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UNIQUE SCIENCE ACADEMY

Test (Unit 13-16)

Name :................................................................................................................ Paper: Physics

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Class: CIIB
Time Allowed: 35Minutes This document consists of 5 printed pages.
Maximum Marks: 25
Theory Section: [Total 20 Marks]
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A student wrote the following report about an experiment to measure the speed of sound in
air.
My friend and I went into a field a long way from any buildings and measured
the distance across the field. My friend stood at one side of the field and I
stood at the other. My friend banged two pieces of wood together, and as I
saw him do this, I started a stopwatch. I stopped the stopwatch when I heard
the sound. We obtained the following readings.
distance across field = 238 m
time for sound to cross field = 0.7 s
(a) Why was it necessary to be a long way from any buildings?
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(b) Why was it necessary to use such a large distance?
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(c) Suggest what the students could have used to measure the distance across the field.
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(d) Why was there a delay between the student seeing the pieces of wood come together
and hearing the bang?
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(e) Use the readings to calculate the speed of sound.

speed of sound = ...................................... [2]

(f)

Suggest why it might have been a good idea for the students to repeat the experiment
after they had exchanged positions.
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A narrow beam of red light strikes one face of a triangular prism at A, as shown in
Fig. 2.1.
screen

red light

Fig. 2.1
(i)

On Fig. 2.1, show the path of the beam until it reaches the screen.

(ii)

What name do we use to describe what happens to the beam at A?

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[2]
(b) The red light is replaced by a narrow beam of mixed red and violet light, as shown in
Fig. 2.2.

screen

red +
violet light

Fig. 2.2
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Complete Fig. 2.2 to show what happens to the red and the violet light.

[1]

(c) The beam of red and violet light is replaced by a narrow beam of white light from the
Sun. State what is now seen on the screen.
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(d) The rays from the Sun also include infra-red rays. Infra-red radiation can pass through
glass.
(i)
(ii)

On Fig. 2.2, mark with the letter X the place where infra-red radiation from the
Sun might strike the screen after passing through the prism.
Why can infra-red not be seen on the screen?
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(iii)

What could be used to detect the infra-red radiation?

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[3]

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Fig. 3.1 shows how an image is formed by a converging lens.

24 cm

10 cm

8cm

I
F2

F1

Fig. 3.1
(a) State the value of the focal length of the lens.
focal length = .......................................... cm [1]
(b) The object O is moved a small distance to the left.
State two things that happen to the image I.
1. ......................................................................................................................................
2. ................................................................................................................................ [2]
(c) Points F1 and F2 are marked on Fig. 3.1.
(i)

State the name we give to these two points.

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(ii)

On Fig. 3.1, draw the ray from the top of the object which passes through F2.
[2]

Continue your ray until it meets the image.

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MCQ SECTION: [Total 5 Marks]

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A VHF radio station broadcasts at a frequency of 60 MHz (6.0 107 Hz). The speed of radio
waves is 3.0 108 m / s.
What is the wavelength of the waves broadcast by the station?
A

5.0 m

2.0 m

0.5 m

0.2 m

A ray of light passes into a glass block of refractive index 1.5.

air

60

glass
X

What is the value of the angle marked X?

A
3

19.5

25.0

35.0

48.5

A girl writes the word LEFT on a piece of card.

LEFT
She looks at the image of this card, made by reflection by a plane mirror.
What does she see?
A
B
C

4 A student holds a sheet of paper with letters on it facing a plane mirror.

The letters on the paper are shown.

What does the student see in the mirror?

A

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5 The diagrams represent two different sound waves.
wave P
displacement

wave Q

displacement

time
time
How do the frequency and pitch of P compare with the frequency and pitch of Q?

frequency of P

pitch of P

greater than Q

higher than Q

greater than Q

same as Q

same as Q

higher than Q

same as Q

same as Q

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