1. A ray of red light in air enters a semi-circular block.

Which diagram shows the partial reflection

and the refraction of the ray?

2. The sound from a ship is reflected by a cliff. An echo is heard by a sailor on the ship 4.0 s after

the sound is made. The speed of sound in air is 320 m / s. How far from the cliff is the ship?

A 160 m B 640 m C 1280 m D 2560 m

3. What is the approximate range of audible frequencies for a healthy human ear?

A 2.0 Hz to 2.0 kHz

B 20 Hz to 2.0 kHz

C 20 Hz to 20 kHz

D 200 Hz to 200 kHz

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4. The speed of sound in air is ca, the speed of sound in water is cw and the speed of sound in ice is

ci. Which relationship is correct?

A ca > ci B ca > cw C ci > cw D cw = ca

5. The diagram shows how the height above the ground of a rope transmitting a wave varies with

distance from the source of vibrations at one instant in time.

What is the amplitude of the wave shown?

A 30 cm B 34 cm C 72 cm D 74 cm

6. A vibrator produces 12 wavelengths on the surface of water in 10 s. The spacing between the

first crest and the third crest is 60 cm. What is the speed of the wave?

A 24 cm / s B 25 cm / s C 36 cm / s D 72 cm / s

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7. The diagram shows a ray of light incident on the boundary between two mediums W and X. The

mediums have different refractive indexes.

Some light is reflected and some passes along the surface between the two mediums. Angle y is

greater than angle z. Which statement is correct?

A W has a greater refractive index than X and angle y is equal to the critical angle.

B W has a greater refractive index than X and angle z is equal to the critical angle.

C X has a greater refractive index than W and angle y is equal to the critical angle.

D X has a greater refractive index than W and angle z is equal to the critical angle.

8. An object O is placed in front of a plane mirror. I is the image formed.

A ray from the top of the object is incident on the mirror at X. What happens to this ray?

A It reflects and passes through the bottom of O.

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B It reflects and passes through the top of O.

C It reflects as though it came from the bottom of I.

D It reflects as though it came from the top of I.

9. The diagram shows light passing from glass into air.

What is the name of angle P?

A the angle of incidence

B the angle of reflection

C the angle of refraction

D the critical angle

10. A man stands 80 m in front of a cliff face. He makes a loud bang and listens for the echo.

He makes a loud bang once every second. He hears an echo exactly halfway between the bang

that caused it and the next bang. What is the speed of sound?

A 40 m / s B 80 m / s C 160 m / s D 320 m / s

11. Which row shows the speed of sound in air (ca), liquid (cL) and solid (cs) in order from slowest to

fastest?

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12. A plane mirror on a vertical wall forms an image of an object placed in front of it. Which

characteristics describe the image?

A real, inverted and smaller than the object

B real, upright and the same size as the object

C virtual, upright and smaller than the object

D virtual, upright and the same size as the object

13. Which statement about light passing from air to glass is correct?

A The frequency of the light waves decreases.

B The speed of the light waves decreases.

C The wavelength of the light waves increases.

D The wavelength of the light waves remains unchanged.

14. A scientific research boat uses pulses of ultrasound to detect fish underneath it.

A pulse of ultrasound is bounced from a group of fish 6000 m directly below the boat.

The next pulse is sent out 2.0 s after the echo from the previous pulse has been received.

The speed of ultrasound in water is 1500 m / s. What is the interval between the two pulses?

A 4.0 s B 6.0 s C 8.0 s D 10 s

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15. Which row correctly describes ultrasound?

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING STRUCTURED QUESTIONS:

Q1. A thin converging lens is made of a transparent material of refractive index 1.4.

A ray of light travelling in air strikes the surface of the lens at an angle of incidence of 55°.

(i) Calculate the angle of refraction.

angle of refraction =39.28 degrees. [2]

(ii) Place a tick ( ) in one of the boxes in the third column of Table below to indicate how the

light ray deviates and what happens to the speed of the light in the ray as it enters the lens. [1]

direction of deviation speed of light

away from the normal decreases

away from the normal does not change

away from the normal Increases

towards the normal Decreases

towards the normal does not change

towards the normal increases

(iii) State what happens to the frequency of the light in the ray as it enters the glass.

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= the frequency will be the same. [1]

Q2. The three angles of a glass prism are 45°, 45° and 90° as shown in Fig. below

At point Y, a ray of light of a single frequency travels in air and strikes the side of the prism at 90°.

The ray passes into the glass prism.

(a) Light travels more slowly in glass than in air.

(i) State what happens to the wavelength of the light in the ray as it enters the glass.

(ii) State what happens to the frequency of the light in the ray as it enters the glass.

(b) The refractive index of glass is 1.6. Calculate the critical angle for light in glass.

Q3. (a) Explain the difference between a longitudinal wave and a transverse wave.

(b) A sound wave has a frequency of 3.8 kHz and a speed of 330 m / s.

(i) Calculate the wavelength of the sound.

(ii) A different sound has a frequency of 3.8 Hz. State and explain whether a human with normal

hearing is able to hear this sound.

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Q4. Fig. below shows the variation with time t of the height of water at the same place in the tank for

two waves P and Q. The height is sometimes above and sometimes below the mean level which is

marked as 0.

(i) State one difference and one similarity of the two waves.

(ii) The speed of the water wave is 0.20 m / s.

Determine

1. the frequency of wave P,

2. the wavelength of wave P.