8. Lee blew across the top of paper tubes to make sounds.

He investigated how changing the length of a tube affects the pitch of the sound.

(a) What equipment could he use to measure the length of the tubes?
Tick the correct box.
1 mark

(b) The photograph below shows the different lengths of tubes Lee used.

Suggest one way his test might not have been fair.
1 mark

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 (c) Lee made a prediction.

Which of these statements is a prediction?

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1 mark

The tubes were made of paper.

The pitch of the sound is how high or low it is.

The longer tube will make a lower sound.

The sound is caused by the vibration of air.

(d) Lee blew across the ends of 3 different lengths of tube and compared
the pitch of the sound produced.

His results are shown below.

Which length of tube made the sound with the highest pitch?
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 1. (a) Peter used the equipment below to investigate growth of plants.

equipment measurement unit

measures the time

cm
for the experiment

measures the
temperature of the air °C

1ai measures the length

days
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of a plant

1ai

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1aii measures the mass

grams
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of a plant

1aii

1 mark

(i) Draw one line from each piece of equipment to the measurement Peter
made.

(ii) Then draw one line from each measurement to the correct unit.

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(b) The diagrams below show four measuring containers.

cm3
50

40

cm3 30
100 cm3
50 cm3
40 20 75
50 30
20 10 50
10 25

A B C D

Which is the best container to use to measure 15 cm3 of water?

Write the letter.

1b
_______
1 mark

Why did you choose this container?

1b

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 (b) (i) The solar cells cannot work at night.
Give the reason for this.
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(ii) The wind turbine cannot generate electricity all the time.
Give the reason for this.
1 mark

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 8. (a) The diagrams below show the patterns produced on an oscilloscope by
three different sound waves.

A B C

(i) Which two waves have the same loudness?

Write the letters.

and

How do the diagrams show this?

8ai

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(ii) Which two waves have the same pitch?

Write the letters.

and

How do the diagrams show this?

8aii

1 mark

(iii) Shuli is listening to a sound that produces the pattern below.

X Y

Describe how the sound that Shuli hears changes between X and Y.

1 mark

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