HAYAH INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY

IBDP PHYSICS SL
Topics: 1, 2, and 6 summative
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Part I: MCQ [1M each]

1. Which of the following contains one fundamental and one derived unit?

A. ampere kilogram
B. ampere coulomb
C. joule newton
D. joule coulomb

2. Which of the following will reduce random errors in an experiment?

A. Using an instrument having a greater precision

B. Checking the calibration of the instrument used

C. Checking for zero error on the instrument used

D. Repeating readings

3. Which of the following lists two scalar quantities?

A. emf, momentum

B. emf, weight

C. impulse, kinetic energy

D. magnetic flux, kinetic energy

4. A car of mass 1000 kg accelerates on a straight, flat, horizontal road with an acceleration
a = 0.3 m s–2.
The driving force F on the car is opposed by a resistive force of 500 N.

The net (resultant) force on the car is

A. 200 N.

B. 300 N.

C. 500 N.

D. 800 N.

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5. A tennis ball of mass m moving horizontally with speed u strikes a vertical tennis racket. The
ball bounces back with a horizontal speed v.

The magnitude of the change in momentum of the ball is

A. m(u + v).

B. m(u – v).

C. m(v – u).

D. zero.

6. A brother and sister take the same time to run up a set of steps. The sister has a greater mass
than her brother. Which of the following is correct?

Has done the most work Has developed the greatest power
A. brother brother
B. brother sister
C. sister brother
D. sister sister

7. A nuclear power station produces 10 GW of electrical power. The power generated by the
nuclear reactions in the core of the reactor is 25 GW. The efficiency of the power station is

A. 15 %.

B. 35 %.

C. 40 %.

D. 60 %.

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8. The graph shows the variation with time t of the acceleration a of an object.

Which of the following is the change in velocity of the object in the time interval 0 to 4 s?

A. –8 m s–1

B. –4 m s–1

C. +4 m s–1

D. +8 m s–1

9. A stone attached to a string is moving in a horizontal circle. The constant speed of the stone is v.
The diagram below shows the stone in two different positions, X and Y.

Which of the following shows the direction of the change of velocity of the stone when moving
from position X to position Y?

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10. A spherical planet of uniform density has three times the mass of the Earth and twice the
average radius. The magnitude of the gravitational field strength at the surface of the Earth is g.
What is the gravitational field strength at the surface of the planet?

A. 6g

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B. g
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C. g
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D. g
2

11. A spacecraft travels away from Earth in a straight line with its motors shut down. At one instant
the speed of the spacecraft is 5.4 km s–1. After a time of 600 s, the speed is 5.1 km s–1. The
average gravitational field strength acting on the spacecraft during this time interval is

A. 5.0 × 10–4 N kg–1

B. 3.0 × 10–2 N kg–1

C. 5.0 × 10–1 N kg–1

D. 30 N kg–1

12. A long straight wire carries an electric current perpendicularly out of the paper. Which of the
following represents the magnetic field pattern due to the current?

13. The graph shows the variation with force F of the extension s of a spring.

The work done in changing the extension of the spring

from 3.0 cm to 6.0 cm is

A. 15 N cm.

B. 30 N cm.

C. 45 N cm.

D. 60 N cm.

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14. A car moves from X to Y along a semicircular path. The radius of the path is 250 m and the
time taken to complete the trip is 50 s.

Which of the following correctly shows the magnitude of the average velocity and the
magnitude of the average speed?

Average velocity Average speed

A. 10 m s–1 10 m s–1
B. 10 m s–1 16 m s–1
C. 16 m s–1 10 m s–1
D. 16 m s–1 16 m s–1

15. The diagram shows two parallel metal plates X and Y.

Plate X is at Earth potential (0 V) and the potential of plate Y is V0.

Which of the following is correct in respect of the magnitude and the direction of the electric
field between the plates?

Magnitude Direction
A. constant X→Y
B. increasing Y→X
C. constant Y→X
D. increasing X→Y

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Part II: Answer the following:

16. An electron, that has been accelerated from rest by a potential difference of 250 V, enters a
region of magnetic field of strength 0.12 T that is directed into the plane of the page.

(a) The electron’s path while in the region of magnetic field is a quarter circle. Show that the

(i) speed of the electron after acceleration is 9.4 × 106 m s–1.

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(ii) radius of the path is 4.5 × 10–4 m.

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(b) The diagram below shows the momentum of the electron as it enters and leaves the region
of magnetic field. The magnitude of the initial momentum and of the final momentum is
8.6 × 10–24 N s.

(i) On the diagram above, draw an arrow to indicate the vector representing the
change in the momentum of the electron.
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(ii) Show that the magnitude of the change in the momentum of the electron is
1.2 × 10–23 Ns.

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(iii) The time the electron spends in the region of magnetic field is 7.4 × 10–11 s.
Estimate the magnitude of the average force on the electron.

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17. (a) Define gravitational field strength.

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(b) The gravitational field strength at the surface of Jupiter is 25 N kg–1 and the radius of
Jupiter is 7.1  107 m.

(i) Derive an expression for the gravitational field strength at the surface of a planet in
terms of its mass M, its radius R and the gravitational constant G.

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(ii) Use your expression in (b)(i) above to estimate the mass of Jupiter.

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18. A ball of mass 0.25 kg is attached to a string and is made to rotate with constant speed v along a
horizontal circle of radius r = 0.33 m. The string is attached to the ceiling and makes an angle of
30° with the vertical.

(a) (i) On the diagram above, draw and label arrows to represent the forces on the ball in
the position shown.
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(ii) State and explain whether the ball is in equilibrium.

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(b) Determine the speed of rotation of the ball.

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19. (a) A net force of magnitude F acts on a body. Define the impulse I of the force.

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(b) A ball of mass 0.0750 kg is travelling horizontally with a speed of 2.20 m s–1. It strikes a
vertical wall and rebounds horizontally.

Due to the collision with the wall, 20 % of the ball’s initial kinetic energy is dissipated.

(i) Show that the ball rebounds from the wall with a speed of 1.97 m s–1.

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(ii) Show that the impulse given to the ball by the wall is 0.313 N s.

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(c) The ball strikes the wall at time t = 0 and leaves the wall at time t = T.

The sketch graph shows how the force F that the wall exerts on the ball is assumed to
vary with time t.

The time T is measured electronically to equal 0.0894 s.

Use the impulse given in (b)(ii) to estimate the average value of F.

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20. The resistance R of a sample of mercury was measured as a function of the temperature T of the
sample. The sample was cooled and data points were taken at temperature intervals of 0.2 K.
The uncertainties in R and T are too small to be shown on the graph.

The hypothesis is that resistance is proportional to absolute temperature for temperatures greater
than 4.5 K.

(a) (i) Suggest whether the data supports the hypothesis.

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(ii) Draw a line of best fit through the data.

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(b) State the value of R for which the rate of change of resistance of the sample with
temperature is least.

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(c) At a temperature TC the resistance suddenly becomes zero.

(i) Use the graph to determine the possible range of the temperature TC.

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(ii) State, to the correct number of significant figures, the value of TC and its
uncertainty.

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(iii) Outline how the temperature TC could be measured more precisely.

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(d) Outline two reasons why you could not use the data to determine an accurate value for R
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