Suzhou Foreign Language School

1st Monthly Class Test for IGCSE 2– October 2014

Subject: Physics

Total Marks: 100 (points) Time: 90 (minutes)

Name___________ Score___________

Part 1 Multiple Choice Questions 20 Questions (40 points)

1.The diagram shows the cross-section of a water wave.
Which distance is the amplitude of the wave?

2. A surf-board moves at a speed of 5 m/s on the crest of a wave. The distance

between wave crests is 10 m.
What is the frequency of the wave motion?
A 0.5Hz B 2Hz C 5Hz D 10 Hz
3. The diagram shows the variation of the displacement of a wave with distance from
the source.

What is the amplitude of the wave?

A 2.0 cm B 4.0 cm C 20 cm D 40cm
4.In an experiment using a ripple tank, plane wavefronts arrive at a plane surface.

Which of the following correctly describes the waves after they are reflected from the
surface?

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5. Waves pass from deep water to shallow water and refraction occurs.

What is the speed of the waves in the shallow water?

A 0.2 m / s B 0.8 m / s C 2.0 m / s D 5.0 m / s
6.. The diagram shows a water wave in a ripple tank.

The wave has a speed of 12 cm/s at R.

The wave crosses a boundary PQ where the distance between crests changes from 3.0
cm to 1.5 cm.
What is the velocity of the wave at point S?
A 3.0 cm/s
B 6.0 cm/s
C 12 cm/s
D 24 cm/s
7.. The diagram shows a wave moving into shallower water.

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The wavelength of the waves is reduced because
A both the frequency and the speed decrease.
B both the frequency and the speed increase.
C only the frequency increases.
D only the speed decreases.

8. The diagram shows a graph of wave motion.

Which quantities are shown by distances P and Q?

9.The dipper in a ripple tank vibrates at a frequency of 4.0 Hz and the resulting wave
pattern is photographed. The distance between the two crests shown is 20 cm

What is the speed of the wave?

A 4 cm / s B 5 cm / s C 16 cm / s D 20 cm / s
10. Which wave is part of the sound wave?

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11. The diagrams show different views of a water wave in a ripple tank.

Which letters represent a wavelength and a wavefront?

12. A ripple tank is used to demonstrate refraction of plane water waves.

Waves in deep water have a wavelength of 1.2 cm and a speed of 9.6 cm / s. The
wavelength of the waves in shallow water is 0.8 cm.
What is the speed of the waves in the shallow water?
A 6.4 cm/s B 8.0 cm/s C 9.6 cm/s D 14.4 cm/s
13.A boy is stranded on an island 500m from the shore.

He shouts for help,but all he can hear in reply is the echo of his shout from some cliffs.
What’s the time interval between the boy shouting and hearing the echo?

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14.Which change will lower the pitch of a sound?
A. Decreasing the amplitude B.increasing the frequency
B. C.Decreasing the amplitude D.Increasing the frequency
15.Astronaut 1 uses a hammer to mend a satellite in space.Astronaut 2 is nearby.There is no
atmosphere in space.

Compared with the sound heard if they were working on Earth.what does astronaut 2 hear?
A.no sound at all B.a quieter sound C.a sound of the same loudness D.a louder sound
16.A fire alarm is not loud enough.An engineer adjusts it so that it produces a note of
the same pitch which is louder.
What effect does this have on the amplitude on the frequency of the sound?

17. What is the reading on this micrometer?

A 5.43 mm B 6.63 mm C 7.30 mm D 8.13 mm

18. The diagram shows part of a vernier scale.

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What is the reading on the vernier scale?
A 6.50 cm B 6.55 cm C 7.00 cm D 7.45 cm
19. One oscillation of a swinging pendulum occurs when the bob moves from X to Y and back to
X again.

Using a stopwatch, which would be the most accurate way to measure the time for one oscillation
of the pendulum?
A Time 20 oscillations and multiply by 20.
B Time 20 oscillations and divide by 20.
C Time one oscillation.
D Time the motion from X to Y, and double it.
20.Fig. 2.1 shows a simple pendulum that swings backwards and forwards between P and Q.The
pendulum has a period of 2 seconds.

Which of the sentence below states the movement of the pendulum in 1 second?
A. Moving from P to R B. Moving from P to Q
C.Moving from R to Q and then from Q back to P
D.Moving from R to Q, from Q back to P and then from P back to R.

Answer sheet:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

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Part 2 Structured Questions 7 Questions (60 points)
1. (a) A periscope is an optical instrument containing two mirrors in a long tube. Fig. 1.1 shows
the path of a ray of light through a periscope, without the tube.

Fig.1.1
(i) On Fig. 1.1,
use the letter i to indicate clearly the angle of incidence of the ray striking mirror A,
use the letter r to indicate clearly the angle of reflection of the ray leaving mirror A.
[2]
(ii) Write down the equation that links i and r.

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(iii) Suggest a use for the periscope.
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(iv) State what happens if mirror B is rotated through a small angle.
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[Total: 8]
2 .A metal rail is 330 m long. Sound travels at 5000 m / s in the metal.
(a) Calculate the time taken for a sound to travel the length of the rail.Showing your working.

time taken = .............................................. s [3]

(b) Sound in air takes 1.0 s to travel 330 m.
As shown in Fig. 2.1, a man puts his right ear against one end of the rail. Another man strikes
the other end of the rail with a hammer.

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 Fig. 2.1 (not to scale)
Describe and explain what each man hears.
man with hammer ......................................................................................................................
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man with one ear against rail .....................................................................................................
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[Total: 8]
3 (a) Fig. 3.1 represent a longitudinal wave.

Fig. 3.1

(i) On Fig. 3.1, mark carefully a distance that represents the wavelength of the wave. [2]
(ii) A long spring (slinky) is used to demonstrate a longitudinal wave motion.
Describe how a longitudinal wave could be set up in the spring.
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(b) Fig. 3.2 represents a cross-section through a water wave.

Fig. 3.2
(i) On Fig. 3.2, mark carefully a distance that represents the wavelength of the wave. [2]
(ii) Describe the change that would need to be made to Fig. 3.2 in order to show a wave of
bigger amplitude.
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.......................................................................................................................................[2]

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(c) Fig. 3.3 shows a cross-section through the water wave as it moves into a shallow region and
then out of the shallow region.

Fig. 3.3
State what, if anything, Fig. 3.3 shows happening to
(i) the amplitude of the wave as it moves into the shallow region,
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(ii) the wavelength of the wave as it moves into the shallow region.
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[Total: 10]
4 (a) Draw a straight line from each quantity on the left-hand side to a speed on the right-hand
side which is typical for that quantity. [2]

(b) Explain why sound waves are described as longitudinal.

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(c) Fig. 4.1 shows how the displacement of air molecules, at an instant of time, varies with
distance along the path of a sound wave.

Fig. 4.1
(i) On Fig. 4.1, sketch two cycles of a sound wave that has a shorter wavelength and a
greater amplitude. [4]

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(ii) State two changes in the sound heard from this wave compared with the original wave.
1. ....................................................................................................................................................
2. ..................................................................................................................................................[2]
[Total: 10]
5(a) An electric bell hangs from flexible wires inside a glass bell-jar, as shown in Fig. 5.1.

Fig. 5.1
(i) When air is present in the bell-jar, the electric bell can be heard ringing clearly.
What properties of sound does this observation illustrate? Tick the box alongside
any appropriate answer. [2]

sound travels through air

sound travels through glass

sound travels faster than light

sound travels infinitely fast

(ii) As the vacuum pump removes the air from the bell-jar, the sound becomes quieter.
Eventually the sound cannot be heard at all, even though the bell can still be seen to be working.
Suggest what property of sound this observation demonstrates.
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.............................................................................................................................. [2]

(b) Fig. 5.2 illustrates a quarry where rock blasting is being carried out.

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 Fig. 5.2
An engineer at P sees the blast of an explosion at X, and after a short delay he hears
two bangs separated by a very short interval.
(i) Explain why the engineer hears two bangs.
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(ii) The distance PX is 195 m and the short delay between seeing the blast and hearing
the first bang is 0.60 s. Calculate the speed of sound.

speed = ......................................... m / s [3]

[Total: 10]
6 (a) Fig. 6.1 shows a ray of light incident on the surface of a glass block.

Fig. 6.1
On Fig. 6.1, accurately draw the reflected ray. [2]
(b) Fig. 6.2 shows a ray of light incident on a glass prism.

Fig. 6.2
Put one tick only in each line of the table to indicate which of the angles labelled in Fig. 6.2 are
the angle of incidence and the angle of refraction.

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 [2]
[Total: 4]
7 (a) Fig. 7.1 shows a ray of light incident on a mirror at X. The incident ray makes an angle of
50° with the surface of the mirror. (5054_w06_qp_2)

Fig. 7.1

(i) Complete Fig. 7.1 to show the normal and the reflected ray at X. [2]
(ii) State the values of
1. the angle of incidence, ............................................... [2]
2. the angle of reflection. ............................................... [2]
(b) Describe with the help of a diagram how you would find the position of the image produced by
a plane mirror.

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.......................................................................................................................................... [4]
[Total: 10]

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