Final Examination (2023-2024)

Name: …………………………………. Class: IX Section: ……………………………………

Subject: Physics Teacher: Hassan Shahriar Turja
Time: 2 hours (Section A & Section B) Total Marks: 100 Invigilator’s Signature:
Neatness and orderly presentation carry credit.

Section A

1. The diagram shows a type of power station used to generate electricity.

a) i) What type of renewable resource does this power station use? (1)
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ii) Name another renewable resource (1)
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b) Cold water is pumped down into the hot, dry rock.

Describe the energy transfers at each stage of electricity generation from this Resource. (4)
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2. a) A copper can, painted black, contains boiling water at 100 °C. The can is left to cool and a
measurement of the water temperature is taken every 5 minutes. Figure 3 shows the measurements

(i) Two points, shaded in the table, have not been plotted. Plot these two points on the graph, in
Figure 4 (2)

ii) One of the points on the graph in Figure 4 is anomalous. Circle the anomalous point. (1)

iii) Draw the best fit curve on the graph in Figure 4 (1)

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3. Figure 7 shows a skier going down a hill.

She descends through a vertical height of 200m. The skier’s mass is 65kg.
(i) Calculate the change in gravitational potential energy. Use the equation ΔGPE = m × g × Δh Take the
gravitational field strength, g, as 10N/ kg (2)
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(ii) At the bottom of the slope her speed was 36 m/s. Calculate her kinetic energy at the bottom of the
slope. Use the equation KE = 1 / 2 × m × v2 (3)
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(iii) Describe how her speed at the bottom of the slope could be determined. (3)
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4. a) Figure 9 shows the renewable energy sources used in the UK in 2015. Figure 9 is to scale.

(i) State the energy source that gave the greatest amount of renewable energy for the UK in 2015. (1)
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(ii) Justify your choice of energy source in part (1)
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(iii) State which of these energy sources gave about 20% of the energy from renewable sources for the
UK in 2015. (1)
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(b) Figure 10 shows all the energy sources used in Canada in 2014 and a prediction for 2040 (4)

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 Discuss the effects on the environment of two predicted changes between 2014 and 2040.
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(c) Figure 11 shows a wind turbine.

Explain how unwanted energy transfers could be reduced in the gear box. (2)
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5. The diagram shows a can filled with oil

(a) The total pressure at the bottom of the can is 110kPa. Atmospheric pressure is 101kPa. Calculate
the pressure difference due to the oil. (1)
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(b) State the formula linking pressure difference, height, density and gravitational field strength. (1)
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(c) Calculate the height of the oil in the can. [density of oil = 960kg/m3 ] (3)
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6. A truck experiences a braking force of 46000N.
(i) State the formula linking work done, force and distance moved. (1)
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(ii) The truck has 590000J of energy in its kinetic energy (KE) store before the driver applies the brakes.
The braking force does work on the truck to reduce the KE store of the truck to 0J.
The braking distance is defined as the distance required for the KE store of the truck to reduce to 0J
when the brakes are applied. Calculate the braking distance of the truck. (3)
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 (c) The brakes increase in temperature when the truck is braking.
(i) State the name of the energy store that has increased for the brakes. (1)
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(ii) State the method of energy transfer from the truck to the brakes. (1)
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7. A scientist investigates different samples of rock.
(a) The scientist wants to calculate the density of a rock sample.
She needs to measure the mass and the volume of the rock.
Describe how to obtain accurate measurements of the mass and the volume of the rock. You may
draw a diagram to support your answer. (5)

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(b) The table shows the scientist’s results for rocks made from different materials

(i) State the formula linking density, mass and volume (1)
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(ii) Rock X has a mass of 32g and a volume of 12cm3.Calculate the density of rock X. Give your answer
to 2 significant figures. (3)
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(iii) ) Rock X is made from the same material as one of the samples in the table. Explain which material
rock X is made from. (2)
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8. The diagram shows a model of the human breathing system.

The rubber sheet is pulled downwards so that the air inside the glass jar occupies a larger volume.
The temperature of the air does not change.
(a) Explain, in terms of particles, why the pressure of the air inside the glass jar decreases. (3)
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 (b) Before the rubber sheet is pulled down, the air inside the jar is at atmospheric pressure.
The volume of gas inside the jar increases from 110 cm3 to 140 cm3.
Calculate the pressure inside the jar after the rubber sheet is pulled down.
[Atmospheric pressure = 101kPa] (3)
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c) The jar is sealed, but the balloons are open to the atmosphere.
Before the rubber sheet is pulled down, the air inside the balloons is at atmospheric pressure.
Explain why the balloons start to expand when the rubber sheet is pulled down. (3)
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9. A student investigates ice, water and steam.
She heats up a sample of ice.
When it has all melted, she carries on heating until the water has all boiled to steam.
Complete the diagram to show how the particles are arranged in ice, water and steam.
One particle in each box has been drawn for you. (4)

10. James Dewar was a scientist who investigated liquid oxygen.

(a) He discovered that the boiling point of liquid oxygen is –183 °C.
(i) Convert –183 °C to a temperature on the Kelvin scale. (1)
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 (ii) Use ideas about particles to describe the changes that happen when a liquid boils to form a gas. (3)
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(c) Dewar invented a special flask for storing liquid oxygen in the laboratory.
It was designed to reduce heat flow from the air outside to the liquid oxygen inside.
The flask had two glass walls with a vacuum between them.
The inside glass surfaces were each covered with a thin layer of shiny metal.
The diagram shows a cross section of the flask.

(i) Explain how the shiny surfaces reduce the thermal energy transferred to the liquid oxygen from the
laboratory. (2)
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(ii) Explain how the vacuum reduces the thermal energy transferred to the liquid oxygen from the
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