Thursday 26 September 2019

Test 2
1 A scientist uses an oscilloscope to record the traces made from four different sounds. The diagrams show
the traces made from these four sounds.

trace E
(a) Which is the loudest sound? [1]
(b) Which sound has the highest pitch? [1]
(c) The scientist makes a fifth sound. This sound has the same amplitude as the sound that made trace B. It
has the same frequency as the sound that made trace D. Copy trace E and draw the trace that his fifth \
sound makes on the oscilloscope. [3]

2 A boy cycles a distance of 960 m from home to school in 8.0 minutes.

(a) Calculate his average speed for the journey in m/s. [4]
(b) The journey is all along a horizontal road. At the end of the journey the boy is tired because of the work
he has done. Against which force has this work been done? [1]

3 (a) Name three different energy resources used to obtain energy directly from water (not steam). [3]
(b) Choose one of the energy resources you have named in (a) and write a brief description of how the
energy is converted to electrical energy. [3]

4 The diagram shows the Earth moving around the Sun.

(a) What causes day and night on Earth? [1]

(b) Two students are discussing the Sun and the Moon. Who is correct?
Luca says: The Sun gives out light that it produces itself.
Anya says: The Moon does not give out light. It only reflects light from the Sun. [1]
(c) Give four names of planets. [4]

5 Look at the diagram of air particles in a sound wave.

(a) When the air particles are closer together, it is called a compression. Write the two letters showing a
compression and the two letters showing a rarefaction. [2]
(b) Sound does not travel in a vacuum, or in space. Copy and complete the sentence.
Sound cannot travel in a vacuum because it can only travel when there are ………………………. [1]

6 Two girls attempt to measure the speed of the water in a river, as shown in below.

(a) The distance between the two bridges is measured as 50 m. Suggest an appropriate instrument that they
might use to measure this distance.[1]
(b) The girl on bridge 1 drops a piece of wood into the water. The girl on bridge 2 measures how long it
takes for the piece of wood to reach bridge 2. It takes 400 s to travel between the two bridges.
(i) Name an appropriate instrument that could be used to measure this time. [1]
(ii) Describe the procedure for measuring this time. [3]