DP Physics (first assessment 2025)
Question 23M.2.SL.TZ1.9a
| Date | May 2023 | Marks available | [Maximum mark: 2] | Reference code | 23M.2.SL.TZ1.9a |
| Level | SL | Paper | 2 | Time zone | TZ1 |
| Command term | Suggest | Question number | a | Adapted from | N/A |
a.
[Maximum mark: 2]
23M.2.SL.TZ1.9a
(a)
Suggest why AC is the adiabatic part of the cycle.
[2]
Markscheme
ALTERNATIVE 1
«considering expansions from A» an adiabatic process will reduce/change temperature ✓
and so curve AC must be the steeper ✓
ALTERNATIVE 2
temperature drop occurs for BC ✓
therefore CA must increase temperature «via adiabatic process». ✓
