SARASWATI VIDYA NIKETAN

FORM 4
PHYSICS
DATE: 06-23-2020
Quiz 1 (15 marks)
1. a) In a track race the starter of the race may be at some considerable distance from the runners. Consider the
case where the distance between a runner and the starter is 40 m, calculate the time taken for the sound from the
starter’s gun to reach the runner. (Speed of sound = 350 m/s) (2
marks)

(b) The average speed of a world-class sprinter at the race may be 6 m/s. Traveling at that average speed, what
distance could this sprinter have covered in the time taken for the sound to reach him? (3
marks)

2. a) Name ONE type of electromagnetic radiation whose wavelength is

i) Less than 6 x 10-12 m

ii) Greater than 0.3 m

iii) 3.8 x 10-7 to 7.6 x 10-7 m (3

mark)

(c) Name ONE property which these three types of radiation have in common. (1
mark)

(d) Calculate the frequency of electromagnetic radiation of wavelength 1.5 µm. (Velocity of electromagnetic
waves in a vacuum = 3 x 108 m/s) (3
marks)

(e) A monochromatic (single wavelength) beam of light enters a glass block whose refractive index is 1.5.
Calculate the velocity of light in the block. velocity in vacuum/refractive index

(3 marks)