Theory

CH1 - PHYSICAL QUANTITIES & UNITS

In this experiment you will investigate how the current in a circuit depends on the arrangement of resistors within the circuit. You have been provide...

2009 Summer

Theory

CH1 - PHYSICAL QUANTITIES & UNITS

In this experiment you will investigate the angle of tilt of a bottle when it contains different amounts of water. (a) (i) Use the water supplied to ...

2009 Summer

Theory

CH1 - PHYSICAL QUANTITIES & UNITS

In this experiment, a tube is suspended from a length of wool. The tube will be rotated. You will investigate how the time taken for the rotating tube...

2009 Summer

Theory

CH1 - PHYSICAL QUANTITIES & UNITS

In this experiment, you will investigate how the deflection at the centre of the loaded resistance wire of the arrangement shown in Fig. 2.1 depends o...

2009 Summer

Theory

CH1 - PHYSICAL QUANTITIES & UNITS

A student wishes to determine the Young modulus $E$ of wood from the period of oscillation of a loaded wooden rule, as shown in Fig. 1.1. An equati...

2009 Summer

Theory

CH1 - PHYSICAL QUANTITIES & UNITS

An experiment is carried out to investigate how the current $I$ required to melt a wire varies with the diameter $d$ of the wire. The equipment is se...

2009 Summer

MCQ

CH1 - PHYSICAL QUANTITIES & UNITS

The drag force $F$ acting on a moving sphere obeys an equation of the form $F = kA v^2$, where $A$ represents the sphere's frontal area and $v$ repres...

2009 Winter

MCQ

CH1 - PHYSICAL QUANTITIES & UNITS

The table contains some quantities, together with their symbols and units.[Table_1]Which expression has the units of energy?

2009 Winter

Theory

CH1 - PHYSICAL QUANTITIES & UNITS

In this experiment you will investigate the position of a wooden rod suspended in water as the depth of the water is varied. Assemble the apparatus, ...

2009 Winter

Theory

CH1 - PHYSICAL QUANTITIES & UNITS

In this experiment you are provided with a ball suspended by a thread. You will investigate how the recoil distance is related to the length of the th...

2009 Winter

Theory

CH1 - PHYSICAL QUANTITIES & UNITS

(a) State what is meant by a $\text{scalar}$ quantity and by a $\text{vector}$ quantity. [2] (b) Complete Fig. 1.1 to indicate whether each of t...

2018 Summer

Theory

CH3 - KINEMATICS

(a) State what is meant by the mass of a body. [1] (b) Two blocks travel directly towards each other along a horizontal, frictionless surface. T...

2018 Summer

Theory

CH14 - WAVES

(a) For a progressive wave, state what is meant by (i) the period,   [1] (ii) the wavelength.   [1] (b) Fig. 4.1 shows the vari...

2018 Summer

Theory

CH14 - WAVES

(a) When monochromatic light is incident normally on a diffraction grating, the emergent light waves have been diffracted and are coherent. Explain w...

2018 Summer

Theory

CH19 - CURRENT OF ELECTRICITY

(a) Define the volt............................................................................................................... [1](b) A battery of...

2018 Summer

Theory

CH17 - ELECTRIC FIELDS

A $\beta^{-}$ particle from a radioactive source is travelling in a vacuum with kinetic energy 460 eV. The particle enters a uniform electric field at...

2018 Summer

Theory

CH1 - PHYSICAL QUANTITIES & UNITS

(a) Define force. .....................................................................................................................[1] (b) State...

2018 Summer

Theory

CH3 - KINEMATICS

(a) State the principle of conservation of momentum. [2] (b) A stationary firework explodes into three different fragments that move in a horizontal ...

2018 Summer

Theory

CH3 - KINEMATICS

A child on a sledge slides down a steep hill and then travels in a straight line up an ice-covered slope, as illustrated in Fig. 3.1. The sledge pa...

2018 Summer

Theory

CH14 - WAVES

(a) (i) Define the wavelength of a progressive wave.   [1] (ii) State what is meant by an antinode of a stationary wave.   [1] (...

2018 Summer