Theory

Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion

(a) The astronomer Johannes Kepler showed that the period $T$ of rotation of a planet about the Sun is related to its mean distance $R$ from the centr...

2019 Winter

Theory

Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion

(a) State Newton’s law of gravitation  (b) The planet Jupiter and one of its moons, Io, may be considered to be uniform spheres that are i...

2017 Winter

Theory

Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion

(a) State Newton’s law of gravitation.[2]  (b) Some of the planets in the Solar System have several moons (satellites) that have circular ...

2015 Winter

Theory

Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion

A satellite is in a circular orbit of radius $r$ about the Earth of mass $M$, as illustrated in Figure1.1. The mass of the Earth may be assumed to ...

2016 Winter

1

MCQ

CH1 - PHYSICAL QUANTITIES & UNITS

Which unit can be expressed in base units as kg m^2 s^{-2}?

2019 Summer

3

MCQ

CH1 - PHYSICAL QUANTITIES & UNITS

The luminosity $L$ of a star is given by $L = 4\pi r^2 \sigma T^4$ where $r$ is the radius of the star, $T$ is the temperature of the star and $\si...

2019 Summer

3

MCQ

CH2 - MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES

A particle has velocity $V$ at an angle $\theta$ to the horizontal. The components of the particle’s velocity are $V_v$ upwards in the vertical dire...

2019 Summer

2

MCQ

CH14 - WAVES

A whale produces sound waves of frequency 5 Hz. The waves are detected by a microphone and displayed on an oscilloscope. What is the time-base sett...

2019 Summer

2

MCQ

CH2 - MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES

The speed shown on a car's speedometer is proportional to the rate of rotation of the tyres. The variation of the diameter of a tyre as it wears intro...

2019 Summer

3

MCQ

CH3 - KINEMATICS

A car travels along a straight horizontal road. The graph shows the variation of the velocity $v$ of the car with time $t$ for 6.0 s of its journey. ...

2019 Summer

3

MCQ

CH3 - KINEMATICS

A stone is thrown horizontally from the top of a cliff and falls into the sea some time later. Air resistance is negligible. Which graph shows how th...

2019 Summer

3

MCQ

CH17 - ELECTRIC FIELDS

A positive charge of $2.6 \times 10^{-8} \text{ C}$ is in a uniform electric field of field strength $300000 \text{ Vm}^{-1}$. How much work must be ...

2019 Summer

3

MCQ

CH4 - DYNAMICS

Each diagram illustrates a pair of forces of equal magnitude. Which diagram gives an example of a pair of forces that is described by Newton's third ...

2019 Summer

3

MCQ

CH3 - KINEMATICS

A stone is dropped from a tall building. Air resistance is significant. The variation of distance fallen with time is shown by the dashed line. A sec...

2019 Summer

3