CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS

Cambridge Ordinary Level

MARK SCHEME for the October/November 2014 series

5054 PHYSICS
5054/22 Paper 2 (Theory), maximum raw mark 75

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Section A

1 (a) limit of proportionality (not breaking point) B1

(b) (i) 8.5 cm cao B1

(ii) 7.1 7.3 cm B1

(c) 4.0 (2.7 / 7.2) or 5.0 (2.7 / 9.0) or 1.5 (N) or read from graph or 11.2 (cm) C1
0.148 0.152 kg or 148 152 g A1 [5]

2 (a) (i) Fd or 2.5 0.18 C1

0.45 N m A1

(ii) force not applied at right angles to the tap B1

(b) long(er) distance needs small(er) force (for same moment) or inversely
related/proportional B1 [4]

3 (a) V1 = p2V2 / p1 or p 1 / V B1
1.0 105 (1.8 / 2.0) 107 C1
9.0 103 m3 or 9000 cm3 A1

(b) (i) ( = ) m / V or (0.30 / 9.0) 103 C1

33(.3333) kg / m3 or 0.033(3333) g / cm3 A1

(ii) helium mass / weight small (fraction of total / mass of air included) or this
includes the weight of the cylinder B1 [6]

4 (a) (i) heat gained from burning fuel / combustion or friction between moving
parts / with air / road or from (radiation of) Sun B1

(ii) heat lost to air/surroundings or by convection (currents) or exhaust/hot

gases/fumes or from exhaust or heat emitted (by hot car) or by radiation B1

(b) at start chemical energy decreases or at start chemical energy to B1

gravitational / potential energy (of car) increases or at end of process B1
kinetic energy (of car or air) increases B1 [5]

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5 (a) downward curve of correct curvature from marked 90 C B1

horizontal line at marked 58 C B1
downward (asymptotic) curve of correct curvature to marked 23 C B1

(b) H marked halfway (by eye) along an intermediate horizontal line B1

(c) (Q =) mL or 45 220 C1
9900 J A1 [6]

6 (a) (the molecules) move faster or have more kinetic energy or accelerate
ignore vibrate faster B1

(b) (i) faster / energetic molecules escape B1

average speed decreases or slower molecules remain B1

temperature depends on average KE or heat taken from runner B1

OR
liquid becomes gas / vapour
latent heat needed or bonds broken
heat taken from runner

(ii) water vapour blown away or surrounding air less humid B1 [5]

7 (a) (i) lasts longer or one cell can be replaced without switching off the circuit or
less (internal) resistance or if one fails the others still work B1

(ii) 1.5 V B1

(b) (i) (R = )V / I or 1.5 / 0.075 C1

20 () or 1.5 / (0.075 6.0) C1
14 A1

(ii) decreases B1
resistance of wire increases B1 [7]

8 (a) one label correct and not contradicted C1

C, 1S and 1B all correct and clear and none contradicted A1

(b) any three from:

magnetic field (between poles)
(coil / wire) cuts field / flux or field / flux cuts (coil / wire) or field / flux changes
(electromagnetic) induction
brushes rub against / in contact with rings B3

(c) (half) distance across screen or count divisions of / measure wavelength or the
wavelength corresponds to one rotation B1
half distance multiplied by time base setting B1 [7]

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Section B

9 (a) changing speed / velocity C1

change in speed / velocity / time constant or (vu) / t constant or constant / equal
rate of change of speed / velocity A1 [2]

(b) (a vector quantity has) direction B1 [1]

(c) (i) 1. X between t 0 and t < 10 s B1

2. Y between t > 20 s and t < 30 s B1
3. Z between t > 10 s and t < 20 s or between t > 30 s and t < 40 s B1

(ii) 1. two speed values from graph between 15 and 35 s (1 mm) C1

two corresponding time values from graph between 15 and 35 s
(1 mm) or (a = )v / t C1
500 m / s2 A1
2. (F = ) ma or 8.4 500 C1
4200 N A1

(iii) 1. arrow labelled F perpendicular to surface of Earth B1

arrow labelled R opposite to direction of travel (by eye) from rock B1
2. speed changes or density / pressure of air changes or cross-sectional
area (of rock) changes B1

(iv) it hits the ground / surface of the earth or stops or speed is zero B1 [12]

[Total: 15]

10 (a) 3.0 108 m / s B1 [1]

(b) (i) 1. decreases cao B1

2. no change cao B1
3. decreases cao B1

(ii) 1. i correctly marked (to normal) B1

2. r correctly marked (to normal) B1 [5]

(c) (i) sin i / sin r = n or sin i / sin r = 1.5 C1

sin 89 / sin r = 1.5 or sin 89 / 1.5 or 0.67(0.666565) C1
42 or 41.8025 A1

(ii) i equal to / close to 90 sin i / sin 45 sin1(1/n) / sin1(1 / 1.5)

and r less than 45 = 1.5 and 41.8 B1
or or
i never bigger than sin i >1 r not be more than c
89 / 90 B1 [5]

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(d) (i) (sin) i = 0 or ray enters directly / wavefront / light hits surface
along normal / perpendicular or all together B1
(sin) r = 0 or no refraction all slows down together B1

(ii) correct reflection at bottom surface (by eye) M1

second correct reflection at top and no refraction at either point A1 [4]

[Total: 15]

11 (a) same element or same number of protons / atomic number B1

different / particular number of neutrons or nucleons B1 [2]

(b) (i) 38 cao B1

(ii) 52 cao B1 [2]

90 90
(c) 39 ( Y ) or ( Y) and 0 () B1
0
1 () 39 ( Y ) and 1 ( ) B1 [2]

(d) (i) 87 / 29 or 3 (half-lives) or 6.0 108 / 8 C1

7.5 107 A1

(ii) any detector B1

corresponding detection method B1

detector film (solid-state) GM- ionisation scintillation cloud

detector tube chamber counter chamber
detection fogged count/ count/ count/ count/ track seen
reading reading reading reading

no reduction with or (use of) electric/magnetic field or describe M1

paper pattern of
track

complete reduction or correct deflection of track in or no other A1

with aluminium/lead electric/magnetic field track

(iii) 1. unpredictable or not be known in advance or no set time between emissions

or fluctuates or not fixed or counts obtained varies B1
2. any two from:
direction / in space
time
which nucleus decays B2 [9]

[Total: 15]

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