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'l'lrc c.rn.l'. fo ol'a batte'ry is givcn by IL, = P/l whereP rs tltc po\r'er dissipatedrvltert a current / f'lorv.s. The e.rn.l'.E. rnduccd irtl coil hy a chaneing mugnctic { l u x i s c q u u lt o t h c lritc o1'chiutgc ol-llux, l. = ilrl>/41 Whic:h ol'thclbllorving is l unitfbr nragnctil cl u . x ? A il C I) E 'l'he m s - rA rns-2 A-t kg rn2 s-2A kg rn.sr A-r kg rn2s-2A-l

/ l 1t " C thC1lllits()f

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css constant.

nOnc bccausc they arc diI11cnsion

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6 In which

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nc o tho|ollOwing pt irs of clec1rical units arc thc

u n i t sn o t c q L r i v a l c n t ?
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e,rperimental nreasurement 01'the hent capacityC ol' a o ( ' t e r n D e r a t u r7 c' i s t o b c f i t t e d t o t h e solid as a I'unction cx oressi on
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1t A

W I r a ta r e p o s s i b l e u n i t so |

A n a l t e r n a t i vfe o r n ro f t h e u n i t o l ' r e s i s t a n c e th , eo h m ( Q ) , i s V A_I. Which ol' thc lbllowing exanrplcs shorvsa sirnilarcorrect alternative forrnof unit'l ttrtit
Ac O 1 1 1 O I b ( C )A s

B C D 14Whic A B C D

K2 J 3 K J J79/Il/29

1i C D E

J J JK2 JK J JK2 J J

altcrnativcfonn

B fllmd(F)
C pt scal(Pa)

VCI
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AI tcrnperature cs l o s et o 0 K , t h c s p c c i l ' i c of h c a tc a p n c i t y a p a r t i c u l a rs o l i d i s - 9 i v e nb y t - r r 7 ' r , w h e r c I i s t h e thernrodynttmic and c i.szrconstant tenrperature characferistic o f t h e s o l i d .W h a t a r e t h e u n i t so f c o n s t a nn t e x p r e s s eid n Sl

bascd1Inits?

D volt(V) JC E wmt(W) Js

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15 Vhic A B C D 16F( r
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K 2 s 2 m A

3 K 2 s 2 1 n B

Which expression could be correct l'or tlre velocity v of oceanwaves in termsof p the densityof sea-water, g the acceleration of liee fall, /r the depth o['the oceanand /" the wavclcngtlr?

C m
g kD

2K
K 2 ^ s 2 3

E kg n12s9K

N82/II/29

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D ll

J92lll2

N91/I/2; N96/F/

I c ht c

In tclrns ol' thc kilograrn (kg), mctrc (nr), second(s), and k c l v i n ( K ) , w h a ta r et l i c b a s eu n i t so f s p c c i l ' i l cr e a t capacity? A R C D E rns-2K-l ms-l K-l r-r-,2 "-2 6-l t n 2s - l K - l 6-t kg-t n12

Which of the lbllowing cluantities has a unit that can bc expressed in term.s of just two differentSl baseunits? A Il C arcil charge current lbrcc resistance

A B C D

J$llv2g; J93lv2

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The Lrase unitsol'theSI systelx includethoseof t n i t s sk , g; lcngth , r n; t i r n c ,s ; elcctric curre nt, A.

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Tlrc behavioLrr ol' many real gasescleviatcs lirlrn p(,, = IIT but can be rcprcscutcd c1r-ritc closcly ovcr ccrtairrnirrges of tcnrl)criltul'e by an cquation and prcssurc ol'tlrc lbrur

tha t

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tp+J+\,u. _bt=R.r ,,,

W h i c h b a s cu n i t sw o u l db c r r c c c l ctd theSI unit of o cxDrcss (thevolt)? dil'lercncc lrotential A B C D n r a n dA o n l y .sarrdA only n r ,s , i l n dA o n l y k g , r n ,s , a n d A

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in which thc valrres o l ' n a n c l b l t r c c l t a r a c t c r i s t io cl ' t i r c l)ilrticular !las. 'hysical Q u a n t i t i e& .s Units

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o 1 'l r n o b 1c c t o I ' r i t i t s s l r r , t l t c "r)ror]rcntunr / ' i i l e n ti c a l t c i b cxlrcssion 1.,a , a s cr t n i t s

Ill

19'i'trc tilrg coel'f icicut Cs gl'it cnr inlvipg I l t r o u q l ta i r o l ' r l e r t s i t v p is givcn [ry,

ri,itit :tpccd y

cl)L:lgY.

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lirrcc. l)o\\'cr. i,elocity.

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r,,'hcrc F- is tlrc cllag lirrc:c cxelted on tltc cru' ;ln(l .;1 i:; Lt'rc rriaxinrurrc . rr o s s - s e c t i c l r r a i tlr c a o 1 't h e c ' c i r pcrpenclicrullrto thc d i r e c t i o no f t r a v e l .S h o w t h a t C p i s r l i r l e n s i o n l e s s( i . c . t h u r i t d o e sn o t h a v e a u n r t ) .

cs l ) ls its blse 1 2 W t r i c nc x p r c s s i o n d o e sn o t l r a v et l r c s t : c o r r ( unit'J .l I fecluency B C D x rcsisti.urce clllacitrrnc'c \ lcngtlr+-accelenttiorr constanl" n r A s+ s spring 'i'20 J95lI/l

W h c n a c c l t a i n c a r i s t r a v e l l i n g l t l r s l t e e c lt l 1 ' 2 0 n t s - ' l i t c x p c r i c n c c s a c l r a gl ' o r c c o l ' 3 5 0 N , W h a t c l r a g 1 ' o r c c u ' o u l d be expected when tlrc car is travelling at its top speed ol' J87/II/2 40rn s l?

l3 fne encfgy si v c nb y l { , o 1 ' l i g ho t [ l ' r e c l u e n c y / ig of ir photon wltere/r is the Plitnckconstant. Wlratarc the bascunitsol'/r'l A B C D kg rns-l kg nr2s-l kg rn2s-2 kg rn2s-l

The unit J s-l ctrn lrc uscct as tlre unit ol'powcr insteiiclo1' t h e w a t t . G i v e a u n i t { b r e a c l io f t h e l o l l o w i n g q u a n t i t i c s of rnetre (ttr), second (.s), using applopriate cornbinations ( A ) ,j o i r l e( J ) ,a n dv o l t ( V ) o n l y . arxpere Qttttrttitl, r enelgy pressu re clectrical charge le electrica l sistance

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thitt 21 Bernoulli'c w squation t o l l u i c ll ' l o w ,s t a l c s , l i i c ha p p l i c s 1 4 w h i c t r l i s t o l . S l u n i t sc o n t a i n s onlybase units'? A B C D kilograrn kelvin,nretrc, rlole, amperc, kilogratn, nrctrc,second, ohtn,tnolc oltrn kilograrn, newton,r-uetre, attrpcre, n e w t o l rk , c l v i n ,s c c o n c v l ,o l t ,r t t o l c p+hpg+tlrpv2=lt wherey; is a prcssure, /r a height,p a density,g an itccelerais v a velocityancl ti<)n, k a construrt. Slrorvtlrat the ccluittittn t d statc c l i r n e n s i o n ac l lo yn s i s t c n ln ilnSI unit lbr k. t4] N89/il/l
22r H o w i s w o l k r e l a t e d t o f o r c ea n dd i s p l a c c r n e n t ?

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1 5 w t r i c t ro f t h e t o l l o w i n gi s a u n i t o f p r e s s u l c ? A B C D
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tll tz'l

kgms-r kg tn-l t-2 kg rn?s-2 kg rn-2 5-t

tlrejoulc in termsol'baseunits. (l, Express

at tLrbes srnalldianteter rc Tlre thcoryof gas liow tlrrouglr

N98/I/l

F o L r rp h y s i c a l Ps , Q , / l a n d . S a r e r c l a t c db y t h e clLrantitie c t l u a t i oP n= Q - l l s . W h i c h s t a t o n r c nrtr t u s tb c c o l r c t : l l o r t l r c c c t u i r t i o t o t bc honrogcncorrs'/ A B C D P, Q,Il arrd S a l l h a v el h e s i i n r e urril.s. r luatrtitics. 5 a r c a l l s c i r l ac lt, Q,ll arrd 'l-lrc product/t5'hastlrcsarrcunitsas P'tncl Q. 'l'lrc prodLrct cclual RS is nurncrically to (Q - P). N99/r/l

ol' ltigh l o w p r c s s u r eis s an irnpoltant considcration v a c L r u rtre c h n i q u e O w l r i c l r o c c u r si n t l t e . ne equation tlreory is k f ( p 1 -p , )

T JI

where sl'1hc k is a nrrnrbe w r i t h o u tu r r i t sr ,' i s t h e r i i c l i uo tLrbe, at cach errdo1'tltetube Tr'and7r' rre the pfessures kg o['lerrgth l , M i s t h e n r o l a rm a s so f t l r c g a s ( L n r i t : n r o l - l ) ,R i s t l r en r o l a rg a s c o n s t a n ( tu n i t :J K - l r n o l - r ) anclI is thc tcrrrperatrrrc. to l'ittcltlte Use the eclLration units base ol'8. [5]

` f n u s i n g given in (c), the value of r is the cquation ( ancl A rcccrrttheoly suggcsl"s lhat lirlc rnay be quarrtised, ( 1 . 6 7t 0 . 0 3 )x l 0 * r n . W h a t p e r c e n t a g r eu t c c f t z l i n t y t h a t t h e c l u i i n t u uo r ,r e l e n r c r r t a r a yn r o u n to , l -t i n r c7 -i s g i v c n r . l o cts l i i si n t l o c l u cic nrt o t h c v l l u e o 1 0 ' ? [ 2 ] N 9 3 / l l /I v,l t c l t ' / ri s t h c l t l l r n r ' l l r y t l r cc ( l u i l t i ( )T 1 r< '('n\t'lnt, n = l t l ( n t r t ' : ,r n l , ,i s t h c J l r o l o n rtrass l l ' l i g h t . C l l n ( ' i t ' r l 23rrI a r r dr ; i s t l r c s p c c co An A Lcvel studcnt s l r g g e s ta s n u r n b e ro 1 'e q u a t i o n s , t l r a t h i se c l u a t i oin .s dinrcnsionall N 8 0 / l /I cy onsistcnt. n o t a l l o i w h i c h a r e c o r r e c tT are givctt . he cquations i n t h e t a b l eb e l o w .P l a c ea t i c k o r a c r o s si r r t h e [ a s t 18 l ' h c d i n r c n s i o no ol'cnergy. sl ' l o r c l u ca r e t l r e s r l l n cn s t l r o s c c o l u t n ut o i n c l i c n t c w l r c t h c ra c o n s i t l c t ' a t i oo t{ t 'Iltc l i x p l a i n w l r y i t w o L r l dn c v e r t l r c l c sb a tt re sc i r t a p p r ' < ; l r r i t r r r i i t si n v o l v c dr n a l < ec si r c l rc q u a t i o np o s s i b l c( / ) o t Inclsure i r rj o u l c s .S t i l t cl n l p p r c p r i : t f c trnit. J85ill/l tor(luc i r n p o s s r bt lX c) . t4l
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T o p i c a lP a p c r Physics

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l l t , l c =

m 3

c r l o f ' l rw l l v c= 4 . spe
d d m " d = 2 W T

t l r e r , i l r g e n e r a l ,t h c n t e t h o r .o D i s c u s st r r i e l ' l yr v h e ll' cln positively d i n r e n s i o nc l lh e c k i n g c o r rifn n t h e c o r r c : c t n c s s ol'att cclutrtion. 1 . 0x l 0 r k g r l - r a n d v i s c o s i t y W l r c na l i q u i d( o f ' d e n s i t y 1 . 0 x l 0 { P a s ) f l o r v sp a s t u n o b s t a c l e of width l-5 nttn, s r e a t e rt h a n 8 0 r n l r s - r . t u r b u l e n co c c c u r sl b r l l o w - s p e c d g What criticalllow speedwould be expected for arliquid of d c n s i t y1 3 . 6x l 0 r k g m - l a n d v i s c o s i t y1 . 6 x l 0 a P a s p l s t i l n o b j c c to f s i r n i l a s r hapc a n do 1 ' u , i d t h 5 tnnr'l flowirrg Nll ll/l 3 (trart)

Avo 29 A n / ic ( is A (

pressure of a gas= \ p"t'> t ' ,l , ) " a r e d i s t a n c c s c, i s a s p e e d g , is an acceleration, 7 is a trrne lnd p is a density. of the rtragnitude of' Cive arr SI Lrnitand an crstilxate l u a n t i t i e s(.M a r k sw i l l e a c l ro l ' t h e f b l l o w i r r gp h y s i c a q be irwar-ded lbr tlrc correctorclerof rnaqnitucle of cach c s t i r n a t cr,r o t{ ' o ri t s a c c u r a c y . ) [7j rnagnitutle t h c w c i s h to f a n a d u l t the polverol'a hair drier to bring to the energyrequired tlre boil a kettlelirlof water the resi.starrce of a dornestic tilarnentIarnp thc r,vavelength of visiblelight t99ilUl
unIt

30n

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tu Itas
26 (b) (i) IJolv do you check a forrnula fbl clinrensional h y r l o c st h i s m c t h o do 1 ' c l r c c k i r t g c o r t s i s t e r t cW y'/ is t lttl a ta n e c l u l l t i o n t t o tg i v e t l c l ' i l t i t c o n l ' i r t r t a t i o co|rcet ? Expressthe unit of furce and o1'chargein ternrs and o l ' t h e S l b a s eu n i t sk i l o g r a m ,m e t r e ,s e c o t r d law to Cotrlomh's lmpere.I-lence, by re{'erence
r

S- ' r t A B C D

(ii)

,- =

Q,Qz 4^u ,t

31rfJ

t l r e p e r r n i t t i v i t yo f a e x p r e s st h e u n i t o f e 1 1 v a c u u r ni , ttnits. n terms o 1 ' t h e sb ca s e is kg ln s-2A-2. of il vacullrn, A unit ol'fk,,tlic perrreability U s et h c u r r i t , a n d y o u r u n i t o f , , ,t o d e c i d ew h i c h o n e o f t h e ., [4,and c, the speed of light in Ibllowingr.elations between is dirnensionally rl vacuurn, consistent: = c, olto = c*l; of\r= c-?. = r:2;11f!y oflo (part) J82/l/13

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'fhc

kilogrzun, {-he rnetreand the sccondare baseunits. Nartretwo otherbaseunits. t?l

(h ) Explain why the unit ol'enel'gyis said to be a derit,etl

(c)

trrrit. l2l 'flic dcrisityp tn'td tlre pressurc;; by ol'a gas are rclated tlrc expression

27 Explaintlre meaningol'the terms(a) baseunit, clo n s i s t e r r c y ? I I o w d o y o u c h e c ka l b r m u l al b r d i r n e n s i o n a S ( a t er r r o w i r y si n w h i c h a n e c l u a t i o t nh a t i s d i m e n s i o n a l l y incorrect. consistent nraynevertheless be physicitlly 'tThc currentdensity./ in a therrrionicdiode with parallel, on the plane electrodes r/ depends separated by a clistance potentinl V bctwccnanodeand cathode.Use tlte rlil'l'erence quantitics to l'rnd d i r n c n s i o no sr b a s eu n i l . s ol' thc relevant lvhclhcrthc ccpatiorrs: . l = A l t t ; t k / r r t . 1 - ' / . vd ' tt2 . . . . . , . . . . . . "h l ' r / - 2. . . . . . . . . . . , .l = Beo(e/rrri .....,........,,......(i) ......( . ii)

r.l,here r-'and yare constants. (i) l. 2. (ii) D e t e r r n i nt e h eb a s e u n i t so 1 ' d e n s i tp y. S h o w t h a t t h e b a s eu n i t s o l ' p r e s s u r e /i irre kg In-l 5-2'

t h l t sn o L r n i t d , cterrninc C i i , c r tt h a t t h e c o n s t a n y t h eu n i t o l ' c .

321 ( c)rc 1

(iii) Usirtg your nnswerLo (ii), suggest rvhat quantity nray be represerrted by the syrlbol r.'. t6l

N2000/rr/l

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p,t ,a n d e , , a r e d i m e n s i o n a l lc yo n s i s t e n( t l.n t h e s ee q t t a t i o n s are thc permeability and pernrittivity01'vacutttn,and e/tn" i s t h c s p e c i t ' i cc l r a r g e o l ' t h e e l e c t r o r t ; A a n d / J a r e d ir n e n s i o n l e c so snstants.) N 8 4 / l / 1 3( p a r r )

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an {

15 -t'trecritical I'low spccd v" is r e l i l t e c l t o t l r c w i d t h a o l ' t l r e in a thin zlvcs ltl l o r t l r es p e c dv o l ' I o t t g i t t r c l i nw o b s t a c l et , h c d e n s i t yp o f t h c l i q u i d , a n d i t s . v i s c o s i t y 4 b y ' r 2 t l A n c q u a t i o n p is t n o c l u l uI s a n dd e n s i t y r o d o l ' r t ne l e t s t is co l i do f Y o u r r g o n e o f - t h ee q u r t i o n s : s f the t , = 1 E / p l)i 2 . U s i n g t h e b a s e u n i t s o r c l i m e n s i o n o (a) vr= AnrlP, (b) r,. = [Jt]/np, (<:) t,r= Cpa/tl. it ll ditttensionally t h a tt h i se q t r a t i o t s,h o r v r l u a n t i t i cis rrvolved constlrrts. A, Il an<lC' arc dimensionlcss Usc thc metlrod ol' d i n r c n s i o n tso i d c n t i l yt h ec o r r e c e t quation.
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Avogadro Constant
29 n sarnple o f c a r b o nl-2 h a sa n . ) a so si 3 . 0g .

MF; :{ J f `l I la ;:r r
200N at a dircction30 60 tO0 ,as shO to orand B `n il11he diagra Own a1orcc0f4O0N at ll bc|O v(Fig,2)

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Which expression gives the nurnber of atorns in the Sarrrnle? (l/a is.thesynrbollbr the Avogadroconstant.)
A0 . O 0 3 0 ABO 2 5 AC 3 0

Srnith

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gases. 30 Argon anclncon are moltzttontic One lnole o1'argon hasmass40 g and one mole of neonhasrnass 20 g. What is the ratio numberof atomsin I mole of argon2 nurnber of atomsin I rnoleof neon a l w a y sI always2 l, only if both gasesare at the same temperature and pressure D 2, only if both gasesare at the sametemperature and pressu re N2000/t/l Tlie valueof the Avogadroconstant per is (r.02x 1023 mole. (i) (ii) Dcf ine tlrernole. Calculate t h e r n a s so f a n a t o n ro f r 2 C ,u s i n gt h e abovevalueof the Avogadroconstant.
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Which one of the l'ollorving sketches correctlyrepresents the rnagnitude and directionof tl,tesnnllesr lorce that Jones shouldexert such that the resultant of all three lbrccs acts alons 0x?

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A s o l i d i r o n c u b e o 1 ' s i d e 2 0 r n r n l r a s a m a s so f 6.3 x 101 kg. One rnole of iron atolnshas a mirsso1' 5.6x l0-t kg. (i) (ii) How many irou atomsaretherein thecube? Hencefind the maximum volume thatan iron atom could occr.rDV in the solid state.

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C

(iii) U^sc your an.swer lo (c) (ii) aboveto estilnate the diameter of an iron atom. N82/l/17(part)

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Forcesof 5N, 4N and 3N are in equilibriunr. As.suming that sin 37o = 0.6, the angle ltetweenthe 5N force and the 3N lbrce is
A 3 7 B 5 3 C 9 0 D 127 E I43 J76/I /5

3 5 n p a r t i c l eh a s a n i n i t i a l v e l o c i t y o f l 5 r n s - r i n t h e 0 ; r direcl.ion, as .sho',vn in Fig. 3. At a later tirne its velocity i.s 15 rn s-r at an angleof 60" to 0.r (Fig, 4). (Directionsare i n d i c a t e db y r n e a s u r i n g a n g l e s a n t i c l . o c k v y i sfe rom the direction 0r.)

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A horizontal force F is appliedto a body of rnassm o n a s m o o t hp l a n ei n c l i n e ca lt an angle 0 to tlre lrorizontal, as shown in Fig. L The rnagnitude of the resultant force acting on thc body is A B C F c o s0 - r n gs i n 0 Fsin9+mgcos0 Fsin0-tngcos0
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zero 26 rn s-r at an angleo1'30'to 0.r. l 5 r n s - ra t a n a n g l e ol'120" to 0x. 2 6 n r s - rt r ta n a n g l e o 1 ' 2 1 0 ' t o0 . r . l 5 m s - ra t a n a n q l e o l - 3 0 0 't o 0 r .

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