equation
F=m×a
(3)
acceleration = ........................................ ................ . . . . . . m / s2
(ii) Calculate the size of the air resistance force on the beach ball.
(1)
air resistance = ............................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N
3
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, (b) Some students are investigating forces.
They use a newton meter to keep a trolley stationary on a sloping runway,
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as shown in Figure 2.
newton meter
trolley
runway
h
Figure 2
They measure the force needed to keep the trolley stationary on the
sloping runway.
(i) They do this at four different places on the runway.
When the height, h, of the runway is 0.60 m, their four readings for force are
2.1 N 2.7 N 2.5 N 2.2 N
Calculate the mean value of these forces.
(1)
mean force = ............................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N
4
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Candidate surname Other names
Centre Number Candidate Number
Pearson Edexcel Level 1/Level 2 GCSE (9–1)
Thursday 22 May 2025
Morning (Time: 1 hour 10 minutes) Paper
reference 1SC0/1PH
Combined Science
PAPER 3
Higher Tier
You must have: Total Marks
Calculator, ruler, Equation Booklet (enclosed)
,DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
*P78702RA0224*
BLANK PAGE
2
, Answer ALL questions. Write your answers in the spaces provided.
Some questions must be answered with a cross in one of the four boxes . If you change your
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
mind about an answer, put a line through the box and then mark your new answer with
a cross .
1 (a) Figure 1 shows the two forces acting on a beach ball as it falls through the air.
air resistance
weight = 2.5 N
(Source: © Stepan Bormotov/Shutterstock)
Figure 1
The resultant of these two forces is 0.92 N downwards.
(i) The mass of the beach ball is 0.25 kg.
Calculate the acceleration of the beach ball as it falls.
Use the equation
F=m×a
(3)
acceleration = ........................................ ................ . . . . . . m / s2
(ii) Calculate the size of the air resistance force on the beach ball.
(1)
air resistance = ............................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N
3
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, (b) Some students are investigating forces.
They use a newton meter to keep a trolley stationary on a sloping runway,
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as shown in Figure 2.
newton meter
trolley
runway
h
Figure 2
They measure the force needed to keep the trolley stationary on the
sloping runway.
(i) They do this at four different places on the runway.
When the height, h, of the runway is 0.60 m, their four readings for force are
2.1 N 2.7 N 2.5 N 2.2 N
Calculate the mean value of these forces.
(1)
mean force = ............................................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N
4
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