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SULIT

960/1
SEPTEMBER 2012


PEPERIKSAAN PENGGAL 1
SIJIL TINGGI PELAJARAN MALAYSIA (BAHARU)
NAMA SEKOLAH

PHYSICS
PAPER 1
One hour and fourty-five minutes






Instructions to candidates:
DO NOT OPEN THIS BOOKLET UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO.
There are fifteen questions in Section A.. For each question, four suggested answers are given.
Choose one correct answer and indicate it on the multiple-choice answer sheet provided.
Read the instructions on the multiple-choice answer sheet very carefully.
There are two questions in Section B. Answer all questions.
There are three questions in Section C. Answer two questions only.

Arahan kepada calon:
JANGAN BUKA BUKU SOALAN INI SEHINGGA ANDA DIBENARKAN BERBUAT
DEMIKIAN.
Ada lima belas soalan dalam Bahagian A. Bagi setiap soalan, empat cadangan jawapan
diberikan. Pilih satu jawapan yang betul dan tandakan jawapan itupada helaian jawapan aneka
pilihan yang dibekalkan
Baca arahan pada helaian jawapan aneka pilihan itu dengan teliti.
Ada dua soalan dalam Bahagian B. Jawab semua soalan.
Ada tiga soalan dalam Bahagian C. Jawab dua soalan sahaja

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1. What is the dimension of thermal conductivity?
A. M L T
-3
B. M L
-3

-1
C. M L T
-3

-1
D. M L
-3
T
-1


2. A student measured in the length, width and height of a cubical wooden block, using a ruler
with accuracy of 0.05 cm. He then calculated the volume of the block, and his calculator
registered 108.288. Which of the following alternatives would be the best one to express his
results, without losing accuracy and without including meaningless figure?
A. 108.29 cm
3
B. 108.3 cm
3
C. 110 cm
3
D. 108 cm
3


3. A projectile of mass m is fired with velocity v from a point P, as shown below.

Neglecting air resistance, the magnitude of the change in momentum between leaving P and
arriving at Q is
A. mv B. mv
3
C. 2 mv D. mv
2


4. A ball hits the ground normally with a speed u. Which of the following is NOT TRUE if the
collision is elastic?
A. The particle rebounds along its original path with speed u.
B. The momentum of the ball is conserved.
C. The kinetic energy of the ball is conserved.
D. The total momentum of the ball and the floor is conserved.



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5. A body is moving with constant speed in the y-direction. For positive values of y, it
experiences a uniform acceleration in the x- direction. Which one of the paths A to D does it
follow?




6. An 5.0 kg block slides down a rough plane which is inclined at 30 as shown below.

The box starts from rest and then moves a distance of 2.0 m as measured along the incline.
After it has moved this distance, its speed equals 2.0 m s
-1
. What is the coefficient of kinetic
friction between the block and the plane?
A. 0.46 B. 0.80 C. 1.04 D. 1.15




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7. Two forces P and Q of the same magnitude act on a uniform metre rule pivoted at O as shown
below.

Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. The resultant forces P and Q on the metre rule is zero.
B. Both forces P and Q exert an anti- clockwise moment about O.
C. The moment of force P about O is greater than that of force Q about O
D. The system is in static equilibrium.

8.

A force is applied to a regular cubical block of weight 10 N as shown above. What is the least
magnitude of F required to overturn the block?
A. 2 N B. 5 N C. 10 N D. 20 N

9. A planet of mass m moves in a circular orbit of radius R round a sun of mass M with period T.
Which one of the following correctly shows how T depends on m, R and M?



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10. A body is released from rest at a point P a distance 3R from the centre of an isolated planet
with radius R and mass M. What is the speed of the body on hitting the planet?




11. Two steel wires P and Q were suspended from the ceiling with each wire being stretched by a
weight W. If the original length of wire P and Q are 2l and l respectively, and both wires have the
same extension, what is the ratio
Q wire of diameter
P wire of diameter
?
A
2
1
B 1 C 2 D 2

12. The graph below shows the distribution of molecular speed at room temperature.

As the temperature is increased,
A the peak position will move to the right and its height will increase
B the peak position will move to the right and its height will decrease
C the peak position will move to the left and its height will increase
D the peak position will move to the left and its height will decrease
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13. Which of the following is NOT an assumption in deriving the kinetic theory of gases?
A Attractive forces between the molecules are negligible.
B The volume of the molecules is negligible compared with the volume of the gas.
C The duration of a collision is negligible compared with the time between collisions.
D The molecules experience negligible change of momentum on collision with the walls
of the container

14. A vessel of volume 1x10
-3
m contains 0.72 g of an ideal gas of O
2
at a pressure of 1x10
5
Pa.
The r.m.s. velocity of the gas molecules is
A 20 m s
-1
B 110 m s
-1
C 340 m s
-1
D 650 m s
-1


15. One end of a properly insulated copper rod of length 60 cm and cross-sectional area 6.0 cm
2
is maintained at steam point while the other end is placed in ice at 0
o
C. Determine the mass of ice
melted in 12 minutes if the rod is in steady condition. ( For copper k = 380 W m
- 1
K
-1
,
specific latent heat of fusion of ice = 333 kJ kg
-1
)
A 0.04 kg B 0.08 kg C 2.48 kg D 3.56 kg











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Section B [15 marks]
Answer all questions from this section

1 (a)(i) Define a vector quantity.


[1 mark]


(ii) State the condition for a point mass to be in equilibrium



[1 mark]


(b) The diagram below shows a 5.0 kg street light suspended by two cables.

Calculate the tension in each of the cables.

















[5 marks]

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2 (a) (i) State the three main methods of heat transfer



[1 mark]

(ii) Explain how each of these methods transfer heat.










[3 marks]

(b) Why is it important for a good cooking utensil to have a high thermal conductivity ?





[2 marks]

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(c) A steel cooking pot has an effective surface area of 0.125 m
2
and a thickness of
1.0 x 10
3
m. Calculate the rate of heat flow through the bottom of the pot if the temperature
difference is 690
o
C?
[ The thermal conductivity of steel = 66.9 W m
-1
K
-1
]













[2 marks]









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Section C [30 marks]
Answer any two questions from this section

3 (a) An object is projected with initial speed v at angle with the horizontal.
Derive an equation for the path of the projectile. [3 marks]

(b) The diagram below shows a jeep travelling at constant speed 10 m s
-1
towards a
security post.

A security guard holding his rifle 15 m above the ground shoots horizontally when the jeep is
0.7 km from the security post. The bullet of the rifle strikes the jeep. Calculate
(i) the time taken by the bullet to strike the jeep, [2 marks]
(ii) the distance of the jeep from the security post when it is struck, [2 marks]
(iii) the initial speed of the bullet, [2 marks]
(iv) the speed and direction of the bullet when it strikes the jeep. [6 marks]








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4 (a)(i) State Newtons Law of Universal Gravitation. [2 marks]

(ii) Hence show that GM = gR
2
where G is the universal gravitational constant, g is the
acceleration due to gravity on the surface of the Earth , M is the Earths mass and R is the
Earths radius. [2 marks]

(b) Show that the speed of satellites orbiting very close to the surface of the Earth has a speed
of approximately 8 km s
-1
. [ g = 9.81 ms-1 and R = 6.4 x 10
6
m]
[3 marks]
(c) (i) A geosynchronous satellite is a satellite that appears stationary relative to a point on the
Earth. One of the properties is that its period of rotation must equal the period of rotation of
the Earth. State two other properties of a geosynchronous satellite.
[2 marks]

(ii) Find the radius of the orbit of the geosynchronous satellite [3 marks]

(iii) The mass of the satellite is 20 kg. Find its total energy.
[ Radius of Earth = 6.4 x 10
6
m ;] [3 marks]







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5 (a) (i) State two assumptions of an ideal gas. [2 marks]
(ii) State two physical conditions under which a gas behaves as an ideal gas.
[2 marks]
( i i i ) A 0.35 m
3
gas tank contains 7.0 kg of butane gas. Assuming that the gas
behaves as an ideal gas, calculate its pressure at 27
o
C. [3 marks]
[Molecular mass of butane is 58 g mol
-1
].
(iv) Butane gas normally behaves as a real gas. The actual pressure of the butane gas
is higher than the calculated value in (a)(iii). Give a reason. [1 mark]

(b) (i) What is meant by the degrees of freedom of a gas molecule? [1 mark]

(ii) Write an expression relating t he total kinetic energy E of a gas molecule to the
number of degrees of freedom f. Explain any other symbols used. [2 marks]

( i i i ) The escape velocity of Mars is 5.0 x 1 0
3
ms
- 1
, If the temperature of Mars is
300 K. determine whether oxygen gas can exist on the planet. [4 marks]
[Molecular mass of oxygen is 32 g mol
-1
.]












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Values of Constants ( Nilai Pemalar)

Speed of light in free space (Laju cahaya dalam ruang bebas) c = 3.00 x 10
8
ms
-1

Permeability of free space (Ketelapan ruang bebas)
0
= 4 x 10
-7
Hm
-1

Permittivity of free space (Ketelusan ruang bebas)
0
= 8.85 x 10
-12
Fm
-1

(1/(36)) x 10
-9
F m
-1

Magnitude of electronic (Magnitud cas electron) e = 1.60 x 10
-19
C
charge
Planck constant (Pemalar Planck) h = 6.63 x 10
-34
J s
Unified atomic mass unit (Unit jisim atom bersatu) u = 1.66 x 10
-27
kg
Rest mass of electron (Jisim rehat electron) m
e
= 9.11 x 10
-31
kg
Rest mass of proton (Jisim rehat proton) m
p
= 1.67 x 10
-27
kg
Molar gas constant (Pemalar gas molar) R = 8.31 J K
-1
mol
-1

Avogadro constant (Pemalar Avogadro) L, N
A
= 6.02 x 10
23
mol
-1

Boltzmann constant (Pemalar Boltzmann) k = 1.38 x 10
-23
J K
-1

Gravitational constant (Pemalar gravity) G = 6.67 x 10
-11
Nm
2
kg
-2

Acceleration of free fall (Pecutan jatuh bebas) g = 9.81 m s
-2




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Skema Pemarkahan Peperiksaan Penggal 1 STPM Baharu

Section A













Section B


1(a) (i) A quantity having magnitude and direction. 1

(ii) The algebraic sum of all the forces acting on the mass is zero 1

(b)

-T
1
cos 60
o
+T
2
cos 40
o
= 0 1

T
1
sin 60
o
+T
2
sin 40
o
= mg 1

T
1
cos 60
o
= T
2
cos 40
o


T
1 =
1.53 T
2


(1.53 T
2
)sin 60
o
+ T
2
sin 40
o
= 49 1
T
2
= 24.9 N or 25 N 1
T
1
=

1.53 x 24.9
= 38.1 N 1




1 C 6 A 11 C
2 D 7 A 12 B
3 B 8 B 13 D
4 B 9 C 14 D
5 C 10 C 15 B
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2(i) Conduction, Convection and Radiation ..all three methods ---- 1

Conduction is the transfer of heat through a material medium without the medium
moving. 1

Convection is the transfer of heat when the material medium moves and carries the heat
along 1

Radiation is the transfer of heat from a hot body to the surrounding without any material
medium. 1


(b)
The rate of heat transfer from the outer surface to the inner surface is large. 1

The temperature gradient across the outer surface and inner surface is small. 1
(The temperature of the inner surface is near to the temperature of the outer surface.


(c)
Rate of heat flow,
dx
d
kA
dt
dQ u
= ------------------------------- 1
= (66.9) (0.125)
3
10 0 . 1
690


= 5.77 x 10
6
W ----------------------- 1




















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Section C
3 (a) Horizontal displacement x = (v cosu) t 1
Vertical displacement y = (v sinu) t
2
2
1
gt 1

u cos v
x
t =

2
cos cos
) sin (
2
1
|
.
|

\
|
|
.
|

\
|
=
u u
u
v
x
g
v
x
v y

2
2 2
cos 2
tan x
v
g
x y
u
u = 1


(b) (i) Using s =
2
2
1
gt ut + 1
15 =
2
) 81 . 9 ( 0
2
1
t +
t = 1.75 s 1

(ii) Distance of moving jeep from security post = 10(1.75)
= 17.5 m 1
Distance from security post = 700 17.5
= 682.5 m 1


(iii) Initial speed of bullet u =
distance from security post
time
1
=
75 . 1
5 . 682

= 390 m s
1
1

(iv) The speed of bullet when it strikes the jeep
v
x
= u = 390 m/s
v
y
= v
o
sin u + gt 1
= 0 + 9.81(1.75)
= 17.2 m s
1
1
v =
2 2
y x
v v +
=
2 2
2 . 17 390 +
= 390.4 m s
1
1
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tan u =
x
y
v
v
1

|
|
.
|

\
|
=

x
y
v
v
u
1
tan
= |
.
|

\
|

390
2 . 17
tan
1

u = 2.5 1
the angle of strike is 2.5 below the horizontal 1

























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4 (a) (i) The gravitational attraction F is directly proportional to the product of the masses
of the two bodies and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.
2
OR
2
r
Mm
G F = 1
where F is the gravitational attraction
G is the universal gravitational constant
M and m are the masses of the two bodies
r is the distance between centres of the two bodies. 1

(ii) For an object on the surface of the Earth ,
the gravitational force = mg 1

2
r
GMm
mg = 1

2
gR GM =
(b) For a satellite orbiting close to the Earth, the radius of the orbit is approximately equal
to the radius of the Earth.

r
mv
r
GMm
2
2
= 1

r
GM
v =
But GM = gr
2
= gr 1
= ( )( )
6
10 4 . 6 81 . 9
= 8 x 10
3
ms
-1

= 8 km s
-1
1

c(i)
1. The satellite must orbit the Earth in the same direction as the rotation of the Earth
about its axis. 1
2. The orbit must be above the equator. The plane of the satellite contain the plane of the
equator. 1


(ii)
Centripetal force = me
2
r
= r
T
m
2
2
|
.
|

\
| t

= r
T
m
2
2
4t
where T is the period
Gravitational force =
2
r
GMm

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Thus
2
2
2
4
T
m
r
GMm
r
t
= 1

2
2
3
4t
GMT
r =

For an object on the surface of the Earth

2
r
GMm
mg =

2
gR GM =


Thus
2
2 2
3
4t
T gR
r = 1
=
( )( ) ( )
2
2
4
2
6
4
10 64 . 8 10 4 . 6 81 . 9
t


r = 4.24 x 10
7
m 1

(iii)
Total Energy = Kinetic Energy + Potential Energy 1
= |
.
|

\
|
+
r
GMm
mv
2
2
1


But
2
2
r
GMm
r
mv
=

r
GMm
mv
2 2
1
2
=

Total energy =
r
GMm
r
GMm

2

=
r
GMm
2
1
But
2
gR GM =

Total energy =
r
m gR
2
2

=
( )( ) ( )
( )
7
2
6
10 23 . 4 2
20 10 4 . 6 81 . 9


= - 9.48 x 10
7
J 1


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5 (a) (i) The forces of attraction between the molecules are negligible
Volume of the molecules is negligible compared to the volume of the gas
The collision between the molecules and with the walls of the container are
perfectly elastic
The molecules are in random motion
The time of collision is negligible compared to the time between collisions

(Any two) 2

(ii) Low pressure 1
High temperature 1

(iii) From pV = nRT 1
p(0.35) =

7.0
58 10
3
|
\

|
.
|
(8.31)(300) 1

p = 8.6 x 10
5
Pa 1


(iv) The volume of gas molecules is not negligible 1


(b) (i) Degrees of freedom is the independent ways a molecule acquire kinetic energy 1


(ii) E =

f
2
kT 1
Where k = Boltzmann constant
T = absolute temperature 1


(iii)

1
2
mv
2
=
3
2
kT 1
) 300 )( 10 38 . 1 (
2
3
10 02 . 6
10 32
2
1
23 2
23
3

=
|
|
.
|

\
|

v
1
v = 483 m s
1
1
Oxygen molecules cannot escape from Mars 1
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