Write your name here
Surname Other names
Pearson Centre Number Candidate Number
Edexcel GCE
Physics
Advanced
Unit 5: Physics from Creation to Collapse
Thursday 18 June 2015 – Morning Paper Reference
Time: 1 hour 35 minutes 6PH05/01
You do not need any other materials. Total Marks
Instructions
• Use black ink or ball-point pen.
• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
centre number and candidate number.
• Answer the
Answer all questions.
• – there may bequestions in the spaces provided
more space than you need.
Information
• The total mark for this paper is 80.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets
– use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.
• written communication
Questions labelled with an asterisk (*) are ones where the quality of your
will be assessed
– you should take particular care with your spelling, punctuation and grammar,
as well as the clarity of expression, on these questions.
• The list of data, formulae and relationships is printed at the end of this booklet.
• Candidates may use a scientific calculator.
Advice
• Keep
Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
• Try toananswer
eye on the time.
• Check your answers
every question.
• if you have time at the end.
Turn over
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, SECTION A
Answer ALL questions.
For questions 1–10, in Section A, select one answer from A to D and put a cross in the box .
If you change your mind, put a line through the box and then
mark your new answer with a cross .
1 The wavelength of a line in the spectrum produced by a distant star is found to be shorter
than the wavelength of the corresponding line in the spectrum produced by the Sun.
This is because the distant star is
A cooler than the Sun.
B hotter than the Sun.
C moving away from the Earth.
D moving towards the Earth.
(Total for Question 1 = 1 mark)
2 The table below gives the range and number of ion pairs per centimetre produced by
r
β particles, compared to α particles of the same energy.
la
Select the row from the table which shows the correct comparison.
FpT
Range of β particles Number of ion pairs per centimetre
A greater greater
B smaller greater
emA
C greater smaller
D smaller smaller
(Total for Question 2 = 1 mark)
exR
D
2
, 3 Recent determinations of the Hubble constant give a much smaller value than that
originally obtained.
Compared to original ideas about the universe, the smaller value of the Hubble constant
leads to the conclusion that the universe is
A more dense.
B less dense.
C older.
D younger.
(Total for Question 3 = 1 mark)
4 When the absolute temperature of an ideal gas is doubled, the internal energy of the gas
changes by a factor of
A 1
B √2
C 2
D 4
r
(Total for Question 4 = 1 mark)
a
5 The Millennium Bridge is a pedestrian suspension bridge across the River Thames in
London. The bridge had to be closed soon after its opening because of a large swaying
pTl
motion created by people walking across it. A damping mechanism was installed to fix
the problem.
mF
The damping mechanism
A increased the stiffness of the bridge.
xReA
B increased the natural frequency of the bridge.
C dissipated energy from the bridge.
D decreased the forcing frequency on the bridge.
(Total for Question 5 = 1 mark)
De
3
Surname Other names
Pearson Centre Number Candidate Number
Edexcel GCE
Physics
Advanced
Unit 5: Physics from Creation to Collapse
Thursday 18 June 2015 – Morning Paper Reference
Time: 1 hour 35 minutes 6PH05/01
You do not need any other materials. Total Marks
Instructions
• Use black ink or ball-point pen.
• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
centre number and candidate number.
• Answer the
Answer all questions.
• – there may bequestions in the spaces provided
more space than you need.
Information
• The total mark for this paper is 80.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets
– use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.
• written communication
Questions labelled with an asterisk (*) are ones where the quality of your
will be assessed
– you should take particular care with your spelling, punctuation and grammar,
as well as the clarity of expression, on these questions.
• The list of data, formulae and relationships is printed at the end of this booklet.
• Candidates may use a scientific calculator.
Advice
• Keep
Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
• Try toananswer
eye on the time.
• Check your answers
every question.
• if you have time at the end.
Turn over
P44928A
©2015 Pearson Education Ltd.
*P44928A0128*
1/1/1/1/
, SECTION A
Answer ALL questions.
For questions 1–10, in Section A, select one answer from A to D and put a cross in the box .
If you change your mind, put a line through the box and then
mark your new answer with a cross .
1 The wavelength of a line in the spectrum produced by a distant star is found to be shorter
than the wavelength of the corresponding line in the spectrum produced by the Sun.
This is because the distant star is
A cooler than the Sun.
B hotter than the Sun.
C moving away from the Earth.
D moving towards the Earth.
(Total for Question 1 = 1 mark)
2 The table below gives the range and number of ion pairs per centimetre produced by
r
β particles, compared to α particles of the same energy.
la
Select the row from the table which shows the correct comparison.
FpT
Range of β particles Number of ion pairs per centimetre
A greater greater
B smaller greater
emA
C greater smaller
D smaller smaller
(Total for Question 2 = 1 mark)
exR
D
2
, 3 Recent determinations of the Hubble constant give a much smaller value than that
originally obtained.
Compared to original ideas about the universe, the smaller value of the Hubble constant
leads to the conclusion that the universe is
A more dense.
B less dense.
C older.
D younger.
(Total for Question 3 = 1 mark)
4 When the absolute temperature of an ideal gas is doubled, the internal energy of the gas
changes by a factor of
A 1
B √2
C 2
D 4
r
(Total for Question 4 = 1 mark)
a
5 The Millennium Bridge is a pedestrian suspension bridge across the River Thames in
London. The bridge had to be closed soon after its opening because of a large swaying
pTl
motion created by people walking across it. A damping mechanism was installed to fix
the problem.
mF
The damping mechanism
A increased the stiffness of the bridge.
xReA
B increased the natural frequency of the bridge.
C dissipated energy from the bridge.
D decreased the forcing frequency on the bridge.
(Total for Question 5 = 1 mark)
De
3
