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AS Physics AQA Topic Questions 1. Measurements & Their Errors 1.2 Limitation of Physical Measurements

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3a 2 marks

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An object of mass 1.000 g is placed on four di erent balances. For each
balance the reading is taken ve times, as shown in Table 1.
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Table 1
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Mass Reading / g
Balance
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
1 1.000 1.000 1.002 1.001 1.002
2 1.011 0.999 1.001 0.989 0.995
3 1.012 1.013 1.012 1.014 1.014
4 0.993 0.987 1.002 1.000 0.983

a) Analyze the data and conclude which sets of readings are accurate,
precise or neither.

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3b 3 marks

In an experiment to measure the density of steel, a steel sphere was used. The
diameter of the steel sphere was found to be 0.60 cm ± 0.01 mm.
The object used in part (a) was the steel sphere. The mass of the sphere was
measured using balance 2 shown in Table 1.
b) Determine the density of the sphere and its associated percentage
uncertainty.

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3c 3 marks

The experimenter repeats the experiment to measure the density of steel, but
this time with a cylindrical container made from steel.
The volume of the cylinder was found by measuring its diameter and height to
within 0.01 and 0.03 fractional uncertainty respectively.
The measurements obtained were as follows:
Mass Reading / g
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
726 720 723 729 722

Diameter of the cylinder = 2.2 cm

Height of the cylinder = 25.0 cm
c) Determine the density of the cylinder and its associated percentage
uncertainty.

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3d 4 marks

The true value of the density of the steel used in both the cylinder and the
sphere was found to be 8.10 g cm–3.
A student assumes that the percentage di erence between the density of the
steel cylinder and the true value is due only to the uncertainty in the volume,
and the uncertainty in the mass.
d) Assess the validity of this assumption.

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