Useful Formulae in Physics (a) Relationships between initial velocity u, uniform acceleration a, final veloc and Gpacemenavelled 7 afer tine 1 vewtat von w +2as (@)—Poteatilenegy gained by a body of mass when mised tough «height his mgh (©) Kineic energy of & body of mass m moving with speedy 1 bw’ (@ Power = force x velocity (©) Eauivletsesinune oto resistors Ry ad Rr () inseres = R, + Ry Ak input «A (Power = potential diference « cent 2003-CE-PHY 1-16 -15- OFesRREKS Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority ‘All Rights Reserves 2003 HONG KONG EXAMINATIONS AND ASSESSMENT AUTHORITY HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION 2003 PHYSICS PAPER 1 8.30 am~ 10.00. am (11% hours) ‘This paper must be answered in English ‘Answer ALL questions in Section A and any FOUR questions in Section B. ‘Write your answers in the answer book provided. For Section A, there is no ‘need to start each question on afresh page. Some questions contain parts marked with an asterisk (*). In answering these parts, candidates are required to give paragraph-length answers. In each of these parts, one mark is allocated to assess candidates’ ability in effective communication. Take g = 10ms* Unless otherwise specified, numerical answers should be either exact oF ‘correct to three significant figures, Unless otherwise specified, all the cells are assumed to have negligible internal resistance. ‘The last page of this question paper contains @ list of physics formulae which you may find useful. aac 2003-CE-PHY 1-1Section A (30 marks) ‘Answer ALL questions inthis section. Fig Source : Ming Pa, 5 Apri 201 Figure 1 shows Mr Donald Tsang, Chief Secretary for Administration ofthe Government ofthe HKSAR, holding his spectacles. (@) What kind of eye defect is Mr Tsang suffering from? (1 mark) (©) Draw a ray diagram to show how the ee defects comccted bythe spectacles, @ maa) 2003-CE-PHY 1-2 ‘Total Marks Candidate Number] | Centre Number | | Seat Number | on this page Fill in the first three boxes above and tie this sheet to your answer book. 2. @)_—_ Array of light travels from water to air with an angle of incidence 30°, The refractive index of water is 1.33. (Find the angle of refraction ofthe ray in air. (marks) Gi) Find the critical angle of water (marks) © ay asters Figure? Peter places a coin in an empty cup. As shown in Figure 2, he ‘cannot see the coin. After pouring some water into the cup, he finds that he can soe the coin without changing the position ofthe ‘cup or his eyes. In Figure 2, draw a ray diagram to illustrate how Peter can see the coin. marks) 2003-CE-PHY 1-32003-CE-PHY 1-4 This is a blank page. 2003-CE-PHY 1-5 -4- A_ squash ball of mass 0.024 kg travelling with a horizontal speed of 16m" is hit by a racket. After the impact, the ball travels with a speed of 20 ms" in the opposite direction. Assume the time of contact between the ball and the racket is 0.15 s, (@) Find the increase in kinetic energy of the ball. (2 marks) (©) Find the average force acting on the ball by the racket during the impact. (@ marks) ‘A balloon containing 0.01 m? of gas ata pressure of 100 kPa is placed inside ‘a chamber. Air s slowly pumped out of the chamber until the volume of the balloon is increased to 0.02’. Assume the temperature remains unchanged, (@) Explain, in terms of molecular motion, how the gas inside the balloon exerts a pressure on its inner surface (2 marks) (b) Find the final pressure inside the balloon, @ marks) (©) Sketch a graph to show the variation between the pressure inside the balloon and the volume ofthe balloon (mark)