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PHYSICS AT WORK
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Section B: Answer ALL questions. Parts marked with * involve knowledge of the extension
component. Write your answers in the spaces provided.

1 The following set-up is used to measure the specific latent heat of fusion of ice.

Figure 1.1

(a) Describe the procedures of the experiment. State the physical quantities to be
measured and an equation for finding the specific latent heat of fusion of ice.
(6 marks)

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(b) Explain why crushed melting ice should be used in the experiment. (2 marks)

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*2 In a laboratory, argon gas is used to prevent some chemicals from reacting with the air.
The gas is stored in a sealed bottle at a pressure of 1.5  107 Pa and a temperature of
25 C.

(a) Assume that the gas in the bottle is ideal.

(i) Find the average kinetic energy of the gas molecules in the bottle. (2 marks)

(ii) If the bottle is accidentally placed near a fire and the temperature of the gas
increases to 600 C, what will the pressure of the gas become? (2 marks)

(b) In fact, the gas is non-ideal and your answer in (a)(ii) should be smaller than the
actual value. State ONE assumption about ideal gas which is not satisfied by the
gas in the bottle. (1 mark)

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3 Read the following description about tower crane and answer the questions that follow.

Tower cranes are commonly used at construction sites to lift heavy objects. A tower
crane consists of two major structures: the vertical tall tower and the horizontal jib. A
freely movable trolley is placed on the jib and the object to be lifted can be attached
onto a hook hanged from the trolley. A counterweight is placed at one end of the jib to
keep it balanced.

Figure 3.1 (Photo credit: Milkos | Dreamstime.com)

The hook is connected to the trolley by pulleys and a steel cable. The pulley system is
designed in a way that the object can be lifted with a force smaller than its weight. In
the pulley system as shown in Figure 3.2, the force needed to lift the object is about
one-fourth of its weight.

Figure 3.2

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(a) Suppose the crane shown in Figure 3.2 is used to lift an object upwards at a
constant speed. Let m be the total mass of the hook and the object.

(i) The figure below shows the hook together with the object. Draw the external
forces acting on this structure. Hence, explain why the tension in the steel

cable is . You may assume that the pulleys are smooth. (3 marks)

(ii) ‘By W = Fs, if the object is raised by height h, the total work done by the

cable on the object is .’ Comment on this statement. (2 marks)

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(b) The following figure shows the simplified structure of the top part of a tower crane.
The tall tower and the jib are assumed to be hinged smoothly at O. The jib has a
mass of 12 300 kg and its centre of gravity is located at G. The mass of the
counterweight is 18 000 kg. The total mass of the trolley, the hook and the attached
object is 2500 kg.

Figure 3.3

Assume that the system is in equilibrium and the tensions of steel wires X and Y are
12 000 N and 15 000 N respectively at the moment shown.

(i) Find the distance of the trolley from O. (3 marks)

(ii) If the object attached to the hook is unloaded, how will the tension of wire X
change? Explain your answer briefly. (2 marks)

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4 A boxer is standing in front of a sandbag hanged still from the roof (Figure 4.1). He then
punches on the sandbag and it swings away from him (Figure 4.2). The mass of the
sandbag is 20 kg.

Figure 4.1 Figure 4.2

(a) Consider the arm of the boxer and the rest of his body as two separate objects. The
arm moves horizontally at 2 m s–1 just before hitting the sandbag and it bounces
back horizontally at 1 m s–1. Take the mass of the arm as 4 kg and assume that the
body does not apply any force on the arm during the impact.

(i) Find the speed of the sandbag just after being hit. (2 marks)

(ii) The time of contact between the arm and the sandbag is 0.1 s. Find the
magnitude of the average force exerted by the arm on the sandbag.
(2 marks)

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(iii) Explain whether the collision between the arm and the sandbag is elastic.
(2 marks)

(b) When the sandbag comes to rest, the boxer punches it again. This time, the boxer
holds his arm and his arm is at rest after the impact. Explain why the total
momentum of the arm and the sandbag is not conserved in this impact. (2 marks)

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*5 A ball is attached to an L-shaped wooden frame via a light inelastic string. The frame is
rotating at a constant angular speed and the ball undergoes uniform circular motion. The
horizontal branch of the frame is 5 cm long. The string is 15 cm long and makes an angle
of 30 to the vertical during rotation.

Figure 5.1

(a) (i) Find the centripetal acceleration of the ball. (3 marks)

(ii) Find the angular speed of the ball. (2 marks)

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(iii) If the horizontal part of the wooden frame is removed and the ball undergoes
uniform circular motion as shown below with the string still making 30 to
the vertical, how will the results in (i) and (ii) change? (2 marks)

Figure 5.2

(b) Describe and briefly explain the motion of the ball if the string suddenly breaks.
(2 marks)

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6 Ronald designs a device which can project the screen of a phone onto a wall. He fixes his
phone inside a box and cuts a hole on a surface of the box. A lens is then fixed at the hole
and produces the image of the screen on a wall.

Figure 6.1

Figure 6.2

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(a) State the kind of lens used in the device. (1 mark)

(b) When the screen of the phone is 10 cm away from the lens, a clear image is formed
on a wall 90 cm away from the lens.

(i) State the linear magnification of the image. (1 mark)

(ii) By drawing a suitable ray diagram on Figure 6.2, determine the focal length
of the lens. (3 marks)

*(c) Ronald projects a clear image of the screen onto a wall 2 m away from the lens.
Find the distance between the screen and the lens using the lens formula and the
answer of (b)(ii). (2 marks)

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7 A double slit is set up in a ripple tank by straight barriers as shown below. At time t = 0, a
plane wave reaches the double slit normally. An interference pattern is then observed. The
period and wavelength of the wave are respectively 0.06 s and 3 cm.

Figure 7.1

(a) There is a point P in the interference pattern at which the displacement of the
particle is constantly zero. Explain why the particle’s displacement remains zero.
(2 marks)

(b) Consider a point Q in the ripple tank as shown in the figure below.

Figure 7.2

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(i) Determine the type of interference occurring at point Q. (2 marks)

(ii) Find the time taken for the wave to travel from S1 to Q. (3 marks)

(iii) Sketch the displacement–time graph of the particle at Q in the time between
t = 0 and t = 0.4 s. (2 marks)

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8 A student does an experiment to measure the resistance of a resistor R. The figure below
shows the circuit used in the experiment.

Figure 8.1

As the resistance of the rheostat is varied, the ammeter and voltmeter readings are
recorded as follows:

Ammeter reading / A 0.4 0.8 1.2 1.5 1.8 2.0

Voltmeter reading / V 2.0 4.0 6.0 8.0 10.0 12.0

(a) When the resistance of the rheostat increases, how do the ammeter and voltmeter
readings change? (1 mark)

(b) Assume that the ammeter and the voltmeter are ideal.

(i) Plot a graph of the voltmeter reading against the ammeter reading. (2 marks)

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(ii) Calculate the resistance of the resistor when the current passing through it is
0.8 A. (2 marks)

(iii) How is the resistance of the resistor different from that in (b)(ii) when the
current in it exceeds 1.2 A? Suggest a reason for this difference. (2 marks)

(c) In fact, the ammeter and the voltmeter used in the experiment are not ideal. The
resistance of the ammeter is 2  and that of the voltmeter is 1 k.

(i) Explain briefly how the ammeter and voltmeter affect the accuracy of the
experiment. (4 marks)

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(ii) Calculate the resistance of the resistor when the current passing through it is
0.8 A. (2 marks)

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9 A coil ABCD is partly placed between two parallel metal plates and connected to a light
bulb as shown in Figure 9.1. The metal plates stand vertically on a non-conducting
surface and are connected to a d.c. power supply. Figure 9.2 shows the top view of the
set-up.

metal plates

B C

A D

+ terminal of light bulb  terminal of

d.c. power supply d.c. power supply

Figure 9.1

B C

+ terminal of  terminal of
d.c. power supply d.c. power supply

A D
connected to
light bulb

Figure 9.2

(a) Explain what happens to the bulb when the power supply is switched on. (3 marks)

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(b) The coil is then partly placed between two magnets with opposite poles facing each
other, as shown in Figure 9.3. The light bulb is replaced by a battery. The coil is
horizontal at the moment shown. Figure 9.4 shows the top view of the set-up.

magnets

B C

S N

A D

battery

Figure 9.3

B C

S N

E
A D
connected to
battery

Figure 9.4

(i) Draw arrows in Figure 9.3 to show the directions of the magnetic forces
experienced by sides AB and CD at the moment shown. (1 mark)

(ii) Assume the magnetic field between the magnets is uniform and has a
magnitude of 0.6 T, and only part EB of side AB lies inside the uniform
magnetic field. The lengths of EB and BC are 10 cm and 6 cm respectively.
If the current through the coil is 2 A, find the magnetic force acting on side
AB at the moment shown. (2 marks)

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(c) A student modifies the set-up in Figure 9.1 as shown below. Magnets are placed
above and below the coil to produce uniform magnetic field in the vertical direction
and the coil is connected to a fixed resistor. He suggests that the set-up is
simulating what happens when a radio signal is passing through the coil.

metal plates

uniform magnetic field

+ terminal of resistor  terminal of

d.c. power supply d.c. power supply

Figure 9.5

State one similarity and difference of this simulation to the case when a radio signal
is passing through the coil. (2 marks)

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10 Polonium-210 ( ) undergoes alpha decay to form lead-206 (Pb) and has a half-life of
138 days.

Given: mass of polonium-210 = 209.982 874 u

mass of lead-206 = 205.974 466 u
mass of an alpha particle = 4.001 506 u

(a) Write down an equation for the decay. (1 mark)

*(b) Find the amount of energy released in the decay. Express your answer in joules.
(3 marks)

*(c) A sample of polonium-210 has an activity of 2.0  107 Bq. Estimate the number of
polonium-210 nuclei in the sample. (3 marks)

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