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This document contains a physics assessment for secondary school students with multiple choice and written response questions testing understanding of concepts like waves, sound, electromagnetic spectrum, and calculating speed of sound using distance and time intervals between detected sounds. The assessment contains 15 multiple choice questions and 5 written response questions testing topics like wave properties, sound properties, electromagnetic spectrum, and using the speed of sound equation to solve word problems.

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PHY FinalTest1 S2 QP

This document contains a physics assessment for secondary school students with multiple choice and written response questions testing understanding of concepts like waves, sound, electromagnetic spectrum, and calculating speed of sound using distance and time intervals between detected sounds. The assessment contains 15 multiple choice questions and 5 written response questions testing topics like wave properties, sound properties, electromagnetic spectrum, and using the speed of sound equation to solve word problems.

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FINAL SEMESTER ASSESSMENT

TERM 2 / SEMESTER 1/ YEAR 2020-2021


SECONDARY2
SUBJECT: PHYSICS
QUESTION SHEET

I. MULTIPLE CHOICES. Answer the following questions by choosing the best answer from
the choices given. (@2)
1. The frequency of a wave is doubled. The speed of the wave does not change. What happens
to the wavelength of the wave?
A. It become four times as large C. It doubles
B. It does not change D. It halves
2. Which row shows the nature of light waves, sound waves and x-rays?

light waves sound waves X-rays


A longitudinal longitudinal transverse
B longitudinal transverse longitudinal
C transverse longitudinal transverse
D transverse transverse longitudinal

3. The diagram shows a side view of a water wave at a particular time. The diagram is drawn full
size.

Which statement about the wave is correct?


A. The wave is longitudinal and the frequency can be measured from the diagram.
B. The wave is longitudinal and the wavelength can be measured from the diagram.
C. The wave is transverse and the frequency can be measured from the diagram.
D. The wave is transverse and the wavelength can be measured from the diagram.
4. A transverse wave moves along rope. The diagram shows the position of the rope at one
particular time. Which two labelled points is one wavelength apart?

A. W and X C. W and Z
B. X and Z D. Y and Z
5. Which arrow on the graph below shows the amplitude of a wave?

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6. The diagram shows four waves drawn to the same scale.

Which statement is correct?


A. The amplitude of wave P is the same as the amplitude of wave R.
B. The amplitude of wave S is double the amplitude of wave Q.
C. The wavelength of wave Q is double the wavelength of wave P.
D. The wavelength of wave S is the same as the wavelength of wave Q
7. How do infra-red waves differ from ultraviolet waves?
A. Infra-red waves are longitudinal.
B. Infra-red waves have a lower speed in a vacuum.
C. Infra-red waves have lower frequencies.
D. Infra-red waves have smaller wavelengths.
8. Which statement about ultra violet waves is correct?
A. They can be detected by the human eye.
B. They can use in television remote controls.
C. They travel as longitudinal waves.
D. They have the same speed in a vacuum as radio waves.

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9. The speed of sound in air is 340 m/s. Which row gives typical values for the speed of sound in
a liquid and in a solid?
Speed of sound in Speed of sound in
a liquid / (m/s) a solid / (m/s)
A 250 180
B 250 5000
C 1500 180
D 1500 5000

10. A spaceship with astronauts on board orbits the Moon. The astronauts see an asteroid
crashing onto the surface of the Moon. Why do they not hear the explosion caused by the
crashing of the asteroid?
A. All the sound waves are absorbed by the surface of the Moon.
B. The sound waves are reflected from the surface of the spaceship.
C. The sound waves are unable to travel from the Moon’s surface to the spaceship.
D. All the sound waves are absorbed by the surface of the spaceship.

11. The diagram shows the air molecules in part of a sound wave at a particular moment in time.

Which statement is not correct?


A. Earlier, there was a compression at X.
B. Later, there will be a compression at X.
C. This part of the wave is travelling horizontally across the page.
D. This part of the wave is travelling towards the top of the page.
12. The sound from a loudspeaker must pass through two materials to reach the microphone.
Which combination of materials gives the shortest time for the sound to reach the
microphone?

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13. The diagram show the wave patterns of four sounds shown on a ctode-ray oscilloscope
(c.r.o.). the oscilloscope controls are set the same for each sound. Which sound has the
highest pitch?

14. A dolphin has a range of audible frequencies of 159Hz – 150 kHz. Which range of frequencies
can be heard both by human with good hearing and by dolphins?
A. 20Hz – 150 Hz C. 20 kHz – 150 kHz
B. 20 Hz – 150kHz D. 150 Hz – 20 kHz

15. A girl stands at a distance from a large building. She claps her hands and a short time later
hears an echo. Why is an echo produced when the sound waves hits he building?
A. The sound waves are absorbed. C. The sound waves are reflected.
B. The sound waves are diffracted. D. The sound waves are refracted
II. Answer the following the questions.

1. The diagram below shows a graph of displacement of a wave against distance.

a. Identify the letter/s that corresponds with: (@1)


i. wavelength iii. crest
ii. amplitude iv. trough
b. If the period of the given wave above is 0.25s, calculate the following: (@3)
i. frequency
ii. wave speed

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2. Humans, elephants, mice and dolphins have different hearing ranges. Figure below shows the

hearing range for each type of animal.

a. State the lowest frequency of sound that can be heard by mice (1)

b. What is the term use for sound that dolphins can hear but humans cannot? (1)

c. What is the term use for sound that elephants can hear but humans cannot? (1)

d. Compare the wavelength of the sound with high frequency to the wavelength of the sound

with low frequency. (2)

III. Answer the following questions.


1. A dancer creates waves using ribbon during a performance as shown below. His hand moves
up and down every 0.5s and moves through a height of 0.4m.

Determine the following: (@2)


a. Amplitude b. frequency c. speed of the wave
2. Two points A and B are on the rope and are 90 cm apart from one another. On the rope
propagates up and down, so point A is at the top, point B at the bottom and there are two crests
and two troughs between them.
a. What type of wave is formed? (1)

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b. What is the wavelength of the wave? (3)
c. If the wave period is 0.3s, what is the speed of the wave? (3)
3. Electromagnetic waves are arranges in an electromagnetic spectrum. They are very useful in
our life and our society.
a. What wave has the longest wavelength? (1)
b. A dentist takes an X-ray photograph of a patient’s teeth. Explain why it is safe for the
patient to be close to the source of X-rays, but the dentist must stand away from the
source. (2)
c. State why microwave ovens are designed only to work with the door closed. (2)
4. The figure below represents the waveform of a sound wave. The wave is travelling at constant

speed.

a. On the figure, label with letter X the arrow that shows the amplitude of the wave. (1)

b. On the figure, label with letter Y the arrow that shows the wavelength of the wave. (1)

c. In terms of wavelength, what is the distance between the centre of compression and the

nearest rarefaction? (1)

d. What will happen to the amplitude and wavelength of the wave if:

i. The loudness of the sound increases but the pitch remains the same (2)

ii. The pitch of the sound increases but the loudness of the sound decreases (2)

e. What is the difference between loudness and pitch? (3)

5. Using the equation for speed of sound. Solve for the following problems. Draw an illustration

and show your complete solution (@5)

a. Two boys, A and B, standing in front of a tall building. Both boys are facing the building.

Boy A is 340m from the building while boy B is 200m away from boy A. When boy A claps

his hands once, boy B hears two claps that are 2s apart. What is the speed of sound in air?

b. Person P and person B stands between two large walls as shown below. Person B makes

a loud clap. Person P then hears two echoes. If the speed of sound is 330m/s, calculate the

time interval between the echoes.

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