Revision Test 1 – January 2023

IB Diploma Programme

Student Name
Grade 12
Subject and Level Physics (HL)
Paper 2
Max. Marks 50
Duration 1 hour 15 Minutes
Date 23rd January 2023
Teacher’s Name Mr. Raghavendra, Mr. Venu Gopal & Dr. Rahul

Instructions to candidates
 Do not open this examination paper until instructed to do so.
 A calculator is required for this paper.
 Answer all questions. Answers must be written within the answer boxes provided.
 A clean copy of the Physics Data booklet is required for this paper.
 The maximum mark for this examination paper is [50 marks].

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1. A girl on a sledge is moving down a snow slope at a uniform speed.

(a) Draw the free-body diagram for the sledge at the position shown on the snow slope. (2)

(b) After leaving the snow slope, the girl on the sledge moves over a horizontal region
of snow. Explain, with reference to the physical origin of the forces, why the vertical forces on the girl
must be in equilibrium as she moves over the horizontal region. (3)

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 (c) When the sledge is moving on the horizontal region of the snow, the girl jumps off the sledge.
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The girl has no horizontal velocity after the jump. The velocity of the sledge immediately after
the girl jumps off is 4.2 m s-1. The mass of the girl is 55 kg and the mass of the sledge is 5.5 kg.
Calculate the speed of the sledge immediately before the girl jumps from it.

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(d) The girl chooses to jump so that she lands on loosely-packed snow rather than frozen ice.
Outline why she chooses to land on the snow.

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The sledge, without the girl on it, now travels up a snow slope that makes an angle of 6.5˚ to the
horizontal. At the start of the slope, the speed of the sledge is 4.2 m s-1 . The coefficient of dynamic
friction of the sledge on the snow is 0.11.

(e) Show that the acceleration of the sledge is about –2 m s-2

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(f) Calculate the distance along the slope at which the sledge stops moving. Assume that the
coefficient of dynamic friction is constant.

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(g) The coefficient of static friction between the sledge and the snow is 0.14. Outline,
with a calculation, the subsequent motion of the sledge.

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2. (a) Describe two differences, in terms of molecular structure, between a gas and a liquid. (2)

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(b) The temperature of an ideal gas is a measure of the average kinetic energy of the molecules
of the gas. Explain why the average kinetic energy is specified.

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(c) Define specific heat capacity.

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(d) Water is heated at a constant rate in a container that has negligible heat capacity. The
container is thermally insulated from the surroundings.

The sketch-graph below shows the variation with time of the temperature of the water.

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(i) State the reason why the temperature is constant in the region AB.

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(ii) Calculate the temperature θ at which the water starts to boil.

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(e) All the water is boiled away 3.0 × 103 s after it first starts to boil. Determine a value for the
specific latent heat L of vaporization of water.

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3. (a) On the diagram below, draw the magnetic field pattern around a long straight current- (3)
carrying conductor.

The diagram below shows a coil consisting of two loops of wire. The coil is suspended
vertically.

Each loop has a diameter of 6.0 cm and the separation of the loops is 0.20 cm. The coil forms
part of an electrical circuit so that a current may be passed through the coil.

(b) State and explain why, when the current is switched on in the coil, the distance between (3)
the two loops changes.

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 When there is a current I in the coil, a mass of 0.10 g hung from the free end of the coil returns
the separation of the loops to the original value of 0.20 cm.
The circumference C of a circle of radius r is given by the expression
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C =2πr

(ii) Calculate the current I in the coil. You may assume that each loop behaves as a long
straight current-carrying wire.

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4. This question is about electromagnetic induction.

A small coil is placed with its plane parallel to a long straight current-carrying wire, as shown
below.

(a) State Faraday’s law of electromagnetic induction.

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(b) Use the law to explain why, when the current in the wire changes, an emf is induced in
the coil.

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The diagram below shows the variation with time t of the current in the wire.

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(c) Draw, on the axes provided, a sketch-graph to show the variation with time t of the
magnetic flux in the coil.

(d) Construct, on the axes provided, a sketch-graph to show the variation with time t of
the emf induced in the coil.

(e) State and explain the effect on the maximum emf induced in the coil when the coil is
further away from the wire.

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 (f) Such a coil may be used to measure large alternating currents in a high-voltage cable.
Identify one advantage and one disadvantage of this method.

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