O Level Physics 5054, topic 2.3.2
Convection: past paper questions
12 Cambridge O Level Physics 5054 questions on Convection (2.3.2) from 11 papers, 2023 to 2026. 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
- 12
- Papers
- 11
- Years
- 2023 to 2026
- Total marks
- 59
- Average per question
- 4.9 marks
- Largest question
- 10 marks
By type: Multiple choice 6 · Structured 6
How hard the questions are
- Recall0
- Apply0
- Analyse6
- Not banded6
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
- explainAnalyse5 questions
set out purposes or reasons / make the relationships between things clear / say why and/or how and support with relevant evidence
- calculateApply4 questions
work out from given facts, figures or information
- describeApply3 questions
state the points of a topic / give characteristics and main features
- stateRecall2 questions
express in clear terms
- determineApply1 question
establish an answer using the information available
- suggestAnalyse1 question
apply knowledge and understanding to situations where there are a range of valid responses in order to make proposals / put forward considerations
- useApply1 question
Where the questions come from
By year
- 20261
- 20253
- 20243
- 20235
By session
- May/June6
- Oct/Nov6
By paper
- Paper 16
- Paper 26
Questions on this topic
Showing 9 of 12, spread across the years. Open one to write your answer and have it marked.
- Try this questionQuestion 6May/June 2026, paper 21Structured9 marksHas a diagram
Figure 6.1 shows two identical car headlamps connected in parallel to the battery of a car. The lamps are filament lamps. Figure 6.1 The switch is closed, and both lamps operate at normal brightness.
- Try this questionQuestion 5Oct/Nov 2025, paper 21Structured10 marksHas a diagram
An iron beaker containing liquid X is placed on the bench in a laboratory. Liquid X begins to evaporate slowly. Explain why the evaporation causes the temperature of liquid X to decrease.
- Try this questionQuestion 22Oct/Nov 2023, paper 12Multiple choice1 markHas a diagram
Cotton wool is a good thermal insulator. It consists of many threads of cotton which are tangled together to make a material which can easily be pulled apart or compressed. The diagram shows the structure of cotton wool.
- Try this questionQuestion 3Oct/Nov 2024, paper 22Structured8 marksHas a diagram
Fig. 3.1 shows a laboratory freezer. The door is closed and the freezer is switched on. A cold liquid is pumped through the copper pipe at the top of the freezer.
- Try this questionQuestion 23Oct/Nov 2023, paper 12Multiple choice1 markHas a diagram
A metal kettle is heated on a grid above red-hot glowing coal. What are the main thermal energy transfers through the bottom of the kettle and within the water?
- Try this questionQuestion 4May/June 2025, paper 21Structured7 marksHas a diagram
Evaporation of water from the surface of the skin causes cooling. Describe, using ideas about particles, how evaporation causes cooling.
- Try this questionQuestion 3Oct/Nov 2023, paper 21Structured10 marks
When the temperature of a liquid increases, the kinetic energy of its particles increases and the liquid expands. Explain, by referring to particles, why a liquid expands when heated.
- Try this questionQuestion 18May/June 2023, paper 12Multiple choice1 mark
Which statement describes the transfer of thermal energy in a liquid by convection?
- Try this questionQuestion 1May/June 2023, paper 21Structured9 marksHas a diagram
An aircraft pulls a glider along a runway as shown in Fig. 1.1. Fig. 1.2 shows the speed of the glider during the first 12 s of the motion. Describe the motion of the glider in the first 12 s.