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Midterm Exam 2022-2023

Subject: Physics Grade: 11 Section: A ,D Date: 10. 4. 2023

Exam duration: 150 Minutes Number of Pages:

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Instructions to students

• For each multiple-choice question, choose one answer you consider to be the best.
• All required formulas are attached in the last page.
• A Calculator is required for this exam.
• Don’t forget to use the appropriate unit, because without a unit, there is no way to know if
the answer is correct or not.
• Don’t forget to label the axes in graphs.
• Don’t forget to check the significant figures.
• Answers must be written within the answer boxes provided.
 Paper 1 Ma
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1 A ball is thrown from a roof with a speed of 10.0 m/s and an angle of 30.0° with respect to C
the horizontal. What is the displacement of the ball 2.00 s after it is thrown?

A. 17.3 m
B. 10.0 m
C. 20.0 m
D. 27.3 m

2 The graph shows the variation with distance of a horizontal force acting on an object. The A
object, initially at rest, moves horizontally through a distance of 7.0 m.
A constant frictional force of 0.80 N opposes the motion. What is the final kinetic energy of
the object after it has moved 7.0 m?

A. 3.4 J
B. 6.4 J
C. 9.0 J
D. 12 J

3 A model rocket is launched from rest. The graph shows the variation with time t of the net B
force F applied on the rocket. The average mass of the rocket is 0.60 kg.

What is the maximum velocity reached by the rocket?

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 A. 3.0 m s-1
B. 25 m s-1
C. 75 m s-1
D. 150 m s-1
4 Two blocks of different masses are released from identical springs of elastic constant k = B
100 Nm-1, initially compressed a distance Δx = 0.1 m. Block X has a mass of 0.25 kg and
block Y has a mass of 1 kg. What are the velocities of the blocks when they leave the
springs?

Velocity of block X Velocity of block Y

A. 1.0 ms-1 1.0 ms-1

B. 2.0 ms-1 1.0 ms-1
C. 1.0 ms-1 2.0 ms-1
D. 2.0 ms-1 2.0 ms-1

5 Three samples of the same liquid are mixed in an insulated container. The masses and B
initial temperatures of the samples are:

What is the equilibrium temperature of the mixture?

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 A. 45 °C
B. 36 °C
C. 30 °C
D. 24 °C

6 A solid mass gains energy at a constant rate until it reaches its liquid phase. The specific B
heat capacity in the solid phase is greater than in the liquid phase.
Which graph shows how the temperature of the mass varies with time?

7 A mass M of an ideal gas X is kept in a container of volume V at kelvin temperature T. A B

second container has volume 2V and contains a mass 2M of an ideal gas Y at kelvin
temperature 2T.
𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑔𝑎𝑠 𝑌
What is the ratio 𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑔𝑎𝑠 𝑋?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 4
D. 8

8 A quantity of an ideal gas is at a temperature T in a cylinder with a movable piston that traps C
a length L of the gas. The piston is moved so that the length of the trapped gas is reduced
to 5L/6 and the pressure of the gas doubles.

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 What is the temperature of the gas at the end of the change?

9 An object oscillates at the free end of a vertical spring. The graph shows the variation of the A
object’s position with time.
At which position does the object have zero velocity and a negative acceleration?

10 The graph shows the variation with distance x of the displacement of the particles in a wave. D
The frequency of the wave is 600 Hz.

What is the speed of the wave?

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 A. 0.012 m s-1
B. 0.024 m s-1
C. 1.2 m s-1
D. 2.4 m s-1

11 A point source emits a sound wave of amplitude Z. A person stands a distance L from the A
source. The amplitude is changed to 2Z.
What distance must the person move through in order to hear the original intensity again?
A. L
B. 2L
C. 3L
D. 7L
12 A ray of light enters from air into a water droplet of radius r at point S. S is a vertical distance C
h from the centre of the droplet. The droplet has a refractive index n and the angle of
refraction is θ .
What is sin θ ?

13 Unpolarized light is incident on two polarizing filters X and Y. They are arranged so that C
light emerging from Y has a maximum intensity. X is fixed and Y is rotated through θ about
the direction of the incident beam in its own plane.

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 What are the first three successive values of θ for which the final transmitted intensity is a
maximum?

A. 90°, 180°, 270°

B. 90°, 270°, 450°
C. 180°, 360°, 540°
D. 180°, 540°, 720°
14 A standing wave is formed in a pipe closed at one end. The third harmonic has a frequency B
of 400 Hz when the speed of sound is 300 m s-1. What is the length of the pipe?

15 A charge Q is at a point between two electric charges Q 1 and Q2. The net electric force on A
Q is zero. Charge Q1 is further from Q than charge Q2.
What is true about the signs of the charges Q1 and Q2 and their magnitudes?

16 Wire X and wire Y are connected in series in a circuit. Wire X has three times the radius B
and one third the charge carrier density of wire Y.

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17 What is the equivalent resistance between points F and G if each resistor is 5.00 Ω C

A. 2.50
B. 0.40
C. 3.12
D. 0.32

18 What is correct about the energy changes and the terminal potential difference during the B
discharge of a practical electrical cell?

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19 Two conductors S and T have the V/I characteristic graphs shown below. A

When the conductors are placed in the circuit below, the reading of the ammeter is 6.0 A.

What is the emf of the cell?

A. 4.0 V

B. 5.0 V

C. 8.0 V

D. 13 V

20 An electric motor raises an object of weight 500 N through a vertical distance of 3.0 m in C
1.5 s. The current in the electric motor is 10 A at a potential difference of 200 V. What is the
efficiency of the electric motor?

A. 17 %
B. 38 %
C. 50 %
D. 75 %

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 Paper 2 Questions
21 A student strikes a tennis ball that is initially at rest so that it leaves the racquet at a speed 11
of 64 ms–1. The ball has a mass of 0.058 kg and the contact between the ball and the
racquet lasts for 25ms.

(a) Calculate the

(i) average force exerted by the racquet on the ball. [1]

(ii) average power delivered to the ball during the impact. [1]

(b) The student strikes the tennis ball at point P. The tennis ball is initially directed at an
angle of 7.00° to the horizontal.

(i) Calculate the time it takes the tennis ball to reach the net. [2]

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 (ii) Show that the tennis ball passes over the net. [3]

(iii) Determine the speed of the tennis ball as it strikes the ground. [2]

(c) Player B intercepts the ball when it is at its peak height. Player B holds a paddle (racket)
stationary and vertical. The ball is in contact with the paddle for 0.010 s. Assume the
collision is elastic.

Calculate the average force exerted by the ball on the paddle. State your answer to an
appropriate number of significant figures. [2]

22 A student uses a load to pull a box up a ramp inclined at 30°. A string of constant length 13
and negligible mass connects the box to the load that falls vertically. The string passes over
a pulley that runs on a frictionless axle. Friction acts between the base of the box and the
ramp. Air resistance is negligible.

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The load has a mass of 3.5 kg and is initially 0.95 m above the floor. The mass of the box
is 1.5 kg.
The load is released and accelerates downwards.
(a) Outline two differences between the momentum of the box and the momentum of the
load at the same instant. [2]

(b) The vertical acceleration of the load downwards is 2.4 m s-2.

Calculate the tension in the string. [2]

(c) Show that the speed of the load when it hits the floor is about 2.1 m s-1. [2]

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 (d) After the load has hit the floor, the box travels a further 0.35 m along the ramp before
coming to rest. Determine the average frictional force between the box and the surface
of the ramp. [4]

(e) The student then makes the ramp horizontal and applies a constant horizontal force to
the box. The force is just large enough to start the box moving. The force continues to
be applied after the box begins to move.

Explain, with reference to the frictional force acting, why the box accelerates once it has
started to move. [3]

23 In the figure below, a 0.250 kg book lies on the floor of a 900 kg elevator cab that is being 6
pulled upward by a cable through distance d1=2.40 m and then through distance d2=10.5
m.

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 (ii) Determine, in kJ, the total kinetic energy of the particles of the gas. [3]

(c) Explain, with reference to the kinetic model of an ideal gas, how an increase in
temperature of the gas leads to an increase in pressure. [3]

25 Use the data about water in the table to solve the following problems.

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 (a) If the mass of water in a cloud is 1million kg, how much energy will be released if
the cloud turns from water to ice?

(b) A water boiler has a power rating of 800 W. How long will it take to turn 400 g of
boiling water into steam?

(c) The ice covering a 1000 m2 lake is 2 cm thick.

(i) If the density of ice is 920 kg m-3, what is the mass of the ice on the lake?

(ii) How much energy is required to melt the ice?

(iii) If the sun melts the ice in 5 hours, what is the power delivered to the lake?

(iv) How much power does the Sun deliver per m2?

26 A string of length 0.80 m is fixed at both ends. The diagram shows a standing wave formed 10
on the string. P and Q are two particles on the string.

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(a) The variation with time t of the displacement of particle P is shown.

(i) Draw, on the axes, a graph to show the variation with t of the displacement of
particle Q. [2]

(ii) Calculate the speed of waves on the string. [2]

(b) It is suggested that the speed c of waves in the string is related to the tension force
T in the string according to the equation T = ac2, where a is a constant.
(i) Determine the fundamental SI unit for a. [2]

(ii) The tension force on the string is doubled. Describe the effect, if any, of this
change on the frequency of the standing wave. [2]

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 (c) The standing wave on the string creates a travelling sound wave in the surrounding
air.
Outline two differences between a standing wave and a travelling wave. [2]

27 (a) Describe two ways in which standing waves differ from travelling waves.

(b) A vertical tube, open at both ends, is completely immersed in a container of water. A
loudspeaker above the container connected to a signal generator emits sound. As the
tube is raised the loudness of the sound heard reaches a maximum because a standing
wave has formed in the tube.

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 (i) Outline how a standing wave forms in the tube.

(ii) The tube is raised until the loudness of the sound reaches a maximum for a
second time. Draw, on the following diagram, the position of the nodes in the tube
when the second maximum is heard.

(iii) Between the first and second positions of maximum loudness, the tube is raised
through 0.37 m. The speed of sound in the air in the tube is 320 m s -1. Determine
the frequency of the sound emitted by the loudspeaker.

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28 A beam of coherent monochromatic light from a distant galaxy is used in an optics
experiment on Earth.
The beam is incident normally on a double slit. The distance between the slits is 0.300 mm.
A screen is at a distance D from the slits. The diffraction angle θ is labelled.

(i) A series of dark and bright fringes appears on the screen. Explain how a dark
fringe is formed. [3]

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 (ii) Outline why the beam has to be coherent in order for the fringes to be visible. [1]

(iii) The wavelength of the beam as observed on Earth is 633.0 nm. The separation
between a dark and a bright fringe on the screen is 4.50 mm. Calculate D. [2]

29 In a fire alarm, when the thermistor gets hot, its resistance decreases, resulting in an 4
increased current through R2, which in turn leads to an increase in Vout. The increase in Vout
activates an electronic switch that rings a bell.
Assume that the circuit below has a 12 V battery and a switch that activates when the p.d.
is 5 V. Calculate the value of R2, if the bell rings when the resistance of the thermistor drops
to 1 kΩ?

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A lighting system consists of two long metal rods with a potential difference maintained 6
between them. Identical lamps can be connected between the rods as required.

The following data are available for the lamps when at their working temperature.

Lamp specifications 24 V, 5.0 W

Power supply root mean square (rms) emf 24 V
Power supply maximum rms current 8.0 A
Length of each rod 12.5 m
Resistivity of rod metal 7.2 × 10–7 Ω m

(a) Each rod is to have a resistance no greater than 0.10 Ω. Calculate, in m, the
minimum radius of each rod. Give your answer to an appropriate number of
significant figures. [3]

(b) Calculate the maximum number of lamps that can be connected between the rods.
Neglect the resistance of the rods. [2]

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