Density past paper questions

O Level Physics 5054 · Density. 1 Define density as mass per unit volume; recall and use the equation density = mass volume ρ = m V 2 Describe how to determine the density of a liquid, of a regularly shaped solid and of an irregularly shaped solid which sinks in a liquid (volume by displacement), including appropriate calculations

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5054/11/O/N/25 Question 7 · 1 mark
5054/11/O/N/25 Question 11 · 1 mark
5054/22/O/N/25 Question 3 part (a(i)) · 2 marks
5054/11/M/J/25 Question 5 · 1 mark
5054/12/M/J/25 Question 7 · 1 mark
5054/12/O/N/24 Question 7 · 1 mark
5054/21/O/N/24 Question 1 part (a) · 2 marks
5054/41/O/N/24 Question 1 parts (a(v)) (c) · 4 marks
5054/42/O/N/24 Question 1 parts (c) (e) (f) (g(ii)) · 5 marks
5054/11/M/J/24 Question 1 · 1 mark
5054/11/M/J/24 Question 4 · 1 mark
5054/22/M/J/24 Question 2 part (a(i)) · 2 marks
5054/41/M/J/24 Question 1 parts (a(iii)) (b(iii)) · 2 marks
5054/12/O/N/23 Question 4 · 1 mark
5054/11/M/J/23 Question 6 · 1 mark
5054/12/M/J/23 Question 7 · 1 mark
5054/42/M/J/23 Question 1 parts (a(iii)) (b(ii)) (c(ii)) · 3 marks
5054/12/O/N/22 Question 11 · 1 mark
5054/22/O/N/22 Question 2 part (a) · 2 marks
5054/41/O/N/22 Question 3 parts (a) (b(ii)) (b(iii)) · 4 marks
5054/11/M/J/22 Question 5 · 1 mark
5054/12/M/J/22 Question 6 · 1 mark
5054/42/M/J/22 Question 1 part (e(ii)) · 1 mark
5054/11/O/N/21 Question 6 · 1 mark
5054/12/O/N/21 Question 7 · 1 mark
5054/22/O/N/21 Question 1 parts (b) (c) · 6 marks
5054/11/M/J/21 Question 7 · 1 mark
5054/12/M/J/21 Question 7 · 1 mark
5054/11/O/N/20 Question 9 · 1 mark
5054/22/O/N/20 Question 1 part (a) · 3 marks
5054/11/M/J/20 Question 11 · 1 mark
5054/12/M/J/20 Question 10 · 1 mark

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