LEBANESE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

PHYSICS TEST-1 FORM 5

ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS
TIME ALLOWED: 1HR 15MIN

1. Green light of frequency 5.7 × 1014 𝐻𝑧 𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡 𝑎 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑓 3.0 ×8 𝑚/𝑠. The light is
incident on the surface of a transparent solid.

The diagram shows the wavefront and the direction of the light in the air.

The light travels more slowly in the transparent solid.

The refractive index of the transparent solid is 1.3.
a) Explain, interms of wavefront, why the light changes direction as it enters the solid. You may
draw on the diagram as part of your answer.

the change in direction occurs because one part of the wavefront enters the solid before the other
………………………………………………………………………………………………………
, leading to a change in speed and a bending of the wavefronts.
………………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………...[3]
b) Determine the wavelength of the green light in the transparent solid.
speed of light in the solid(V_s) = n/speed of light in air = 2.3 x 10^8m/s (1)

lambda = 2.3x10^8/5.7x10^14 (1)

4.0 X 10^-7m (2)

Wavelength = ………………………….. [4]
[Total: 7]
2. The diagram shows six wavefronts of a wave travelling on the surface of deep water. The
wave is incident on a boundary with a region where the water is shallow.

(a) on the diagram, draw the wavefronts of the wave in the shallow water where the wave travels
more slowly.
atleast three parallel wavefronts in shallow water slopping upwards from left to right (1)
[2]
wavefronts in shallow water meets wavefronts in deep water(1)
(b) The depth of the shallow water is now changed so that the speed of the wave in the shallow
water is 0.60𝑚/𝑠. The speed of the wave in the deep water is 0.80𝑚/𝑠. The distance between
the successive wavefronts in the deep water is 1.4cm.
Calculate the wavelength of the wave in the shallow water.

deep water

F = V/lambda (1)
1.05cm or 0.0105m
F = 80/1.4 = 57.1Hz or 0.80/0.014 = 57.1Hz (1) Wavelength = ………………………[4]

Shallow Water [Total: 6]

lambda = 60/57.1 = 1.05cm or 0.60/57.1 = 0.0105m (2)
3. The diagram represents wavefronts of a water wave on the surface of water approaching a gap
in a barrier.

(a) The wavefronts to the right of the barrier spread out as far as the dashed lines in the diagram.
(i) State the name of the process of spreading out.
Diffraction
……………………………………………………………………… [1]

(ii) Draw four wavefronts to the right of the barrier. [2]

(b) (i) state the effect of increasing the width of the gap in the barrier.

The wavefronts will not extend as far as the dashed lines.

……………………………………………………………………………………
or less diffraction/spreading
……………………………………………………………………………… [1]

(ii) State and explain the effect of decreasing the frequency of the water wave
Increased wavelength or more spreading will occur
……………………………………………………………………………………

……………………………………………………………………………………

……………………………………………………………………………… [2]

[Total: 6]
4. The diagram shows a section of an optical fibre in air. A ray of light is incident on the fibre
wall at X.

(a) on the diagram, continue the path of the ray of light up to the end of the fibre. [1]
(b) The refractive index of the material of the fibre is 1.46. Calculate the critical angle of the
material of the fibre.
n = 1/sinc (1)

43 (1)
Critical angle = ……………………………….[2]

(c) State two uses of optical fibres.

To carry telephone signals(Communication)

1 ………………………………………………………………………………………
for medical diagnosis/ imaging
2 ………………………………………………………………………………… [2]

specified artistic display

[Total: 5]
specified lightning
5 The distance between the centre of a thin converging lens and each principal focus is 5.0cm.

The lens is used as a magnifying glass to produce an image I of an object O.

The diagram is a full-scale diagram of the lens and the image I.

(a) (i) On the diagram, mark both principal focuses and label each of them F.
[1]
(ii) By drawing on the diagram, find the position of object O and add object O to
the diagram. any two construction lines (2)

object O marked as O (1) [3]

(b) Using the diagram, determine the distance of the object O from the centre of the lens.

2.7cm<distance<3.1cm
Distance = …………………………….. [1]
6 A source emits visible light.
The diagram shows a ray of red light from the source incident on the face XY of a glass
prism at point S.

The angle of incidence 𝑖 of the ray is 35° . The refractive index of the glass for red light is 1.5.
(a) Calculate the angle of refraction in the glass at S.

n = sini/sinr (1)

22 (1)
angle of refraction = …………………………………. [2]
(b) On the diagram, draw the refracted ray at face XY and the ray of the red light incident
on the face XY.
On the diagram, draw the path of this ray in the prism and emerging from the prism.
Label this ray B.
[2]
refraction at XY for r<i (1) [Total: 6]
refraction at XZ for r>i (1)
 7. Red light travelling in air strikes the curve surface of a semi-circular glass block at P. The
diagram shows the ray of light.

The light travels in a straight line from O to Q.

(a) Explain why the light does not change direction as it enters the glass block at P.
it doesn't change direction because it is acting at 90 to the curved surface
……………………………………………………………………………………………

………………………………………………………………………………………… [1]

(b) The light travels in the glass to Q where it strikes the edge of the block at 30° to the
normal. The light then emerges into the air.
(i) The refractive index of the glass is 1.5.
Calculate the angle between the normal and the ray in the air after the light
emerges from the block at Q.

the incident angle for 1/n = sini/sinr (1)

the problem is in glass
not air.

49 (2)
Angle = ………………………… [3]

(ii) On the diagram, sketch the path of the light in the air after it emerges at Q. [1]
 (c) The direction of the light striking the curved surface of the glass block is changed. The
angle between the ray and the normal at Q gradually increases from 30° to 90° .

Describe what happens to the light that strikes the block at Q as this angle increases.
………………………………………………………………………………………………...
when i < c (1)
………………………………………………………………………………………………
when i = c (1)
………………………………………………………………………………………………
when i > c (1)
………………………………………………………………………………………………

………………………………………………………………………………………………

………………………………………………………………………………………… [3]

[Total: 8]
8. The diagram shows a heater in a bathroom.

The heater is at a very high temperature and it glows red. The manufacturer states:

“The heater emits light and radiation and it transfers the thermal energy by radiation.”

(a) State the part of the electromagnetic spectrum that transfers thermal energy.

…………………………………………………………………………………………
Infra-red [1]

(b) State:
(i) one way in which visible light and the radiation identified in (a) are similar.
Both travel at the same speed in vacuum or both are transverse waves or
………………………………………………………………………………………
both are electromagnetic waves
………………………………………………………………………………… [1]

(ii) one way in which visible light differs from the radiation identified in (a).
Visible light Has higher frequency or shorter wavelength than
……………………………………………………………………………………
Infra-red
……………………………………………………………………………… [1]

[Total: 3]
9. The diagram shows the main regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. Two of the regions are
unlabelled.

Microwave Infra-red

(a) Complete the labelling in the diagram. Write the name of the radiation in each
unlabelled region.
[2]
(b) State the name of one region of the electromagnetic spectrum that has wavelengths
shorter than those of ultraviolet rays.
X-rays or gamma rays
………………………………………………………………………………. [1]

[Total: 3]

10. The diagram shows the position of a man working in a rock quarry. A single explosion is
used to break part of one rock face.

(a) Explain why the man sees the flash of the explosion before he hears the bang.
light travels faster than sound
……………………………………………………………………………………………...

…………………………………………………………………………………………. [1]

(b) The man hears a second bang shortly after the first bang.
(i) State the name of this second bang.
……………………………………………………………………….
Echo [1]
 (ii) State how the second bang compares with the first bang in terms of its
amplitude and speed.
Smaller / decreases
Amplitude …………………………………………………………………….
remains constant / the same / unchanged
Speed …………………………………………………………………….. [2]

(c) The man stands 170𝑚 from the back rock face. The time between hearing the first
bang and hearing the second bang is 1.0𝑠.
Use the information in the diagram to determine the speed of sound in the quarry.

use of 2d = S X T (1)

340m/s (2)
Speed of sound = ……………………………..m/s [3]
[Total: 7]
11. Sound in air takes 1.0𝑠 to travel 330𝑚.
As shown in the figure, a man puts his right ear against one end of the rail. Another man
strikes the end of the rail with a hammer. The figure is not to scale.

Describe and explain what each man hears.

only hears one sound or hears the sound almost instantly or first
Man with hammer ……………………………………………………………………………
as compared to the man with one ear against the rail
(1)
…………………………………………………………………………………………………

Hears two sounds (1)

Man with one ear against rail …………………………………………………………….......
or Hears sound through the rail and then the sound through the air
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
Additionally , Because speed of sound in steel is faster than the speed of sound in air(1)
…………………………………………………………………………………………… [3]
or hears the sound through the rail before sound through air (1) [Total: 3]
12. The figure shows how the displacement of air molecules, at an instant of time, varies with
distance along the path of a sound wave.

(a) On the figure, sketch two cycles of a sound wave that has a shorter wavelength and a
greater amplitude.
two complete wavelengths (1)
wave drawn has higher amplitude (1) [2]
(b) State two changes in the sound heard from this wave compared with the original wave.

Higher frequency/pitch
1. ………………………………………………………………………………………...

louder or higher volume

2. ………………………………………………………………………………… [2]

[Total: 4]