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    This document is a mock exam for CAPE Physics consisting of 3 sections with a total of 30 marks each. Section 1 involves questions about a modified pendulum, properties of an iceberg floating in water, gravitational potential energy, and calculating tension in an object in equilibrium. Section 2 covers Stefan's law, wavelength, interference, diffraction, coherent sources, stationary waves, and analyzing displacement-time graphs of oscillations. Section 3 involves defining Young's modulus and elastic limit, interpreting a stress-strain graph, deriving an equation for elastic energy stored, describing thermal conduction and Stefan's law, specific heat capacity, and calculating mass withdrawn in a chemical reaction. The exam tests a wide range of physics concepts and requires calculations, graphing

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    This document is a mock exam for CAPE Physics consisting of 3 sections with a total of 30 marks each. Section 1 involves questions about a modified pendulum, properties of an iceberg floating in water, gravitational potential energy, and calculating tension in an object in equilibrium. Section 2 covers Stefan's law, wavelength, interference, diffraction, coherent sources, stationary waves, and analyzing displacement-time graphs of oscillations. Section 3 involves defining Young's modulus and elastic limit, interpreting a stress-strain graph, deriving an equation for elastic energy stored, describing thermal conduction and Stefan's law, specific heat capacity, and calculating mass withdrawn in a chemical reaction. The exam tests a wide range of physics concepts and requires calculations, graphing

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    This document is a mock exam for CAPE Physics consisting of 3 sections with a total of 30 marks each. Section 1 involves questions about a modified pendulum, properties of an iceberg floating in water, gravitational potential energy, and calculating tension in an object in equilibrium. Section 2 covers Stefan's law, wavelength, interference, diffraction, coherent sources, stationary waves, and analyzing displacement-time graphs of oscillations. Section 3 involves defining Young's modulus and elastic limit, interpreting a stress-strain graph, deriving an equation for elastic energy stored, describing thermal conduction and Stefan's law, specific heat capacity, and calculating mass withdrawn in a chemical reaction. The exam tests a wide range of physics concepts and requires calculations, graphing

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    Unit 1 CAPE PHYSICS Mock Exam 2023

    Answer all questions


    Time: 2hours 30 minutes

    Name ……………………………………………..
    1. The diagram below shows a modified pendulum with a mass attached at each end.

    a. The distance between the nail and C labelled x, is varied and the periodic time T is
    recorded. The pendulum is then given a slight displacement and it oscillates about the
    nail.
    (i) Explain how the periodic time T can be obtained for a particular value of x.

    [2]
    (ii) The table below shows part of the results recorded by a Form 6 student:
    / 4.12 3.74 3.50 2.95 2.55 2.14

    / 10.0 5.0 3.3 2.5 2.0 1.7

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    /

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    (iii) Plot a graph of by completing the table above.
    [6]
    (iv) Hence determine the values of a and b.

    [4]
    b. Penguins are normally seen standing on icebergs. Consider
    an iceberg in the shape of a flat cylinder of diameter d and
    thickness t floating in sea-water.
    The density of sea-water = 1000kgm-3 and density of ice =
    900kgm-3. The mass of a penguin is M and the mass of the
    iceberg is m.
    (i) On the diagram on the right, label WT for total
    weight of penguin and ice and U for upthrust acting
    on the iceberg.
    [2]
    (ii)

    [4]
    (iii) Calculate N when d = 15m, t = 1m and M = 30kg.

    [1]

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    c. (i) Define gravitational potential energy.

    [2]
    (ii) A body of mass 15kg is moved from the earth’s surface to a point 1.8 x 106m
    above the earth. If the radius of the earth is 6.4 x 106 m and the mass of the
    earth = 6.0 x 1024kg, calculate the work done in taking the body to that point.

    [3]
    e. A force of 200N hangs on a uniform rod of length L as shown below. The weight
    of the rod is 80N and the distance d which is the perpendicular distance of the string
    from A is 25cm. The rod is held in equilibrium by a string with a tension T. By taking
    moments about A, calculate the tension T in the string.

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    [5]
    Total 30 Marks

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    2. a. The total intensity of emitted radiation from a particular body at temperature T is Itot.
    The relationship between Itot and T is:
    =
    where c and n are constants.

    [4]
    (iii) For this body at T = 900K, Itot is found to be 71Wm-2. Use these data to
    determine Itot for the body at a temperature of 1200K.

    [3]

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    b. What is meant by the following?
    (i) Wavelength

    (ii) Interference

    (iii) Diffraction

    (iv) A coherent source

    (v) A stationary wave

    [5]
    c. An object undergoing a forced oscillation has a displacement-time graph as shown
    below:

    Use the graph to determine for this oscillation


    (i) its amplitude

    [1]
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    (

    [3]
    (ii) Add to your sketch a second line which shows the effects of increased
    damping. Label this curve D.
    [1]
    e. A progressive wave in a stretched string has a wavelength of 0.2m. Find the phase
    difference between 2 points on this wave which are 25mm apart.

    [3]
    Total 30 Marks

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    3. (a) (i) Define the Young Moduludus for a material.

    (ii) Expalin what is meant by the elastic limit for a wire.

    [2]
    (b) A wire is supported at its upper end, hangs vertically. The table shows readings
    obtained when the streching the wire by suspending masses from its lower end.
    Load/N 0 2.0 4.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 10.0 10.5
    Extension/mm 0 1.2 2.4 3.6 4.2 4.9 5.7 7.0 8.0
    (i) The gradient of your graph.

    [4]
    (iii) By considering the work done in streching the wire, show that the energy
    stored is given by , where F is the force producing an extension e.

    [2]

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    (d) (i) Describe the mechanism of thermal conduction in a metal.

    [2]
    (ii) State Stefan’s law.

    [1]

    [5]
    (e) (i) Define specific heat capacity.

    [1]
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    (ii) In a continuous flow experiment, a steady difference of temperature of 1.5 C
    is maintained when the rate of liquid flow is 4.5gs-1 and the rate of electrical
    heating is 60.5W. On reducing the liquid flow rate to 1.5gs-1, 36.5W is
    required to maintain the same temperature difference. Calculate the specific
    heat capacity of the liquid.

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    [4]

    [3]
    (ii) Hence find the mass of oxygen withdrawn. Use the molar mass of oxygen is
    32gmol-1.

    [2]
    Total 30 Marks

    END OF EXAM

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