0625/22 Paper 2 Multiple Choice (Extended) May/June 2025

Which instrument is most suitable to determine the volume of a small irregularly shaped stone?

• 30 cm ruler

• digital timer

• measuring cylinder

• tape measure

A steel ball is dropped from the top floor of a building. Air resistance can be ignored.

Which statement describes the motion of the ball?

• The ball falls with constant acceleration.

• The ball falls with constant speed.

• The ball falls with decreasing speed.

• The ball falls with increasing acceleration.

The diagram shows a velocity–time graph for an object which is accelerating.

What is the acceleration of the object?

• 0.40 m/s²

• 2.5 m/s²

• 3.0 m/s²

• 100 m/s²

Diagram 1 shows a piece of flexible material that contains many pockets of air. Diagram 2 shows the same piece of flexible material after it has been compressed so that its volume decreases.

• A

• B

• C

• D

A student determines the density of copper.

She has a rectangular block of copper.

Which other apparatus does she need?

• A

• B

• C

• D

A 0.15 kg mass is suspended from a vertical spring.
The mass is pulled downwards until the spring has extended by 12 cm from its unstretched length.
The spring constant of the spring is 30 N/m.
What is the magnitude of the initial acceleration of the spring when it is released?

• 14 m/s²

• 24 m/s²

• 28 m/s²

• 34 m/s²

A cricket ball of mass 0.15 kg is moving at a speed of 30 m/s.
The diagram shows a batsman holding a bat stationary as the ball hits the bat and bounces back at the same speed in the opposite direction.
The ball is in contact with the bat for 1.0 x 10^–3 s.

• A

• B

• C

• D

A stone is thrown vertically upwards at a speed of 5.0 m/s.
All of the energy initially in the kinetic store of the stone is transferred to its gravitational potential store when the stone reaches its maximum height.
Which equation gives the maximum height h reached by the stone?

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Three energy resources are listed.
1. geothermal
2. wind
3. nuclear fuel
Which resources get their energy from the Sun?

• 1, 2 and 3

• 1 and 2 only

• 1 only

• 2 only

A sample of a substance has a shape that is determined by its container.
What are the possible states of this sample?

• gas, liquid and solid

• gas and liquid only

• gas and solid only

• solid and liquid only