education Department Education PROVINCE OF KWAZULU-NATAL NATIONAL SENIOR CER GRADE 12 PHYSICAL SCIENCES: PHYSICS (P1) COMMON TEST JUNE 2018 MARKS: 100 TIME: 2hours This question paper consists of 9 pages and 2 data sheets. Copyright Reserved Please Turn OverPhysical Sciences P1 2 June 2018 Common Test NSC. INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION TO CANDIDATES 10. 11. 12, Write your name on the ANSWER BOOK. This question paper consists of SEVEN questions, Answer ALL the questions in the ANSWER BOOK. Start EACH question on a NEW page in the ANSWER BOOK. Number the answers correctly according to the numbering system used in this question paper. Leave ONE line between two subsections, for example between QUESTION 2.1 and QUESTION 2.2 You may use a non-programmable calculator. You may use appropriate mathematical instruments. You are advised to use the attached DATA SHEET. Show ALL formulae and substitutions in ALL calculations. Round off your final numerical answers to a minimum of TWO decimal places. Give brief motivations, discussions, et cetera where required Write neatly and legibly. Copyright Reserved Please Turn OverPhysical Sciences Pt 3 June 2018 Common Test NSC. QUESTION 1; MULTIPLE- CHOICE QUESTIONS Four options are provided as possible answers to the following questions. Each question has only ONE correct answer, Write only the letter (A - D) next to the question number (1.1 - 1.7) in the ANSWER BOOK, for example 1.4 D. 1.1. A spaceship experiences a weight of X on earth. It is sent into space and lands on a planet which has a mass twice that of the earth and a radius % that of the earth. The weight of the spaceship will be A 8X B AX cx D %X (2) 1.2. Two Carts, X and Y, move along a frictionless horizontal track with the same momentum. Cart X has TWICE the mass of Cart Y. CartX Cart a When the horizontal retarding force F is applied simultaneously to both carts, Cart X stops in a time of t seconds. The time taken for Cart Y to stop will be. A ht Bt Cc at D 4t (2) 4.3. An object, moving vertically upwards, reaches a maximum height and falls back to the ground. Ignore air resistance. Which ONE of the following statements is TRUE? The abject experiences an acceleration which Ais first downwards and then upwards B_ is first upwards and then downwards C. is always downwards D_ decreases first and then increases (2) Copyright Reserved Please Turn OverPhysical Sciences P1 4 June 2018 Common Test 14 15 16 17 NSC The graph shows how the momentum of a motorcycle changes with time. What is the resultant force on the motorcycle? A 50N B 500N C 2500N D 5000 N 2) git is lifting boxes of identical mass from the ground onto a bench. At first, it takes her 2s to lift each box. Later in the day it takes her 3 s. Which of the following statements will now be true when she lifts the boxes later in the day? ‘A Less work is done in lifting each box. B More work is done in liting each box. C Less power is required to lift each box D Greater power is required to lift each box (2) Agirl stands next to the road as a fire engine approaches her with its sirens blaring and the red flashlights on. Which is the correct observation that the girl makes? Frequency of sound heard Colour of flashlight A Lower Red B Higher Red Cc Lower Orange D Higher Orange. (2) Light reaching the Earth from a galaxy moving away is shifted towards. A. shorter wavelengths B greater velocities C higher frequencies D_ longer wavelengths (2) [14] Copyright Reserved Please Turn OverPhysical Sciences Pt June 2018 Common Test NSC QUESTION 2 Block A (mass 3.5 kg) and Block B (mass 5.5 kg) are connected via a light, inextensible string, X, over a frictionless pulley. Block A is attached to a fixed point by string Y, and is placed on a rough horizontal surface String Y 2.1. State Newton's First Law of motion in words. (2) 2.2 Calculate the magnitude of the tension in string X. (2) 2.3 Draw a labelled force diagram to represent the HORIZONTAL forces acting on (3) Block A. 24 Colgate the magnitude of the frictional force acting between block A and the (3) surface, String Y is cut and the system starts accelerating. The tension in string X is now 34.17 N. 2.5 State Newton’s Second Law of motion in words. (2) 2.6 Calculate the magnitude of the acceleration of the system. (4) [18] Copyright Reserved Please Tum OverPhysical Sciences P1 6 June 2018 Common Test Nsc QUESTION 3 A ball is thrown vertically upwards by a boy standing on top of a building. The ball hits the ground below and bounces vertically upwards. The graph below shows the motion of the ball 10 Velocity(m.s") 5| Neglect any effects of air friction. 3.1. Define a projectile. 2) 3.2 What does tr, indicated on the graph, represent? (1) 3.3 Determine the value of t 3) 3.4 Calculate the height of the building, (4) 3.5 Calculate the value of te (3) 3.6 USE THE GRAPH (i.e. do not use equations of motion) to calculate the distance between the initial position of the ball (i.e. when it leaves the boy's hand) and its maximum height after bouncing @) [16] Copyright Reserved Please Turn OverPhysical Sciences P1 7 June 2018 Common Test NSC QUESTION 4 ‘Two boys set up an experiment where they gently push trolley 1 down a gentle slope, and it then collides with a stationary trolley 2 Trolley 1 Trolley 2 40m (ARIE oe EE >» AT They want to work out the momentum of the trolleys before and after the collision 4.1 Give a reasonable hypothesis for this experiment. (2) 4.2. State the definition of momentum. (2) A small car of mass 1 084 kg was travelling east at a speed of 30 m:s”. A large SUV of mass 3 437 kg was travelling west at a speed of 25 m:s". The two vehicles collided head ‘on with each other. Car SUV Immediately after the collision, the small car was moving west at 5 m:s"' 4.3 NAME the law that can be used to calculate the velocity of the SUV immediately after the collision. (1) 4.4 Determine the velocity of the SUV immediately after the collision (5) 4.5 Explain what is meant by an inelastic collision. (2) 4.6 Use calculations to determine if the collision was elastic or not. (6) 4.7. Both drivers are wearing seat belts. Which driver is likely to be more severely injured on impact? Explain the answer by referring to acceleration and velocity. [21] Copyright Reserved Please Turn OverPhysical Sciences P1 8 June 2018 Common Test QUESTION 5 A weightlifter raises a pack of weights of mass 160 kg through a height of 90 cm, To do this, he exerts a force of 2800 N on the weights, The effects of air resistance may be ignored. 5.1 Draw a labelled free body diagram showing all forces acting on the weights when they are held 90 cm above the ground. (2) 5.2. Calculate the net work done by the weightlifter on the weights. (4) [6] QUESTION 6 The diagram shows part of the roller-coaster at the amusement park. The carriages are pulled from P to Q ata steady speed by an electric motor with a power output of 48 KW, Points Q and R are 68 m and 5 m, respectively, above the ground, At Q the carriages have effectively no kinetic energy and they run freely down to R. The total mass of the carriages is 3 600 kg Ignore the effects of air friction. 9 | som ; coviees : @ pea 6.1. Determine the total mechanical energy of the carriages at point @ 8) 6.2. State the definition of power. @) 6.3 Calculate the time taken for the carriages to move from P to Q @) 6.4 State the principle of conservation of mechanical energy in words. @) 6.5. Calculate the speed of the carriages on reaching point R (4) 4] Copyright Reserved Please Turn OverPhysical Sciences P1 9 June 2018 Common Test NSC QUESTION 7 A stationary source emits a sound wave of frequency 5000 Hz. An object approaches to this source with an unknown velocity. The sound wave is reflected from the moving object, which is then detected by the source, Take the speed of sound in air as 340 ms"! 7.4 State the definition of the Doppler Effect. 2) 7.2. Caloulate the wavelength of the waves being generated by the source @) 7.3 Caloulate the velocity of the object if the detected wave, by the source, has a frequency of 5104 Hz. (6) 7.4 State TWO applications of the Doppler Effect in Medical Science (2) TOTAL: toa Copyright Reserved Please Turn OverPhysical Sciences P1 10 Nsc. June 2018 Cammon Test DATA FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES GRADE 12 PAPER 1 (PHYSICS) GEGEWENS VIR FISIESE WETENSKAPPE GRAAD 12 VRAESTEL 1 (FISIKA) TABLE 1: PHYSICAL CONSTANTS / TABEL 1: FISIESE KONSTANTES, Radius van Aarde NAME / NAAM SYMBOL / SIMBOOL VALUE / WAARDE Swoortekragversneing a 9.8m? Unvversels gravilsiokonstant. 6 6,67 «107 NmP-kg? lepsccust ee vata ° 3,0 x 10° ms Planck se konstante h 6.63 x 10 Fs Coulomb se tonstonte k 8,0 x 10°N mC? Idiny op seer e 46x10 Eloitonnasea me 9,11 x 10° kg Hasse van ard M 8,98 « 10% kg Radius of Earth re rs Copyright Reserved Please Turn OverPhysical Sciences P1 "1 June 2018 Common Test NSC TABLE 2: FORMULAE / TABEL 2: FORMULES MOTION / BEWEGING Vp =v +a At Ax =v,At+ Saat? or/of Ay = vAt+ saat? 2 + 2adxorlofy,” viv (Mave ox-[ $ atovoray -( Ja FORCE / KRAG Fiy=ma p=mv Fina = wsN f= UN F,.At—Ap Ap=my, my, w=mg im oa WORK, ENERGY AND POWER / ARBEID, ENERGIE EN DRYWING W=FAxcos() U=mgh or/ofE, =mgh 4 4 ‘Whet = AK orlof Whet = AEx mv? orfof E, == mv? 7 2 AK=Ki-Ki__oW/of AEs = Ext - Ew Whe = AK + AU. orfof Wee = AEK + SE 4 Pay = F-Vav / Pgem = F-Vgem WAVES, SOUND AND LIGHT / GOLWE, KLANK EN LIG vafh Ta! f vey c f=—+t, = fE=h— ay, E=hf or/ofE=h> E = Wo + Ekman or/of E = Wo + Kimax) Where/waar E=hf and/en Wo=hfs andien Exmog=2mMViq. orfof Kimae = 4a. 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