SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE

EXAMINATION
2~hours
2. Section A consists of THREE questions. Candidates must answer ALL
questions inthis section. Answers for this section must bewritten in this
answer booklet.
3. Section B consists of THREE questions. Candidates must answer ALL
questions in this section. Answers for this section must be written in the
space provided after EACH question in this answer booklet.
5. The use of non-programmable calculators is permitted, but candidates
should note that the use of an inappropriate number of figures in answers
will be penalised.
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Answer ALL questions.
You MUST write your answers in the spaces provided in this booklet.
1 . Testing of anew material to be used as an anti-reflective coating for eye glasses has yielded the
results shown in Table 1 .
Angle of incidence, i/
0
30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0
Angle of refraction, r /
0
23.5 30.5 38.0 43.7 48.5
sin i
A
sin r
(b) Use the readings from the completed Table I to plot agraph of sin iagainst sin ron the
graph paper onpage 2. (7 marks)
(f) The anti-reflective coating works best if its refractive index is the square root of the re-
fractive index of the lens in the eye glasses. Determine the refractive index of the lens
that gives the best result.
(3marks)
Total 25 marks
(b) I n 2008, at the Beijing Olympics, Usain Bolt of J amaica reclaimed his title as the world's
fastest man. He completed the 1 00mfinal in aworld record time of9 .69 s. He accelerated
uniformly from rest for the first 6.5 seconds, covering 60 mbefore coasting at maximum
speed to the finish.
What MAJ OR form of energy did BOL T possess when he crossed the
finish line?
A student connects the circuit in F igure 1 below to investigate rectification using asingle
diode.
(v) How canyou usethecircuit inF igure 1 todetermine whether or not asemiconduc-
tor diode is defective?
A B C
0 0 1
0 1 1
1 0 1
1 1 0
A B C D E
0 0 0 1 0
0 1
1 0
1 1 0
(8 marks)
Total 1 5 marks
(b) A 24 V d.c. motor was used to lift asmall appliance of mass 25 kg from the ground to the
second floor of amulti-storey carpark. The floor is 30 m above the ground. The motor,
operating at lOO%efficiency, works at asteady rate and takes 5 sto complete the activity.
(iii) I fthe power required to lift the appliance was greater, what effect would this have
on the value of the current? ( 1 mark)
A CSEC Physics teacher gave two groups of students projects on Specific Heat Capacity.
One group used an electrical method to calculate the specific heat capacity of a metal
block. The circuit used in this method is shown in F igure 3.
A~
Describe the method used by this group to determine the specific heat capacity of the metal
block. (6marks)
(b) The second group of students determined the specific heat capacity of aliquid. One set of
results is described below:
I t took 300 s for the temperature of 0.1 kg of the liquid to be elevated from 2SoC to SOc.
The energy supplied was 1 3.6 KJ during this period.
(i) Assuming that no heat was lost and ignoring the heat capacity of the container,
detemine the value of the specific heat capacity of the liquid. (6 marks)
(ii) I f the liquid was heated twice as long, what impact, if any, would this have on the
specific heat capacity of the liquid? ( 1 mark)
You were asked to present to your class, a comparison of alpha (a) with gamma (y)
radiation. Compare these two types of radiation interms of their
(i) range mair
(ii) behaviour in an electric field
(b) A nuclear scientist proposed the following nuclear reaction based on an artificial radioac-
tive decay process to produce energy.
1 n +
o
235
U
92
_ 1 43
Xe
+ 90
Sr
+ 3( 1 n) + Energy
54 38 0
Nuclide Atomic Mass lu
1 n 1 .00867
0
235 U
235.04393
92
1 43 Xe
1 42.93489
54
90
Sr 89.90730
38
(iii) I f the energy released in an alternative, natural decay reaction is 9.98 x 1 O-
1 3
J ,
which would be the preferred method for the production of a nuclear power
station? J ustify your choice. ( 2 marks)
(i) (ii) (iii)
Range in air Behaviour in an electric Track in acloud chamber
field
Alpha
a
Gamma
y