KWOK TAK SENG CATHOLIC SECONDARY SCHOOL

S.5 MOCK EXAMINATION 2004-05

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PHYSICS PAPER I Class

Question/Answer Book Class No.

7 - 3 -2005

Time allowed : 1 34 hours

Total no. of pages : 14
This paper must be answered in English

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INSTRUCTIONS

1. Write your Name, Class and Class Number in the 2

spaces provided on this cover.
2. This paper consists of TWO sections, Section A and 3
Section B. Section A carries 54 marks and Section B
carries 36 marks. 4
3. Answer ALL questions in each section. Write your
answers in the spaces provided in this Question- 5
Answer Book. Supplementary answer sheets will be
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supplied on request. Write your Class and Class
Number on each sheet and fasten them with string
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inside this book.
4. Some questions contains parts marked with an
asterisk (*). In answering these parts, candidates are 8
required to give paragraph-length answers. In each
of these parts, one mark is allocated to assess 9
candidates’ ability in effective communication.
5. Unless otherwise specified, numerical answers 10
should be either exact or correct to 3 significant
figures. 11
6. Take g = 10 m s-2 .
7. Unless otherwise specified, all the cells are assumed
to have negligible internal resistance.
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Useful Formulae in Physics

(a) Relationships between initial velocity u, uniform acceleration a, final velocity v and
displacement travelled s after time t :
v = u + at
2
s = ut + 21 at
2 2
v =u + 2 as

(b) Potential energy gained by a body of mass m when raised through a height h is mgh.

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(c) Kinetic energy of a body of mass m moving with speed v is 2 mv2

(d) Power = force × velocity

(e) Equivalent resistance of two resistors R1 and R2 :

(i) in series = R1 + R2

R1 R2
(ii) in parallel =
R1 + R2

(f) Power = potential difference × current

SECTION A (54 marks)

Answer ALL questions in this section and write your answers in the spaces provided.

Question No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Marks 5 5 11 5 7 6 6 9

1. A water wave of frequency 80 Hz is travelling from left to right on the water surface in a
glass ripple tank. The above diagram shows a snap-shot of the wave at a certain instant. A
cork is placed at point R.

(a) Describe the subsequent motion of the cork.

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(b) Find the wave velocity of the water wave.
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(c) Give two methods to increase the wavelength of the water wave.
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2. In Figure 7.72, Tom is looking at some small print on a piece of paper. Meanwhile, he
moves a glass block of uniform thickness 3 cm over the print. Then the print appears to
rise by 0.9 cm.

(a) Draw a ray diagram to show how Tom views the print through the glass
block.
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(b) What is the nature of the image?

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(c) Comment on and explain any changes of the image if the glass block is
replaced by a tank of water with a depth of 3 cm.
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3. A small block of mass 3 kg is projected up a rough slope as shown in Figure 3.62. It
eventually stops at point B and stays there. Figure 3.63 shows the speed of the block
during the uphill journey.
Hint : The friction between the block and the slope remains unchanged.

(a) Find the value of d.

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(b) Find the acceleration of the block.
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(c) Draw a force diagram of the block
(i) while the block is moving up the slope; and
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(ii) when the block remains at rest at B.

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(d) Find the frictional force acting on the block.

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4. There are two ways to store microchips properly: to put them in conductive envelopes and
to insert them into a foam board with aluminium foil attached.

conductive envelope

aluminium foil

foam board

(a) If a microchip is stored properly in a conductive envelope, is it possible to have

some of its terminals charged and some uncharged? Explain briefly.
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(b) It is known that microchips are easily damaged by sparks. Explain why it is
appropriate to store microchips in a conductive envelope.
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5. Mary sets up a circuit as shown in the following figure to find out how the voltage across
a light bulb relates to the current passing through it.
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(a) Mary has made a mistake in connecting the circuit. What is the mistake?
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(b) After fixing the mistake, Mary carries out the experiment and obtains the following
results:

Voltage across the bulb (V) / V 1.0 1.8 2.8 4.0 5.0 6.4
Current through the bulb (I) / A 0.3 0.6 0.9 1.3 1.6 1.9

(i) Plot a graph of V against I on graph paper.

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(ii) Explain why the graph is not a straight line.

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6. The adaptor in the following figure is used to charge batteries of mobile phones.

Input: 220 V ~ / 50 Hz / 24 mA
Output: 6 V / 150 mA

(a) Explain briefly why the plug has an earth pin even though it is made of plastic.
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(b) Calculate the input and output power of the adapter with the information on the
label. Hence, find the percentage of useful input power.
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(c) What happens to the difference between input and output power?
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7. Figure a shows a toy, magna doodle, which has a pen for writing on the display and a
“duster” for clearing the display.

display

slider of the duster

pen

Figure a
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The display of the doodle has three layers (Fig b). The front and the back layers are
transparent plastic sheets. The middle layer is a layer of hexagonal plastic lattice. Each cell
of the lattice is filled with a thick white liquid and tiny dark iron particles.

front

cell of the lattice filled

transparent
with thick white liquid
plastic sheets
and tiny dark iron
back particles
Figure b

(a) The display is white in the beginning. What can be seen on the display when a
magnet is put on it? Explain briefly
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(b) From (a),

(i) what should be put at the tip of the pen, so that it can write on the display?
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(ii) where should the “duster” be? And what is its working principle?
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8.
Radioactive iodine
Small doses of radioactive iodine can be used to help diagnose cancer of the thyroid.
When given in larger doses , radioactive iodine can be used to treat any remaining
cancer cells .
Radioactive iodine is only us eful for the detection and treatm ent of any cancer cells
that may remain once all of the healthy thyroid tiss ue has been removed.
The radioactive su bs tance used for treatm ent is the sam e as that used for
radioisotope scanning, bu t is given in m uch larger doses . It is eith er ta ken as a drink
or in capsule form, or injected into a vein in the arm. It is a way of giving
radiotherapy internally, rather than externally in the form of high-energy rays .
The thyroid cancer cells absorb the iodine and receive a very high dose of radiation,
which will help to destroy them . Radioactive iodine has very little effect on other
parts of the body s ince other cells do not absorb iodine as m uch as the thyroid cells .
Radioactive iodine treatment can be repeated if further tes ts show that there are
cancer cells left.

Iodine-123 ( 123 129 131

(a) 53 I) , iodine-129 ( 53 I) and iodine-131 ( 53 I) are radioactive isotopes

of iodine. I-123 has a half-life of 13.3 hours, I-129 has a half-life of 15.7 million
years and I-131 has a half-life of about 8 days. All of them emit beta particles upon
radioactive decay.
(i) Write a decay equation for I-129. Use “X” as the atomic symbol of the
daughter nuclide for the decay process.
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(ii) Which isotope is most suitable to be used in healing thyroid cancer?
Explain briefly.
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(b) When radiotherapy is given externally, which kind(s) of radioactive source should
not be used? Explain briefly.
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(c) Why radioactive isotope of iodine is suitable for healing thyroid cancer?
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SECION B (36 marks)
Answer ALL questions in this section and write your answers in the spaces provided.

Question No. 9 10 11
Marks 13 9 14

9. A white ball is shot towards a stationary red ball by a cue as shown below. The cue pushes
the white ball from rest with a constant force of 80 N for a distance of 0.5 cm. The white
ball moves along to hit the red ball. Mass of the white ball and the red ball are 250 g and
350 g respectively.

(a) Find the work done by the cue.

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(b) Find the velocity of the white ball just before hitting the red ball.
(2 marks)
(c) After impact, the red ball moves off with speed of 10 m s-1. What is the final
velocity of the white ball?
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(d) If the impact lasts for 0.04 s, what will be the average force acting on the red
ball?
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(e) In this kind of collison, 80% of the K.E. lost is converted to sound. The rest
of K.E. lost is converted to another form. State the name of this form and
calculate the amount of energy converted to this form.
(3 marks)

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10. A student performs an experiment to measure the specific heat capacity of a liquid. He uses an
electric heater to supply energy to the liquid. The following circuit diagram shows how the
current through the heating wire and the potential difference across it are measured. The
power of the heating wire is then calculated from the meter readings. The meter readings
are 500 mA and 12 V.

(a) Find the resistance of the heating wire.

(2 marks)
(b) The heating wire is then immersed completely in the liquid as shown below.
The mass of the liquid is 0.4 kg. The current is switched on for 30 minutes
and the temperature of the liquid increases from 25°C to 37°C.

(i) What is the function of the piece of cork?

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(ii) Find the energy supplied to the liquid.
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(iii) Calculate the specific heat capacity of the liquid.
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11. Mary has a set of Christmas tree lights as shown in the following figure. The set of lights
consists of twenty light bulbs rated at “11 V, 6 W” connected in series to the 220 V mains.

220 V
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(a) Find
(i) the current passing through the bulbs,
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(ii) the resistance of each bulb.
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(b) If the filament in one of the bulbs breaks, then all bulbs go out. Explain why this
happens.
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* (c) Mary purchases another set of lights identical to the one above. How does the
brightness of the light bulbs change if she connects two sets of lights in series and
in parallel? Explain your answer.
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(d) Some manufacturers use light bulbs as shown in the following figure for Christmas
tree lights. These light bulbs have resistors and filaments connected in parallel.

What is the purpose of the resistor in the light bulb? Explain your answer.
(2 marks)

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