Index Number Anglo - Chinese School (Independent) Mid-Year Examination 2003 ‘Secondary Three PHYSICS 5052/2 PAPER2 Theory Tuesday 43 May 2003 4 hour 45 minutes INSTRUCTION TO CANDIDATES Write your index number in the spaces at the fop of this page and on any separate answer paper used. Section A Answer all questions. Write your answers in the spaces provided on the question paper. Section B Answer all questions. . Write your answers in the spaces provided on the question paper. At the end of the examination, fasten any separate answer paper used securely to the question paper. INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES ‘The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question, Candidates are reminded that all quantitative answers should include appropriate units, Candidates are advised to show all their working in a clear and orderly manner, as more marks are awarded for sound use of physics than for correct answers. (“FOR EXAMINER'S USE_| Section (Section B_| “This question paper consists of 16 printed pages and 2 blank pages. (Turn over‘Séc3MidYear2003/ACS(I) a 2 Page 2 of 16 Section A Answer ail the questions in this section. At (a) Amicrometer screw gauge is used to measure the thickness of atile, Zero error Thickness of tile () Whatis the zero error? iia} (ii) State the correct thickness of the tile. 2] ‘Show clearly how you obtained this answer. © (b) A vemier calipers is used to measure the diameter of'a glass marble. To) a 0 5 10 What is the diameter of the marble? a i A2 A rock of mass 2.0 kg is dropped from rest at the top of @ clif and hits the surface of the sea after 4.0 s. Taking the acceleration due to gravity, g, as 10 m/s*; calculate (a)__ the height of the clift. 2 {b) the vertical velocity of the rock at the point of entry into The “water (2)SecSMidVearzonaacgy) Page 30616 au) 3 () the acceleration of the rock at the point of entry into the water.[1] A3 (a) A bike of mass 200 kg, travelling at 20 mis, needs to come to Os. rest in 5, Calculate the deceleration, and hence the braking force needed f0 stop the bike, BI te) A 10 N weight Suspended by a string is acted upon by a horizontal force of 5.0 N to the right. By drawing a scale diagram, find the resultant force of the Weight and the horizontal force. 2Sec3MidYear2003/ACS(!} 4 Page 4 of 16 4 (a) What causes a moving body to resist a change in its state of tt motion ? (b) Jeremy was travelling on 4 ous and he was standing in the middle [2] portion of the bus. When the bus driver jammed on the brakes, a first aid box slid from the rear of the bus and hit his legs. Explain why this happened. {c)_ When block of ste! is hung in air from a spring balance, the reading is 9.6 N. The force of gravity on a 1.0 kg mass is 10.0 N. (i), Whatis the weight of the block of metal? tt) (ii) Calculate the mass of the steé! Biock. ati) Ul AS The diagram below shows the essential features of a simple crane used for lifting blocks which are attached to the hook H. a 2am P pee chain a u cconerie mass fa ee ‘weight fae 800) (a) With na blocks suspended from H, the crane arm balances horizontally when the position of the concrete mass is adjusted so that dis 0.60 m. Calculate the moment of the weight of the concrete mass about the pivot P. 2Sec3MidYear2003/ACS\() : 5 Page 5 of 16 (b) A mechanism on the right-hand side moves the conorete mass away from the pivot P until the blocks are lifted from the ground. Calculate the weight of the blocks just lifted off the ground when d=17m. (3) AG (a) Define the term pressure: ; tl = pen : (b) The diagram shows a piece of glass being lifted by a suction cup. Airis removed from the cup by a vacuum pump and a partial vacuum is created inside the cup. Atmospheric pressure outside pushes the glass on the up. “The area of the(giass covered by the cup is 0.0025 m?. The pressure inside the cup is reduced to 60 000 Pa. Aunospheric pressure outside is 100 000 Pa. (i) State the formula that relates pressure to force and,o area. [1] (i Calculate the greatest weight of glass that can be lifted with the cup. (2)sao Sec3htisYear2003/ACS(I) oa 6 Page 6 of 16 . (ili) State one change that would allow a suction cup to lift a heavier piece of glass. (1) AT The diagram shows two vertical tubes P and Q, each closed at the upper end: The pressure in the space above the mercury meniscus in tube P is, negligibly small. There is a small amount of air in the space in the tube Q. The density of mercury is 1.36x10* kg/m®. The gravitational force on a mass of 1.00 kg is 10.0 N. {a) Using the data given in the diagram, determine (4) (i) the atmospheric pressure, in Pa, as shown by the mercury column in tube P, (ii) the pressure exerted by the mercury column in tube Q. (b) Hence, determine the pressure (in Pa), exerted by the air in the space at the top of tube QSec3MidYear2003/ACS(!) Page 7 of 16 |A8. The diagram shows a hand-operated hydraulic press. I piston Q area 400 cm? Ee oil AA force is applied downwards at X as shown. When piston P moves a enwards, valve A closes, valve B opens and ofl is forced through to raise piston Q in the slave cylinder. (a) The area of piston P is 20 cm? and the area of piston Q.is 400 cm’. Piston P exerts a downward force of 300 Non the oil. | Nicmn?, exerted by piston P.on the oil. (i) Calculate the pressure, in . ( (ji) Calculate the force exerted by the oif in piston Q tt) (b) Piston P moves down 5.Qcm. Assuming that thelvolume of oii that moves out of the master cylinder flows totally to the slave cyinaeh, calculate the distance the piston Q rises. (21Sec3MidYear2003/ACS(I) . 8 Page 8 of 16 AQ (a) Assyringe contains trapped air as shown. The piston inside the syringe is free to move up and down in the syringe. When the syringe is placed in hot water, the air inside expands as shown. piston trapped att seal Explain in terms of the motion of the molecules, (i) why the air inside exerts a pressure on the piston, 2] (ii) why the piston is pushed upwards when the syringe is placed in hot water. (2) (b) Another syringe contains 80 cm* df trapped air at room temperature. The piston is pushed slowly downwards, compressing the air. Some information about the air inside the syringe is given in the table below. ___ 2] before compression |_after compression volume ofair 80 cm 20 om? [emperature of air 25°C _ ~ 25°C pressure of air ___1.0x10? Pa Calculate the pressure P of the air after the compression M1Sec3MidYear2003/ACS(I) 9 Page 9 of 16 . (10 The diagram shows the path of a ball thrown into the air. c (a) . (i) State at which point A, B, C or D the ball travels the slowest. [Ignore air resistance.) (1 a (ii) _ Explain your choice in (j). You should write about the kinetic energy and the potential energy of the ball. [1] (b) The mass of the ball is 0.20 kg. At point‘A, the ball has kinetic energy of 2.5 J. Taking the gravitational force on a mass of 1.0 kg as 10 N, calculate 3] (i) the weight of the ball. (ii) the speed of the ball at point A.Sec3Mid¥ear2003/ACS() 10 Page 10 of 16 Section B ‘Answer all the questions from this section. Question B13 has a choice of section to answer. B11 Avan, starting from rest, accelerates uniformly for 10 s until it reaches a speed of 15 mis. It continues to travel at this speed for a further 25 s. (a) Define acceleration. 1] (b) Calculate the acceleration of the van for the first 10 s. [2] | (c) Calculate the distance travelled by the van in 35 s. i (4) Acar, starting from rest and from the same place as the van, but at t ='15.0 s, accelerates uniformly until it catches up with the van after 20 s. The following diagram shows the velocity-time graph of the car and the van. Velocity m/s 0 10 18 to. 35Sec3MidVear2003/ACS(I) u Page 11 of 16 . (i) Calculate the velocity, v, of the car at the point that it catches up the van. Assume that both vehicles have covered the same distance at the 35" second. | a ) Calculate the time, t,-at which the car and the van both attain the speed of 15 m/s. [Hint: The acceleration of the car at any time between 15 s and 35 sis the same] (31 B12(a) State what is meant by moment of a force. Write down a unitin [2] which it can be measured. " (b) The following figure shows an electrically operated railway- crossing barrier. The barrier is pivoted at P and, in order to make it easier to raise the arm of the barrier, the weight of the arm is balanced by the counter-weight M. counterweight 949m wciaht 940 ease 7 ‘The weight of the arm is 200 N and its centre of mass is 2.40 m from P. The centre of Mf is 0.40 m from P. Calculate W, the weight of M, assuming that it just balances the weight of the arm. Show clearly how you arrived at the answer. (2Sec3MidYear2003/ACS(!) aa 12 Page 12 of 16 (c) Figure 12.1 shows a long, rigid, curved pole balanced at its midpoint M on a taut horizontal wire. One end of the pole is pushed upwards slightly by means of a vertical force F, as shown in Fig, 12.2. The cross, labelled C, shows the position of the centre of mass of the pole in each diagram. wie oy wire “6 #e xe Le Fig. 124 Fig. 122 (i) On Fig. 12.1, draw an arrow to show the direction of weight of the [1] pole with the arrow starting the point at which the weight acts. (ii) On-Fig. 12.2, the pole is balanced by force F and two more forces. On Fig. 12.2, draw arrows to show the positions and directions of thesé two forces. 2 (iil) Force F is now taken away. State and explain what will happen to the pole as soon as F is taken away. 2 {iv) State one possible change to the pole so that a greater force F can be exerted on the pole and still keeps the pole balanced without toppling. fa}EITHER The diagram shows a car, initially at rest, rolling down a hill with its engine tured off A student uses ideas about energy to produce a spreadsheet to model the motion of the car. The student assumes that there is no air resistance or friction. ‘The student's spreadsheet is shown below. A B c D 7 height gravitational Kinetic ‘speed ofcarinm | ‘potential energyinJ | energy in J | . of carin z ms 2 | top of hill 4118000 Ea 0 0.0 3 100 | ‘860000 | 258000 24.5 4 80 688000 430000 [31.6 5 60 516000 602000 37.4 (eH eeame 40) 344000 [774000 | _42.4 7 20 172000 946000 “46.9 8 0 0 ‘The mass of the car used in the calculations is 860 kg. Taking g, the gravitational field strength, as 10 N/kg. (a) (Explain how values for the gravitational potential energy in column B are calculated from values of the height of the car in column A.‘Sec3MidYear2003/ACS(i) 14 Page 14 of 16 - (ii) Calculate the height of the top of the hill. (4) (b) (i) State the principle of conservation of energy. (ii) Use this principle to explain how the values of the kinetic energy were calculated in column C from values in column B. 8) (c) Calculate the speed of the car when the height of the car is zero. B)‘SecaMidYear2003/ACS\) Page 15 of 16 OR 15 (a) (i) With the help of diagrams to show forces acting on an object, describe how the forces acting on the object can be balanced or unbalanced [2] a (ii). Using Newton's laws of motion, describe the possible effects on the motion of the object when the forces ‘acting on the object are 4 ~(W balanced oe a a Pie eaten (1) unbalancedSeo3MidYear2003/ACS(I) Page 16 of 16 16 (b) The diagram shows an object mass m, moving on a level surface. . The force P represents the pulling force. The force Q represents the force of friction acting on the object at this instant. In terms of P, Q and m, write down expressions to represent the (i) resultant force acting on the object, fi] ee ee eee eee (ii) acceleration of the object. ft) ee Given that the values of P and Q are 1520:N and 400 N respectively, and that the value of m is 800 kg, calculate the acceleration of the object. [2]