Edexcel Required Practicals

16 practicals - click any card to view full details, questions and mark schemes.

Mechanics

1AS

Determination of g by free fall (CP1)

Determine the acceleration due to gravity by measuring the time for a falling object to travel a kno...

CP13 questions

Materials

2AS

Determination of the Young modulus (CP2)

Determine the Young modulus of a metal by measuring the extension of a wire under increasing tensile...

CP22 questions

4AS

Investigating viscosity using Stokes' Law (CP4)

Determine the viscosity of a viscous liquid by measuring the terminal velocity of falling spheres of...

CP43 questions

9AS

Force-extension relationships (CP9)

Investigate force-extension relationships for a spring, rubber band and polythene strip.

CP92 questions

Electricity

3AS

Determination of resistivity (CP3)

Determine the resistivity of a metal wire by measuring its resistance at different lengths.

CP32 questions

7AS

EMF and internal resistance (CP7)

Determine the EMF and internal resistance of a cell using a V against I graph.

CP72 questions

8AS

I-V characteristics of components (CP8)

Investigate the current-voltage characteristics of a resistor, filament bulb and diode; investigate ...

CP82 questions

Waves

5AS

Speed of sound in air using stationary waves (CP5)

Determine the speed of sound in air by finding resonant lengths of a closed air column at known freq...

CP52 questions

6AS

Determination of wavelength using a diffraction grating (CP6)

Determine the wavelength of monochromatic light using a diffraction grating.

CP62 questions

Further mechanics

10A2

Simple harmonic motion: mass-spring and pendulum (CP10)

Investigate SHM by measuring the period of a mass-spring system and a simple pendulum as mass or len...

CP102 questions

Thermal physics

11A2

Boyle's Law (CP11)

Verify that pressure and volume of a fixed mass of gas are inversely proportional at constant temper...

CP112 questions

Capacitance

12A2

Capacitor charge and discharge (CP12)

Investigate the exponential discharge of a capacitor and determine the time constant RC.

CP122 questions

Magnetic fields

13A2

Force on a current-carrying conductor (CP13)

Investigate how the force on a current-carrying conductor in a magnetic field depends on current and...

CP132 questions

Electromagnetic induction

14A2

Investigating AC generator output with an oscilloscope (CP14)

Use an oscilloscope to investigate how the peak voltage and frequency of a generator depend on rotat...

CP142 questions

Quantum physics

15A2

Determining Planck's constant using LEDs (CP15)

Determine Planck's constant by measuring the threshold voltage of LEDs of different wavelengths.

CP152 questions

Nuclear physics

16A2

Inverse square law for gamma radiation (CP16)

Verify the inverse square law for gamma radiation by measuring corrected count rate at different dis...

CP162 questions