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PENGGAL 1
960/1 STPM 2023

JABATAN PENDIDIKAN NEGERI KELANTAN

SIJIL TINGGI PERSEKOLAHAN MALAYSIA

PHYSICS 1 (FIZIK 1)
MODUL 1
One and a half hours ( Satu jam setengah)

Instructions to candidates: For examiner’s use

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DO NOT OPEN THIS QUESTIONS PAPER UNTIL YOU pemeriksa)
ARE TOLD TO DO SO.
There are fifteen questions in Section A. For each questions, four Section A
choices of answers are given. Choose one correct answer and indicate (Bahagian A)
it on the Multiple-choice Answer Sheet provided. Read the instructions
on the Multiple-choice Answer Sheet very carefully. Answer all
questions. Marks will not be deducted for wrong answers. Section B
Answer all questions in Section B. Write your answers in the (Bahagian B)
spaces provided.
Answer any two questions in Section C. All essential working 16
should be shown. For numerical answers, unit should be quoted
wherever appropriate. Begin each answer on a fresh sheet of paper 17
and arrange your answers in numerical order.
Tear off the front page of this question paper in your answer sheets Section C
of Section B, and tie both of them together with your answer sheets in (Bahagian C)
Section C.
Values of constant are provided.
Answers may be written in either English or Bahasa Malaysia

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Acceleration of free fall
Avogadro constant
Boltzmann constant
Gravitational constant
Magnitude of electronic
charge
Mass of the Earth
Mass of the Sun
Molar gas constant
Permeability of free space
Permittivity of free space
Planck’s constant
Radius of the Earth
Radius of the Sun Rest mass (Jejari Matahari)
of electron
Rest mass of proton
Speed of light in free space
Stefan-Boltzmann constant
Unified atomic mass unit
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Values of constants
(Nilai Pemalar)
(Pecutan jatuh bebas) g = 9.81 m s-2
(Pemalar Avogadro) NA = 6.02 x 1023 mol-1
(Pemalar Boltzmann) k, kB = 1.38 x 10-23 J K-1
(Pemalar graviti) G = 6.67 x 10-11 N m2 kg-2
(Magnitud cas elektron) e = 1.60 x 10-19 C
(Jisim Bumi) ME = 5.97 x 1024 kg
(Jisim Matahari) MS = 1.99 x 1030 kg
(Pemalar gas molar) R = 8.31 J K-1 mol-1
(Ketelapan ruang bebas) 0 = 4 x 10-7 H m-1
(Ketelusan ruang bebas) 0 = 8.85 x 10-12 F m-1
1
= (
36𝜋
) × 10−9 𝐹 𝑚−1
(Pemalar Planck) h = 6.63 x 10-34 J s
(Jejari Bumi) RE = 6.38 x 106 m
RS = 6.96 x 108 m
(Jisim rehat elektron) me = 9.11 x 10-31 kg
(Jisim rehat proton) mp = 1.67 x 10-27 kg
(Laju cahaya dalam ruang bebas) c = 3.00 x 108 m s-1
(Pemalar Stefan-Boltzmann)  = 5.67 x 10-8 W m-2 K-4
(Unit jisim atom bersatu) u = 1.66 x 10-27 kg
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Section A [15 marks]

Answer all questions in this section

1. Which of the statement is not true about random errors?

A. The error is consistenly too high or too low by different amounts

B. The error is constantly too high or too low by the same amount each time
C. The error cannot be fully eliminated
D. The error cannot be reduced by eraging repeated measurements
2. An object with a given velocity is projected vertically upwards. Neglecting air
resistance, which one of the following statements about motion is correct?

A. The kinetic energy of the object is maximum at the maximum height.

B. According to the principle of conservation of energy, the total energy of the object
is constant along its motion.
C. According to the principle of conservation of energy, the momentum of the object
is constant along its motion.
D. The potential energy of the object increases uniformly with time in its upwards
motion.

3. The graph of displacement s against t for a body is shown below.

t
0

Which graph shows the variation of velocity of the body with time?

A C v
v

0 t
0 t

v
B D v

0 t
0 t

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4. A lorry of mass m with effective power P climbs a hill of height h at initial velocity
u. The lorry arrives at the peak of the hill at velocity v in time t. Which of the
following is true of the motion?
1 1
A Pt + 2 mu2 = 2 mv2 + mgh
1 1
B Pt + 2 mv2 = 2 mu2 + mgh
1 1
C Pt + mgh = mu2- mv2
2 2
1 2 1
D Pt + mgh = mv - 2 mu2
2

5. Two bodies of mass m1 and m2 have the same kinetic energy. The ratio of the
momentum of m1 to the momentum m2 is equal to

𝑚1 𝑚1
A C √𝑚
𝑚2 2

𝑚2 𝑚2
B D √𝑚
𝑚1 1

6. For a particle moving with constant speed in a horizontal circle,

A its energy is always changing but its linear momentum is constant.

B its energy and linear momentum are always constant.
C its energy is always constant but its linear momentum is always changing
D its energy and linear momentum is always changing.

7. A man-made satellite is shifted from a stable circular orbit to another lower orbit
but equally stable orbit. Which of the following quantities increases ?

A Gravitational potential energy

B Orbital linear speed
C Kinetic Energy
D Centripetal Acceleration

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8 The diagram below shows a uniform rod of length 100 cm and mass 300 g which
oscillates about the horizontal axis at a point O at a distance of 20 cm from the
center of mass of the rod. A body P of mass 200 g is attached to one end of the rod.

What is the torque acting on the rod when the rod is inclined at an angle of 30˚ to
the vertical ?

A 0.79 N m
B 0.98 N m
C 1.36 N m
D 1.70 N m

9. The graph below shows the variation of Force, F on the spring with extension x of
the spring.

Which of the following graphs shows the variation of work W done with the
extension x of the spring?

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10 A copper wire which has a length of 2.0 m, diameter of 2.0 mm and a Young’s
modulus of 1.2 x N m-1 is stretched by a load of 10 kg. what is the strain energy stored
in the wire?

A 1.3 x 10-2 J
B 2.5 x 10-2 J
C 4.1 x 10-3 J
D 8.1 x 103 J

11. The internal energy of an ideal gas with a fixed mass depends only on

A the density of the gas

B the volume of the gas
C the pressure of the gas
D the temperature of the gas

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12. The variation of probability function with molecular speed for a gas at temperatures
T1 and T2, where T1<T2, is shown in the graph below.

Which statement is true of the above graph?

A The r.m.s speed is greater than the molecular speed c2 at T2

B The molecular speed c3 is the r.m.s speed of the gas at both temperature
C At T2, less than half of the number of molecules n move faster than the
molecular speed c1
D When the temperature increases from T1 to T2, the number of molecules
n with the most probable speed is half of the original number of
molecules.

13. The molar heat capacity at constant pressure of an ideal gas is 𝐶𝑝,𝑚 . If R is the molar
gas constant, which expression represents the number degree of freedom of the gas?
2𝐶𝑝,𝑚 𝐶𝑝,𝑚
A B −1
𝑅 𝑅
𝐶𝑝,𝑚 𝐶𝑝,𝑚
C 2( − 1) D 2(1 − )
𝑅 𝑅

14. A fixed mass of an ideal gas is heated at constant pressure 1.0 x 105 Pa and its volume
increases from 3.0 x 10-3 m3 to 5.0 x 10-3 m3. The internal energy of the gas increases
by 100 J. Which statement is correct?

A The heat lost on the gas is 300 J.

B The heat lost on the gas is 600 J.
C The heat absorbed by the gas is 300 J.
D The heat absorbed by the gas is 600 J.

15. An insulated tungsten and zink rod have the same cross sectional area and
temperature difference between the ends of the rods. The thermal conductivities of
tungsten and zink are 220 Wm-1K-1 and 110 Wm-1K-1 respectively. If the rate of heat
flow in both rods are same, what is the ratio the length of the tungsten rod to the
length of the zink rod?

A 1:2 B 2:1
C 3:5 D 5:3

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Section B [15 marks]

Answer all questions in this section

16 (a) State Newton’s second law. [1 marks]

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(b) The rocket of mass 4.0 x 104 kg ejects burnt fuel at a rate of 90.0 kgs-1. On ignition
the fuel gas is ejected from the rocket at a speed of 5.0 x 103 ms-1.

(i) Determine the thrust of the rocket. [2 marks]

(ii) Determine the initial acceleration of the rocket. [2 marks]

(iii) Explain why there is the time lapse between ignition and lift off the rocket.
[2 marks]

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17 (a) A fixed mass of gas is compressed under adiabatic conditions.

(i) What is meant by adiabatic conditions? [1 mark]

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(ii) Explain how compression approximating adiabatic change can be obtained

practically. [1 mark]

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(iii) Explain why an adiabatic compression will cause a rise in the temperature.
[2 marks]

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(b) When a gas sample is allowed to expand adiabatically in an experiment, its pressure
falls from 135 kPa to 105 kPa and its temperature from 320 K to 290 K. If the gas
can be assumed to behave like an ideal gas in the experiment,

(i) Calculate the ratio of the final volume of the sample to the initial volume of
the gas.
[2 marks]

(ii) Deduce, by using calculations, whether the gas is monoatomic or diatomic?

[2 marks]

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Section C [30 marks]

Answer any two questions in this section.

18 (a) (i) Write an expression for work done by variable force, F. Define all the symbols
in your expression [2 marks]
(ii) A body of mass 5.0 kg, initially at rest, is acted by a force
𝐹 = (6 − 𝑡)2 N, where 0 ≤ 𝑡 ≤ 6 seconds. Find the speed of the body after
6.0 seconds
𝑑 1
( 𝐺𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑎 = 𝑑𝑥 (2 𝑣 2 ) ) [5 marks]

(b) Calculate the coefficient of dynamic friction and the velocity of the block when a
block of mass 2.0kg moves toward a spring on the rough surface and compresses the
spring by 2.0 cm. The frictional force between the block and the surface is 3.0N and
the force constant of the spring is 1000Nm-1
[3 marks]
(c) An object of mass 80kg slides a distance of 100m down a plane inclined at angle
30o to the horizontal. The frictional force opposing the motion of the object is 40 N.
At the end of the motion, calculate

(i) the lost of gravitational potential energy [2 marks]

(ii) the final kinetic energy of the object [3 marks]

19 (a) A copper wire and fibreglass of the same dimensions are each suspended from a
retort stand. Each of them is then slowly stretched by adding loads to their free ends
until they break.

(i) On the same axes, sketch graphs of stress against strain to show the two
materials. [2 marks]

(ii) From your graphs in (a)(i), state three different characteristics of the
materials. [3 marks]

(b) A copper wire with initial length of 0.755 m and cross-sectional area of
3.75 x 10-7 m2 is stretched until the strain in the wire is 0.015.
[Young Modulus of copper is 1.30 x 1011 Pa.]

(i) Calculate the force applied. [3 marks]

(ii) Calculate the strain energy in the wire. [3 marks]
(iii) If the cross-sectional area of the wire changes but the volume remains the
same, determine the fractional change in cross-sectional area of the wire.
[4 marks]

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20 (a) (i) What is meant by the degree of freedom of a gas molecule ? [1 mark]
(ii)Explain why the number of the degrees of freedom of a diatomic gas
molecule is different at temperatures 30 K, 300 K and 3000 K.
[3 marks]
(b) (i) State the law of equipartition of energy [1 mark]
(ii) A molecule of an ideal gas has f degrees of freedom. By using the law of
equipartition of energy, deduce an expression for internal energy U of n
moles of the ideal gas [3 marks]
(iii) If the pressure of the ideal gas is p, and its volume is V, deduce an expression
for internal energy U of the gas in terms of f, p and V [2 marks]

(c) A container of volume 2.00 x 10-3 contains 8.00 g of helium gas at pressure 1.01 x
105 Pa.
(i) What is the internal energy of the gas ? [2 marks]
(ii) What is the mean kinetic energy of one molecule of helium gas ? [3 marks]

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