IGCSE Physics 4420/1F

Mark Scheme (Results)

November 2008

IGCSE

IGCSE Physics (4420/1F)

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The following acronyms are used

owtte or words to that effect

ecf error carried forward

dop dependent on previous

nwn no working necessary

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1 (a) infra-red
(1)

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1 (b) wavelength 1
frequency 1
speed 1
(3)

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1 (c) cooking or satellite transmission accept ‘used to
make food hot’
owtte (1)

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1 (d) internal heating of body tissue owtte do not accept
‘burns’ (1)

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1 (e) visible or radio
(1)

(Total 7 marks)

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2 (a) (i) distance and time labelled
(1)

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2 (a) (ii) D accept word 1
C descriptions 1
A unambiguously 1
positioned (3)

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1 (b) 1 000 000 / million
(1)

(Total 5 marks)

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3 (a) convection Any two
radiation
evaporation
(2)

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3 (b) reflector 1
radiation 1
(2)

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3 (c) (i) walls Any two
roof
windows
floor
door
chimney
(2)

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3 (c) (ii) any heat insulator e.g. accept ‘double
air glazing’, ‘carpets’,
fibre glass ‘curtains’ etc
(1)

(Total 7 marks)

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4 (a) 3 crosses or any 2 crosses (2)
any 1 cross (1)
(2)

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4 (b) 234 – 92 2nd mark scores 1
= 142 both 1
(2)

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4 (c) (i) protons 1
neutrons/nucleons 1
independent marks (2)

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4 (c) (ii) Both Hs
(1)

(Total 7 marks)

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5 (a) reduces 2nd point scores 1
halves both marks 1
(2)

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5 (b) increase voltage ecf from (a) 1
double / make it 9 V 2nd point scores 1
both marks
(2)

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5 (c) parallel
(1)

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5 (d) (i) diode allow LED
(1)

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5 (d) (ii) in a correct place 1
right way round to stop current 1
independent marks (2)

(Total 8 marks)

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6 (a) Road condition
Reaction time 3
Speed of car
(1)

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6 (b) average speed
= distance ÷ time
(1)

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6 (c) Road condition 3 Two correct 2
Reaction time one correct 1
Speed of car 3
(2)

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6 (d) (travelling) faster
(1)

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6 (e) (i) plot points 2
straight line 1
(3)

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6 (e) (ii) 7.5 (m) accept range 7.4 –
7.6 (1)

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6 (e) (iii) 36 –12 1
= 24 (m) 1
(2)

(Total 11 marks)

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7 (a) parallel Any two
straight
evenly spaced
(2)

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7 (b) position
poles dop

(2)

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7 (c) induced
(1)

(Total 5 marks)

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8 (a) insulator 1
friction 1
(2)

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8 (b) opposite charges 1
attract 1
independent marks (2)

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8 (c) photocopier/inkjet printer
(1)

(Total 5 marks)

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9 (a) (A) a.c. (power supply) do not credit just ‘power supply’ 1

(B) (open) switch / switch which 1

is off
1
(C) (electric) motor do not credit ‘meter’
1
(D) variable resistance / rheostat
(4)

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9 (b) (i) voltmeter both parts required
do not accept
voltage/potential difference/p.d. voltameter
voltemeter
voltagemeter etc (1)

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9 (b) (ii) ammeter both parts required
do not accept
current/rate of flow of charge ampmeter

if the meters in
both (i) and (ii) are
correct
award (1) mark (1)

(Total 6 marks)

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10 (a) 0.5 accept ‘½’ 1

hertz/Hz accept ‘(waves) per 1

second’ (2)

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10 (b) light (or any particular named colour of or any member of the
light) (waves) electromagnetic
spectrum
S-waves
or waves on (slinky) s
secondary waves shaken/moved up and
down (1)

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10 (c) information allow: data /signal
(1)

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10 (d) time between one … wave and the next or ‘time taken for 1
each … wave to pass
point)’
… complete/full… credit ‘time period 1
is the inverse/
reciprocal of the
frequency’ with both
marks (2)

(Total 6 marks)

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11 (a) kinetic do not credit just 1
‘movement’
‘wind’ or 1
‘mechanical’
… thermal/heat … sound both required but
either order (2)

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11 (b) (efficiency)

= useful (energy) output (×100%)

total (energy) output/input
(1)

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11 (c) either or

45 000 (2) joules/J (1) 50 × 15 × 60 (1)

joules /J (1)
or
or
45 kilojoules/kJ (3)
15 minutes = 900 s
(1)

50 x 15 = 750 (0)

750 J (1)
(3)

(Total 6 marks)

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12 (a) rock or named rock e.g granite, sand etc allow any
space reasonable
cosmic rays response
Sun do not allow
nuclear waste ‘(nuclear) power
radon stations’ or
food ‘building materials’
water
medical sources etc etc
(1)

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12 (b) (i) the card reduces (or stops) the radiation/emission/ or words to that
count rate/reading effect
(1)

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12 (b) (ii) the metal reduces (or stop) the radiation/emission/ or words to that
count rate/reading effect
(1)

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12 (b) (iii) (the card and) the metal will not reduce (or stop) or words to that
the radiation/emission/count rate/reading effect
from gamma /γ (radiation)
(1)

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12 (c) 25 (MBq) credit (1) mark if
unambiguous
indication that one h
equivalent
to four half lives
(2)

(Total 6 marks)

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13 (a) water is a good conductor or wet skin has a low 1
(electrical) resistance
(so increases chance of) (electric) shock (than dry skin) 1
/current in the body
/heart failure
(2)

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13 (b) (large) current/flow of charge in earth wire 1

melts fuse (wire) (in plug) and cuts off the both required for 1
supply/electricity/current this mark
(2)

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13 (c) 200 (V) allow (1) mark for jus
(V = ) 0.02 × 10 000
(2)

(Total 6 marks)

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14 (a) B
(1)

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14 (b) electromagnet
(1)

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14 (c) to prevent shorting/a short circuit accept ‘… from one
/to prevent current (accept electricity) from going coil to the next’
directly from one turn to the next do not credit any
reference to
safety/electric
shock/heat
insulation (1)

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14 (d) gravity accept ‘weight (of
the iron sphere) (1)

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14 (e) either
clockwise moment = anticlockwise moment

or weight × 1.5 = 900 × 0.1 (1)

weight = 90 ÷ 1.5 (1)

= 60 (1) or (weight =) 60
(N) (3)
nwn
(3)

(Total 7 marks)

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15 (a) area of edge (of the blade) is smaller or the converse for 1
(for a sharp knife) a blunt knife

either (so) for the same force the pressure (under 1

the blade) will be greater

or (so) a smaller force required to give the

same pressure (under the blade)
(2)

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15 (b) (i) two arrows both acting towards do not credit 1
the point and no arrows acting away from the anything other than
point 2 arrows

1
both the same length (as the original line)
all right angles dop as judged by eye to
be a fair attempt
(2)

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15 (b) (ii) (that the body of the) gas is not moving
/stationary/at rest
(1)

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15 (c) Use of ∆p = m x g x ∆h (1)

25 x 1025 x 10 (1)

= 256 250 (Pa) (1) or answer in

kilopascals
or 251 125 (Pa) e.g. 256.25 kPa
or 251 381 (Pa)

25 x 1025 (0)
(3)

(Total 8 marks)

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