FORM TP 22138

SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE

EXAMINA TION
1 1 hours
1. You MUST use this answer booklet when responding to the questions. For each question, write
your answer in the space provided and return the answer booklet at the end of the examination.
2. ALL WORKING MUST BE SHOWN in this booklet, since marks will be awarded for correct
steps in calculations.
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1. You are to spend no more than 1hour on this question.
A liquid, A, initially at temperature T
J
= 28.4C, isheated by an immersion heater in acontainer.
The resulting temperature, T
2
, is recorded at 1 minute intervals arid the following results
obtained.
Time, t / min. 0 I 2 3 4 5 6 7
Temperature T
2
tC
28.4
36.0 43.1 525 60.5 69.0 75.1 84.3
Temperature changes D..TtC 0
Cd) C
p
the Specific Heat Capacity of the liquid is related to the slope S by:
C
p
= 20s00 J kg-I K-I. Find the Specific Heat Capacity of the liquid.
(f) Another liquid, B, has a much higher specific heat capacity than Liquid A. On the
same graph paper used in (b) on page 3sketch (DO NOT PLOT) aline showing the
approximate graph that would beobtained if Liquid B was theworking fluid.
(2marks)
(g) State TWO possible sources of error inthis experiment and in EACH case describe a
method that might beused tominimize themagnitude of theerror.
A bloek of woodmeasures2em x 4em x 9em. Calculateitsvolumein51
units.
(ii) UseArchimedesPrincipletoexplainwhy someobjectsfloatwhileotherssink
inthesameliquid.
(iii) Explain howit is possibletopredict whether agivenobject will float or sink
inagivenliquid.
Two suchcoils areconnected together inthecircuit of ahair dryer by means of switches
as shown inFigure 1.
This dryer has two power settings LOW and HIGH. A setting is selected by opening
or closing the switches. The table below shows the correspondence between power
setting andthestates of the switches.
POWER SETTING SI S2 S3
LOW OPEN CLOSED OPEN
mGH CLOSED OPEN CLOSED
Draw the equivalent circuit for EACH setting by redrawing the circuit without the
switches. Inyour equivalent circuit, open switches aretobeleft out entirely andclosed
switches aretobereplaced by anunbroken line.
(e) Write down TWO characteristics of afusesuitable for useinacircuit such asthat of the
hair dryer.
(f) Draw a simple sketch showing how afuse should be connected in acircuit to protect
a load. In addition to the fuse and load your circuit should include: live and neutral
wires, and anon/off switch.
A container is filled with aliquid of density p as shown in Figure 2. Express the
pressuredifferencebetweenPb - Pain termsof p andtheheight h.
The apparatus shown in Figure 3 may be used to determine the density of an unknown
liquid X.
The tube has auniform cross-section and the height of the water column is twice that of
liquid X. A and B are at the same horizontal level. The pressure difference between
points A and C is 2.5 x 10
3
Pa.
(ii) Express PB - PD interms of PA and Pc. [Hint: the answer can bededuced without
resorting to any further calculation.]
(ii) Carbon-14 isoftenreferredtoasanisotopeof carbon. Explainwhatismeant
by theterm'isotope'.
(c) A radioacti v~tracer has ahalf-life of 18hours. Calculate thefraction of theinitial activity
remaining after 90 hours.
(d) In a radioactive process the element Radium (Ra) emits gamma radiation and
decays to Radon (Rn) and Helium (He). The equation of this process is
2~~Ra --. 8~Rn + iHe. Determine the values of A and Z.