Cambridge International Examinations

Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education

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PHYSICS (US) 0443/33

Paper 3 Extended October/November 2014
1 hour 15 minutes
Candidates answer on the Question Paper.
No Additional Materials are required.

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

Write your Center number, candidate number and name on all the work you hand in.
Write in dark blue or black pen.
You may use a pencil for any diagrams or graphs.
Do not use staples, paper clips, glue or correction fluid.
DO NOT WRITE IN ANY BARCODES.

Answer all questions.

Electronic calculators may be used.
You may lose marks if you do not show your working or if you do not use appropriate units.
Take the weight of 1 kg to be 10 N (i.e. acceleration of free fall = 10 m / s2).

At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together.
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.

This document consists of 19 printed pages and 1 blank page.

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1 A free-fall parachutist jumps from a helium balloon, but does not open his parachute for some
time.

Fig. 1.1 shows the speed-time graph for his fall. Point B indicates when he opens his parachute.

speed
A B

C D

0
0 time

Fig. 1.1

(a) (i) State the value of the slope of the graph immediately after time t = 0.

slope = ........................................................ [1]

(ii) Explain why the slope has this value.

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(b) State how Fig. 1.1 shows that the acceleration decreased between time t = 0 and the time
to A.

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(c) Explain, in terms of forces, what is happening in section AB of the graph in Fig. 1.1.

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(d) A second parachutist of the same size and mass jumps from the balloon with a larger
parachute. He also opens his parachute at point B.

On Fig. 1.1, sketch a possible speed-time graph for his fall after he opens his parachute. [3]
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2 Fig. 2.1 shows a uniform, rectangular slab of concrete ABCD standing upright on the ground. The
slab has height 0.60 m, width 0.30 m and mass 18 kg. A force of 40 N acts horizontally to the left
at B.

A B
40 N

0.60 m

D C
0.30 m

Fig. 2.1

(a) (i) Calculate the weight W of the concrete slab.

W = ........................................................ [1]

(ii) The thickness of the slab is 0.040 m.

Calculate the pressure exerted by the slab on the ground.

pressure = ........................................................ [2]

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(b) (i) On Fig. 2.1, draw and label an arrow to show the weight W of the slab acting at its center
of mass. [1]
(ii) Calculate
1. the moment of the 40 N force about point D,

moment = ........................................................

2. the moment of W about point D.

moment = ........................................................
[3]

(iii) The ground is rough so that the slab does not slide.
State and explain what happens to the slab as the horizontal force at B is gradually
increased.

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3 Fig. 3.1 shows a long, plastic tube, sealed at both ends. The tube contains 0.15 kg of small metal
spheres.

small metal spheres

Fig. 3.1

A physics teacher turns the tube upside down very quickly and the small metal spheres then fall
through 1.8 m and hit the bottom of the tube.

(a) Calculate

(i) the decrease in gravitational potential energy as the spheres fall 1.8 m,

decrease in gravitational potential energy = ........................................................ [2]

(ii) the speed of the spheres as they hit the bottom of the tube.

speed = ........................................................ [3]

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(b) The gravitational potential energy of the spheres is eventually transformed to thermal energy
in the metal spheres. The physics teacher explains that this procedure can be used to
determine the specific heat capacity of the metal.

(i) State one other measurement that must be made in order for the specific heat capacity
of the metal to be determined.

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(ii) Suggest a source of inaccuracy in determining the specific heat capacity using this
experiment.

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(iii) The teacher turns the tube upside down and lets the spheres fall to the bottom 100 times
within a short period of time.
Explain why turning the tube upside down 100 times, instead of just once, produces a
more accurate value of the specific heat capacity.

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4 (a) Fig. 4.1 shows a syringe containing 100 cm3 of air at atmospheric pressure. Atmospheric
pressure is 1.0 × 105 Pa.

piston

Fig. 4.1

The open end of the syringe is sealed and the piston is pushed inwards until the air occupies
a volume of 40 cm3. The temperature of the air remains constant.

Calculate the new pressure of the air in the syringe.

air pressure = ........................................................ [2]

(b) A syringe is used to transfer smokey air from above a flame to a small glass container.

Extremely small solid smoke particles are suspended in the air in the container.

The container is brightly illuminated from the side and viewed through a microscope.

(i) The movement of the suspended smoke particles is called Brownian motion. Describe
this Brownian motion.

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(ii) Explain what causes the motion of the smoke particles.

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(c) In the space below, sketch a diagram to represent the molecular structure of a solid. Show the
molecules as small circles of equal sizes.

[2]

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5 Light enters a glass fiber from air at an angle of incidence of 62 °. The angle of refraction in the
glass is 36 °.

(a) The speed of light in air is 3.0 × 108 m / s.

Determine the speed of light in the glass fiber.

speed = ........................................................ [4]

(b) Describe how glass fibers are used in communications technology.

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6 (a) Explain why

(i) metals are good conductors of electricity,

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(ii) insulators do not conduct electricity.

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[3]

(b) The battery of an electric car supplies a current of 96 A at 120 V to the motor which drives
the car.

(i) State the useful energy change that takes place in the battery.

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(ii) Calculate the energy delivered to the motor in 10 minutes.

energy = ........................................................ [2]

(iii) The motor operates with an efficiency of 88 %.

Calculate the power output of the motor.

power = ........................................................ [2]

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7 (a) Underline the most appropriate value below for the speed of sound in water. [1]

1.5 m / s 15 m / s 150 m / s 1 500 m / s 15 000 m / s

(b) Sound travels in water as a series of compressions and rarefactions.

Describe what is meant by a compression and by a rarefaction.

compression .............................................................................................................................

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rarefaction .................................................................................................................................

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[2]

(c) An echo-sounder sends out a pulse of sound to determine the depth of the sea bed. It
measures the time between sending out the pulse and receiving its echo.

Fig. 7.1 shows a boat using an echo-sounder.

echo-sounder

12 m echo pulse of sound

sea bed

Fig. 7.1
The sea bed is 12 m below the echo-sounder.

(i) Use your value for the speed of sound in water from (a) to calculate the time between the
sending out of the pulse and receiving its echo.

time = ........................................................ [3]

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(ii) The boat passes over a region of the sea bed of the same depth, where the reflection of
sound waves is weaker.
State whether there is an increase, a decrease or no change in the amplitude and pitch
of the reflected wave.

amplitude ...........................................................................................................................

pitch ...................................................................................................................................
[2]

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8 A student sets up a circuit containing three identical cells. Each cell has an e.m.f. (electromotive
force) of 2.0 V.

Fig. 8.1 shows the cells in series with a length of uniform metal wire connected between two
terminals K and L, an ammeter and a resistor X.

uniform
metal
wire
K
A
L
X

Fig. 8.1

(a) State the total e.m.f. of the three cells in series.

total e.m.f. = ........................................................ [1]

(b) The ammeter reading is 0.25 A.

(i) State the name of the unit in which electric charge is measured.

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(ii) Calculate the charge that flows through the circuit in twelve minutes.

charge = ........................................................ [2]

(iii) The metal wire has a resistance of 16 Ω.

Calculate the resistance of resistor X.

resistance = ........................................................ [2]

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(c) The student removes the 16 Ω wire from the circuit and cuts it into two equal lengths.

He then connects the two lengths in parallel between K and L, as shown in Fig. 8.2.

uniform
metal
K wire
A
L
X

Fig. 8.2

Calculate the resistance of the two lengths of wire in parallel.

resistance = ........................................................ [3]

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9 A circuit contains a battery, a variable resistor and a solenoid. Fig. 9.1 shows the magnetic field
pattern produced by the current in the solenoid.

solenoid

magnetic field line

Fig. 9.1

(a) (i) State how the magnetic field pattern indicates regions where the magnetic field is
stronger.

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(ii) State what happens to the magnetic field when the current in the circuit is reversed.

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(b) A second solenoid is placed next to the first solenoid.

Fig. 9.2 shows the second solenoid connected to a very sensitive ammeter.

very
sensitive
ammeter
A

second solenoid

Fig. 9.2

(i) The variable resistor is adjusted so that its resistance changes quickly.
State and explain what is seen to happen in the circuit of the second solenoid.

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(ii) The variable resistor is adjusted much more slowly than in (i).
State and explain the difference in what is seen to happen in the circuit of the second
solenoid.

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10 A technician sets up a radiation detector in a university laboratory, for use in some experiments.
Even before the radioactive source for the experiments is brought into the laboratory, the detector
registers a small count rate due to background radiation.

(a) Suggest one source of this background radiation.

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(b) The radioactive source emits γ-rays. It is placed on the laboratory bench close to the detector.

(i) State what γ-rays are.

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(ii) A lead sheet of thickness 10 mm is positioned between the detector and the radioactive
source.
State and explain what happens to the count rate on the detector.

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(c) In a second experiment, γ-rays pass through air to the detector, as shown in Fig. 10.1.

a-rays

detector
source

Fig. 10.1

One end of a bar magnet is brought close to the path of the γ-rays.

(i) Tick one box to indicate the effect on the path of the γ-rays. [1]

deflected into the page

deflected out of the page

deflected downwards

deflected upwards

no deflection

(ii) Explain your answer to (i).

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