INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION CENTRE

FOURTH SEMESTER AFTER MID EXAM 2019-2020 (ONLINE)

CLASS- IX

NAME:

Date: Total Marks: 50

Subject: PHYSICS Time: 1 hour

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Fig. 2.1 shows a freezer for keeping food frozen

(a) The outside surface of a freezer is painted white. Explain one advantage of having the outside surface
of the freezer painted white. [2]

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(i) The lid of the freezer is closed and air at room temperature is trapped inside the freezer. The freezer
is switched on. State and explain, using ideas about molecules, what happens to the pressure of the air
in the freezer, as it cools. [3]

(ii) When the freezer reaches its operating temperature, it is more difficult to open the lid. Explain why.

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In a steam cleaner, water is heated to its boiling point and is then turned into steam (water in the gas
state).

(a) Define boiling point. [1]

(b) (i) Describe the molecular structure of a liquid. [2]

(ii) Explain, using ideas about molecules, why thermal energy (heat) must be supplied to the water as it
boils. [2]

23. Fig. 4.1 shows a wave on a string. The wave is travelling towards the right.

(a) Describe the movement of the particles of the string. [2]

(b) Determine the wavelength of the wave. [1]

(c) The speed of the wave is 2.0 m / s.

(i) Calculate the frequency of the wave. [2]

(ii) On Fig. 4.1, draw the string at a time 0.10 s later than the time in Fig. 4.1. [1]

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A metal can and a plastic bottle, both containing liquid, are cooled by placing them in a jug of melting
ice, as shown in Fig. 4.1.

The can and bottle each contain 330 g of the same liquid at 15 °C.

(a) The specific heat capacity of the liquid is 4.2 J / (g °C).

Calculate the thermal energy released when 330 g of the liquid at 15 °C cools to 2 °C. [2]

(b) When water at 0 °C is used in the jug, instead of the melting ice, the cooling is slower. Explain why
cooling is faster when using melting ice in the jug, rather than water at 0 °C. [2]

(c) The liquid in the metal can cools down faster than the liquid in the plastic bottle. Suggest why this
happens. [1]

25. A microwave signal from a transmitter on the Earth’s surface is sent up to a satellite in orbit and is
then immediately transmitted back to Earth.

(a) A pulse of microwaves from the transmitter is received back at the transmitter 0.24s later. The speed
of microwaves is 3.0 × 108m/s. Calculate the distance from the transmitter on the Earth to the satellite.
[2]

(b) The microwave signal is used in a telephone system that produces sound. Waves are described as
longitudinal or transverse. Some waves are also electromagnetic.

(i) Place ticks (✓) in the table in Fig. 5.1 to show whether microwaves and sound waves are longitudinal
or transverse and to show whether they are electromagnetic.

(ii) A longitudinal wave contains a compression. Describe what is meant by a compression. [2]

Bonus Mark: 2