Nat Chan Physics Progress Test

Mock Final Examination F3

LA S AL L E S YL L AB US
HE A T A ND O P T IC S 1

Section B: Short questions and section C: Long questions

(Question-Answer BOOK)

NAME: CLASS: tue / sun

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
1. Section A consists of 25 multiple-choice questions, and Section B and C consists of 3 short and long
questions respectively.

2. Write down your name and circle the correct class in the space provided above. Inappropriate names may
cause ZERO MARK in this section.

3. Answer ALL questions in 90 minutes. The full mark of this test is 100 marks.

4. Write your answers on THIS QUESTION-ANSWER BOOK.

5. Numerical answers should be EXACT or given to 3 SIGNIFICANT FIGURES. Marks may be deducted if
you present your answer in other ways.

6. Unless specified, take:

(i) the specific heat capacity of water is 4200 J kg –1 K –1 .
(ii) the specific heat capacity of ice is 2100 J kg –1 K –1 .
(iii) the specific latent heat of fusion of ice is 334000 J kg –1 .
(iv) absolute zero at –273 o C.

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Section B Short Questions (15 marks)
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN THE ANSWER BOOK PROVIDED. Detach the last page of this Question Book and attach
to the Answer Book. Answer on this Question Book will NOT be marked.

Question 1 2 3
Score 5 5 5

1. In an experiment, John pours boiling water into a glass beaker. Suddenly, the beaker breaks.
(a) Suggest why the beaker breaks. (2 marks)

(b) After the water has been well put into another beaker, it has cooled down to room
temperature. In order to keep the water warm at 40 ° C, John puts the beaker under some
warming lamps. After half an hour, the temperature of the water was kept at about 30°C.
(i) Suggest why the water was kept at about 30°C. (2 marks)

(ii) Suggest ONE method, without changing the warming lamps, to increase the temperature
at which the water was kept. (1 mark)

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2. Refer to the figure. A fish in a lake is 1.0 m below the water surface and 1.0 m from the edge of the lake.
A cat walks towards the edge of the lake, and it can just see the fish when it is 0.4 m from the edge. The
eyes of the cat are 0.4 m above the ground, located as C in the figure.
0.4 m

C
0.4 m

xm

1.0 m

1.0 m

Given: Refractive index of water = 1.33

(a) Sketch the path of the light ON THE ABOVE FIGURE from fish to the eyes of the cat. (1 mark)

(b) Find the height of the ground above the water level. (3 marks)

(c) Find the depth of the image of the fish from the surface of the water. (1 mark)

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3. A man with 1.75 m tall, in whom his eyes are 12.5 cm below his head, is standing 2 m in front of a mirror.
A rod with 3 m tall is placed vertically at position 2 m behind the man.
(a) Draw a ray diagram to show how the man can see the whole rod through the mirror in the figure
below. You should also draw the image of the rod. You are advised to take 4 small grids (i.e. 1 large
grid) as 50 cm. (3 marks)

(b) Calculate the minimum length of mirror that the man can see the whole rod. (2 marks)

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Section C Long Questions (45 marks)
HURRY UP.

Question 4 5 6
Score 15 15 15

4. (a) An experiment is carried out to determine the specific latent heat of fusion of ice.

A joulemeter is used to heat up 50 g of melting ice. It is found that the initial reading of the
joulemeter is 26870 J, and the final reading is 43520 J.
(i) Why melting ice is used in this experiment? (1 mark)

(ii) Calculate the value for the specific latent heat of fusion of ice from this experiment.
(2 marks)

(iii) (1) Design a control for this experiment. You can illustrate your answer with
an appropriate diagram. (2 marks)

(2) The experiment is carried out again with this control. Compare the value of the
specific latent heat of fusion of ice with that in (a)(ii). Explain your answer.
(2 marks)

(3) Even if a control setup is used, there is still considerable error in the value of the
specific latent heat of fusion of ice. Why is it so?
(2 marks)

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Cont. Question 4.
(b) Take the specific latent heat of fusion of ice to be theoretical value, 334000 J kg –1 .
A block of 50 g melting ice and a block of 100 g metal X at room temperature is placed into a cup
of 1 kg water at room temperature. Take the room temperature at 23 o C.
(i) 141.6 kJ of energy is required to heat the mixture up to 50 o C. Estimate the specific heat
capacity of the metal X. (3 marks)

(ii) State ONE source of error, hence explain whether the actual value of specific heat capacity
of X should be greater or smaller than that of theoretical value. (3 marks)

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5. (a) In submarine, we usually observe environment by periscope. The figure below shows the working
mechanism of a periscope.

Figure 5.1

(i) Give ONE reason why using prism is better than using mirrors in periscope. (1 mark)

(ii) What is the criteria of the material that can be used as prism in a periscope?
Show your calculation if there is any. (2 marks)

(b) Two mirrors are placed 90° with each other in front of an object as shown below.

Figure 5.2

(i) How many images are there if the angle between two mirrors is 90°? (1 mark)

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Cont. Question 5
(b) (ii) Figure 5.3 shows an object O placed in front of two mirrors (shown by bold solid lines)
that is 60° with each other.
(1) Draw ALL OTHER IMAGES of object O on Figure 5.3, and hence prove that I 3 is one
of the images. (5 marks)

(2) Sketch any ONE path of rays that the observer E can observe the image I 3 through
two mirrors. (3 marks)

Figure 5.3

(3) How many images are there if the angle between two mirrors is 60°? (1 mark)

(iii) (1) How many images are there the angle between two mirrors is 30°? (1 mark)

(2) If the angle between two mirrors is A, write down an equation in terms of A to
show how many images can be formed by the mirrors. (1 mark)

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6. Total internal reflection is a common phenomenon that can be observed in daily life objects like fibre optics
and diamonds.
(a) An optical fibre has an inner glass core surrounded by an outer cladding. The refractive index of
the glass core is 1.60. When a light ray strikes from air onto one end of the optical fibre, the light
may travel down the optical fibre in the glass core by total internal reflection as shown in Fig. 6.1.

cladding n2
air
glass core n1 = 1.60

Figure 6.1
It is known that light can be transmitted inside the optical fibre effectively only when θ < 60°.
(i) Deduce the value of n 2 . (3 marks)

(ii) Find the range of values of n 2 such that all light entering the glass core (for ALL possible
values of θ) can be effectively transmitted inside the glass core of the optical fiber.
(2 marks)

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Cont. Question 6
(b) In the making of a diamond, the diamond has to be cut and refined in order to have its well-known
shiny appearance that is caused by total internal reflection. This part of the question focuses on
the cutting of the diamond.

Refer to the figure, which shows the cross-section of a schematic diagram of a diamond that is
laterally symmetrical. The diamond is placed in a position such that A touches the horizontal ground,
and BE is parallel to the horizontal ground. The angle made between the edge AE (and also edge of
AB) with the horizontal is θ, while the angle made between the horizontal line from E and the edge
DE is ϕ. A vertical light ray (ray x) is shone into the diamond from the edge CD. If the diamond is
well cut, ray x should also leave the diamond at edge CD, as drawn in the figure. The refractive
index of the diamond is 2.42.

Figure 6.2
(i) (1) Find the critical angle of diamond with respect to air. (1 mark)

(2) Explain why ray x do not leak from edge AE. You may mark on Figure 6.2 to define
symbol for suitable angle. (1 mark)

(3) State the condition on value of θ so that ray x also undergoes total internal
reflection at edge AB. Show your workings. (3 marks)

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Cont. Question 6
(ii) It is now given that ϕ = 34.5° and θ = 41°.

Ray y
D C

ϕ
E B

θ
A
Figure 6.3

In the diagram above (Figure 6.3), sketch the path of ray y which is directed into the
diamond normally at edge DE until it leaves the diamond. Label ALL angles of incidence,
reflection and refraction in the diagram. Show your working on determining would the light
ray be totally internal reflected on each boundary. (5 marks)

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