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Q1. The diagram shows part of a climbing frame in a playground.


The girl weighs 300 N and the boy weighs 350N.

a. What are the upward forces at A and B if the girl is hanging in the
centre of a climbing frame.

b. Both children hang from the frame at a point 1 m from A. What are
the upwards forces at A and B? Show all your working.

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c. where both children have to be so that the upward force at B was at
its minimum?

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Q2. The table below shows the information about some of the planets in our
solar system.

a. Name three planets that have a weaker gravitational pull on their


surface than there is on earth.

b. How long is a year in Saturn?

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c. If the distance from the earth to the sun is 150 million kilometers,
calculate the distance of Saturn from the sun.

d. Assuming that the orbital path for Saturn is circular, calculate the
orbital speed in km/s. (Hint: Circumference = 2r).

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Q3. a. What is meant by the phrase a persons audible range is 20 Hz to
20000 Hz?

b. What are ultrasonic sounds?

c. Calculate the wavelength of ultrasonic waves whose frequency is


68000Hz. Assuming that the waves are travelling through air at a
speed of 340 m/s.

d. Sound waves are emitted from a source that is vibrating with large
amplitude, and from a source that is vibrating with small amplitude.
Explain, using diagrams, the difference in between the two sets of
sound waves.

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e. Draw two diagrams to show how these waves would appear on a


CRO.

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Q4. a. Explain the difference between a transverse wave and a longitudinal
wave.

b. Give one example of each.

c. Draw a diagram of transverse wave. On your diagram, mark the


wavelength and amplitude of the wave.

d. What is the frequency of a sound wave with a wavelength of 1.5m?


Taking the speed of sound in water is approximately 1500m/s.

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e. What is the period of this wave?

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Q5.

a. Draw a diagram to show how a prism can cause dispersion.

b. Explain why the white light is dispersed.

c. What is meant by Total Internal reflection?

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d. Explain how doctors use optical fiber to see inside the body.

e. Calculate the refractive index of the glass if the angle of refraction


was found to be 310 and the angle of incidence was 550.

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Q6.

a. Explain in detail how insulating materials can be charged by friction.

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b. When an aircraft lands it is important that it is earthed before it is
refueled.
i. Explain why the aircraft should be earthed?

ii. Suggest one way in which the aircraft could be earthed.


c. Explain why electrostatic painting of objects such as bicycle frames
makes good economic sense.

d. Describe briefly how an inkjet printer makes use of some of the


properties of static electricity.

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Q7. Bill set up the circuit shown below to investigate how the resistance of
a bulb changes
as the current flowing through it changes.

a. what are the names of the instruments labeled Y and Z?

b. What is the name of the component labeled X?

c. What is the purpose of X in this circuit?

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Bill takes a series of readings. He measures the voltage across the bulb
and the current passing through it. He then plots the graph shown
below:

d. What current passes through the bulb when a voltage of 6V is


applied across it?

e. What voltage is applied across the bulb when a current of 2.0A


passes through it?

f. Calculate the resistance of the bulb when a current of 2.0A passes


through it.

g. What happens to the resistance of the bulb as the current passing


through it increases?

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