A Level Physics 9702, topic 18.2
Uniform electric fields: past paper questions
5 Cambridge A Level Physics 9702 questions on Uniform electric fields (18.2) from 5 papers, 2023 to 2025. Open the paper or try a question free.
Practising builds a set from this topic, free with an account. One question opens straight away, with no account.
- Questions
- 5
- Papers
- 5
- Years
- 2023 to 2025
- Total marks
- 58
- Average per question
- 11.6 marks
- Largest question
- 13 marks
By type: Structured 5
What the syllabus asks
- recall and use E = ∆V/∆d to calculate the field strength of the uniform field between charged parallel plates
- describe the effect of a uniform electric field on the motion of charged particles
How hard the questions are
- Recall0
- Apply1
- Analyse4
- Not banded0
Derived from the command word Cambridge prints in each question, banded by a fixed table beside the syllabus's own definitions. A question printing no command word is unbanded: unknown, not middling.
Command words
- determineApply4 questions
establish an answer using the information available
- drawApply4 questions
- explainAnalyse4 questions
set out purposes or reasons/make the relationships between things evident/provide why and/or how and support with relevant evidence
- defineRecall3 questions
give precise meaning
- stateRecall3 questions
express in clear terms
- calculateApply1 question
work out from given facts, figures or information
- deriveAnalyse1 question
- show thatApply1 question
- useApply1 question
Where the questions come from
By year
- 20252
- 20242
- 20231
By session
- May/June4
- Oct/Nov1
By paper
- Paper 45
Questions on this topic
Showing 4 of 5, spread across the years. Open one to write your answer and have it marked.
- Try this questionQuestion 7May/June 2025, paper 41Structured10 marksHas a diagram
Define magnetic flux density.
- Try this questionQuestion 5May/June 2024, paper 41Structured13 marksHas a diagram
Define electric field.
- Try this questionQuestion 5Oct/Nov 2023, paper 42Structured11 marksHas a diagram
State Coulomb’s law.
- Try this questionQuestion 6May/June 2025, paper 42Structured11 marksHas a diagram
Two parallel metal plates X and Y are separated by a distance of , as shown in Fig. 6.1. There is a vacuum between the plates. An electron is at rest at the centre of plate X. A potential difference (p.d.) of is applied across the plates.