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SEPTEMBER 2012
PEPERIKSAAN PENGGAL 1
SIJIL TINGGI PELAJARAN MALAYSIA (BAHARU)
NAMA SEKOLAH
PHYSICS
PAPER 1
One hour and fourty-five minutes
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B. M L-3 -1
C. M L T-3 -1
D. M L-3 T -1
2. A student measured in the length, width and height of a cubical wooden block, using a ruler
with accuracy of 0.05 cm. He then calculated the volume of the block, and his calculator
registered 108.288. Which of the following alternatives would be the best one to express his
results, without losing accuracy and without including meaningless figure?
A. 108.29 cm3
B. 108.3 cm3
C. 110 cm3
D. 108 cm3
Neglecting air resistance, the magnitude of the change in momentum between leaving P and
arriving at Q is
A. mv
B. mv3
C. 2 mv
D. mv2
4. A ball hits the ground normally with a speed u. Which of the following is NOT TRUE if the
collision is elastic?
A. The particle rebounds along its original path with speed u.
B. The momentum of the ball is conserved.
C. The kinetic energy of the ball is conserved.
D. The total momentum of the ball and the floor is conserved.
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5. A body is moving with constant speed in the y-direction. For positive values of y, it
experiences a uniform acceleration in the x- direction. Which one of the paths A to D does it
follow?
6. An 5.0 kg block slides down a rough plane which is inclined at 30 as shown below.
The box starts from rest and then moves a distance of 2.0 m as measured along the incline.
After it has moved this distance, its speed equals 2.0 m s-1. What is the coefficient of kinetic
friction between the block and the plane?
A. 0.46
B.
0.80
C. 1.04
D. 1.15
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7. Two forces P and Q of the same magnitude act on a uniform metre rule pivoted at O as shown
below.
8.
A force is applied to a regular cubical block of weight 10 N as shown above. What is the least
magnitude of F required to overturn the block?
A. 2 N
B.
5N
C. 10 N
D. 20 N
9. A planet of mass m moves in a circular orbit of radius R round a sun of mass M with period T.
Which one of the following correctly shows how T depends on m, R and M?
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10. A body is released from rest at a point P a distance 3R from the centre of an isolated planet
with radius R and mass M. What is the speed of the body on hitting the planet?
11. Two steel wires P and Q were suspended from the ceiling with each wire being stretched by a
weight W. If the original length of wire P and Q are 2l and l respectively, and both wires have the
diameter of wire P
same extension, what is the ratio
?
diameter of wire Q
A
1
2
B 1
D 2
12. The graph below shows the distribution of molecular speed at room temperature.
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13. Which of the following is NOT an assumption in deriving the kinetic theory of gases?
A Attractive forces between the molecules are negligible.
B The volume of the molecules is negligible compared with the volume of the gas.
C The duration of a collision is negligible compared with the time between collisions.
D The molecules experience negligible change of momentum on collision with the walls
of the container
14. A vessel of volume 1x10-3m contains 0.72 g of an ideal gas of O2 at a pressure of 1x105Pa.
The r.m.s. velocity of the gas molecules is
A 20 m s-1
B 110 m s-1
C 340 m s-1
D 650 m s-1
15. One end of a properly insulated copper rod of length 60 cm and cross-sectional area 6.0 cm2
is maintained at steam point while the other end is placed in ice at 0 oC. Determine the mass of ice
melted in 12 minutes if the rod is in steady condition. ( For copper k = 380 W m- 1 K -1 ,
specific latent heat of fusion of ice = 333 kJ kg -1 )
A 0.04 kg
B 0.08 kg
C 2.48 kg
D 3.56 kg
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Section B [15 marks]
Answer all questions from this section
[1 mark]
(b) The diagram below shows a 5.0 kg street light suspended by two cables.
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[1 mark]
[3 marks]
(b) Why is it important for a good cooking utensil to have a high thermal conductivity ?
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(c) A steel cooking pot has an effective surface area of 0.125 m2 and a thickness of
1.0 x 103 m. Calculate the rate of heat flow through the bottom of the pot if the temperature
difference is 690 oC?
[ The thermal conductivity of steel = 66.9 W m-1 K-1]
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(a) An object is projected with initial speed v at angle with the horizontal.
[3 marks]
(b) The diagram below shows a jeep travelling at constant speed 10 m s-1 towards a
security post.
A security guard holding his rifle 15 m above the ground shoots horizontally when the jeep is
0.7 km from the security post. The bullet of the rifle strikes the jeep. Calculate
(i)
[2 marks]
(ii)
the distance of the jeep from the security post when it is struck,
[2 marks]
(iii)
[2 marks]
(iv)
the speed and direction of the bullet when it strikes the jeep.
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[2 marks]
(ii) Hence show that GM = gR2 where G is the universal gravitational constant, g is the
acceleration due to gravity on the surface of the Earth , M is the Earths mass and R is the
Earths radius.
[2 marks]
(b) Show that the speed of satellites orbiting very close to the surface of the Earth has a speed
of approximately 8 km s-1. [ g = 9.81 ms-1 and R = 6.4 x 106 m]
[3 marks]
(c) (i) A geosynchronous satellite is a satellite that appears stationary relative to a point on the
Earth. One of the properties is that its period of rotation must equal the period of rotation of
the Earth. State two other properties of a geosynchronous satellite.
[2 marks]
[3 marks]
(iii) The mass of the satellite is 20 kg. Find its total energy.
[ Radius of Earth = 6.4 x 106 m ;]
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(a)
[2 marks]
(ii) State two physical conditions under which a gas behaves as an ideal gas.
[2 marks]
( i i i ) A 0.35 m3 gas tank contains 7.0 kg of butane gas. Assuming that the gas
behaves as an ideal gas, calculate its pressure at 27 oC.
[3 marks]
[Molecular mass of butane is 58 g mol -1 ].
(iv) Butane gas normally behaves as a real gas. The actual pressure of the butane gas
is higher than the calculated value in (a)(iii). Give a reason.
[1 mark]
(b)
(ii) Write an expression relating the total kinetic energy E of a gas molecule to the
number of degrees of freedom f. Explain any other symbols used.
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0 = 4 x 10-7 Hm-1
e = 1.60 x 10-19 C
Planck constant
(Pemalar Planck)
h = 6.63 x 10-34 J s
u = 1.66 x 10-27 kg
me = 9.11 x 10-31 kg
mp = 1.67 x 10-27 kg
Avogadro constant
(Pemalar Avogadro)
Boltzmann constant
(Pemalar Boltzmann)
Magnitude of electronic
charge
Gravitational constant
(Pemalar gravity)
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D
B
B
C
6
7
8
9
10
A
A
B
C
C
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15
C
B
D
D
B
Section B
1(a) (i)
(ii) The algebraic sum of all the forces acting on the mass is zero
(b)
-T1cos 60o +T2 cos 40o = 0
T1sin 60o +T2 sin 40o = mg
1
1
1.53 T2
1
1
1
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The temperature gradient across the outer surface and inner surface is small.
1
(The temperature of the inner surface is near to the temperature of the outer surface.
(c)
Rate of heat flow,
dQ
d
------------------------------- 1
kA
dt
dx
690
= (66.9) (0.125)
1.0 10 3
= 5.77 x 106 W ----------------------- 1
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Section C
x = (v cos) t
Horizontal displacement
y = (v sin) t gt 2
Vertical displacement
1
1
x
v cos
x 1 x
y (v sin )
g
v cos 2 v cos
g
y x tan 2
x2
2
2v cos
15 = 0 (9.81)t 2
2
t = 1.75 s
1
1
682.5
1.75
= 390 m s1
= 0 + 9.81(1.75)
= 17.2 m s1
v =
=
v x2 v y2
3902 17.22
= 390.4 m s1
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tan =
y
x
tan 1
17 .2
390
= tan 1
= 2.5
the angle of strike is 2.5 below the horizontal
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4 (a) (i) The gravitational attraction F is directly proportional to the product of the masses
of the two bodies and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.
2
Mm
OR F G 2
1
r
where
F is the gravitational attraction
G is the universal gravitational constant
M and m are the masses of the two bodies
r is the distance between centres of the two bodies. 1
(ii) For an object on the surface of the Earth ,
the gravitational force = mg
1
GMm
1
mg
r2
GM gR 2
(b) For a satellite orbiting close to the Earth, the radius of the orbit is approximately equal
to the radius of the Earth.
GMm mv 2
1
r
r2
GM
v
r
2
But GM = gr
= gr
1
c(i)
1. The satellite must orbit the Earth in the same direction as the rotation of the Earth
about its axis.
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2. The orbit must be above the equator. The plane of the satellite contain the plane of the
equator.
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(ii)
Centripetal force
= m2r
2
Gravitational force
2
= m
r
T
m4 2
r
=
T2
GMm
=
r2
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GMm m4 2 r
r2
T2
GMT 2
r3
4 2
Thus
gR 2T 2
4 2
2
2
9.816.4 10 6 8.64 10 4
=
4 2
r = 4.24 x 107 m
r3
Thus
(iii)
But
r
2
1
1
mv 2 GMm
r
r2
1 2 GMm
mv
2
2r
GMm GMm
2r
r
GMm
=
2r
GM gR 2
Total energy =
But
Total energy =
gR 2 m
2r
9.816.4 10 6 20
=
2 4.23 10 7
= - 9.48 x 107 J
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(a) (i) The forces of attraction between the molecules are negligible
Volume of the molecules is negligible compared to the volume of the gas
The collision between the molecules and with the walls of the container are
perfectly elastic
(iii)
2
1
High temperature
From pV = nRT
7.0
p(0.35) =
(8.31)(300)
58 103
p = 8.6 x 105 Pa
1
1
(i) Degrees of freedom is the independent ways a molecule acquire kinetic energy
(ii)
f
kT
2
Where k = Boltzmann constant
(iii)
E=
T = absolute temperature
1
3
mv 2 kT
2
2
1 32 10 3 2 3
v (1.38 10 23 )(300)
2 6.02 10 23
2
1
v = 483 m s
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