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IBDP MOCK EXAMINATION (March 2019)

School code : 004196

Name of the student: Section :

Grade : 12 Roll No:

Subject : Physics- SL Paper Component : Paper 2

Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes Marks: 50

Name & Sign of the invigilator:

Name of the teacher: Vratik U

Instructions to the candidates:

● This is the Question paper.

● All answers must be attempted on this paper.
● Fill in all the details as required in the above table
● Write in dark blue or black pen.
● Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid.
● At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together.
● GDC is permitted.
● Data booklet will be provided

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Source: IBDP Past Paper 1

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Answer all questions. Answers must be written within the answer boxes provided.

1 This question is about Newton’s laws of motion, the dynamics of a model helicopter and the engine
that powers it.

(a) Explain how Newton’s third law leads to the concept of conservation of momentum in the
collision between two objects in an isolated system. [4]

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(b) The diagram illustrates a model helicopter that is hovering in a stationary position.

Source: IBDP Past Paper 2

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The rotating blades of the helicopter force a column of air to move downwards. Explain how
this may enable the helicopter to remain stationary. [3]

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(c) The length of each blade of the helicopter in (b) is 0.70m. Deduce that the area that the blades
sweep out as they rotate is 1.5m2. (Area of a circle = πr2) [1]

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(d) For the hovering helicopter in (b), it is assumed that all the air beneath the blades is pushed
vertically downwards with the same speed of 4.0ms–1. No other air is disturbed.

The density of the air is 1.2kgm–3. Calculate, for the air moved downwards by the rotating
blades,

(i) the mass per second. [2]

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Source: IBDP Past Paper 3

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(ii) the rate of change of momentum. [1]

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(e) State the magnitude of the force that the air beneath the blades exerts on the blades. [1]

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(f) Calculate the mass of the helicopter and its load. [2]

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[Total: 14 marks]

Source: IBDP Past Paper 4

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IBDP MOCK EXAMINATION (March 2019)

2) Waves on a string and Interference

A travelling wave is created on a string. The graph below shows the variation with time t of the
displacement y of a particular point on the string.

a) Use information from the graphs to calculate, for this wave,

i) the wavelength. [1]

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ii) the frequency. [2]

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iii) the speed of the wave. [1]

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Source: IBDP Past Paper 5

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b) The wave is moving from left to right and has period T.

i) On graph 1, draw a labelled line to indicate the amplitude of the wave.

[1]
ii) On graph 2, draw the displacement of the string at t = T4 . [2]

c) One end of the string is attached to a wall. A student creates a single pulse in the string that
travels to the right as shown in the diagram below.

i) In the space below, draw a diagram to show the shape and size of the pulse after it has
been reflected from the wall. [2]

ii) By reference to Newton’s third law, explain the nature of the reflected pulse that you
have drawn in (c)(i) above. [2]

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Source: IBDP Past Paper 6

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d) The free end of the string in (c) is now made to oscillate with frequency f such that a standing
wave is established on the string. The diagram below illustrates the standing wave.

i) Explain, by reference to the principle of superposition, the formation of a standing

wave.
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ii) The length of the string is 3.0m. Using your answer for the speed of the wave in (a)(iii)
calculate the frequency f. [2]

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[Total: 16 marks]

Source: IBDP Past Paper 7

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IBDP MOCK EXAMINATION (March 2019)

3) Electrical conduction

In a copper wire the number of conduction electrons is equal to the number of copper atoms in the
wire.
a) State what is meant by conduction electrons. [1]

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b)
i) The density of copper is 8.93×103 kgm–3 and its molar mass is 64 g. Deduce that the
number of moles of copper in a volume of 1.0m3 is 1.4×105. [2]

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ii) Estimate the number of conduction electrons in 1.0m3 of copper. [1]

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c) The diagram below shows some of the conduction electrons in a copper wire. The arrows
represent the random velocities of some of the electrons.

Source: IBDP Past Paper 8

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Explain, by reference to the motion of the electrons, why there is no current in the wire. [2]

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d) An electric field is established inside the copper wire directed as shown in the diagram below.
The dots represent electrons. The random velocities of the electrons are not shown.

On the diagram below, draw an arrow to indicate the direction of the drift velocity of the
electrons. [1]

e) A typical value for the electron drift velocity in a copper wire is 10–3ms–1. In the circuit below,
the length of the copper wire joining the negative terminal of the battery to the lamp is 0.50m.

i) The switch S is closed. Calculate the time it would take for an electron to move from the
negative terminal of the battery to the lamp. [1]

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Source: IBDP Past Paper 9

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ii) The lamp lights in a time much less than that calculated in (e)(i). Explain this
observation. [2]

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[Total: 10 marks]

4) Specific Heat and latent Heat

The table below gives data for water and ice.

specific heat capacity of water 4.2 kJkg–1K–1

specific latent heat of fusion of ice 330 kJkg–1

A beaker contains 450g of water at a temperature of 24°C. The thermal (heat)capacity of the
beaker is negligible and no heat is gained by, or lost to, the atmosphere. Calculate the mass of ice,
initially at 0°C, that must be mixed with the water so that the final temperature of the contents of
the beaker is 8.0°C. [4]

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[Total: 4 marks]

Source: IBDP Past Paper 10

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IBDP MOCK EXAMINATION (March 2019)

5) Nuclear Reactions

In 1919, Rutherford was investigating the bombardment of nitrogen by α-particles. He discovered

that, in the interaction between an α-particle and a nitrogen nucleus, the nitrogen nucleus was
transformed into an oxygen nucleus with the emission of a proton.

a) Complete the nuclear reaction equation for this transformation. [2]

b) The rest masses of the particles shown in the reaction equation are given in the table below.

particle rest mass / u

He 4.00260

N 14.00307

O 16.99913

p 1.00783

Calculate the minimum energy, in MeV, of an α-particle required to cause this transformation to
occur. Explain your answer. [4]

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[Total: 6 marks]

Source: IBDP Past Paper 11