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Have a go at these questions. Follow the plan I have given you so that your study workload will not
be too much.
1) A search helicopter flies 300km due east 2) A student measures the acceleration of gravity.
from its base then 400km due south. She records the following results in ms-2
The complete journey takes 5 hours. 9.72, 9.83, 10.52, 9.67 and 9.82
Find the helicopter`s Calculate
a) Displacement from its base. a) The mean value of the acceleration
b) Average speed b) The random error in the measurements
c) Average velocity
3) A car travelling at a velocity of 12ms-1 4) The acceleration time graph of a moving object
accelerates at 3ms-2 for a distance of is shown below
200m.
Calculate the velocity of the car at the
end of the 200m
6) Find the time it takes for a sandwich to 7) Using the kinetic model of gases explain what
fall to the ground from the Leaning happens to the pressure of a gas inside a sealed
Tower of Pisa which is 55 metres high. container if the gas is heated and its
Assume no air resistance temperature increases.
26m
10) Calculate the work done ( energy 11) A cuboid of solid carbon dioxide has a volume of
transferred ) when a 5 Coulomb charge is 2.5 cm3. When heated it changes completely into a gas.
moved between the electric plates shown
Calculate the volume of carbon dioxide gas produced
200V 350V
14) A container full of air has a mass of 370.58g. 15) A battery has an emf of 12 volts and an
Some of the air is squeezed out of the container internal resistance of 1.5 ohms.
into an upturned flask. a) Explain what is meant by an emf of 12 V
The volume of squeezed out air equals 1687cm3. b) Find the short circuit current which
The mass of the container is measured again and would flow if the terminals of the battery
found to have a mass of 368.72g. were connected by a piece of copper
Calculate the density of the air in g/cm3. wire.
16) Calculate the refractive index of the material 17) Two identical speakers are connected to
shown: 20O the same signal generator.
At position P the second minimum is heard
from the central maximum.
Find the wavelength of the sound.
15O P
2.00m
2.60m
18) A force of 36N is applied to two boxes on a 19) A 5kg parcel accelerates down a slope of
frictionless table. angle 30O to the horizontal. The parcel has
a) What is the acceleration of both boxes? a frictional force of 4.5 N acting on it.
b) What force does the 4kg box give to the a) Calculate the component of the
8kg box? parcel`s weight acting parallel to the
c) What size of force does the 8kg block slope
exert on the 4kg block? b) Find the unbalanced force acting on
the parcel and its acceleration.
36N
8kg
4kg
O
30
ms/div
21) A laser beam is passed through a diffraction grating which has 500 lines per millimetre.
A second order maximum fringe is found at an angle of 41O from the central maximum.
41O
Laser
grating
24) Find the total pressure which acts on the top 25) Write down the equivalent units for the
surface of submarine which is at a depth of 300m following:
in sea water which has a density of 1,200kgm-3 a) Joule per coulomb
b) N m
Atmospheric pressure at the surface is equal c) N/m2
to 1 x 105 Pa. d) Coulomb per volt
e) Coulomb per second
27) An electron of charge 1.67 x 10-19C passes 28) A car of mass 1000kg travelling at 8ms-1 crashes
through a potential difference of 6kV before it into a stationary car of mass 800 kg.
hits a radar screen.
a) Calculate the kinetic energy of the electron a) If both cars stick together after the crash
just before it strikes the screen. find the velocity of the combined cars
b) If the mass of the electron is 9.11 x 10-31kg immediately after the crash.
find its speed just before it strikes the b) Show by calculation that the crash is
screen. inelastic.
33) The refractive index for the glass prism is 1.53 for blue light
and 1.51 for red light. White light is shone through the prism.
a) Which colour, blue or red, travels faster through
the prism. Justify your answer.
b) If P and Q represent the ends of the visible 30O
xO
spectrum which letter represents the red part.
c) Calculate angle xO. P
d) The prism is replaced by a grating write down the
Q
two main differences which appear on the screen
between the prism and grating.
34) An electron makes a transition from 35) A ball is kicked into the air. At a certain time in its
energy level EO to E2 by absorbing the flight the velocity vectors are shown.
energy of a photon of light. 30ms-1
-19
E2=- 2.5x10 J
a) Calculate the
E1= -3.0x10-19J 40ms-1
wavelength of
the photon. EO= -4.5 x 10-19J Calculate the ball`s speed at
this instant.
36) The graph shows the velocity time graph of a trolley which is pushed
up a slope with initial velocity 4ms-1
Tips
Set aside one whole hour each day
Have your notebooks and study guides to look up how to do the questions.
Be prepared to write down which questions you want Mr Mallon to go over.
Use my website www.helpmyphysics.co.uk or Edmodo to ask if you are stuck.
Answers and some selected solutions will be published on the website/blog.
Also use your study guide to prepare the Nuclear atom section for returning
This fortnight is vital to use your time wisely. This is the time when you can win your Higher
Physics pass.
Dont study for long periods. Break up the day with the rest of your Highers taking regular
breaks and adding rewards to yourself if you finish tasks.
Best of luck from Mr Mallon. I wish you all the best for your Spring Break Study.