rest cope 002492 FORM TP 23120 MAY/JUNE 2003 CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE, EXAMINATION PHYSICS Paper 02 ~ General Proficiency 1 hours PAD THE FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY 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. 3. Attempt ALL questions. 4. The use of non-programmable calculators is allowed. 5. Mathematical tables are provided. DO NOT TURN THI PAGE UNTII YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO Copyright © 2002 Caribbean Examinations Council All rights reserved. 002492/F 20031. Table 1 shows the relationship between the temperature, T, of the measuring junction of a thermocouple and the thermocouple emf, E, that is measured by a millivoltmeter ‘Table 1 ‘Thermocouple emfE/mV | 0.1 | 04 | 0.7 | 10 | 14 | 18 ‘Temperature T °C 44 | 118 | 163 | 202 | 247 | 293 a 6 ) Use the values in the table to plot E against T. Draw your BEST straight line. (0 marks) Un) Find the slope S of the graph (Smarks) (b) —@_Use your straight fine graph to determine T, , the temperature at which the thermocouple emf E = 0. (3marks) Gi) Use your straight line graph to determine, E, the thermocouple emf when T= 200°C (1mark) GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE (002492/F 2003GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE, (002492/F 2003Gili) Given that E = $ (T ~T,), use this relationship to find T when E = 0.4 mV. ( 3marks) (iv) Determine the difference between the experimental value as given in Table | and that obtained using the formula in Part (fii), and explain the significance of this difference. ( 2marks) (¥) Compare a thermocouple and a laboratory mercury in glass thermometer in terms of (i) range (ii) speed of response (ii) sensitivity. (6 marks) Total 30 marks GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE (002492/F 2003,2 (a) Compare a common dry cell with a car battery by completing the table below. Table 2 Feature Common Dry Cell] Car Battery Size/weight Large Heavy Electrolyte ‘Ammonium Chloride paste bmi es | Electrodes Lead, | Lead Dioxide Current Small to Capacity moderate (marks) Ww Figure 1 (b) A generator and a battery of secondary cells are connected through an ammeter as shown in the circuit of Figure 1. (@ Indicate the direction of current flow on your diagram (1mark) ii) Show, on the diagram, the polarity of the ammeter for it to properly measure the current Cimark) (iii) Is the battery being charged or is it being discharged? (Amark) GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 002492/F 2003(©) Acalculator battery of terminal voltage 3 V supplies @ current of 0.1 mA to the calculator circuit. (Calculate the resistance of this cireuit. ( 3marks) (ii) Calculate the power being delivered by the battery ( 3marks) ‘Total 15 marks 3. (a) Write down the formula that defines the moment of a force. giving the meaning of EACH. symbol and the unit in which itis usually expressed. ( Amarks) GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE, 002492/F 2003,(b) State the Principle of Moments. ( 2marks) + decunty guard posts in the Caribbean are usually equipped with a hoom and counterweight arrangement as shown in igure 2. It allows the security guard to use a relatively small force to raise the heavy boom. ; - Path followed by Counterweisht 025 nda boom > Force applied here LEE EEE EEE EN Figure 2 In Figure 2: * Ris the normal reaction of the support on the boom at point C + Fis the force applied at point A to raise the boom + Wis the weight of the counterweight. GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE (002492/F 2003‘Write down expressions including W, Rc and F, for @ © 002492/ 2003 (the total counterclockwise moment about pivot B ( Amarks) (1) the total clockwise moment about pivot (mark) What is the value of Re when the boom first loses contact with its eradle? (Ci mark) Use the results of (¢) (i), (i) and (@) above to find the mass of the counterweight that must be used if F, = 25 N is just enough to start raising the boom. (3 marks) (g = 10ms?) Total 15 marks GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE(a) Explain what is meant by a ‘magnetic field” ( 2 marks) (b) Figures 3 and 4 below are representations of current-carrying conductors. Sketch the magnetic field associated with the conductor in each of the cases described below steady curren’ directly out of the paper 1 The conductor isa straight wire carry {0} Figure 3 (2 marks) Gi) The conductor is tightly wound into a solenoid carrying current in the directions indicated DOOOOOOOOOOOOOO) DOOOQOOOOOOHOOOOOH) Figure 4 (2 marks) GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 002492/F 200310 - (©) A flatcoil is connected to a small bulb and a diode. The assembly fixed in position near a current-carrying solenoid is shown in Figure 5 below. TTT — Figure 5 (i) What will be the effect on the magnetic flux inside the flat e through the solenoid is steadily increased? if the current Gi) Will the bulb glow? Explain. GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 002492/F 2003,(002492/F 2003, ii) -u- Ifthe diode is removed so that the flat coil is connected tothe bulb alone, indicate by use of a tick (¥) which of the following effects will cause the bulb to glow more brightly, ERFECT yes | NO (@ | Increasing the number of turns on the flat coil Gi) | Placing a piece of soft iron in the core of the solenoid Git) | Decreasing the rate of change | of the current through the solenoid ( 3marks) Total 15 marks GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE5 (a) (002492/F 2003 -12- State the nature of the unbalanced force which is responsible for circular motion in the following: @ Ga Gi) ww) w A simple pendulum ‘The earth moving around the sun Clothes rotating in a spin dryer A car travelling around a bend ‘An electron moving around the nucleus in an atom (1 mark ) (1 mark) (Amark) (1 mark ) (mark) GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE(6) Assmnall bob of mass 0.2 kg is attached to a string of length 0.5 m and whirled in a vertical circle with a speed of 2.5 m/s as in Figure 6. A lob in position A B Bob attached to string c Figure 6 (Indicate on the diagram the forces acting on the bob when itis in position C (2 marks) (i) Calculate the kinetic energy of the bob. : (marks) At which of the three points A, B, C is the tension in the string, a) GREATEST . i mark ) b) LEAST _ mark (iv) If the string is released when the bob is at C, what is the tension immediately after the release of the string? (mark ) GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 002492/F 2003,- ib. (v) Sketch the path of the bob as it travels to the ground if itis released at C. ( 2marks) Total 15 marks END OF TEST 002492/ 2003