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ZIMBABWE SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL General Certificate of Education Advanced Level |PHYSICS 6032/3 PAPER 3 THEORY 2 hours 30 minutes JUNE 2024 SESSION INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES ‘Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the spaces provided on the answer booklet. ‘Write your answers on the separate answer booklet provided. Ifyou use more than one booklet, fasten the booklets/sheets together. Al working for numerical answers must be shown. INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES ‘The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. This question paper consists of 12 printed pages. Copyright: Zimbabwe Schoo! Examinations Council, 12024, ‘ozimsec m+ eG [Turn over 2 DATA F speed ofllight in free space__ |e Z At permeability of free space lo= | — = =r eases, | elementary charge e=1.60x10-C G : the Planck constant h=6.63 x 10-** Js | ‘unified alomie mass unit Tare cea | Test mass of electron Te =9.A1 x 10-7 kg. Test mass of proton mp=167x10-7 kg molar gas constant R=831)Komol? theAvogadro constant Na=602x10"mol? a the Boltzmann constant = 1.38 x 10-7 JK? gravitational constant | G=667x 10 reel acceleration of free fall — [e= a : eons nos FORMULAE uniformly accelerated motion s=ut+ %at? v?=u? +2as ‘work done on/by a gas W=pav gravitational potential 0=-Gmir hydrostatic pressure p=peh pressure of an ideal gas simple harmonic motion a=—wtx velocity of particle in s.hm. v=, cos wt v=4a/@3 — x7) Doppler effect a aa Attenuation of x-rays 1=1e" electric potential ve capacitors in series VC= VC, +, +.. capacitors in parallel C=O,+G+.. energy of charged capacitor w=2ov electric current T= Anvg resistors in series R=Ry+Ro+ resistors in parallel VR=1R, + VRz +. Hall voltage alternating current/voltage radioactive decay x = xp expat) decay constant ante orn nos [Turn over yA NAR AG eae 4 Ferrer question sed auyjaches 3 from the remaining questions. @ @ State Archimedes’ principle. ‘Aniron block of mass 0.6 kg is hung from the end of @ thread and totally jmmersed in water. Te density of iron is 8 x 10° kgm” and the density of water is 1 x 10° kgm. 1. __ Sketch the free body diagram of the system. 2, Calculate the tension in the thread. (8) (6) ()__ State the principle of conservation of energy. (i) Fig. 1.1 shows acar of mass 1.3 x 10° kg which has moved 500 m up a road inclined at angle @ to the horizontal. a = [sin CE ZA) Fig. 1.1 Calculate the change is i te the change in gravitational potential energy of th i y of the car. (ii) Explain the term efficiency of a machine. : 2 () Explain why the efficiency of a car is less than 100%. (6) (©) _ Fig. 1.2 shows a small bead threaded on a smooth circular wire of radius 50 cm which is fixed in a vertical plane. The bead is projected from the lowest point of the wire with speed, v = Sgr. Fig, 1.2 Find the speed of the bead when it is tuned through 60°. B) (@ —@__ Explain the term synchronous satellite. (i) State four advantages of using synchronous satellites in telecommunications. (iii) An astronaut orbiting the earth in a space vehicle with its rocket motors switched off is said to feel weightless, Comment. [8] (a) () _ The equation defining simple harmonic motion is a State the significance of the negative sign in the equation. Gi) The pendulum bob in a particular clock performs simple harmonic motion The variation of velocity in m/s of the bob with time in seconds is given by v= 3.14 Cos(15.7 1). Calculate, using the equation, the 1S period, 2. amplitude of the bob. 1. Using answers in (a)(ii); deduce the equation that shows how the acceleration varies with time. 2. Hence find the acceleration of the bob at time ¢ = 0.35 s. [Turn over vO uired to reduce the intensity o nn PT @) @ State Kirchof’s laws. s (ii) Fig. 3.1 shows an electric circuit, SV F I 109 Vv 202 aE sv jee de, 15 ages Fig. 3.1 Calculate current through the 10a) 2. 20 Qresistor. (iii) Explain why current through the 15 Q resistor is equal to zero. 7 } (b) Fig. 3.2 shows an electric circuit used to charge a 3.5 V battery of a cell phone, BOV ~ battery rms 300 furns ie Fig. 3.2 @ Describe the charging process taking place in Fig, 3.2. Gi) Calculate the 1. rms potential difference across the secondary coil, 2. peak potential difference across the secondary coil ii) State any assumption made in the calculation in (i). 60320 12024 (8) [Turn over yA e NN A AH show the circuit ofa non-inverting amplifier with negative is modified to give a voltage follower. (6) © Zimsec 2024 Determine the temperature of the oxygen gas. _ Calculate the root-mean square speed of the oxygen molecules. __ [relative molecular mass of oxygen = 32 g] Define the term specific latent heat of fusion. __ Explain why the specific latent heat of fusion of a substance is smaller than its specific latent heat of vapourisation. ) Fig. 4.1 shows an electrical circuit used to determine the latent __ heat of fusion of ice. Fig. 4.1 Outline how the latent heat of ‘can be determined from the con of ice can be determined from i 1 t of fusion of ice ca circuit. eor23 204 [Tarn-over, ; inte (iv) ctu mtr thermos flask: comme valet at 0°C. If the final temperature in the flask remains at 0°C, calculate mass of water that has frozen. - Specific heat of ice =2 100 Jkg!°C* e Specific latent heat of fusion of ice = 3.34 x 10°Jke™ (© A wire of natural length 2.0 mand diameter 2.8 mm is stretched by a f of SOON, it suffers a strain of 3% and undergoes plastic deformation. @ _ Distinguish between elastic and plastic deformation. i) Determine the Young’s Modulus of the wire. (iii) Calculate the strain energy stored in the wire. vy) Sketcha stress-strain graph for the loading and unloading of (@)__ Describe fatigue failure. Ss (a) Fig. 5.1 shows an alpha particle of mass 4u entering an electric field | electric field strength, E, ata velocity of 8.0 x 10* m/s perpendic field. The potential difference across the plates is 40 V. «2mm ie: 10' mvs Fig. 5.1 Show the path followed by the a-pari; 7 i ntl it eaves the eka, wot* ™ the 60120 nox sa , 7 put » Calculate the speed of the particle as it leaves the field. jit Suggest tw i i (i) Sue ‘0 assumptions made in order to complete the calculation (6) Fig. 5.2(a) and Fig. 5.2(b) shows negatively charged gold leaf clectroscopes used in the investigation of a certain phi different sources of radiation A and B were used. i on f2=======-] Tadiation A } LS Before exposure Fig. 5.2(a) . 2. Determine the transition which would result when light of wavelength 51 mm is emitted. 7 (@ —@ _State any three advantages of using fibre optics over microwave links in data transmission. (ii) Explain how the sampling rate and the number of bits in a samp affect the reproducibility of an input signal. _ 6) 503. ears no an

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