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Botswana General Certificate of Secondary Education

CANDIDATE
NAME

CENTRE CANDIDATE
NUMBER NUIVIBER

PHYSICS 0571/03
Paper 3 Theory October/November 2020
I hour 15 minutes
You must answer on the Question Paper.
Additional Materials: Electronic calculator
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q' 300 mm ruler

INSTRUCTIONS

a Answer all questrons"

a Use black or dark blue pen.
a Write your candidate name, Centre number and candidate number in the spaces provided at
the top of this page"
a Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
Do not write on any barcodes.
You may use an HB pencil for any dragrams, graphs or rough working
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INFORMATION 1

. The total mark for this paper is 70. 2

. The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets 3
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. Take the weight of 1kg to be 10 N (i.e. acceleration of free fall = '10 m /s2)
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1 A student runs a race and covers the last stage of the race at a constant speed.

(a) Define the term speed.

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(b) Fig. 1 .1 shows the time recorded for the race

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2 A small aluminium cube has a density of Z7OAkg/m3

(a) Define the term density.

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(b) The cube is placed in water of density 1000 kg / m3.

(i) State the name of a single instrument that can measure the density of water

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(ii) State and explain whether the aluminium cube will float or sink in water

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3 Fig. 3.1 shows a student standing on a uniform plank of length 4.5m. Use

The plank is pivoted at P and attached to a spring balance that balances it hortzontally
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(a) State the prlnciple of moments

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(b) State the reading shown on the spring balance.

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(c) Taking moments about P,

Calculate:

(i) the moment of the force from the spring balance,

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(ii) the weight tAlof the student

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4 Fig. 4.1 shows a graph of volume against temperature for a sample of water

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(a) State the temperature at which:

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(ii) the ice melts

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(b) Use the graph to describe how the volume changes when the ice melts

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(c) State how thermal energy supplied to the ice is used during melting

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(d) The thermal energy absorbed during melting is 1.68 x 106J

The specific latent heat of fusion of ice is 3.36 x 105J/kg.

Calculate the mass of ice"

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5 Fig. 5.1 shows a simple car cooling system. Use

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engine part

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(a) State the name of the main process by which water gains heat from the engine.

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(b) Explain how convection currents are formed in the cooling system

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(c) Suggest the purpose of the fan in Fig. 5.1

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(d) Fig. 5.2 shows the front view of the radiator.
The radiator is painted black and fitted with many fins

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Describe how these features help the radiator to perform its function

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6 Fig. 6.1 shows an object O and its virtual image I formed by a thin converging lens. Use

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(a) Define a virtual image.

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(b) State the name of an optical instrument that forms an image as shown in Fig. 6.1.

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(c) On Fig.6.1,

(i) draw a ray of light to locate the position of the lens and a line to represent the lens. [2]

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(d) Determine the magnification of the lens in Fig. 6.1.

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7 A student stands a distance of 220 m from a wall of a tall building and fires a starter gun
A shorl time later the student hears an echo of the sound from the gun.
The speed of sound in air is 330 m/s.

(a) Define an echo

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(b) Calculate,

(i) the distance travelled by the sound for the echo to be heard by the student,

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(ii) the time taken by the sound to travel to and from the wall
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(c) A teacher addresses a group of students in a large hall.

The teacher speaks clearly but some of the students hear a distorted sound
These students do not hear clearly what the teacher is saying.

(i) Explain why the students hear distorted sound

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(ii) Suggest a simple change to the hall that makes the sound clearer

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I Fig. 8.1 shows a 2000 W electric kettle used to boil some water. Use

plug

cord

kettle

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(a) The cord in Fig. 8.1 contains three colour-coded wires connected to the plug

State the colour of the wire connected to the fr.lse in the plug.
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(b) The body of the kettle is made of metal.

State the name of the wire that rs connected to the body of the kettle

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(c) The kettle is connected lo a 24AV mains supply

Calculate the amount of current in the kettle

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(d) The cost of electrical energy irsed to boil the water in the kettle is P0.10.
l kwh of electrical energy costs P0.60.

Calculate:

(i) the electrical energy in kWh used to boil the water,

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(ii) the time taken to boil the water

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9 Fig. 9.1 shows two circuits placed next to each other.

circuit 1 circuit 2

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(a) Explain how current is induced in circuit 2 when switch S is closed.

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(b) Suggest two changes to the circuit to increase the brightness of the lamp in circuit 2.

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(a) State the purpose of the ammeter in the circuit.

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(b) The reading of voltmeter Vr is 6.0 V

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(i) the reading of the ammeter,

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(ii) the reading of voltmeter V2
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(c) Calculate the total resistance in the circuit.

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(d) The 4.0O and 2.0Q resistors are now connected in parallel as shown in Fig. 10.2.
The electromotive force of the power supply remains unchanged'

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(ii) Determine the total resistance of the circuit.

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(b) State two uses of radioactive isotopes

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(c) State the name of a radioactive emission that is a component of the electromagnetic
spectrum.

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Fig. 1 1 .1 . The magnetic field is into the plane of the paper.

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(i) State the name of the emission in Fig. 1 1 .1

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(ii) Suggest a reason why the path of the emission is curved

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