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Fig. 1.1
a Use Fig. 1.1 to find the length of one side of the cube.
length of side of cube =
cm
[1]
volume of cube =
cm3
[2]
c Twenty identical wooden cubes are placed on a balance. Their mass is found
to be 1.28 kg.
Calculate the mass of a single cube in grams.
mass of cube =
[2]
d Calculate the density of the wood from which the cubes are made.
density of wood =
[4]
[Total: 9]
2 The graphs shown in Fig. 2.1 represent the motion of two cars, A and B.
Speed / m/s
Speed / m/s
20
20
15
15
car A
10
10
car B
0
0
10
20
30
Time / s
0
0
10
20
30
Time / s
Fig. 2.1
a One of the graphs represent the motion of a car moving with constant speed.
i Which car is this, A or B?
[1]
[2]
b Calculate the distance travelled in 30 s by car A.
distance travelled =
[2]
[2]
distance travelled =
[Total: 7]
3 Fig. 3.1 shows a ball falling through the air.
Fig. 3.1
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[1]
[1]
b The ball is falling through air so that a second force, air resistance, acts on it.
Add an arrow to Fig. 3.1 to represent this force.
[1]
c The force of air resistance on the ball is less than the gravitational force. In which
direction will the ball accelerate?
[1]
d Later, when the ball is falling at a greater speed, the two forces acting on
it are equal and opposite.
State the resultant force acting on the ball.
State the value of the balls acceleration.
[1]
[2]
[Total: 7]
4 Fig 4.1 shows a car as it travels to the top of a hill and stops.
Fig. 4.1
a Which form of energy has increased when the car stops at the top of the hill?
Tick the box.
kinetic energy
gravitational potential energy
[1]
b Which form of energy has decreased when the car stops at the top of the hill?
Tick the box.
kinetic energy
gravitational potential energy
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[1]
[1]
ii The fuel is burned to release its energy. What other substance is required for this
process?
[1]
d The cars headlights require electricity from the cars battery.
State the form of energy stored by the battery.
[1]
[Total: 5]
5 Two metal containers are filled with ice and placed in a warm room (Fig. 5.1).
Container A has a shiny white surface; container B has a shiny black surface.
ice
container A
container B
Fig. 5.1
[2]
b In which container will the ice melt more quickly? Explain your answer.
[2]
c Suggest one way in which you could change the surface of this container to make
the ice melt faster still.
[1]
[Total: 5]
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6 Two mirrors, A and B, are arranged at an angle to one another. A ray of light is directed
onto mirror A so that it is reflected towards mirror, as shown in Fig. 6.1.
mirror A
mirror B
Fig. 6.1
a On Fig. 6.1, mark the angle of incidence i and the angle of reflection r.
[2]
[1]
d Fig. 6.2 shows a ray of light directed into a semi-circular glass block.
Y
Fig. 6.2
State how you can tell that the ray is not refracted when it enters the block at point X.
[1]
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[2]
f When the ray meets the straight side of the block at point Y, its angle of incidence
is greater than the critical angle.
On Fig. 6.2, using a ruler, draw the rest of the ray until it has emerged from the block. [2]
[Total: 9]
7 Fig. 7.1 is a ray diagram which shows how an image can be formed by a thin converging
lens. The object is represented by the arrow labelled O.
object
Fig. 7.1
[1]
b On Fig. 7.1, show where the image of the object will be formed.
[2]
[2]
[Total: 5]
Hz
[1]
b What name is given to sound waves with a frequency greater than 20 kHz?
[1]
c Sound travels as waves. Which word correctly describes sound waves? Tick the box.
transverse
longitudinal
[1]
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d Sound waves can travel through solid materials. Fig. 8.1 represents a sound
wave passing along a metal rod.
Fig. 8.1
On the diagram, show how the particles of the metal move as the sound wave
travels along the rod.
[2]
[Total 5]
pole B
pole C
pole D
Fig. 9.1
[1]
[1]
c Explain why a bar magnet should be made of steel rather than soft iron.
[2]
Fig. 9.2 shows an iron rod placed close to a bar magnet. Magnetism is induced
in the rod.
magnet
iron rod
Fig. 9.2
d Label the north (N) and south (S) poles which are induced in the rod.
[2]
[Total: 6]
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10 In the circuit shown in Fig. 10.1, an ammeter is being used to measure the current
in a resistor.
Fig. 10.1
[1]
b Add to Fig. 10.1 to show how you would include a voltmeter in the circuit to
measure the potential difference across the resistor.
[2]
c The ammeter reads 0.25 A. The potential difference across the resistor is 4.0 V.
Calculate the resistance of the resistor.
[3]
d A second resistor is connected in parallel with the first resistor. State and explain what
will happen to the reading on the ammeter.
[3]
[Total: 9]
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11 Fig. 11.1 shows a coil of wire connected to a voltmeter. The north pole of a permanent
magnet is being moved into the open end of the coil.
10
20
30
voltmeter
Fig. 11.1
[2]
b State one way in which the experiment could be changed to give a bigger reading
on the voltmeter.
[1]
c What reading will the voltmeter show if the magnet is held in a stationary position
next to the coil? Explain your answer.
[2]
[Total: 5]
12 A particular isotope of the element oxygen, known as oxygen-19, is represented
by the symbol
19
8
[1]
[1]
c Another isotope of oxygen has three fewer neutrons in its nucleus than
oxygen-19. Write the symbol for this isotope.
[1]
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number undecayed =
[2]
[Total: 7]
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