GCSE Physics P3 Quiz :)

Hi this is a knowledgable quiz that I made, and it will help you with your revision (it helped me :))

The questions are all from ACTUAL AQA exam papers and the answers are from the ACTUAL mark schemes. It might be hard or it might be easy. Depends. Just so you know :)

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Why are Step-up/Step-down Transformers used?
To increase/decrease voltage
1 of 10
Name a light detecting device used in a camera.
Photographic FILM/ CCD/ CMOS
2 of 10
Why is insulated wire, and not uninsulated wire, used to make coils?
To prevent a short circuit through the turns or wire or throughout the core
3 of 10
Explain how the moon stays in a circular orbit around the Earth.
Centripetal force
4 of 10
What is meant by media?
Material through which sound travels
5 of 10
How is a star able to produce energy?
The conversion of hydrogen to helium by fusion
6 of 10
The name of the galaxy which contains the solar system?
The Milky Way
7 of 10
What can be calculated from the time interval?
DISTANCE between the BOUNDARY and detector
8 of 10
Explain the purpose of slip rings and brushes.
To electrically connect without tangling wires
9 of 10
Explain how a generator gives an a.c rather than a d.c output.
Current is reversed/alternates every half turn
10 of 10

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Name a light detecting device used in a camera.

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Photographic FILM/ CCD/ CMOS

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Why is insulated wire, and not uninsulated wire, used to make coils?

Back

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Card 4

Front

Explain how the moon stays in a circular orbit around the Earth.

Back

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Card 5

Front

What is meant by media?

Back

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