Canadian School of Arts and Science

Easter Term Exam – March 2020

Physics – Paper 2 (Total 85 marks)

Grade 10

2 hours 30 minutes

Name:

Instructions:
This paper consists of 5 questions. Answer ALL questions.
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SECTION A
Attempt ALL questions.

You MUST write your answers in this answer booklet.

1. A student conducted an experiment to determine how the pressure in a liquid varies with depth,
see Figure 1.
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Liquid
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Figure 1

The student obtained the following results as shown in Table 1.

TABLE 1
Change in Pressure, M/Pa Change in Depth, Ml/m
1210 0.10
1890 0.20
2900 0.30
4300 0.40
4750 0.50
6920 0.70

(a) On the grid provided on page 3, plot the graph of&> against Llli. ( 8 marks)
(b) (i) Write an equation linking liquid pressure, density and depth.

( 2 marks)
(ii) Calculate the slope, S, of the graph.

( S marks)

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(iii) Table 2 shows three liquids and their densities. Determine which of these
liquids was used in the experiment.

TABLE2

Liquid Density/kg m-3

Petrol 800
Water 1 000
Mercury 13 600

( 4 marks)

(c) Using the graph you plotted on page 3, find the TOTAL pressure exerted on the base
of the container in Figure 1.

( 2 marks)
(Gravitational field strength, g = 10 Nkg- 1)
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(Atmospheric pressure = 1.03 x 10 Pa)

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(d) The diagram in Figure 2 shows a manometer being used to measure the pressure of
the gas in a container.

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Figure 2

(i) State, giving a reason, if the pressure of the gas is LESS than or GREATER
than atmospheric pressure.

( 2 marks)
(ii) Calculate the EXCESS pressure in mm Hg.

( 2 marks)

Total 25 marks

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2. (a) (i) Complete Table 3 by inserting the correct symbol and SI Unit which relate to
the quantity shown in Column 1.

TABLE 3

Quantity Symbol SI Unit

Specific Heat
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Capacity ________________

Specific Latent Heat

of Vaporization _______________ ________________
( 3 marks)

(ii) Define the term ‘heat capacity of a substance’.

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( 2 marks)

(iii) Write the equation that relates specific heat capacity with heat capacity.

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( 1 mark )

(b) A busy housewife left 25 g of ice in an open insulated container while she was answering
her cellphone. When she returned, the ice at 0 ºC was converted to water at 3.0 ºC.

(i) Calculate the energy needed for the ice to totally melt and to reach its present
temperature. Assume no heat losses.

[Specific Heat Capacity of water = 4 200 J Kg–1K–1

Specific Latent Heat of Fusion of Ice = 340 000 J Kg–1]
( 6 marks)

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(ii) If this melting and heating activity took place over 300 s, calculate the rate at
which the ice / water was receiving heat.

( 3 marks)

Total 15 marks

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3. (a) (i) Albert Einstein put forward a theory that if the energy of a body changes, then
its mass also changes. State the equation which relates these changes, clearly
identifying the symbols or letters used in the equation.

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(3 marks)

(ii) State TWO arguments EACH for and against the utilization of nuclear energy.

For: 1. ____________________________________________________

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2.
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Against: 1. ____________________________________________________

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2.
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(4 marks)

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(b) Nuclear fission is a nuclear reaction in which a moving neutron strikes the nucleus of an
atom splitting it into lighter nuclei, often producing free neutrons and photons in the form
of gamma rays. One such reaction is given below.

1 n + 235 Uranium → A Barium + 90 Krypton + 3 1 n + energy

0 92 56 Z 0

(i) Calculate the values of A and Z.

(2 marks)

(ii) The energy released in the given reaction is 1.8 × 10–12 J. Calculate the excess
mass (mass change) in this reaction.

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(3 marks)

(c) Fusion is the joining together of two nuclei. One possible fusion reaction is

2 3 P 1
Deuterium + Tritium → + neutron + energy.
1 1 Q 0

By calculating P and Q, identify the nucleus .

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[c = 3.0 × 108 ms–1] (3 marks)

Total 15 marks

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2. (a) Complete Table 2 which shows physical quantities and the instruments used to measure
them.
TABLE 2

Quantity Instrument

Diameter of a wire

Volume of a liquid

Thermometer

Spring balance

Time

(5 marks)

(b) A child, drops a stone as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1

(i) Identify the force which acts on the stone, causing it to fall.

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(1 mark)

(ii) Describe the change in motion of the stone as a result of this force.

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(1 mark)

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(c) (i) Given that the mass of a cricket ball is 0.06 kg, calculate its weight in newtons.

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(3 marks)
[Acceleration due to gravity, g = 10 m s–2]

(ii) Figure 2 is a vector diagram representing a cricket ball’s velocity, OA, and the
wind’s velocity, OB.

a) By accurate scale drawing on Figure 2 below, determine the resultant vector.

O A

Scale 1 cm = 2 ms–1

Figure 2
(3 marks)

b) State its magnitude in m s–1 and its direction in degrees from OA.

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(2 marks)

Total 15 marks

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SECTION B

Answer ALL questions.

4. (a) State Newton’s three laws of motion.

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(b) In a crash test, a car travelling at a constant velocity of 26 m s–1 crashes into a wall and is
brought to rest.

(i) Calculate the initial momentum of a 70 kg test dummy in the car before the
crash.

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(ii)
Calculate the average force exerted on the dummy by the seatbelt during the crash
if the duration of the collision is 0.1 seconds.

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(iii) With the removal of all protective features, the dummy was subjected to another
crash test with the same initial speed. This time it was subjected to a ‘lethal’
decelerating force of 45 000 N. Calculate the duration of this collision.

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Total 15 marks

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