TERM 1 - EXAMINATION

October - 2023

Name: _______________________________ Date: _____________

Grade: X Roll no: _____ Marks obtd: _____________

Subject: Physics (0625) Paper- 42 Total Marks: 80 Marks

Remarks: _____________________________ Invigilator’s Sign: _________

Study the questions and answer the questions that follow them

1. Define accuracy and precision with examples. [2]

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2. Define scalar and vector quantities along with examples. [2]

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3. Write down the value of [2]

(a) 1564 mm in m (c) 1750 g in kg

(b) 26 t (tones) in kg (d) 62 µs in s

4. Aluminium has a density of 2700 kg/m3.

(a) What is the density in g/cm3? [1]

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(b) What is the mass of 20 cm3 of aluminium? [1]

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(c) What is the volume of 27 g of aluminium? [1]

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5. A hillside is covered with snow. A skier is travelling down the hill.

The table below gives the values of the acceleration of the skier at various heights
above the bottom of the hill.

(a) Plot the values given in the table, using dots in circles. [2]

Draw the best curve for these points

(b) Describe what is happening, during the descent, to

(i) the acceleration of the skier. [1]

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(ii) the speed of the skier. [1]

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(c) The acceleration becomes zero before the skier reaches the bottom of the hill.
Use ideas about forces to suggest why this happens. [1]

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(d) Below a height of 50m, further measurements show that the acceleration of the
skier has a negative value. [1]

What does this mean is happening to the speed of the skier in the last 50m?

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(e) The skier has a mass of 60 kg. [3]

Calculate the resultant force on the skier at a height of 250m.

Resultant force = ………………….

6. What is the acceleration of the rocket as per given data (figure)? [2]

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7. (a) What equation is used to calculate momentum and its unit in MKS? [1]

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 (b) What equation links the resultant force with the change in momentum it
produces? [1]

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(c) A model car of mass 2kg is travelling in a straight line. If its velocity increases
from 3 m/s to 9 m/s in 4s, what is the resultant force on it? [1]

(d) When the two trolleys above collide, they stick together. What is their velocity
after the collision? [2]

8. Figure shows an athlete crossing the finishing line in a race. As she crosses the
finishing line, her speed is 10.0 m/s. She slows down to a speed of 4.0 m/s.
(a) The mass of the athlete is 71 kg. Calculate the impulse applied to her as she
slows down. [3]

Impulse = ……………………..

(b) (i) Define impulse in terms of force and time and its units in MKS. [1]

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(c) ii) The athlete takes 1.2s to slow down from a speed of 10.0 m/s to a speed of
4.0 m/s. Calculate the average resultant force applied to the athlete as she
slows down. [2]

Force = …………………….

(d) Calculate the force required to give a mass of 71 kg an acceleration of 6.4

m/s2. [2]

Force = ……………………….
9. A uniform metre rule is pivoted at its centre, which is also the position of its
centre of mass. Three loads, 2.0N, F and 3.0N are positioned on the rule at the
20cm, 30cm and 90cm marks respectively, as shown in Figure-1.

(i) Calculate the moment of the 3.0N load about the pivot. [1]

Moment = …………………………..

(ii) Calculate the moment of the 2.0N load about the pivot. [1]

Moment = …………………………….

(iii) The force F maintains the metre rule in equilibrium on the pivot. Calculate
the

value of F. [3]

F = …………………….

(a) The weight of the metre rule is 1.2N and can be considered to act at the 50cm

mark. All the weights in (a) are removed. The pivot is positioned under the

30cm mark and the 2.0N load is placed on the rule as shown in Figure-2.

The position of the 2.0N load is adjusted until the metre rule is again in
equilibrium. Determine the position of the 2.0N load. [3]
 2.0 N load is at the …………………………….. cm mark

10. (a) The wind pressure on the wall on the right is 100 Pa. If the wall has an area of
6 m2. What is the force on it? [1]

(b) A concrete block has a mass of 2600 kg. If the block measures 0.5 m by 1.0 m by
2.0 m. What is the maximum pressure it can exert when resting on the ground?
(g=10 N/ kg) [2]

(c) If the density of water is 1000 kg/m3, what is the pressure due to the water at the
bottom of a swimming pool 2m deep? [1]
11. (a) Using the idea of forces, explain why a skydiver reaches a maximum
(terminal) velocity and why opening a parachute reduces the terminal velocity. [3]

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(b) A plastic ball is dropped from the balcony of a tall building and falls towards
the ground in a straight line. Figure is the speed-time graph for the falling ball.

(i) State and explain in terms of forces. What is happening to the speed of
the ball between time t=2.0s and t=3.0s [1]

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 (ii) On the graph mark a point P on the line between where the
acceleration of the ball is not constant. [1]

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(iii) Calculate the acceleration of the ball between t=0s and t=0.25s. [2]

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(iv) Estimate the distance that the ball falls in the first 3.0s [2]

Distance = ………………………..

12. A student uses two pieces of equipment, A and B, to display a sound wave.

(i) Use words from the box to complete the sentence [2]

A is ……………………….. and B is ……………………………………

(ii) Use words from the box to complete the sentence [1]

The distance x marked on the diagram measures ……………………. of the

sound wave.

(iii) Use word from the box to complete the sentence [1]

The distance x becomes smaller. This is because the sound has become

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(iv) Explain why astronauts in space cannot hear sounds from outside their

Spacesuits. [2]

(v) A microphone is connected to a data logger, which displays each sound

wave as a graph.
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The diagrams below show oscilloscope traces for two different sound
waves P and Q.
 The graph has the same scales. In the horizontal direction: 1 square =
0.001 s.

The frequency of sound wave P is 250 Hz.

Find the time period of sound wave P.

period of wave P = …………….s

13. (a) A foghorn makes a loud, low-pitched warning sound when a ship is moving in
fog.

State the relationship between the frequency of a sound wave and the pitch of
the sound. [1]

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(b) The foghorn emits sound waves with a frequency of 160 Hz. The speed of
sound is 340 m/s.

(i) State the equation linking wave speed, frequency and

wavelength. [1]
 (ii) Calculate the wavelength of these sound waves. [2]

Wavelength = …………….m

14. A vibrator produces 12 wavelengths on the surface of water in 10 s. The spacing

between the first crest and the third crest is 60 cm. What is the speed of the
wave? [3]

Speed = ……………..cm / s

15. A light ray can undergo total internal reflection.

(i) What is mean t by the term total internal reflection?

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(ii) State two uses of total internal reflection. [2]

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(iii) The diagram shows a ray of light entering a glass block and travelling
towards point O.
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(iv) The critical angle of the glass = 42o.

(a) State the equation linking critical angle and refractive indeed. [1]

(b) Calculate the refractive index of the glass. [2]

Refractive index = ……………..

16. The dotted line is the normal to the surface at X. When the light hits surface as
shown, all its relected back pp

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20. The table shows some data about planets in our solar system.

Use data from the table to answer these questions.

(a) Which planet has about the same diameter as the Earth? [1]

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(b) Jupiter has the largest gravitational field strength. Suggest a reason for this.[1]

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(c) State the equation linking density, mass and volume. [1]

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Calculate the density of Neptune in kg / km3. You may assume that Neptune
is a sphere and that its volume is given by volume - 4πr3. [2]
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Density = …………………..kg/km3
 (d) Calculate the orbital speed of Earth in km / s. [2]

Orbital speed = …………………………km / s

(e) A student says:

“The smaller the planet, the shorter its period of orbit”. Use data from the table
to evaluate this statement. [1]
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(f) The diagram shows four planets P, Q, R and S orbiting a star. [1]

Planet Q has a moon. On the diagram, draw the orbit of this moon.

21. The Moon orbits the Earth. State a difference between the orbit of a moon and
the orbit of a planet. [2]

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 The radius of the moon’s orbit is 385000 km.

IT takes 27 days for the moon’s orbit is 385000 km. It takes 27 days for the moon
to complete one orbit. Calculate the orbital speed of the moon. Give a suitable
unit. [3]

Orbital speed = ……………. Unit ………..

22. (i) The sentence gives information about the life cycle of a star.

Add words from the box in the gaps to make a sentence that is correct. [2]

A very dence ………………….. Star is left behind when a large red

…………………….. Star blows up in an explosion called a
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(ii) Which of the following statements is a property used to classify stars? [1]

A. Radius B. Distance from the Earth

A. The times when it is visible to observers on Earth

B. Colour

(iii). Draw lines between the colour and the temperature to show the correct

colour and temperature of the stars. [3]

23. (i) This paragraph from a website. [2]

(a) State the name of the force that pulls the dust and gas together.

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(b) State the name of the mass smaller than a star that may form when the
gas and dust are pulled together.

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(ii) The diagram shows part of the life cycle of a star with a similar mass to

the sun. [3]

Use words from the box to label the stages in the life cycle.
24. The table gives some statements about the absolute magnitude scale.

Add ticks (√) to the table to show which four statements are correct. [4]

25. (i) Define redshift. [1]

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(ii) Define the Doppler effect. [1]

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(iii) This passage is about redshift. Complete the following sentences by filling in
the correct words in the gaps. Use words from the box below: [5]

After the discovery of Doppler redshift, astronomers began to realise that almost
all the galaxies in the universe are ………………………….

This led to the idea that the universe must be ………………………………..

This caused the light waves to …………………… ……………. as they travel

through space, shifting them towards the ………………….. end of the spectrum.
 The more shifted the light from a galaxy is, the …………………….. the galaxy is
moving away from Earth.

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