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Hugh’s High School Student: ___________________

Grade 13 Physics Date: September 29th, 2011
Assessment 1 Teacher: Ms. Lewis
Time: 55 mins {Total 54 marks]

Section A
Circle the best answer [2 marks each]

1. Which of the choices below gives the 5. A tennis ball is given a horizontal velocity
dimensions of the universal gravitational of 8ms-1 when it is hit at a height if 1.8m
constant G? above the ground. It is in the air for
(A) kg-1m3s2 (A)
(B) ms-2
(C) kgm-1s-1 (B)
(D) kg-1m-1s-1 (C)
(D)
2. If x=3 mg and y=9kg then
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D) 6. An object of mass M, travelling with a
velocity v collides with a stationary
3. The displacement of a particle object of mass 2M. After collision the
undergoing simple harmonic motion is two masses stick together and move
given by: with a common velocity v. The
magnitude of v is equal to
The frequency of the oscillation of the (A)
particle is
(B)
(A) (C)
(B)
(D)
(C)
(D)
7. A mass hanging from a spring with force
constant k oscillates vertically with an
4. The refractive index of water is 1.33.
What will be the speed of light in water?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
 amplitude A The maximum velocity on the mass
during the simple harmonic motion is
(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

Item 3 refers to the diagram and information below.

8. A trolley is travelling at a uniform velocity, v, along a horizontal path. A lump of plasticine is

released from a point directly above a point P on its path.

The plasticine travels a vertical distance, h, and acquires a speed v (equal to that of the trolley)
before it lands directly on top of the trolley and sticks on it.

What is the distance of the trolley from the point P when the plasticine begins to fall?

(A)
(B)
(C)

(D)

9. A rock is thrown vertically upwards from the ground. Neglecting air resistance, the graph that
BEST shows the relationship between the kinetic energy, E, of the rock and its height, h, is:
10. In a Young’s two-slit experiment, light the maximum height
of wavelength 500nm produces fringes reached is 0.5m above the
2mm apart on a screen. If light of
wavelength 250nm is used and the slit equilibrium position. The
separation is doubled, how far apart following table shows
would the fringes be? pairs of energy values
(A) during the oscillation.
(B) Which pair is not
(C) possible?
(D) PE/J KE/J
(A) 0 49
11. What is the ratio of the intensity of two (B) 18 31
sounds if one is 8.0 dB louder than the (C) 38 13
other? (D) 49 0
(A) 13. Which of the following statements
about the molecular model of liquids
(B)
are true?
(C) I. Their molecules are packed
(D) closely together
II. Neighbouring molecules cluster
together and there is a constant
12. A child’s swing of mass
10kg is transfer of molecules between
oscillating with simple clusters.
harmonic motion where
 III. The forces between molecules just above the surface and S2 is an orbit
are very strong of radius 4R. The value of the ratio
IV. The pattern of molecules is not
fixed
is
(A)
(B) (A)
(C)
(B)
(D)
(C)
14. Two satellites S1 and S2 are orbiting
(D)
around a planet of radius R. S1 moves

15. The diagram below shows an instantaneous position of a transverse wave travelling from left to
right along a string.

Which of the following correctly describes the subsequent motion, if any, of the points R and S
on a string?

Point R Point S Point R Point S

(A) (C)
(B) (D)

Section B
Answer the following questions.

16. (a) State Newton’s Three Laws of Motion [3 marks]

(b) State Newton’s Law of Gravitation [1 mark]

17. (a) A length of Nichrome wire with cross-sectional area 2.6x10-6m2 has a potential
difference of 100V across it. Nichrome has a resistivity of 5.0x10-7Ωm. The element
dissipates thermal energy at a rate of 500W.

Calculate
i. The current flowing through the wire
ii. The resistance of the wire
iii. The length of the wire
 [7 marks]

(b) Calculate the drift velocity of the electrons, given that each cubic metre of nichrome
contains 9.0x1028 conduction electrons. [2 marks]

18. (a) Two point charges have magnitudes of q1 and q2 and are separated by a distance r.
i. State THREE facts about the electrostatic force that exists between these point
charges.
ii. Write an expression for the electric field experienced by charge q 2 due to charge
q1
iii. Figure 4a shows two negative point charges with equal charges.

Copy the figure and draw the resulting electric field lines. Indicate with an X on
the diagram, the point where the resulting electric field is zero.
[7
marks]

(b) The figure below shows FOUR point charges arranged in a square of side 1.5 m.

Calculate the electric potential at point P, located at the centre of the square.

(Use Coulomb’s constant, ) [4 marks]