2019-2020

Assessment 3
Physics Paper 2

1 hour 15 minutes

Instructions to candidates
• Write your session number in the boxes above.
• Do not open this examination paper until instructed to do so.
• Answer all questions.
• Write your answers in the boxes provided.
• A calculator is required for this paper.
• A clean copy of the physics data booklet is required for this paper.
• The maximum mark for this examination paper is [50 marks].
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Answer all questions. Write your answers in the boxes provided.

1. A tennis ball is hit with a racket from a point 1.5 m above the floor. The ceiling is 8.0 m above
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the floor. The initial velocity of the ball is 15 m s at 50above the horizontal. Assume that air
resistance is negligible.

ceiling

15 m s–1 8.0 m

50
1.5 m floor

(a) Determine whether the ball will hit the ceiling. [2]

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(b) The tennis ball was stationary before being hit. It has a mass of 5.8 10–2 kg and was
in contact with the racket for 23 ms.

(i) Calculate the mean force exerted by the racket on the ball. [1]

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(ii) Explain how Newton’s third law applies when the racket hits the tennis ball. [2]

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2. Curling is a game played on a horizontal ice surface. A player pushes a large smooth stone
across the ice for several seconds and then releases it. The stone moves until friction brings
it to rest. The graph shows the variation of speed of the stone with time.

speed

0
0 3.5 17.5 time / s

The total distance travelled by the stone in 17.5 s is 29.8 m.

(a) Determine the maximum speed v of the stone. [2]

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(b) (i) The stone has a mass of 20 kg. Determine the frictional force on the stone during
the last 14.0 s. [2]

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(ii) Determine the energy dissipated due to friction during the last 14.0 s. [2]

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3. (a) Define internal energy. [2]

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(b) 0.46 mole of an ideal monatomic gas is trapped in a cylinder. The gas has a volume of
21 m3 and a pressure of 1.4 Pa.

(i) State how the internal energy of an ideal gas differs from that of a real gas. [1]

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(ii) Determine, in kelvin, the temperature of the gas in the cylinder. [2]

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(iii) The kinetic theory of ideal gases is one example of a scientific model.
Identify one reason why scientists find such models useful. [2]

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4-In an experiment to determine the specific latent heat of fusion of ice, an ice cube is dropped into
water that is contained in a well-insulated calorimeter of negligible specific heat capacity. The
following data are available.

Mass of ice cube  25 g

Mass of water  350 g Initial
temperature of ice cube  0 ˚C Initial
temperature of water  18 ˚C Final
temperature of water  12 ˚C
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Specific heat capacity of water  4200 J kg K

(a) Using the data, estimate the specific latent heat of fusion of ice. [3]
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(b) The experiment is repeated using the same mass of crushed ice.

Suggest the effect, if any, of crushing the ice on

(i) the final temperature of the water. [1]

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(ii) the time it takes the water to reach its final temperature. [1]

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5-A longitudinal wave is travelling in a medium from left to right. The graph shows the variation
with distance x of the displacement y of the particles in the medium. The solid line and the dotted
line show the displacement at t  0 and t  0.882 ms, respectively.

y/
mm 4

x
0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 /m
3.0

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The period of the wave is greater than 0.882 ms. A displacement to the right of the
equilibrium position is positive.

(a) State what is meant by a longitudinal travelling wave. [2]

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(b) (i) Calculate the speed of this wave. [2]

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(ii) Show that the angular frequency of oscillations of a particle in the medium is
  1.3  103 rad s1. [2]

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(c) One particle in the medium has its equilibrium position at x  1.00 m.

(i) State and explain the direction of motion for this particle at t  0. [2]

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(ii) Show that the speed of this particle at t  0.882 ms is 4.9 m s . [2]

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(Question 5 continued)

(d) The travelling wave in (b) is directed at the open end of a tube of
length 1.20 m. The other end of the tube is closed.

(i) Describe how a standing wave is formed. [2]

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(ii) Demonstrate, using a calculation, that a standing wave will be established in

this tube. [2]

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 This question is about thermal energy transfer.
A hot piece of iron is placed into a container of cold water. After a time the iron and
water reach thermal equilibrium. The heat capacity of the container is negligible.

6-a. Define specific

heat capacity.

[3 marks]

6-b. The following data are available. [4 marks]

Mass of water =
0.35 kg Mass of
iron = 0.58 kg
Specific heat capacity of water = 4200 J kg–1K–1
Initial temperature of
water = 20°C Final
temperature of water
= 44°C Initial
temperature of iron =
180°C
(i) Determine the specific heat capacity of iron.

(ii) Explain why the value calculated in (b)(i) is likely to be

different from the accepted value.
7-a.State two assumptions of the kinetic [2 marks]
model of an ideal gas.

7-b. Argon behaves as an ideal gas for a large range of temperatures and pressures. [4 marks]
One mole of argon is confined in a cylinder by a freely moving piston.
(i) Define what is meant by the term one mole of argon.

(ii) The temperature of the argon is 300 K. The piston is fixed and the argon is
heated at constant volume such that its internal energy increases by 620 J. The
temperature of the argon is now 350 K.

Determine the specific heat capacity of argon in J kg –1 K–1 under the condition of constant
volume. (The molecular weight of argon is 40)