Grade 12 Physics Final Exam

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Total of 13 questions, the last one is bonus questions
Duration: 1 hour
Given:
a. Mass of electron: 9.10938188 10-31 kilograms
b. Planks Constant: 6.626068 10-34 m2kg s-1
c. Universal Gravitation Constant: 6.67300 10-11 m3kg-1s-2
d. Elementary Charge: 1.60217646 10-19 coulombs
e. Speed of light: 3.0 x 108 m/s

1) The diagram shows three small charges

at three corners of a rectangle.
Calculate the magnitude and direction
of the electric field intensity at the
fourth corner, D.

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2) A small charged sphere is placed at point in an electric field that points due west
and has a magnitude of 1.60x104N/C. If the sphere experiences an electrostatic
force of 6.4N east, what is the magnitude and sign of its charge?

3) A charged oil drop has a mass of 3.6x10-12kg, and it is suspended in an electric field
of intensity 3.5x104N/C. What is the charge in the oil drop?

4) What is the number of electrons needed to give the oil drop in the previous
question the charge you calculate?

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5) If electrons are accelerated across a potential difference of 3.20x102V, and the
radius of their orbit in a magnetic field is 0.256m, then what is the intensity of
that magnetic field?

6) An EM wave with a wavelength of 5.8x10-14m has what period?

7) A wire 65cm long carries a current of 20.0A, running east through a uniform
magnetic field. If the wire experiences a force of 1.2N[N], what is the magnitude
and direction of the magnetic field?

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8) What is the electric force acting between two charges of +4.5x10-6C and
-3.8x10-6C when they are separated by a distance of 10m?

9) In your own words, define the following

a. Electric charge

b. Field

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10) You are about to open a new business and need to select a colour scheme for your
backlighted sign. You want people to be able to see your sign clearly from a highway
some distance away. Assuming that brightness is not a problem for either colour,
should you use blue or red lettering? (Blue has a shorter wavelength than red).

11) A photon of wavelength 7.8x10-10m strikes an electron at rest, and gives off
2.9x10-17J of energy. What is the wavelength of the departing photon?

12) An electron is accelerated from rest through a potential difference of 2.2MV, so

that is acquires energy of 2.2MeV. Calculate its mass, the ratio of its mass to the
rest mass, and its speed. (1 electron volt = 1.60217646 10-19 joules)

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BONUS QUESTIONS
13) Two cars meet at an intersection. Car A has a mass of 1645kg and was travelling at
60km/h at 40o counter-clockwise from North after the collision. Car B, with a mass
of 1200kg was traveling at 30km/hr at 54o counter-clockwise from North after
the collision. If car A had originally been traveling West, and car B originally
traveling North, what were their original velocities before the collision?