PHYSICS PAPER 1

1 A 26 A
2 B 27 C
3 B 28 C
4 A 29 A
5 C 30 B
6 D 31 B
7 A 32 A
8 D 33 B
9 C 34 D
10 C 35 B
11 B 36 C
12 B 37 C
13 B 38 A
14 C 39 A
15 C 40 C
16 D 41 B
17 D 42 D
18 D 43 D
19 A 44 A
20 D 45 D
21 A 46 B
22 D 47 C
23 C 48 C
24 B 49 D
25 D 50 A

Section A [40 marks}
Answer all questions in this section.
A firework shell IS fired verti:ally upward. At the top of its flight path it explodes into two pieces. The
smaller piece has mass m and speed v. the larger piece has mass 2m.
(a) What is the total momentum of the two pieces? [\ mark1
(h) Detf"fTTIine the of the r i('ce.
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(e) Describe the subsequent motion of the centre of mass of the system. ,
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(2 marks]
2 The diagram below shows two bodies X and Y connected by a light cord passing over a light, free-
running pulley. X st:uts from rest and moves on a smooth plane inclined at 30" to the horizontal.
(8) Determine the acceleration for the bodies.
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(J marks]
(b) By using conservation of .:nergy method, detennine the tot.:ll kinetic energy of the bodies when X has
travelled 2.0 m along the plane. [2 marks]
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3 The diagram below shows a microwave transmitter directs waves towards a metal plate. When a
microwave detector is moved along a line normal to the tr:lnsmitter and the platc, it passes through a
sequence of equally spaced maxima and minima of intens ity.
(a) Explain how these maxima and minima are formed. [2 marks)
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(b) The detector is placed at a position where the intensity is a minimum. When it is moved a distance of
144 mm it passes through nine maxima and reaches the ninth mi nimum from the starting point.
(i) Calculate the wavelength of the microwaves. [ I mark)
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(ii) Determine the frequency of the microwave transmitter. [2 marks]
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4 The diagram below shows how the potcntial energy U be(V.'cen twCFatoms changes. with the separation
between the stoms r for l WO types of solid A and B which have s lmast the same atomic size.
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Discuss the differences between solid .-4. and B from the view point of
(a) (heir atomic separation, [2 marks]
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5 The diagram below shows an electron being projected with an init ial horizontal speed of 1.6 x 10' m s
ill to a uniform electric field between the parallel plat es. The electron enters midway between the plates.
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The electron just misses the upper plate as it emerges from the field.
(8) Calculate the time taken for the electron to cross the field.
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[2 marks)
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[2 marks)
6 The diagram shows a horizontal copper bar of25mm )( 25 rn rn square cross-section and length I carrying
a current of65 A. The density of copper is 8.9 x 10) kg m
l
.
(a) Calculate the minimum value of the flux density of the magnetic field in which it should be placed if
its weight is to be supported by the magnetic force that acts on it. [4 marks)
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(b) Draw an arrow on the diagram above to show the direction in which the magnetic field should be
applied if your calculation in part (I\) is to be valid, Label this arrow M. [I
7 X-rays are generated in an Xray tube with an operating voltage of 100 kV. ,
(a) Sketch a graph for the spectrum (intensity of X-ray against wavelength) of this X-rays. Mark clearly
on your sketch the Ko. and K, lines. r. [2 marks]
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(c) Calculate the minimum wa\'elength of the X-rays generated,
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8 C81bon14 can be used to measure the approximate age ofarchaoological wood samples. For this
purpose it may be assumed that the proportion of carbon 14 in the natural earbon of living wood is
everywhere and at all times the same and that it begins to change only after death. Suppose a piece of
timber has been recovered from an excavation, and from which 10 gofcarbon is prepared.
(a) Determine the number atoms originally present in the sample, given that the ratio of
carbon 14 to natural carbon is 1.25)C 10.
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[2 marc)
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(b) If the activity of the sample is found to be 0.7035.
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and the ofcarbon 14 is 5760 years,
estimate
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