SSM-HEP TERM 2

SECONDARY 3 TERM TEST

PHYSICS

Part I: Choose among A, B, C or D to answer each of the questions. Write the

letter of the correct answer on the blank provided before each item.
[20 marks]

___________1. A liquid is evaporating. The liquid is not boiling. Which

statement about the liquid is correct?
A. Any molecule can escape, and from any part of the liquid.
B. Any molecule can escape, but only from the liquid surface.
C. Only molecules with enough energy can escape, and only
from the liquid surface.
D. Only molecules with enough can escape, but from any
part of the liquid.

___________2. A rod is made half of glass and half of copper. Four pins A, B, C
and D are attached to the rod by wax. The rod is heated in
the centre as shown. The pins fall off when the wax melts.
Which pin falls off first?

___________3. An engineer wants to fix a steel washer on to a steel rod. The

rod is just too big to fit into the hole of the washer. How can the
engineer fit the washer on to the rod.

A. Cool the washer and then place it over the rod.

B. Cool the washer and rod to the same temperature and then
push them together.
C. Heat the rod and then place it in the hole in the washer.
D. Heat the washer and then place it over the rod.

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___________4. Which quantities are measured in the same unit?

A. energy, power and work
B. energy and power, but not work
C. energy and work, but not power
D. power and work, but not energy

___________5. A sealed gas cylinder is left outside on a hot sunny day. What
happens to the average speed of the gas molecules and to
the pressure of the gas in the cylinder as the temperature of the
gas rises?
Average speed of gas molecules Pressure in a gas cylinder

A. decreases decreases

B. decreases increases

C. increases decreases

D. increases increases

___________6. The diagram shows part of a rollercoaster ride with the car at
different positions. The car runs freely down from position X to
position Y and up the hill on the other side. What happens to
the kinetic energy and to the gravitational potential energy of
the car as it moves from position X to position Y?
kinetic energy gravitational potential
energy

A. decreases decreases

B. decreases increases

C. increases decreases

D. increases increases

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____________7. A gas is heated in a sealed container. The volume of the

container does not change. What happens to the molecules of
the gas?
A. The average distance between molecules increases.
B. The average kinetic energy of the molecules increases.
C. The mass of each molecule increases.
D. The volume of each molecule increases.

____________8. One ice cube is placed on a metal block. An identical ice

cube is placed on a plastic block. The blocks are left next to
each other on a table in a laboratory.

Which ice cube melts first and why?

A. The ice cube on the plastic block melts first because
plastic is a good insulator of thermal energy.
B. The ice cube on the plastic block melts first because
plastic is a good conductor of thermal energy.
C. The ice cube on the metal block melts first because metal
is a good conductor of thermal energy.
D. The ice cube on the metal block melts first because metal
is a good insulator of thermal energy.

____________9. Four different children run up the same set of stairs. For which
child is the useful power to climb the stairs the greatest?
Mass of child / kg Time taken/ s

A. 40 15

B. 50 25

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C. 60 25

D. 70 15

____________10. Small smoke particles suspended in air are viewed through a

microscope. The smoke particles move randomly. What does
this show?

A. The air consists of fast-moving molecules.

B. The pressure of the air is increasing.
C. There are convection currents in the air.
D. The temperature of the air is increasing.

____________11. Thermal energy travels through space from the Sun to the
Earth. Space is a vacuum. How is thermal energy transferred
from the Sun to the Earth?

A. by conduction only
B. by convection only
C. by radiation only
D. by convection and radiation

____________12. The diagram shows a block of ice placed in a warm room. At

which point is the temperature the lowest?

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____________13. The diagram shows four blocks of steel. The blocks are all
drawn to the same scale. The same quantity of thermal
energy (heat) is given to each block. Which block shows the
greatest rise in temperature?

____________14. What is meant by the moment of a force on an object?

A. the magnitude of the force on the object

B. the direction of the force on the object
C. the time for which the force acts on the object
D. the turning effect of the force on the object

____________15. Electrical energy may be obtained from nuclear fission. In

which order is the energy transferred in this process?

A. nuclear fuel -> generator -> reactor and boiler -> turbines
B. nuclear fuel -> generator -> turbines -> reactor and boiler
C. nuclear fuel -> reactor and boiler -> generator -> turbines
D. nuclear fuel -> reactor and boiler -> turbines -> generator

____________16. A gas is compressed in a sealed cylinder by moving piston.

Which row in the table shows what happens to the density of
the gas and to the pressure of the gas when it is compressed?

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density pressure

A. decreases decreases

B. decreases increases

C. increases decreases

D. increases increases

____________17. A girl is outdoors. She warms her hands by holding them near
a fire, as shown. How does the heat from the fire reach her
hands?

A. conduction only
B. convection and conduction
C. convection and radiation
D. radiation only

____________18. Which statement about the transfer of thermal energy is

correct?

A. The radiation that transfers thermal energy is a type of

electromagnetic radiation.
B. All metals conduct thermal energy equally well.
C. Convection can only occur in solids or liquids.
D. Convection occurs in liquids because hot liquid is more
dense than cold liquid.

____________29. The diagrams show four identical objects. Each object is

acted on by only the three forces shown. Which object
accelerates to the right, with the smallest acceleration?

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____________20. A jug of water is at room temperature. Several ice cubes at a

temperature of 0˚C are dropped into the water and they
begin to melt immediately. What happens to the temperature
of the water and what happens to the temperature of the ice
cubes while they are melting?

Temperature of the water Temperature of the ice

cubes

A. decreases increases

B. decreases stays constant

C. stays constant increases

D. stays constant stays constant

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Part II:

Complete with correct information the phase diagram below. [5 marks]

Part III: Problem Solving

Read and analyse the following situations and compute the missing values.
Show your complete solution with the correct units. [15 marks]

1. (a) The boxes on the left contain the names of some sources of energy.
The boxes on the right contain properties of some sources of energy.

Draw two straight lines from each box on the left to the two boxes on
the right which describes that source of energy. [2]

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Sources of Energy Properties

(c) A coal-fired power station generates electricity at night when it is

not needed. Some of this energy is stored by pumping water up to a
mountain lake. When there is high demand for electricity, the water is
allowed to flow back through turbines to generate electricity.

On one occasion, 2.05 x 108 kg of water is pumped up through a

vertical height of 500 m.

(i)Calculate the weight of the water. [2]

Solution and Answer

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(ii)Calculate the gravitational potential energy gained by the

water. [2]

Solution and Answer

(iii)The electrical energy used to pump the water up to the

mountain lake is 1.2 x 1012 J. Only 6.2 x 1011 J of electrical energy is
generated when the water is released.

Calculate the efficiency of this energy storage scheme. [2]

Solution and Answer

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2. You are an environmentalist and you recommend the use of solar

water-heating panels. The figure shows a solar water-heating panel on the
roof of a house that you currently installed.

Cold water flows into the copper tubes, which are heated by solar
radiation. Hot water flows out of the tubes and is stored in a tank.

(a)Explain why the tubes are made of copper and are painted black.
[2]

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(b)In 5.0 s, 0.019 kg of water flows through the tubes. The temperature
of the water increases from 20˚C to 72˚C. The specific heat capacity
of water is 4200 J/(kg˚C).

Calculate the thermal energy gained by the water in 5.0 s. [2]

Given Solution Answer

3. (a) Define the specific latent heat of fusion of a substance. [1]

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(b)Small pieces of ice at 0°C are added to 0.35 kg of water. The initial
temperature of the water is 24.5°C. The temperature of the water
decreases to 0°C. The water loses 35 000J of thermal energy as it cools. All
of the ice added to the water melts.

The specific latent heat of fusion of ice is 3.3 × 10⁵ J/kg.

Calculate the
(i) the specific heat capacity of water [2]

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