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Elastic and plastic deformation past paper questions

Physics 9702 · Deformation of solids. Elastic limit and permanent stretching

In Cambridge A Level Physics 9702, Elastic and plastic deformation came up in 27 of the 140 papers on Paperstreak, for about 1 marks a paper when it does. It last came up in May/June 2025.

Often set with Stress, strain and Young modulus, Elastic potential energy, Hooke's law.

28 questions, newest first

1. 9702/11/M/J/25 Question 22 · 1 mark
2. 9702/12/M/J/25 Question 23 · 1 mark
3. 9702/12/F/M/25 Question 19 · 1 mark
4. 9702/21/O/N/24 Question 4 part (b(i)) · 1 mark
5. 9702/22/O/N/24 Question 3 parts (a(ii)) (c(iii)) · 3 marks
6. 9702/12/M/J/24 Question 18 · 1 mark
7. 9702/23/M/J/24 Question 3 part (b(ii)) · 1 mark
8. 9702/11/O/N/23 Question 19 · 1 mark
9. 9702/12/O/N/23 Question 19 · 1 mark
10. 9702/13/O/N/23 Question 19 · 1 mark
11. 9702/12/F/M/23 Question 19 · 1 mark
12. 9702/11/M/J/22 Question 20 · 1 mark
13. 9702/12/M/J/22 Question 20 · 1 mark
14. 9702/12/F/M/22 Question 19 · 1 mark
15. 9702/13/O/N/21 Question 21 · 1 mark
16. 9702/21/O/N/21 Question 3 part (b(iii)) · 2 marks
17. 9702/13/M/J/21 Question 21 · 1 mark
18. 9702/11/M/J/20 Question 20 · 1 mark
19. 9702/11/M/J/20 Question 21 · 1 mark
20. 9702/12/M/J/20 Question 20 · 1 mark
21. 9702/22/M/J/20 Question 5 part (d) · 1 mark
22. 9702/12/M/J/19 Question 22 · 1 mark
23. 9702/11/O/N/17 Question 20 · 1 mark
24. 9702/13/O/N/17 Question 20 · 1 mark
25. 9702/23/M/J/17 Question 4 part (c) · 1 mark
26. 9702/11/O/N/16 Question 21 · 1 mark
27. 9702/12/O/N/16 Question 21 · 1 mark
28. 9702/21/M/J/16 Question 4 part (c) · 1 mark

More in Deformation of solids: Hooke's law, Stress, strain and Young modulus, Measuring the Young modulus, Elastic potential energy.

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