Physics Problems. J10P33Q1 A ball player bounces a ball of mass 0.60 kg.

Its centre of mass moves down through a distance of 0.90 m, Ignore air resistance throughout this question. (a) Calculate the decrease in gravitational potential energy of the ball as it moves down through the 0.90 m.[2] (b) The ball hits the ground at 7.0 m/s. Calculate the initial energy given to the ball by the player.[3] (c) On another occasion, the player throws the ball into the air, to a height of 4.0 m above the ground. The ball then falls to the ground. During the impact, 22% of the balls energy is lost. (ii) Calculate the height to which the ball rises after the bounce. [2] J10P33Q3 An ornamental garden includes a small pond, which contains a pumped system that causes water to go up a pipe and then to run down a heap of rocks. The density of water is 1000 kg / m3. A volume of 1 litre is equal to 0.001 m3. (b) Calculate the work done raising 1 litre of water through a height of 0.8 m.[2] (c) The pump lifts 90 litres of water per minute. Calculate the minimum power of the pump.[2] (d) The pump is switched off. Immediately after the pump is switched off, what is the value of the water pressure at the bottom of the 0.8 m pipe, due to the water in the pipe?[2] J10P33Q7 A disused railway line has a length of 300 m. A man puts his ear against one end of the rail and another man hits the other end with a metal hammer, (ii) Sound travels at 5000 m / s in steel. Calculate the time it takes for the sound to travel along the rail.[2] J10P33Q9 The circuit in Fig. contains a 4.0 V battery, whose resistance can be ignored. There are also three resistors, a 3-position switch, S, and another component, P. (b) 2; 22; 2; A A Figure b Deduce the resistance of the 8; 8; B B S S circuit when switch S is Made by Mitesh V Mewada (impacttutorials@gmail.com) C C connected to (i) point A,[1] (ii) P P 4V 4V IMPACTTutorials point B.[3] (c) State the current in component P when S is in position C, and explain your answer.[2] (d) The 22 ; resistor is removed as shown in Fig.b; Showing your working, decide which switch position will result in energy release from the circuit at the rate IMPACTTutorials of 2W. J10P32Q6 A ray of monochromatic light passes through the glass prism shown in Fig. (d) Calculate the refractive index of the glass. [3] J10P31Q2 A car of mass 900 kg is travelling at a steady speed of 30 m / s against a resistive force of 2000 N (a) Calculate the kinetic energy of the car. [2] (b) Calculate the energy used in 1.0 s against the resistive force.[2] (c) What is the minimum power that the car engine has to deliver to the wheels?[1] J10P31Q5 A certain substance is in the solid state at a temperature of 36 C. It is heated at a constant rate for 32 minutes. The record of its temperature is given in table below (d) (i) The time/min 0 1 2 6 10 14 18 22 24 26 28 30 32 temperature/C 36 16 9 9 9 9 32 75 101 121 121 121 121 rate of heating is 2.0 kW. Calculate how much energy is supplied to the substance during the period 18 22 minutes. [2] (ii) The specific heat capacity of the substance is 1760 J / (kg C). calculate the mass of the substance being heated.

J10P31Q6(b) The waves have a speed of 0.12 m / s i the deep water. Wave crests are 0.08 m apart i the deep water. Calculate the frequency of the source producing the waves. State the equation that you use.[ 3] J10P31Q7(b) scientist in a laboratory made the following measurements shown in table time from start of storm/minutes 0.0 2.0 4.0 6.0 8.0 10.0 time between seeing lightning and hearing thunder/s 3.6 2.4 1.6 2.4 3.5 4.4 during a thunderstorm. (i) How many minutes after the storm started did it reach its closest point to the laboratory? [1] (iii When the storm started, it was immediately above a village 1200 m from the laboratory, calculate the speed of sound. [2] J10P31Q8 (a) The transformer is used to convert 240 V a.c. to 6 V a.c. The primary coil has 480 turns calculate the number of turns on the secondary coil.[ 2] (c) transformer supplying electrical energy to a factory changes the 11 000 V a.c. supply to 440 V a.c. for u se in the factory. The current in the secondary coil is 200 A. Calculate the current in the primary coil, assuming no losses from the transformer. [ 2] J10P31Q11 (a) A coil of wire is connected into a circuit containing a variable resistor and a battery. The variable resistor is adjusted until the potential difference across the coil is 1.8 V. In this condition, the current in the circuit is 0.45 A. Calculate (i) the resistance of the coil, [1] (ii) the thermal energy released from this coil in 9 minutes.[ 3] (b) The coil in part (a) is replaced by one made of wire which has half the diameter of that in (a). When the potential difference across the coil is again adjusted to 1.8 V, the current is only 0.30 A. Calculate how the length of wire in the second coil compares with the length of wire in the first coil. [4] N9P32Q5 A farmer uses an electric pump to raise water from a river in order to fill the irrigation channels that keep the soil in his fields moist. Every minute, the pump raises 12 kg of water through a vertical height of 3 m. (a) Calculate the increase in the gravitational potential energy of 12 kg of water when it is raised 3 m.[ 3] (b) Calculate the useful power output of the pump as it raises the water.[ 3] N9P32Q6 A vertical cylinder has a smooth well fitting piston in it. Weights can be added to or removed from a tray on the top of the piston. (a) Weights are added to the tray, (ii) The initial pressure of the trapped air is 1.05 10 5 Pa. When the weights are added, the volume of the air decreases from 860 cm 3 to 645 cm3. The temperature of the air does not change. Calculate the final pressure of the trapped air. [3] (iii) The area of the piston is 5.0 10 3 m2. Calculate the weight that is added to the piston. [4] N9P32Q9 (c)The piece of metal is heated in boiling water until it has reached the temperature of the water. It is then transferred rapidly to some water in a well insulated cup. A very sensitive thermometer is used to measure the initial and final temperatures of the water in the cup. specific heat capacity of water = 4200 J / (kg K) The readings from the experiment are as follows. mass of metal = 0.050 kg; mass of water in cup = 0.200 kg; initial temperature of water in cup = 21.1 C; final temperature of water in cup = 22.9 C (ii) Calculate the thermal energy gained by the water in the cup. State the equation that you use. [3] (iii) Assume that only the water gained thermal energy from the piece of metal, calculate the value of the specific heat capacity of the metal. Give your answer to 3 significant figures.

N9P32Q10 Alternating current electricity is delivered at 22 000 V to a pair of transmission lines. The transmission lines carry the electricity to the customer at the receiving end, where the potential difference is V. This is shown in Fig. 10.1. Each transmission line has a resistance of 3; (a) The a.c. generator actually generates at a much lower voltage than 22 000 V. (i) Suggest how the voltage is increased to 22 000 V.[1] (b) The power delivered by the generator is 55 kW. Calculate the current in the transmission lines. [2] (c) Calculate the rate of loss of energy from one of the 3; transmission lines.[2] (d) Calculate the voltage drop across one of the transmission lines.[2] (e) Calculate the potential difference V at the receiving end of the transmission lines.[2] N9P31Q4 (c)(ii) Calculate the force required to accelerate a mass of 60 kg at 2.5 m / s2.[2] J9P3Q4 (a) In an accident, a truck goes off the road and into a IMPACTTutorials ditch. Two breakdown vehicles A and B are used to pull the truck out of the ditch, as shown in Fig At one point in the rescue operation, breakdown vehicle A is exerting a force of 4000 N Made by Mitesh V Mewada and breakdown vehicle B is exerting a force of 2000 N. (i) Using (impacttutorials@gmail.com) a scale of 1 cm = 500 N, make a scale drawing to show the resultant force on the truck.[4] (ii) Use your diagram to find the magnitude and direction of the resultant force on the truck.[2] J9P3Q5 A wind turbine has blades, which sweep out an area of diameter 25 m. (a) The wind is blowing directly towards the wind turbine at a speed of 12 m / s. At this wind speed, 7500 kg of air passes every second through the circular area swept out by the blades. (i) Calculate the kinetic energy of the air travelling at 12 m/s, which passes through the circular area in 1 second.[3] (ii) The turbine converts 10% of the kinetic energy of the wind to electrical energy. Calculate the electrical power output of the turbine. State any equation that you use.[3] (b) On another day, the wind speed is half that in (a). (i) Calculate the mass of air passing through the circular area per second on this day.[1] (ii) Calculate the power output of the wind turbine on the second day as a fraction of that on the first day.[3] J9P3Q6 (a) A man squeezes a pin between his thumb and finger, The finger exerts a force of 84 N on the pinhead. The pinhead has an area of 6.0 105 m2. (i) Calculate the pressure exerted by the finger on the pinhead. (b) The density of the water in a swimming pool is 1000 kg / m3. The pool is 3 m deep. (i) Calculate the pressure of the water at the bottom of the pool. (ii) Another pool has the same depth of water but has twice the area. State the pressure of the water at the bottom of this pool.[1] J9P3Q8(e) The refractive index of medium A is 1.49. IMPACTTutorials Calculate the value of the angle of refraction of ray, showing all your working.[2] (f) The speed 12V S of light in air is 3.0 10 8 m / s. V Calculate the speed of light in IMPACTTutorials medium A, showing all your working.[2] A B J9P3Q10 The circuit shown in Fig. uses a 12 V battery. A and B 18; 18; are identical lamps, each designed to work from a 6 V supply. (a) Switch S is open, as shown in Fig. (i) State the value of 1. the potential difference (p.d.) across S, [1] 2. the reading on the voltmeter.[1] (b) Switch S is now closed.(i) State the new reading

on the voltmeter.[1] (iii) Under these conditions, each lamp has a resistance of 18 ;. Calculate the current in each lamp. (c) With switch S open, lamp B is connected in parallel with lamp A. With no current, each lamp has a resistance of 1.8 ; (i) Calculate the value of the combined resistance of A and B. N8P3Q1 (a) A truck of mass 12 kg is rolling down a very slight incline The truck travels at constant speed. (iii) The trucks acceleration is 2.0 m/s2. Calculate the resultant force on the truck.[2] (c) The friction force up the slope in (b)(iii) was 14.0 N. By suitable lubrication, the friction force is now almost totally removed. (i) Calculate the new acceleration of the truck.[3] (ii) The lubricated truck travels down the incline, starting from rest at the top of the incline. It takes 2.5 s to reach the bottom of the incline. Calculate its speed as it reaches the bottom of the incline.[2] Made by Mitesh V Mewada (impacttutorials@gmail.com) N8P3Q2 Fig. shows a circular metal disc of mass 200 g, freely pivoted at its centre. Masses of 100 g, 200 g, 300 g, 400 g, 500 g and 600 g are available, but only one of each value. These may be hung with string IMPACTTutorials from any of the holes. There are three small holes on each side of the centre, one at 4.0 cm from the pivot, one at 8.0 cm from the pivot and one at 12.0 cm from the pivot. The apparatus is to be used to show that there is no net moment of force acting on a body when it is in equilibrium. (a). Redraw the figure & on it draw two different value masses hanging from appropriate holes. The values of the masses should be chosen so that there is no net moment. Alongside the masses chosen, write down their values. [2] (c) Calculate the moments about the pivot due to the two masses chosen.[2] (d) Calculate the force on the pivot when the two masses chosen are hanging from the disc.[2] N8P3Q3 (a) A submarine descends to a depth of 70 m below the surface of water. The density of the water is 1050 kg/m3. Atmospheric pressure is 1.0 105 Pa. Calculate (i) the increase in pressure as it descends from the surface to a depth of 70 m,[2] (ii) the total pressure on the submarine at a depth of 70 m.[1] (b) On another dive, the submarine experiences a total pressure of 6.5 10 5 Pa. A hatch cover on the submarine has an area of 2.5 m2. Calculate the force on the outside of the cover.[2] N8P3Q5 Fig. shows apparatus that could be used to determine the specific latent heat of fusion of ice. (c) Using a 40 W heater, 16.3 g of ice is melted in 2.0 minutes. The heater is then switched off. In a further 2.0 minutes, 2.1 g of ice is melted. Calculate the value of the specific latent heat of IMPACTTutorials fusion of ice from these results.[4] N8P3Q8(b) The average charging current is 2.0 A for a battery and the battery takes 12 hours to charge fully.Calculate the charge that the battery stores when fully charged.[2] (d) (ii) There are two 6.0 V lamps connected to a 12 V battery so that both lamps glow with normal brightness. The power of each lamp is 8.0 W. Calculate the current in the circuit.[2] (iii) Calculate the energy used by the two lamps when both are lit for one hour.[2] (d) The step-up transformer has 1200 turns on the primary coil, calculate the number of turns Made by Mitesh V Mewada (impacttutorials@gmail.com) on its secondary coil. [2] (e) The input to the step-up transformer is 800 kW. calculate the current in the transmission cables.[3]

J8P3Q3 A cyclist rides up and then back down the hill shown Made by Mitesh V Mewada in Fig The cyclist and her bicycle have a combined mass of 90 kg. She pedals up to the top and then stops. She turns around and rides back to the bottom without pedalling or using her brakes. (a) Calculate the potential energy gained by the cyclist and her bicycle when she has reached the top of the hill.[2] (b) Calculate the maximum speed she could have when she arrives back at the starting point.[3] J8P3Q4 (c) Air is trapped by a piston in a cylinder. The pressure of the air is 1.2 105 Pa. The distance from the closed end of the cylinder to the piston is 75 mm. The piston is pushed in until the pressure of the air has risen to 3.0 105 Pa. Calculate how far the piston has moved.[4] J8P3Q7(b) the waves approaching the block have a speed of 3.0 108 m/s and an angle of incidence of 70. The refractive index of the glass of the block is 1.5. (i) Calculate the speed of light waves in the block.[2] (ii) Calculate the angle of refraction in the block.[2] J8P3Q8 Fig. is the plan of a small apartment that has four lamps as IMPACTTutorials 100W shown. Power for the lamps is supplied at 200 V a.c. and the lamps 260W Kitchen are all in parallel. (a) Draw a lighting circuit diagram so that there living room 60W is one switch for each room and one master switch that will turn Bath room off all the lamps. Label the lamps as 60 W or 100 W. (b) The 100 W lamp is switched on. Calculate (i) the current in the lamp, [2] (ii) the charge passing through the lamp in one minute.[2] (c) The three 60 W lamps are replaced by three energysaving ones, that give the same light output but are rated at only 15 W each. Calculate (i) the total reduction in power,[1] (ii) the energy saved when the lamps are lit for one hour.[2] N7P3Q2(b) A second car, of mass 0.12 kg, is released from P. It continues until it runs off the track at T. Calculate the maximum speed that the www.impacttutorials.info car could have at T assuming friction in the car is negligible.[3] N7P3Q3 (a) A spring of original length 3.0 cm is extended to a total length of 5.0 cm by a force of 8.0 N. Assuming the limit of proportionality of the spring has not been reached, calculate the force needed to extend it to a total length of 6.0 cm.[3] N7P3Q4(c) A sealed steel cylinder filled with high pressure steam. When all the steam has condensed, 75 g of water is in the cylinder. Under these high pressure conditions, the specific latent heat of vaporisation of steam is V 3200 J / g. Calculate the heat lost by IMPACTTutorials A1 the steam as it condenses.[2] P=4; Made by Mitesh V Mewada N7P3Q8(c) In circuit 1(on left), the A2 P=4 ; Q=4; ammeter reads 1.2 A when the switch A Q=6; is closed. Calculate the reading of the voltmeter in this circuit.[2] (e) When the switches are closed in circuit 2, ammeter 1 reads 5 A and ammeter 2 reads 2 A. Calculate (i) the current in resistor P,[1] (ii) the power supplied to resistor Q,[1] (iii) the energy transformed in resistor Q in 300 s.[1]

J7P3Q2 Fig. shows a steam safety valve. When the pressure gets too high, the steam lifts the weight W and allows steam Made by Mitesh V Mewada to escape. (b) The moment of weight W about the pivot is 12 N m. The perpendicular distance of the line of action of the force of the steam on the valve from the pivot is 0.2 m. The 2 area of the piston is 0.0003 m . Calculate (i) the minimum steam force needed for the steam to escape, [2] (ii) the minimum steam pressure for the steam to escape.[2] J7P3Q3 A student wishes to work out how much power she uses to lift her body when climbing a flight of stairs. Her body mass is 60 kg and the vertical height of the stairs is 3.0 m. She takes 12 s to walk up the stairs. (a) Calculate (i) the work done in raising her body mass as she climbs the stairs, [2] (ii) the output power she develops when raising her body mass.[2] J7P3Q4(c) The student calculates that the water loses 12 800 J and that the mass of ice melted is 30 g. Calculate a value for the specific latent heat of fusion of ice.[2] J7P3Q8 Fig. shows part of a low-voltage lighting circuit containing five identical lamps.(a) Redraw & Complete the circuit, by the addition of components as necessary, so that (i) the total current from the supply can be measured, (ii) the brightness of lamp E only can be varied, (iii) lamps C and D may be switched on and off together whilst lamps A, B and E remain on. [4] (b) All five lamps are marked 12 V, 36 W. Assume that the resistance of each lamp is the same fixed value regardless of how it is connected in the circuit. Calculate (i) the current in one lamp when operating at normal brightness[1] (ii) the resistance of one lamp when operating at normal brightness,[1] (iii) the combined resistance of two lamps connected in parallel with the 12 V supply, [1] (iv) the energy used by one lamp in 30 s when operating at normal brightness.[1] N6P3Q1 (a) A stone falls from the top of a building and hits the IMPACTTutorials ground at a speed of 32 m/s. The air resistance-force on the stone is very small and may be neglected. (i) Calculate the time of fall. N6P3Q2 In an experiment, forces are applied to a spring as. The results of this experiment are shown in Fig. (a) What is the name given to the point marked Q on Fig.[1] (d) The part OP of the graph shows the spring stretching according to the expression F = kx. Use values from the graph to calculate the value of k.[2] N6P3Q3(a) water falling over a dam. The vertical height that the water falls is 7.0 m. Calculate the potential energy lost by 1.0 kg of water during the fall.[2] (b) Assuming all this potential energy loss is changed to kinetic energy of the water, calculate the speed of the water, in the vertical direction, at the end of the fall.[3] Email: impacttutorials@gmail.com N6P3Q4 Some water is heated electrically in a glass beaker in an experiment to find the specific heat capacity of water. The temperature of the water is taken at regular intervals. 1. the temperature rise in the first 120s is (40 20=)20C; 2. the temperature rise in the second 120 s interval is(55 40=)15C, (ii) Explain why these values are different.[2] (b) The experiment is repeated in an insulated beaker. This time, the temperature of the water increases from 20 C to 60 C in 210 s. The beaker contains 75 g of water. The power of the heater is 60 W. Calculate the specific heat capacity of water.[4] www.impacttutorials.info N6P3Q8(d) Three lamps are connected in parallel with a 12V d.c. power supply if the current in lamp Z is 3.0 A. Calculate the resistance of this lamp[2](e) (ii) The current in lamp X is 1.0 A. Calculate the current supplied by the battery with lamp Y removed.[2]

Marks:78 Time: 1 hour J6P3Q2 A student sets up the apparatus shown in Fig. in order to find the resultant of the two tensions T1 and T2 acting at P. When the tensions T1, T2 and T3 are balanced, the angles between T1 and the vertical and T2 and the vertical are as marked on Fig. draw a scale diagram of the forces T1 and T2. Use the diagram to find the IMPACTTutorials resultant of the two forces.[6] www.impacttutorials.info J6P3Q3 An electric pump is used to raise water from a well, (b) The water is raised through a vertical distance of 8.0 m. The weight of water raised in 5.0 s is 100 N. (i) Calculate the work done in raising the water in this time.[1](ii) Calculate the power the pump uses to raise the water.[1] Mitesh V Mewada (impacttutorials@gmail.com) IMPACTTutorials J6P3Q4(c) A laboratory determination of the specific latent heat of vaporisation of water uses a 120 W heater to keep water boiling at its boiling point. Water is turned into steam at the rate of 0.050 g / s. Calculate the value of the specific latent heat of vaporisation obtained from this experiment. Show your working.[3]Mitesh V Mewada (impacttutorials@gmail.com) J6P3Q5(c) A toilet flush is operated by the compression of air. The air inside the flush has a pressure of 1.0 105 Pa and a volume of 150 cm3. When the flush is operated the volume is 12Vd.c. reduced to 50 cm3. The temperature of the air remains constant during this process. Calculate the new pressure of the air inside the flush. [2] IMPACTTutorials J6P3Q8 Fig. shows an electrical circuit having one meter resistance C R=4; wire(AB). The resistance of the lamp is 4.0 when it is at its normal A B brightness. (a) The lamp is rated at 6.0 V, 9.0 W. Calculate the current in the lamp when it is at its normal brightness.[2] (b) The sliding contact C is moved to A. The lamp lights at its normal brightness. Calculate (i) the total circuit resistance,[1] (ii) the potential difference across the 4.0 resistor R.[1] (d) The 1 m wire between A and B, as shown in Fig, has a resistance of 2.0 . Calculate the resistance between A and B when (i) the 1 m length is replaced by a 2 m length of the same wire, [1] (ii) the 1 m length is replaced by a 1 m length of a wire of the same material but of only half the cross-sectional area.[1] J6P3Q9(c) A transformer is needed to step down a 240 V a.c. supply to a 12 V a.c. output. The output current is 1.5 A. Calculate (i) the power output,[1] (ii) the energy output in 30 s. J6P3Q10(b) An electrostatic generator sets up a current of 20 mA in a circuit. Calculate (i) the charge flowing through the circuit in 15 s, (ii) the potential difference across a 10 k resistor in the circuit.[3] Mitesh V Mewada (impacttutorials@gmail.com) Centre of 4N N5P3Q1(c) Fig shows three forces acting on an object of mass 0.5 mass 9N 3N kg. All three forces act through the centre of mass of the object. IMPACTTutorials Calculate the (ii) the magnitude of the acceleration of the object.[2] N5P3Q2.) Fig. shows apparatus for investigating moments of forces. The uniform metre rule shown in www.impacttutorials.info Fig. is in equilibrium (b) Find the value of the reading on the spring balance.[2] (c) The weight of the uniform metre rule is 1.5N. Calculate the force (with direction) exerted by the pivot on the metre rule [2] N5P3Q3.A pond is kept at a constant depth by a pressure-operated valve in the base. (a) The pond is kept at a depth of 2.0 m. The density of water is 1000 kg/m3.Calculate the water pressure on the valve. [2] (b) The force required to open the valve is 50 N. The valve will open when the water depth reaches 2.0m. Calculate the area of the valve.[2]34

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N5P3Q4 (b) In an experiment, 120 g of ice at 0 C is to be melted. The specific latent heat of ice is 340 J/g. Assume that all the energy from the heater will be used to melt the ice. Calculate the expected time for which the 60 W heater is switched on.[2] N5P3Q6(b) The frequency of the sound wave leaving X is 400 Hz & The speed of the sound wave leaving X is 330 m/s. what will be the frequency of the reflected sound wave if the reflecting surface is 35meters from point X. [4] N5P3Q8 A high-voltage supply connected across two metal plates. (b) draw the electric field lines between the plates and indicate their direction by arrows. [2] (c) The metal plates are now joined by a high-resistance wire. A charge of 0.060 C passes along the wire in 30 s. Calculate the reading on the ammeter.[2] (d) The potential difference of the supply is re-set to 1500 V and the ammeter reading[3] N5P3Q9(c) Fig shows a digital circuit made from using different types of gates Mitesh V Mewada (impacttutorials@gmail.com) (i) Make a table to write all possible www.impacttutorials.info IMPACTTutorials combinations of HIGH and LOW for each of the box labelled a to d [4] J5P3Q6(d) A light ray is incident on a glass block at an angle of 30o with respect to the normal, calculate the speed of light in the glass if the angle of refraction is 48o. [4] J5P3Q8(c) When the circuit on the left is switched on, the 6V d.c. ammeter reads 0.50 A. (i) Calculate the value of the unknown www.impacttutorials.info resistor. [2] (ii) Calculate the charge passing through the 3.0 Q P=3; A resistor in 120 s. [1] (iii) Calculate the power dissipated in the 3.0 resistor.[2] Mitesh V Mewada (impacttutorials@gmail.com) 12V d.c. N4P3Q7 Fig. on right shows a 12 V battery connected to a number 4; IMPACTTutorials of resistors. (a) Calculate the current in the 8 resistor.[2] (b) A 4; Calculate, for the resistors connected in the circuit, the combined 8; resistance of (i) the two 5 resistors, (ii) the two 4 resistors.[2] (c) 5; 5; The total current in the two 4 resistors is 6 A. Calculate the total power dissipated in the two resistors.[2] (d) What will be the reading on a voltmeter connected across (i) the two 4 resistors,(ii) one 5 resistor?[2] (e) The 8 resistor is made from a length of resistance wire of uniform cross-sectional area. State the effect on the resistance of the wire of using (i) the same length of the same material with a greater crosssectional area,(ii) a smaller length of the same material with the same cross-sectional area.[2] N4P3Q11 (a) The decay of a nucleus of radium leads to the emission of an -particle and leaves behind a nucleus of radon (Rn). write an equation to show this decay. [2] (b) In an experiment student setup apparatus to find the range of -particles in air, draw a labelled diagram of the, set up.[2] The results of this experiment are shown below. IMPACTTutorials count rate / (counts/minute) 681 562 441 382 317 20 19 21 19 distance from source to detector/cm 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 (i) State what causes the count rate 9 cm from the source. (ii) Estimate the count rate that is due to the source at a distance of 2 cm. (iii) Suggest a value for the maximum distance that -particles can travel from the source. (iv) Justify your answer to (iii).[4]44 Physics Problem Test Answers

J6P3Q2 any closed triangle or parallelogram; forces in correct directions relative to each other; resultant indicated; resultant 7.7-8.1 N; scale stated resultant vertically upwards[6] J6P3Q3 (b)(i) Work = (mg)h = (100 8) = 800 J; [1] (ii) power = (800/5) = 160 W[1] J6P3Q4(c) Energy = Power t = mL; @120 1 = 0.05 L; L = 120/0.05 = 2400 J/g[3] J6P3Q5(c) P1V1 = P2V2; @1105150 = P250; @P2 = 3 105 Pa[2] J6P3Q8(a) I = P/V =9/6 = 1.5A [2]; (b)(i) 8ohm;[1] (ii) 6V[1] (d)(i) 4 ohm;[1] (ii) (as lo = ln=1m) @ RoAo = RnAn @2Ao = Rn( Ao/2) Rn = 22Ao/ Ao = 4 ohm[1] J6P3Q9(c) (i)P=VI =121.5=18W [1]; (ii)E=Pt=1830=540J [1] J6P3Q10(b)(i) Q = It = 0.0215 = 0.30C[2] (ii)V = 0.0210000=200V[2] N5P3Q1(c).9N 7N = 2N; mass = F/a = 2/0.5 = 4kg[2] N5P3Q2(b) 30spring balance reading = 406; spring balance reading = 8.0N[2] (c) 0.5 N downwards [2] N5P3Q3(a) P = hdg = 2100010 = 20 000Pa or N/m2[2] A=F/P= 50/20 000 = 0.0025m2[2] N5P3Q4(b) Energy = Power time = mass latent heat; 60t = 120340; t = 680s[2] N5P3Q6(b) NO CALCUALTION required frequency is unchanged which is 400Hz[4] N5P3Q8(b) at least 3 parallel, straight lines plate to plate, with arrows from positive to negative [2] (c) I= Q/t = 30/0.06 = 0.002A[2] (d) E = VIt = 15000.00810 = 120J[2] N5P3Q9(c)(i) Input 1 Input 2 a b c d 1 1 0 0 0 1 4 marks 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 J5P3Q6(d) As (Sin 48)/(Sin 30)=1.486; Speed in glass =3108 1.486 = 2.02108m/s[4] J6P3Q8(c) R = V/I 3 + R = 6/0.5 R = 12 3 = 9 ;[2] (ii) Q = It = 0.5120 = 60C[1] (iii)P = I2R = 0.523.0 = 0.253 = 0.75W[2] N4P3Q7(a) I = V/R = 12/8 = 1.5A; [2] (b)(i) 10; [1]; (ii) 2;[1]; (c)P=V2/R = 122/2 = 72W[2] (d)(i)12V[1] (ii)6V[1] (e)(i)Resistance decreases[1] (ii)Resistance decreases[1] N4P3Q11 (a) Correct equation; [2] (b)Correct diagram [2] (i) radiation from surroundings/background radiation (ii) 532 to 552 counts/min (iii) 5/6 cm (iv) beyond 5/6 cm no alpha, only background radiation[4]