Section A

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1. Which statement about thermal radiation is correct?
A In a vacuum, thermal radiation travels at the speed of light.
B Thermal radiation is a longitudinal wave.
C Thermal radiation travels as an ultra-violet wave.
D White surfaces are better emitters of thermal radiation than black surfaces.

2. A slice of bread is placed under a red-hot electric grill to make toast.

How does heat energy reach the bread?

A conduction and convection
B conduction only
C convection and radiation
D radiation only

3. Which statement about copper explains why it is a better conductor of heat than glass?
A Atomic vibration is passed on to neighboring copper atoms quickly.
B Atoms move through the copper and pass on kinetic energy.
C There are density changes within the copper.
D There are free electrons in the copper.

4. An experiment is carried out as shown in the diagram.

Why does the ice take a long time to melt, even though the water at the top of the tube is boiling?
A Convection never occurs in water.
B Ice is a poor conductor of heat.
C The gauze prevents the energy reaching the ice.
D Water is a poor conductor of heat.

5. Four wet towels are hung out to dry as shown.

Which towel dries most quickly?

6. The diagrams show four identical cans with their outside surfaces painted either dull black or
polished silver. Each can contains the same volume of water, initially at 80 °C.
After five minutes in a cool room, which can contains the coolest water?
7. An object of mass 50 kg accelerates from a velocity of 2.0 m / s to a velocity of 10 m / s in the same
direction.
What is the impulse provided to cause this acceleration?
A 250 N s B 400 N s C 850 N s D 2500 N s

8. A gas molecule strikes the wall of a container. The molecule rebounds with the same speed. What
happens to the kinetic energy and what happens to the momentum of the molecule?

9. Which quantity is measured in newton seconds (N s)?

A Impulse B Moment C Power D Work done

10. Direction of momentum is the direction of objects

A. velocity B. frictional force C. momentum D. acceleration

Section B Total marks: 10

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A copper saucepan with a wooden handle contains cold water. The saucepan is placed on a
red-hot heating element that is a part of an electric cooker.
Fig. shows the saucepan on the heating element.

(a) Why wood is a suitable material for the handle of the saucepan.

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(b) (i) Describe and explain, in terms of free electrons, how thermal energy is transferred
through the copper base of the saucepan.
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(ii) Describe and explain how thermal energy is transferred upwards through the water.
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(c) Fig. shows an electrical heater placed so that it is the same distance from two cans.

The cans are the same size and contain equal volumes of water, initially at the same temperature.
(i) Energy travels to the cans from the heater.
State the name of this process.
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(ii) Both cans are heated for 20 minutes.
Explain briefly why silver can have less temperature change in the end of experiment.

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Question 2. [ /5]
The engine of an unpowered toy train is rolling at a constant speed on a level track, as shown in
Fig. The engine collides with a stationary toy truck, and joins with it.
Before the collision, the toy engine is travelling at 0.32 m / s. The mass of the engine is 0.50 kg.
(a) Calculate the momentum of the toy engine before the collision.

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(b) The mass of the truck is 0.30 kg.
(i) State Law of conservation of momentum.

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(ii) Using the principle of conservation of momentum, calculate the speed of the joined engine
and truck immediately after the collision.

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