1. Eunice wishes to find the density of a stone.

She uses a measuring cylinder and a spring

balance with a scale marked in Newtons. The measuring cylinder, spring balance, and stone
are shown in Figure 1.1.

Figure 1.1

Eunice knows that the gravitational field strength is 10N/kg.

a. Describe how Eunice uses the spring balance to find the mass of the stone. [2]

b. Describe how Eunice uses the measuring cylinder to find the volume of the stone.
[2]

c. The mass of the stone is 150g and its volume is 70cm3.

Calculate the density of the stone. [1]

Density of stone =

d. The stone is taken to another place, where the gravitational field strength is less
than 10N/kg. State how this affects the mass and the weight of the stone. [1]
mass
weight
[Total: 6]
2. a. A large stone, initially at rest, falls from the top of a building. The stone takes 3.2s to
fall to the ground. For this stone, air resistance can be ignored.
i. Stating the formula that you use, show that the speed of the stone when it
hits the ground is 32m/s. [1]

ii. On Figure 2.1, draw the speed-time graph for the fall of the stone. Label with
an X the line on the graph. [1]

Figure 2.1

iii. Use the graph in (ii) to determine the height of the building. [2]

Height =

b. A smaller stone than the stone in (a) falls from the same building. This stone is
affected by air resistance.
i. What happens to the air resistance as the stone falls? Underline your choice
of answer. [1]
Air resistance decreases. Air resistance is constant. Air resistance increases.
ii. On Figure 2.1, draw a possible speed-time graph for the fall of this stone.
Label with a Y this line on the graph. [3]
3. A set of traffic lights hangs from the end of a metal cable. A horizontal chain pulls the traffic
lights to the right so that they are above the middle of the road. Figure 3.1 shows the metal
cable inclined to the vertical.

Figure 3.1
The weight of the traffic lights is
120N.

a. Two of the forces on the traffic lights are the tension in the horizontal chain and the
weight of the traffic lights. On Figure 3.1, mark
i. an arrow that represents the tension in the horizontal chain, [1]
ii. an arrow that represents the weight of the traffic lights. [1]

b. The tension in the horizontal chain is 70N. Use a scale diagram to determine the
size of the resultant of the weight and the tension in the chain. State the scale used
for the diagram.[3]
Scale =
Resultant force =

[Total: 5]
4. Figure 4.1 shows a track for a model car.

Figure 4.1

The car has no power supply, but can run down a sloping track due to its weight.
a. The car is released at Q. It comes to rest just before it reaches S and rolls back.
i. Describe the motion of the car after it starts rolling back and until it
eventually comes to rest. [2]

ii. Explain in terms of energy transformations why the car, starting at Q, cannot pass S.
[1]

b. A second car, of mass 0.12kg, is released from P. It continues until it runs off the track
at T.

Calculate the maximum speed that the car could have at T assuming friction in the
car is negligible. [3]

Speed =
[Total: 6]
5. A large stone block is to be part of a harbour wall. The block is supported beneath the surface
of
the sea by a cable from a crane. Figure 5.1 shows the block with its top face a distance h
beneath the surface of the sea.

Figure 5.1

The force acting downwards on the top face of the block, due to the atmosphere and the depth
h of water, is 3.5 × 104N.

a. The top face of the block has an area of 0.25m2.

i. Calculate the pressure on the top face of the block. [2]

Pressure =

ii. The atmospheric pressure is 1.0 × 105Pa.

Calculate the pressure on the top face of the block due to the depth h of water

Pressure =

[1]
 iii. The density of sea water is 1020kg/m3.
Calculate the depth h. [2]

h=

b. Suggest two reasons why the tension force in the cable is not 3.5 × 104N. [2]

1.

2.

[Total: 7]
6. a. In Figure 6.1, sketch a diagram to represent the molecular structure of a liquid. Show
the molecules as small circles of equal size. [2]

Figure 6.1

b. Teacher Donovan in a school laboratory pours liquid ethanol from a bottle into a
glass dish. The glass dish rests on an electronic balance. Although the temperature
of the laboratory is below the boiling point of ethanol, the mass of ethanol in the
dish quickly decreases as ethanol evaporates.
i. State the effect of this evaporation on the temperature of the remaining ethanol.
[1]

ii. Explain, in terms of the ethanol molecules, why this is happening. [1]

iii. The specific latent heat of vaporisation of ethanol is 850J/g.

Calculate the thermal energy required to evaporate 3.4g of ethanol. [2]

Thermal energy =

iv. Suggest two ways in which the rate of evaporation of ethanol from the dish
can be reduced. [2]
1.
2.
[Total: 8]
7. Figure 7.1 shows a glass block ABCD surrounded by air. A ray of red light, PQ, is incident
on face CD of the block.

Figure 7.1

a. On Figure 7.1,
i. draw the normal at Q and the refracted ray inside the block so that it meets face AB,
[1]
ii. draw the ray emerging from face AB of the block and the normal where the
ray emerges, and [1]
iii. between the rays and the normals you have drawn, label two equal angles X.
[1]
b. The angle of incidence of another red ray is 65°. The refractive index of the glass
of block ABCD for red light is 1.62.
i. Calculate the angle of refraction in the glass for this ray. [2]

Angle =

ii. The speed of light in air is 3.0 × 108m/s.

Calculate the speed of the red light in the glass. [2]

Speed =

c. For the same angle of incidence, the angle of refraction of red light in glass is
greater than the angle of refraction of violet light.

State the term which describes the separation of red and violet refracted rays in glass.
[1]

[Total: 8]
8. Figure 8.1 shows the wavefronts of a water wave in deep water in a ripple tank.

Figure

8.1 The frequency of the wave in deep water is

5.0 Hz.
a. Explain what is meant by the frequency of a wave. [2]

b. i. Determine the wavelength of the wave in deep water. [1]

a.Calculate the speed of the wave in deep water. [2]

Speed =

c. The wave passes from deep water into shallow water. The speed of the wave
is less in shallower water.
i. State and explain how this affects the wavelength of the wave. [2]
ii. The wave in deep water shown in Figure 8.2 travels towards the right and
enters the shallow water at an angle. The wave refracts.

Figure 8.2

On Figure 7.2, draw the wavefronts in the shallow water. [3]

[Total: 10]
9. Hock Siang uses a bar magnet to distinguish between an unlabeled magnet and an iron bar.

a. Describe how Hock Siang identifies which is the magnet and which is the iron bar.
[2]

b. Hock Siang suspends the iron bar near to a coil, as shown in Figure 9.1. The iron bar
is free to move.

Figure 9.1

Describe and explain what happens when the switch S is closed [3]
c. Figure 9.2 shows a wire passing through a piece of card.

Figure 9.2

There is a current in the wire in the direction of the arrow.

On Figure 9.3, draw the pattern of the magnetic field lines due to the current in the
wire. Include the direction of the field. [3]

Figure 9.3
[Total: 8]
10. Gerald has a power supply, a resistor, a voltmeter, an ammeter, and a variable resistor.
a. Gerald obtains five sets of readings from which he determines an average
value for the resistance of the resistor.
In the space below, draw a labelled diagram of a circuit that he could use. [3]

b. Describe how the circuit should be used to obtain the five sets of readings. [2]

c. Figure 10.1 shows another circuit.

Figure 10.1

When the circuit is switched on, the ammeter reads 0.50A.

i. Calculate the value of the unknown resistor. [2]

Resistance =

ii. Calculate the charge passing through the 3.0Ω resistor in 120s. [1]

Charge =

[Total: 8]
11. Figure 11.1 shows a flexible wire hanging between two magnetic poles. The
flexible wire is connected to a 12 V d.c. supply that is switched off.

Figure 11.1

a. Explain why the wire moves when the supply is switched on. [2]

b. State the direction of the deflection of the wire. [1]

c. Figure 11.2 shows the flexible wire made into a rigid rectangular coil and mounted on
an axle.

Figure 11.2

i. Add to the diagram an arrangement that will allow current to be fed into the
coil whilst allowing the coil to turn continuously. Label the parts you have
added. [1]

ii. Briefly explain how your arrangement works. [2]

[Total: 6]