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2. Particles & Radiation

1a 3 marks

3. Waves
An object falls o a cli which is at a height, h, above the ground. The object
takes 13.8 seconds to hit the ground.
It is estimated that there is a percentage uncertainty of ±5% in measuring this 4. Mechanics & Materials
time interval. A guidebook of the local area states the height of the cli is 940 ±
10 m.
5. Electricity
a) Calculate the acceleration of free-fall of the object and its absolute
uncertainty to an appropriate number of signi cant gures.

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1b 4 marks

The only instrument used in this experiment was a stopwatch.

b) Suggest one possible source of systematic error and one source of
random error in this investigation and explain how these errors could
in uence the value of acceleration of free-fall of the object determined in
part (a).

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1c 4 marks

The experiment is repeated in a lab and the time is measured electronically. A

student performs an experiment to nd the acceleration due to gravity.
The time t for a spherical object to fall freely through measured vertical
distances s is measured. The results are shown in Table 1.
Table 1
mean time
s/m t1 / s t2 / s t3 / s t2 / s2
t/s
0.100 0.141 0.138 0.144
0.200 0.201 0.205 0.209
0.300 0.240 0.246 0.250 0.245 0.0600
0.400 0.285 0.288 0.284 0.286 0.0818
0.500 0.315 0.319 0.323 0.319 0.102
0.600 0.345 0.349 0.354 0.349 0.122
0.700 0.376 0.379 0.382 0.379 0.144
0.800 0.399 0.405 0.407
0.900 0.426 0.428 0.432

c) Complete the missing data in Table 1 and plot the data on Figure 1 below,
including error bars and a line of best t.
Figure 1

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1d 6 marks

The uncertainty in each value of s is ± 0.002 m.

d) Hence, or otherwise, calculate the value of g for this experiment and its
percentage uncertainty.

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