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PART A
1. A convex lens has surfaces with radii of curvature 18 cm and 20 cm. When an object is
24 cm from the lens, a real image is formed at 32 cm from the lens.
(a) Write a lens maker equation and explain the symbols used in the equation.
[2 marks]
(b) Determine :
(i) the focal length of the lens
[2 marks]
(ii) refractive index of the lens
[4 marks]
(c) A sound source which can produce sound of frequency of 300 Hz move away from
a stationary observer. The observer notice that the frequency of sound heard
decreases by 10 Hz when the source is moving away. Determine the speed of the
sound source.
[4 marks]
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[5 marks]
(b) What is meant by coherent source?
[2 marks]
(c) In a Youngs double slit experiment the distance between the screen and the slits
is 2.0 m. The distance between the centre of the interference pattern and tenth
bright fringe is 3.4 cm.
(i) If the wavelength of the light used is 5.0 x 10 -7m, determine the slit separation.
[2 marks]
(ii) State what you expect to observed on the screen if light with longer wavelength
is used.
[1 mark]
[2 marks]
h
p
Which quantity of the relation represents the wave and the particle?
[2 marks]
c) As an electron is accelerated from rest through a potential difference 1500 V. If the
potential difference is doubled, calculate:
(i) the ratio of the electron new speed to its original speed.
[6 marks]
[4 marks]
[4 marks]
b) State one difference and one similarity between nuclear fission and nuclear fusion.
[2 marks]
c) A
6
3
Li
2
1
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(ii) Write the equation for the reaction and calculate the energy released.
Given mass of Li = 6.0155 u, mass of deuteron = 2.0141 u,
mass of -particle = 4.0026 u
[4 marks]
[2 mark]
[2 marks]
c) State three properties of alpha particle. Why alpha particle has high ionisation
power?
d) Given the half-life of
[4 marks]
131
after 56 days?
e) Give one way on how to reduce radiation exposure.
[4 marks]
[1 mark]
PART B
1
[2 marks]
c) Define:
(i)
Threshold frequency
(ii)
Work function
(iii)
Stopping potential
[2 marks]
[2 marks]
[2 marks]
[2 marks]
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e) Show that the photons in a 1240 nm infrared light beam have energies of 1.00 eV.
[3 marks]
f) In photoelectric effect experiment, sodium having a work function 2.7 eV is used as
the target metal. Calculate the threshold frequency.
[3 marks]
[Total : 20 marks]
2
.
a) Draw the mass spectrometer diagram and prove that the radius of the ionised atom
is as follows:
r=
mE
B2 q
b) Define
(i)
proton number
(ii)
nucleon number
(iii)
isotope
[1 mark]
[1 mark]
[1 mark]
c) The number of proton, neutron and electrons in Niobium are 41, 52, and 41
respectively. What is the symbol for the nuclide for the element?
d) A mass of nucleus
81
35
Br
[1 mark]
is 80.8971 u. Calculate
(i)
[3 marks]
(ii)
[2 marks]
[ Mp = 1.0073 u, Mn = 1.0087 u]
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[Total : 20 marks]
3
.
[3 marks]
[4 marks]
[3 marks]
d) The figure 3.1 shows the energy levels for hydrogen atom.
(i) Determine the ionisation energy for hydrogen atom in Joule unit.
[2 marks]
(ii) Calculate the wavelength and the amount of energy in the unit of eV when the
electron make a transition from n= 4 to Balmer series.
[6 marks]
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(iii) Copy the figure given and show all the possible transitions which can produce
visible line spectra.
[2 marks]
[Total: 20 marks]