Triple Physics Higher Multiple Choice Practise

TRIPLE PHYSICS HIGHER MULTIPLE CHOICE PRACTISE
1. Why are high voltages used to transfer electrical power from power stations in the National
A. allows low resistance wires to be used.
B. produces a higher current.
C. reduces energy losses.
D. voltage can be changed using transformers.
Your answer
2. A ray of green light shines through a glass prism.
The ray travels through the prism and out of the other side.
Which diagram shows the correct path of the ray?
Your answer
3. Which correctly describes electricity supply to homes in the UK?

A. 50 Hz a.c.
B. 50 Hz d.c.
C. 230 Hz a.c.
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D. 230 Hz d.c.
Your answer
4. Which of these electromagnetic waves has the highest frequency?

A. microwaves
B. gamma rays
C. ultra-violet rays
D. radio waves
Your answer
5. Which of these is evidence for an expanding universe?

A. Light from galaxies is red shifted.
B. Nuclear fusion occurs in stars.
C. Many stars have orbiting planets.
D. Stars were formed from dust and gas.
Your answer
6. An element has more than one isotope.
Which correctly describes the atoms of all isotopes of this element?

Numbers of electrons
A different
B same
C same
D same
Your answer
7. The most abundant form of radium is radium-226.
Its nuclear mass is 226 and its nucleus contains 138 neutrons.
Which is an isotope of radium?

A. nuclear mass 226; 137 neutrons
B. nuclear mass 226; 139 neutrons
C. nuclear mass 227; 138 neutrons
D. nuclear mass 227; 139 neutrons
Your answer
8.
Radium-226, decays to become radon-222,
What is emitted when a nucleus of radium-226 decays?

A. a beta particle
B. an alpha particle
C. four neutrons
D. four protons
Your answer
9. A radioactive source has a half-life of 80 s.
How long will it take for 7/8 of the source to decay?

A. 10 s
B. 70 s
C. 240 s
D. 640 s
Your answer
10. A radio transfers 30 J of potential energy to 27 J of useful energy.
What is the efficiency and energy loss for the radio?
A
B
C
D
Your answer
11. Which of these is not true of all electromagnetic waves?
A. They are transverse waves
B. They have the same wavelength
C. They can travel through a vacuum
D. They travel at 300 000 000 m/s
Your answer
12. Which row increases the efficiency of a machine?
increase en
A

B
C
D
Your answer
13. What is the number of neutrons in this isotope of uranium?
A. 92
B. 119
C. 146
D. 238
Your answer
14. A crowd makes a Mexican wave.
A Mexican wave starts with people lifting and lowering their arms.
The Mexican wave continues by people, next to them, lifting and lowering their arms.
Why is a Mexican wave an example of a transverse wave?
15. A longitudinal wave passes through a slinky spring. The coils of the spring vibrate backward
The diagram shows the position of the coils at a point in time whilst the wave is passing thro
Which pair of coils are one wavelength apart?

A. W and X
B. W and Z
C. X and Y
D. Y and Z
Your answer
16. The National Grid transfers energy efficiently using high voltages.
Why are high voltages more efficient?

A. High voltages produce a high current which heats wires less.
B. High voltages produce a low current which heats wires more.
C. High voltages produce a high current which heats wires more.
D. High voltages produce a low current which heats wires less.
Your answer
17. Which row correctly describes the domestic electricity supply in the UK?
Your answer
18. What is a typical weight of an empty single decker school bus?

A. 1 200 N
B. 12 000 N
C. 120 000 N
D. 1 200 000 N
Your answer
19. How was the Sun formed?

A. From dust and gas pushed together by gravity leading to a fission reaction.
B. From dust and gas pulled together by gravity leading to a fusion reaction.
C. From dust and gas pushed together by gravity leading to a fusion reaction.
D. From dust and gas pulled together by gravity leading to a fission reaction.
Your answer
20. Which of these travels as a longitudinal wave?

A. light from a torch
B. ripples from a stone dropped in water
C. sound from a loudspeaker
D. ultra-violet from the Sun
Your answer

21. A hockey player used pads on her legs to reduce injuries when hit by the ball. How do the p
A. The acceleration and force of the ball is reduced.
B. The acceleration of the ball is increased and the force is decreased.
C. The acceleration of the ball is decreased and the force is increased.
D. The acceleration and force of the ball is increased.
Your answer
22. Besides seatbelts, tThere are other safety features in modern cars that reduce injuries. They work in a
Write down two other safety features of modern cars that work in a similar way to seat belts.
23. All radioactive sources have a half-life.
Which statement about the half-life of a source is correct?

A. It is half the time for the radioactive source to become safe.
B. It is half the time it takes for an atom to decay.
C. It is half the time it takes the activity of the source to decrease to zero.
D. It is the time it takes the activity of the source to decrease by half.
Your answer
24. Matt experiments with radioactive materials.
He investigates how the activity of radiation changes with distance.
The radiation moves from the source to a detector.
He measures the counts per minute from a radioactive source.
The table shows the results from the experiment.
Distance between the source and the detector (cm)

10
20
40
80
Matt could not take an accurate reading at 0 cm.
Suggest a reason why.
25. Which wall would allow the most heat transfer through the wall?
A. Thick wall made from a material with high thermal conductivity.
B. Thick wall made from a material with low thermal conductivity.
C. Thin wall made from a material with high thermal conductivity.
D. Thin wall made from a material with low thermal conductivity.
Your answer
26. A radio transfers 30 J of potential energy to 27J of useful energy.
What is the efficiency and energy loss for the radio?

A
B
C
D
Your answer
27. Which statement describes nuclear fusion?

A. Two hydrogen nuclei join to form a helium nucleus.
B. A helium nucleus joins with a hydrogen nucleus to form an alpha particle.
C. Uranium nuclei split and produce high energy neutrons causing a chain reaction.
D. Two helium nuclei join to form a hydrogen nucleus.
Your answer
28. A student picks up a very hot plate.
What is the shortest time the student can react and drop the plate?
A. 2 milliseconds
B. 0.2 seconds
C. 2 seconds
D. 0.2 minutes
Your answer
29. The Sun was formed from a cloud of dust and gas.
Which force brought together the particles of the cloud?

A. electrostatic
B. frictional
C. gravitational
D. magnetic
Your answer
30. Red light refracts when it enters glass from air because its speed changes.
The red light is replaced by blue light.
Which statement is correct about the refraction of blue light?

A. It refracts less than red because its speed in glass is greater than red.
B. It refracts less than red because its speed in glass is less than red.
C. It refracts more than red because its speed in glass is greater than red.
D. It refracts more than red because its speed in glass is less than red.
Your answer
31. A sound wave travels from water into air.
Its wavelength in air is longer than in water.
How do the frequency and speed of the wave in air compare with their values in water?
Frequency in air
A higher
B higher
C same
D same
32. Power stations produce electrical energy and use the National Grid to send it to factories and homes i
A step-up transformer is used in the National Grid.
State what a step-up transformer does.
END OF QUESTION PAPER
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4 B
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5 A
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6 C
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7 D
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8 B
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9 C
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10 C
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11 B
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12 D
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13 C
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14 Arms move at 90° to wave direction / AW (1)
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15 D
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16 D
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17 A
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18 C
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19 B
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20 C
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21 A
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crumple zones
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air bags [1]
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24 Reading would be very high (1)
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26 C
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27 A
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28 B
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29 C
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30 D
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31 C
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32 Increases output potential difference (1)
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TRIPLE PHYSICS HIGHER MULTIPLE CHOICE PRACTISE

2. A ray of green light shines through a glass prism.

Which diagram shows the correct path of the ray?

3. Which correctly describes electricity supply to homes in the UK?

4. Which of these electromagnetic waves has the highest frequency?

5. Which of these is evidence for an expanding universe?

6. An element has more than one isotope.

Which correctly describes the atoms of all isotopes of this element?

7. The most abundant form of radium is radium-226.

Which is an isotope of radium?

What is emitted when a nucleus of radium-226 decays?

9. A radioactive source has a half-life of 80 s.

How long will it take for 7/8 of the source to decay?

10. A radio transfers 30 J of potential energy to 27 J of useful energy.

What is the efficiency and energy loss for the radio?

12. Which row increases the efficiency of a machine?

13. What is the number of neutrons in this isotope of uranium?

14. A crowd makes a Mexican wave.

Why is a Mexican wave an example of a transverse wave?

Which pair of coils are one wavelength apart?

Why are high voltages more efficient?

18. What is a typical weight of an empty single decker school bus?

19. How was the Sun formed?

20. Which of these travels as a longitudinal wave?

23. All radioactive sources have a half-life.

Which statement about the half-life of a source is correct?

24. Matt experiments with radioactive materials.

He investigates how the activity of radiation changes with distance.

The radiation moves from the source to a detector.

He measures the counts per minute from a radioactive source.

Distance between the source and the detector (cm)

Matt could not take an accurate reading at 0 cm.

Suggest a reason why.

26. A radio transfers 30 J of potential energy to 27J of useful energy.

What is the efficiency and energy loss for the radio?

27. Which statement describes nuclear fusion?

28. A student picks up a very hot plate.

Which force brought together the particles of the cloud?

Which statement is correct about the refraction of blue light?

31. A sound wave travels from water into air.

Its wavelength in air is longer than in water.

State what a step-up transformer does.

END OF QUESTION PAPER

14 Arms move at 90° to wave direction / AW (1)

air bags [1]

24 Reading would be very high (1)

32 Increases output potential difference (1)

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