Pre IGCSE Night Class (0.3 & 0.

4)

Physics Questions

Total Marks (30 Marks)- 1 hours

1. A coal-fired power station generates electricity. Coal is burnt and the energy released is used
to boil water. The steam from the water makes the generator move and this produces electricity.
Which words are used to describe the energy stored in the coal and the energy of the moving
generator? [1]

2. Which energy source is one that is used to boil water to make steam in power stations? [1]

A energy from tides B energy from waves C hydroelectric energy D nuclear energy

3. Which energy source is renewable and reliably available at all times? [1]

A coal B geothermal C nuclear D wind

4. Which is a non-renewable energy resource? [1]

A coal B solar C tides D wind

5. Which energy resource is used to generate electricity without using any moving parts? [1]

A geothermal B hydroelectric C nuclear D solar

6. Which source of energy involves the splitting of heavy atoms? [1]

A chemical energy B geothermal energy C nuclear energy D. hydroelectric energy

7. Which form of energy is used to generate electrical energy in a tidal power station? [1]
A chemical energy B gravitational energy

C internal energy (thermal energy) D nuclear energy

8. The list contains three energy resources P, Q and R. [1]

P: geothermal energy from hot rocks

Q: nuclear fission in reactors

R: sunlight on solar panels

Which of these resources are renewable?

A) P and R only B) P and Q only C) Q and R only D) P, Q and R

9. In which pair of energy sources are both sources renewable? [1]

A oil and coal B oil and tidal

C tidal and geothermal D tidal and nuclear fission

10. Electricity can be obtained from different energy resources. Which energy resource is used
to obtain electricity without producing heat to boil water? [1]

A coal B gas C hydroelectric D nuclear

11. Write T next to the statements that are true. Write F next to the statements that are false.[5]

i. Light does not travel in straight line.

ii. Either the shadow is sharp or fuzzy depends on the type of light source.
iii. Light can get through opaque material but we cannot see through them.
iv. The image is inverted and smaller compared to the object in the pinhole camera.
v. Our eyes is work as pinhole camera.

12. Describe how the shadows are formed. [1]

13. What can a shadow tell you about the size of the source of light? [1]

14. What is luminous? [1]

15. Why is it harder to see dark-coloured cars at night than light-coloured ones? [1]

16. How fast does light travel? [1]

17. Light takes 1.29 seconds to travel from the Moon to the Earth. How far away the Moon is
from the Earth in km. [1]

18. The Sun is 8 light minutes from the earth. Write the distance between the Sun and the Earth
in km. And, approximately how many years would it take to get to Sun travelling at the speed
of 1000 km/h? [3]

19. Describe the properties of the image formed in a mirror. [3]

20. Describe three reflection surface. [3]