Year 10 Physics Paper

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Year 10 Spring Assessment Time allowed 50 minutes

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Instructions: Energy 12
 Use black ink or black ballpoint pen.
 Fill in the boxes at the bottom of this page. Electricit
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 Answer all questions in the spaces provided.
 Do all rough work in this booklet. Particle
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 Cross through any work you do not want to be marked. matter
 In calculations, show clearly how you work out your answer. Atomic
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 The marks for questions are shown in brackets
 You are expected to use a calculator where appropriate

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Section 1: Energy.

1. Which of the below is the correct equation for kinetic energy? Circle the correct answer. (1)

A) Ek = 0.5 x v2 B) Ek = m x v2 C) Ek = 0.5 x m x v2 D) Ek = 0.5 x m x v

2. What are the units of energy? Circle the correct answer. (1)

A) Joules (J) B) Watts (W) C) Amps (A) D) Volts (V)

3. Which of the below is the correct equation for gravitational potential energy? Circle the correct
answer. (1)

A) Ep = m x g x h B) Ep = m ÷ g x h C) Ep = g x h D) Ep = m x g

4. Which of the below gives the correct equation for power? Circle the correct answer. (1)

A) P = E x t B) P = E x t2 C) P = 0.5 x E2 D) P = E ÷ t

5. What are the units of power? Circle the correct answer. (1)

A) Joules (J) B) Watts (W) C) Amps (A) D) Volts (V)

6. What type of energy does food store? (1)

7. What is the principle of conservation of energy? (1)

8. What is the definition of specific heat capacity? (2)

9. What is the difference between a renewable and a non-renewable energy resource? (1)

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10. Name two non-renewable energy resources and two renewable energy resources. (2)

Renewable Non-Renewable

Section 2: Electricity.

11. What are the units of current? Circle the correct answer. (1)

A) Coulombs (C) B) Watts (W) C) Amps (A) D) Volts (V)

12. Which of the below gives the correct equation for potential difference (Ohm’s law)? Circle the
correct answer. (1)

A) V = I x R B) V = I ÷ R C) V = I2 x R D) V = I x R2

13. Which of the below gives the correct equation for power? Circle the correct answer. (1)

A) P = I x V B) P = I ÷ V C) P = I2 x V D) P = I x V2

14. Which is the correct colour for the live wire in a domestic plug? Circle the correct answer. (1)

A) Brown B) Blue C) Green & yellow D) Red

15. Which of the below gives the correct equation for charge? Circle the correct answer. (1)

A) Q = I ÷ t B) Q = I x t C) Q = I2 x t D) Q = I x t2

16. What is the definition of current? (1)

17. What do the live, neutral and earth wires do? (3)

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18. What happens to the resistance of a filament lamp as the temperature increases? (1)

19. What does a step-up transformer do? Why is this useful? (2)

Section 3: Particle model of matter.

20. What is the correct equation for density? Circle the correct answer. (1)

A) ρ = m × V B) ρ = m ÷ V C) ρ = m + V D) ρ = m2 ÷ V

21. Which of the below gives the correct units for density? Circle the correct answer. (1)

A) kg/m B) kg C) kg/m3 D) kg/m2

22. Which state of matter is most dense? Circle the correct answer. (1)

A) Solid B) Liquid C) Gas

23. What is the state change from gas to liquid? Circle the correct answer. (1)

A) Melting B) Freezing C) Evaporation D) Condensation

24. What happens to the speed of particles in a gas as the gas is heated? (1)

25. Why doesn’t the temperature of a material change as it’s changing state? (1)

26. How do you measure the volume of an irregular solid? (2)

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27. Give the definition of latent heat. (2)

28. Describe how the particles in a solid are arranged. (2)

Section 4: Atomic structure.

29. Which subatomic particle has a positive charge? Circle the correct answer. (1)

A) electron B) proton C) neutron

30. Which two particles are in the nucleus? Circle the correct two answers. (1)

A) electron B) proton C) neutron

31. What type of radiation do we use for irradiation? Circle the correct answer. (1)

A) Alpha B) Beta C) Gamma

32. What type of radiation is most penetrating? Circle the correct answer. (1)

A) Alpha B) Beta C) Gamma

33. What type of radiation is most ionising? Circle the correct answer. (1)

A) Alpha B) Beta C) Gamma

34. What is an isotope? (1)

35. What is the definition of half life? (1)

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36. What is ionisation? (1)

37. Why is radiation dangerous? (1)

38. What is the plum pudding model? (1)

39. What three things can we do to keep safe around radiation? (3)

40. What happens to the mass number of a radioactive isotope during alpha decay? (1)

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