AQA A-Level PHYSICS PAPER1 SPECIMEN QUESTION PAPER 2021(HIGHLY REVISED SPECIMEN )

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AQA A-Level
PHYSICS
PAPER1
SPECIMEN
QUESTION
PAPER 2021

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SPECIMEN MATERIAl




A-level
PHYSICS
(7408/1)
Paper 1

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Specimen 2021 Morning Time allowed: 2 hours
Materials
For this paper you must have:
• a pencil
• a ruler
• a calculator
• a data and formulae booklet.

Instructions
• Answer all questions.
• Show all your working.

Information
• The maximum mark for this paper is 85.




Please write clearly, in block capitals, to allow character computer recognition.

Centre number Candidate number

Surname

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Section A

Answer all questions in this section.




0 1 A common type of smoke detector contains a very small amount of

americium-241, 241Am
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0 1 . 1 Determine the number of each type of nucleon in one americium-241 nucleus.
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type of nucleon number

type of nucleon number


0 1 . 2 Americium-241 is produced in nuclear reactors through the decay of

plutonium, 241Pu
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State the decay process responsible for the production of americium-241. Explain
your answer.
[2 marks]