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    je eS. rest cope 01238020 | FORM TP 2016100 ‘e MAYHUNE 2016 CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL CARIBBEAN SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE® EXAMINATION PHYSICS Paper 02 — General Proficiency 2 hours 30 minutes READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY. L This paper consists of TWO sections: A and B. 2. Section A consists of THREE questions. Candidates must attempt ALL questions in this section, 3. Section B consists of THREE questions. Candidates must attempt ALL questions in this section, ALL answers MUST be written in answer booklet. 5. All working MUST be clearly shown, 6. DoNOT write in the margins. 7. You may use a silent, non-programmable calculator, but you should note that the use of an inappropriate number of figures in answers will be penalized. 8 Mathematical tables are provided. If you need to rewrite any answer and there is not enough space to do so on the original page, you must use the extra lined page(s) provided at the back of this booklet. Remember to draw a line through your original answer. 10. Ifyou use the extra page(s), you MUST write the question number clearly in the box provided at the top of the extra page(s) and, where relevant, include the question part beside the answer. DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO. Copyright © 2015 Caribbean Examinations Council All rights reserved. 01238020/F 2016 I 00 00 | (0123802003 4 SECTION A Answer ALL questions. 1. Theactivity of a radioactive sample was measured overa six-hour period. The results are recorded in Table 1. TABLE 1 Time Activity (A) in hours 0 80.0 1 50.0 2 34.5 3 20.0 4 Bo 5 78 6 5.0 (a) Using the grid on page 5, plot a graph of Activity (4) versus Time (1). (8 marks) GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 01238020/F 2016 nm L 0123802004 J ‘DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA BO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA | DO DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 0423802005 01238020/F 2016 Wau SULLNEALIYA LON OG rc ® @ co) 01238020/F 2016 L. -6- “1 From your graph, determine the half-life of the sample. ( marks) Using your graph, determine a more accurate value of the half-life of the sample. (G marks) GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE iil DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA “DO Nor WRITE IN THIS AREA DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA i g a = & : & r © @ tO) wo “7 7 From your graph, and using dotted lines, determine how long it takes for the activity of the sample to be reduced to 10 disintegrations per second, from its original activity level. @ marks) State ONE reason why a line drawn through all the points would not form a perfectly smooth curve. (1mark) Allelements including radioactive substances have an ‘atomic number’ and ‘mass number”. Explain what the two terms mean. Atomic number: Mass number: In medicine, lodine~123,[' “123° represent? "l] is used to check a patient's thyroid function. What does (1 mark) Total 25 marks GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE, 01238020/F 2016 L I | 0123802007 2. (a) Complete the bubble: r * in Figure | by inserting the SI unit which matches EACH of the physical quantities. 4 Physical Quantity SI Unit (Word or symbol) Figure 1 (6) @_ State Newton’s third law of motion. (2 marks) 01238020/F 2016 0123802008 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE a DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA (DO NOT WRiTe IN THIS AREA Ho NOT WRITE IN THe AREA -9- “| Gi) A Caribbean airplane on its way from the Piarco International Airport to the Grantley Adams International Airport flies horizontally in mid-flight. With the aid of a diagram, and using Newton's third law of motion, explain how this happens. | DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA DO.NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA marks) 8 : 2 = fe 5 5 : GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 01238020/F 2016 le ‘NU eI 0123802009 ©o @ wi 01238020/F 2016 [is “ 7 Define the term ‘linear momentum’. 2 marks) ‘An 8 kg ball travelling to the east at 10 ms", collides with a 2 kg ball travelling to the west with a velocity of 5 ms". After the collision, they move together. Determine the final velocity of the balls. Assume that there are no resistive forces. (marks) Total 15 marks GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE, ET set 0123802010 DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA UDO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA | DO NOTWRITE IN THIS AREA DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA DONOT WRITE IN THIS AREA (a) (b) ©

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