01 A student holds a sheet of paper with letters on it facing a plane mirror.

The letters on the paper are shown.

What does the student see in the mirror?

ABCD

02 A semi-circular block is made from a plastic. A ray of light passes through it at the angles shown.

28°
plastic

62°

45°
air

45°

To two decimal places, what is the refractive index of the plastic?

A 1.25 B 1.41 C 1.51 D 1.61

03 Convex lenses are used in cameras and as magnifying glasses.

Which types of image are formed?
type of image type of image in
in camera magnifying
glass

A real real
B real virtual
C virtual real
D virtual virtual
 04 A hospital needs to sterilise medical equipment.
Which electromagnetic waves could be used?

A infra-red
B microwaves
C radiowaves
D ultraviolet

05 For a transverse wave, what is a wavefront?

A a line joining all points on the same crest of a wave
B a line showing the displacement of a wave
C the energy content of a wave
D the first part of a wave to reach a point

06 A longitudinal wave passes along a spring. The coils of the spring vibrate from side to side. The
diagram shows the positions of the coils at one particular time.

WX Y Z

Which positions are one wavelength apart?

A W and X B W and Z C X and Z D Y and Z

07 Which length is the focal length of the lens shown in the diagram?
A BC

lens
D
08 The diagram shows a water wave in a ripple tank being refracted at the boundary between region P
and region Q.
How does the wave in region P compare with the wave in region Q?

wavelengt speed of
h of wave wave in boundary
in region P
region P

A larger faster region

P region Q
B larger slower
C smaller faster
D smaller slower
09 Light passes from air into a glass block of refractive index 1.5, as shown.

glass block
NOT TO
 SCALE

57°
normal

What is the angle of refraction in the glass and what is the critical angle?
angle of refraction critical angle

A 34° 42°
B 34° 60°
C 38° 42°
D 38° 60°

10 The angle of incidence of ray OP on the plane mirror MN is 40°.

normal

40°

10°
MN
P

The mirror is rotated through 10°, as shown by the dashed line. The direction of the incident ray OP
does not change.

What is the new angle of incidence?

A 30° B 40° C 50° D 60°

1 Fig. 1.1 shows a girl standing a few hundred metres in front of a large building.

Fig. 1.1 (not to scale)

 The girl uses a signal generator and a loudspeaker to send a short pulse of sound towards the
building. The sound has a frequency of 3700 Hz.

A short time later, the girl hears an echo.

(a) State what is meant by the term echo.

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. ...............................................................................................................................................[1] (b)

The pitch of the echo is the same as that of the original sound but the echo is not as loud. State what

has happened to

(i) the amplitude of the sound wave,

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[1] (ii) the frequency of the sound wave.

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[1] (c) The speed of sound in air is 330 m / s.

Calculate the wavelength of this sound.

wavelength = ...........................................................[2]
2 Fig. 2.1 represents the electromagnetic spectrum. radio

visible light

P Q R infra-red
X-rays Fig. 2.1 radiation waves

(a) State the name of the component of the electromagnetic spectrum that is found in region (i)

P, ....................................................................................................................................... (ii)

Q, .......................................................................................................................................

(iii) R. ....................................................................................................................................... [2]

(b) represent the components with frequencies

On Fig. 2.1, mark a tick (✓) in all of the boxes that greater than the frequencies of visible light. [1]

(c) The speed of electromagnetic radiation in a vacuum is 3.0 × 108 m / s. A television

remote controller uses infra-red radiation of wavelength 9.4 × 10−7 m. (i) Calculate the
 frequency of this radiation.

frequency = .......................................................... [3]

(ii) Explain how infra-red radiation is used in television remote

controllers. ........................................................................................................................

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

(d) Fig. 2.2 shows a ray of green light in air striking the side of a glass prism.

green light

Fig. 2.2 (not to scale)

The refractive index of the glass for green light is 1.5.

(i) [1]
On Fig. 2.2,

1. draw the normal for this ray,

2. mark the angle of incidence with a letter i.

(ii) This angle of incidence is 57°.

Calculate the angle of refraction in the glass.

angle of refraction = .......................................................... [2]

(iii) State what happens, as the light enters the glass, to the light’s

1. frequency,

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. 2. speed,
 ...................................................................................................................................

. 3. wavelength.

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.
[2
]

(iv) On Fig. 2.2, draw the path taken by the light as it passes through the glass and into the air.
[2]
3 Fig. 3.1 shows the wavefronts of a water wave in deep water in a ripple tank.

6.0 cm

deep
water

Fig. 3.1

The frequency of the wave in deep water is 5.0 Hz.

(a) Explain what is meant by the frequency of a wave.

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. ................................................................................................................................................... ..

............................................................................................................................................ [2] (b)

(i) Determine the wavelength of the wave in deep water.

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[1] (ii) Calculate the speed of the wave in deep water.

speed = ........................................................... [2]

(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.

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. ........................................................................................................................................
 ... ......................................................................................................................................

[2]

(ii) The wave in deep water shown in Fig. 3.2 travels towards the right and enters the shallow
water at an angle. The wave refracts.

deep
water
shallow water

Fig. 3.2

On Fig. 3.2, draw the wavefronts in the shallow water. [3](d) Sound is also a wave.

(i) Describe one difference between a sound wave and a water wave.

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. ........................................................................................................................................... ..........

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............................................................................................................... [2] (e) Describe how

ultrasound are used in Pre Natal Scanning.

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. ................................................................................................................................................

... ..............................................................................................................................................

..... .............................................................................................................................................

. [3]

4 Fig. 4.1 shows a converging lens, an object O and the image I produced by the lens.

1cm
O

e
 n
s

Fig. 4.1

(a) The image formed is real and has a linear magnification of 4.0.

(i) Define the term linear magnification.

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. .......................................................................................................................................[1] (ii)

Explain what is meant by real image.

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. .......................................................................................................................................[1] (b) On Fig.

4.1 a horizontal ray has been drawn from the top of the object to the lens. (i) Continue this ray until it

meets the image.

(ii) Using Fig. 4.1, determine the focal length of the lens.

focal length = ...............................................................

(iii) Draw another two rays from the top of the object to show how the image is formed. [3]