Physics

Standard level
Paper 1

Wednesday 16 November 2022

1 hour

Instructions to candidates

● Do not open this examination paper until instructed to do so.

● Answer all the questions.
● For each question, choose the answer you consider to be the best and indicate your choice on the
answer sheet provided.
● A clean copy of the physics data booklet is required for this paper.
● The maximum mark for this examination paper is [30 marks].
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1. [1 mark]

The bob of a pendulum has an initial displacement x 0 to the right. The bob is released and allowed to oscillate.
The graph shows how the displacement varies with time. At which point is the velocity of the bob at its
maximum magnitude directed towards the left?

 2. [1 mark]
An ideal gas of constant mass is heated in a container of constant volume.
What is the reason for the increase in pressure of the gas?
A.  The average number of molecules per unit volume increases.
B.  The average force per impact at the container wall increases.
C.  Molecules collide with each other more frequently.
D.  Molecules occupy a greater fractional volume of the container.
3. [1 mark]
The motion of an object is described by the equation
acceleration ∝ − displacement.
What is the direction of the acceleration relative to that of the displacement and what is the displacement
when the speed is a maximum?

4. [1 mark]
Energy is transferred to water in a flask at a rate P. The water reaches boiling point and then P is increased.
What are the changes to the temperature of the water and to the rate of vaporization of the water after the
change?
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 5. [1 mark]
Boiling water is heated in a 2 kW electric kettle. The initial mass of water is 0.4 kg. Assume the specific latent
heat of vaporization of water is 2 MJ kg–1. What is the time taken for all the water to vaporize?
A. 250 s
B. 400 s
C. 2500 s
D. 4000 s
6. [1 mark]
A particle performs simple harmonic motion (shm). What is the phase difference between the displacement
and the acceleration of the particle?
A. 0
π
B. 
2
C.  π

3π
D. 
2
 7. [1 mark]
Which graph shows the variation with time t of the kinetic energy (KE) of an object undergoing simple
harmonic motion (shm) of period T?

8. [1 mark]
A substance changes from the solid phase to the gas phase without becoming a liquid and without a change in
temperature.

What is true about the internal energy of the substance and the total intermolecular potential energy of the
substance when this phase change occurs?
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9. [1 mark]
The temperature of a fixed mass of an ideal gas changes from 200 °C to 400 °C.

mean kinetic energy of gas at 200 ° C

What is ?
meankinetic energy of gas at 400° C

A. 0.50
B. 0.70
C. 1.4
D. 2.0
10. [1 mark]
A driver uses the brakes on a car to descend a hill at constant speed. What is correct about the internal energy
of the brake discs?
A.  The internal energy increases.
B.  The internal energy decreases.
C.  There is no change in the internal energy.
D.  The internal energy is zero.
11. [1 mark]
Two blocks, X and Y, are placed in contact with each other. Data for the blocks are provided.

X has a mass m . What is the mass of Y?

m
A.  
4
B.  m

C.  4 m

D.  6 m

12. [1 mark]
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An ideal gas is maintained at a temperature of 100 K. The variation of the pressure P and of the gas is
volume
shown.

What is the quantity of the gas?

2× 105
A.   mol
R
200
B.   mol
R
80
C.   mol
R
4
D.   mol
5R
13. [1 mark]
A wave of period 10 ms travels through a medium. The graph shows the variation of particle displacement
with distance for the wave.

What is the average speed of a particle in the medium during one cycle?
A.  4.0 m s−1
B.  8.0 m s−1
C.  16 m s−1
D.  20 m s−1
14. [1 mark]

A light source of power P is observed from a distance d . The power of the source is then halved.
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At what distance from the source will the intensity be the same as before?
d
A.  
√❑
d
B.  
2
d
C.  
4
d
D.  
8
15. [1 mark]
A quantity of an ideal gas is at a temperature T in a cylinder with a movable piston that traps a length L of the
5L
gas. The piston is moved so that the length of the trapped gas is reduced to and the pressure of the gas
6
doubles.

What is the temperature of the gas at the end of the change?

5
A.   T
12

3
B.   T
5

5
C.   T
3

12
D.   T
5
16. [1 mark]
What is true for an ideal gas?
A.  nRT = NkBT
B.  nRT = kBT
C.  RT = NkBT
D.  RT = kBT
17. [1 mark]
Which assumption is part of the molecular kinetic model of ideal gases? 
A.  The work done on a system equals the change in kinetic energy of the system.
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B.  The volume of a gas results from adding the volume of the individual molecules.
C.  A gas is made up of tiny identical particles in constant random motion.
D.  All particles in a gas have kinetic and potential energy.
18. [1 mark]
System X is at a temperature of 40 °C. Thermal energy is provided to system X until it reaches a temperature
of 50 °C. System Y is at a temperature of 283 K. Thermal energy is provided to system Y until it reaches a
temperature of 293 K.
What is the difference in the thermal energy provided to both systems?
A.  Zero
B.  Larger for X
C.  Larger for Y
D.  Cannot be determined with the data given
19. [1 mark]
A particle is moving in a straight line with an acceleration proportional to its displacement and opposite to its
direction. What are the velocity and the acceleration of the particle when it is at its maximum displacement?

20. [1 mark]
A wave travels along a string. Graph M shows the variation with time of the displacement of a point X on the
string. Graph N shows the variation with distance of the displacement of the string. PQ and RS are marked on
the graphs.
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What is the speed of the wave?

PQ
A.  
RS

B.   PQ × RS

RS
C.  
PQ

1
D.  
PQ × RS
21. [1 mark]

A fixed mass of an ideal gas has a volume of V , a pressure of p and a temperature of 30 C . The gas is
V
compressed to the volume of  and its pressure increases to 12p. What is the new temperature of the gas?
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A.  15 C

B.  60 C

C.  333 C

D.  606 C

22. [1 mark]

A particle undergoes simple harmonic motion of amplitude x 0 and frequency f . What is the average speed of
the particle during one oscillation?

A.  0

B.  f x 0
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C.  2 f x 0

D.  4 f x 0

23. [1 mark]
When 40 kJ of energy is transferred to a quantity of a liquid substance, its temperature increases by 20 K.
When 600 kJ of energy is transferred to the same quantity of the liquid at its boiling temperature, it vaporizes
completely at constant temperature. What is
specific latent heat of vaporization
specific heat capacity of the liquid
for this substance?
A. 15 K−1
B. 15 K
C. 300 K−1
D. 300 K
24. [1 mark]
A quantity of 2.00 mol of an ideal gas is maintained at a temperature of 127 ºC in a container of volume 0.083 
m3. What is the pressure of the gas?
A. 8 kPa
B. 25 kPa
C. 40 kPa
D. 80 kPa

25. [1 mark]
An object performs simple harmonic motion (shm). The graph shows how the velocity v of the object varies
with time t.

The displacement of the object is x and its acceleration is a. What is the variation of x with t and the variation
of a with t?
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26. [1 mark]
A sound wave has a frequency of 1.0 kHz and a wavelength of 0.33 m. What is the distance travelled by the
wave in 2.0 ms and the nature of the wave?

27. [1 mark]

A sample of oxygen gas with a volume of 3.0 m3 is at 100 C . The gas is heated so that it expands at a constant
pressure to a final volume of 6.0 m 3. What is the final temperature of the gas?

A. 750 C

B. 470 C

C. 370 C

D. 200 C

28. [1 mark]
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Two identical containers X and Y each contain an ideal gas. X has N molecules of gas at an absolute
T
temperature of T and Y has 3N molecules of gas at an absolute temperature of  What is the ratio of the
2
PY
pressures  ?
PX

1
A.   
6
2
B.   
3
3
C.   
2
D.   6

29. [1 mark]
A cart travels from rest along a horizontal surface with a constant acceleration. What is the variation of the
kinetic energy Ek of the cart with its distance s travelled? Air resistance is negligible.

30. [1 mark]
Two trolleys of equal mass travel in opposite directions as shown.

The trolleys collide head-on and stick together.

What is their velocity after the collision?
A.  1 m s−1
B.  2 m s−1
C.  5 m s−1
D.  10 m s−1
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31. [1 mark]
The road from city X to city Y is 1000 km long. The displacement is 800 km from X to Y.

What is the distance travelled from Y to X and the displacement from Y to X?

32. [1 mark]

A car accelerates uniformly from rest to a velocity v  during time t 1. It then continues at constant velocity v
from t 1 to time t 2. What is the total distance covered by the car in t 2?

A.   v t 2

1
B.   v ( t 2 − t 1 ) + v t 1
2

1
C.   v ( t 2+ t 1 )
2

1
D.   v t 1+ v ( t 2 −t 1)
2
33. [1 mark]
An object is pushed from rest by a constant net force of 100 N. When the object has travelled 2.0 m the object
has reached a velocity of 10 m s−1. What is the mass of the object?
A.  2 kg
B.  4 kg
C.  40 kg
D.  200 kg