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Physics
Class Test - February 2015

Advanced Subsidiary
Unit 2: Physics at work (Waves)
1. A simplest standing wave in a string has a length in terms of wavelength equal to
A.

B. /2

C. /4

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D. 3/4

2. The diagram shows a wave on a rope. The wave is travelling from left to right.

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At the instant shown, point L is at a maximum displacement and point M has zero displacement. Which row in
the table correctly describes the motion of points Land M during the next half cycle of the wave?

3.The diagram shows three possible stationary waves on a string of length 1.20m stretched between fixed points
X and Y

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(i) Wave A has a frequency of 110Hz.

Complete the table below to show the wavelengths and frequencies of the three waves.

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( i i ) E a c h o f t h e w a v e s h a s n o d e s a t X a n d Y. E x p l a i n w h y t h e s e p o i n t s m u s t b e n o d e s
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4. A tank is filled with water with an oil surface above it. A narrow beam of light is incident at an angle 60
If the refractive index of oil is 1.28 and water is 1.34
Calculate
(a). Angle of refraction in oil

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(b). Angle of refraction in water

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(c). Angle of refraction in water when the oil layer is removed

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5. It has been suggested that tigers use infrasound low frequency sound inaudible to humans-to keep rivals
away from their territory and to attract mates. Sound is a longitudinal wave.
(a) Describe how sound travels through the air.

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(b) State what is meant by frequency.

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(c) The frequency range of the sound produced by the tigers extends down to 18 Hz. Calculate the wavelength
in air for sounds of this frequency. Speed of sound in air = 330 m s1

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6. If you look into a fish pond on a bright sunny day, you sometimes cannot see the fish because of the glare of
light reflected off the surface. When the sunlight is reflected off the surface of the water it is partially planepolarised.
(a) State the difference between plane-polarised and unpolarised light.

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(b) Explain how Polaroid sunglasses can enable the fish to be seen.

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(c) State why sound waves cannot be polarised.

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7.A rainbow is one of the most beautiful sights in nature. Each raindrop acts as a circular prism, splitting up the
white light into its constituent colours. Some of the light is reflected inside the raindrop. We only see a single
colour of light from any one raindrop, as shown in Figure 1.

Only the red light leaves this raindrop at the correct angle to reach the observers eye. Similarly, there will be
another raindrop in which only the violet light leaves at the correct angle to be seen by the observer. This is why
a rainbow appears as a range of coloursr
(a) On the above figure label an angle of incidence with an i and an angle of refraction with an r

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(b) The refractive index of water for red light is 1.3. Calculate the angle of refraction when a ray
of red light enters the raindrop at an angle of incidence of 27.
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(c) State what is meant by critical angle

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(d) Calculate the critical angle for a raindrop

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(e) F i g u r e s h o w s t h a t r e d l i g h t i s r e f r a c t e d l e s s t h a n v i o l e t l i g h t b y t h e r a i n d r o p .
Comment on the refractive index of water for red light compared to that for violet light.

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