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Instructor: Dr. K. Foyle
Class: Physics 1BB3, Modern Physics for the Life Sciences
Special Instructions:
Please write your name and student number on both this copy and the
provided examination answer sheet, and please also pencil in your student number in
the Student number box of the examination answer sheet.
Answer the written answer questions (questions 17 and 18) directly on this copy.
Return both your examination answer sheet and this copy at the end of the
examination, after verifying your name and student number are written on both.
A calculator can be used if necessary.
A one-page formula sheet is provided on the back of this page, and a blank page has
been attached at the end of this copy to use as scrap paper (pages 14).
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Mark:
Multiple-choice questions (#1-16):
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/30
Total:
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F = qv B
R=mv/(qB)
=B
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BSome finite amount of time that depends on the distance between the
two charges.
Question 2: Suppose a van der Graaf generator builds a positive static charge,
and a grounded conductor is placed near enough to it so that a 8.0C amount of
negative charge arcs from the conductor to the van der Graaf generator.
Estimate the number of electrons that have been transferred from the conductor
to the van der Graaf generator.
A-
1.110-18
B-
1.0
C-
8.0
D-
50
E-
5.01013
Question 3. The figure below shows two parallel plates that are 2.0 cm apart.
The electric field between them is 6.7 x 104 N/C. An electron is launched at a
45o angle and with initial speed v0 from the positive plate. What is the
maximum v0 such that the electron wont hit the negative plate?
A- 1.5 x 107 m/s
B- 1.9 x 107 m/s
C- 2.3 x 107 m/s
D- 3.1 x 107 m/s
E- 4.5 x 107 m/s
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A- positive x direction
B- positive y direction
C- positive z direction
D- negative x direction
E- negative z direction
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Question 6. Some forms of cancer can be treated using proton therapy in which
proton beams are accelerated to high energies, then directed to collide into a
tumor, killing the malignant cells. Suppose a proton accelerator is constituted
of a tube 4.0 m long in which there is a constant electric field, and suppose the
protons are accelerated to a speed 1.0x107 m/s. What is the value of the electric
field in the proton accelerator (ignore any relativistic effects)?
A-
B-
2.5 V/m
C-
D-
E-
B-
C-
D-
9.3 N.m
E-
0 N.m
A- the work done by the field is positive and the potential energy of the
electron-field system increases.
B- the work done by the field is negative and the potential energy of the
electron-field system increases.
C- the work done by the field is positive and the potential energy of the
electron-field system decreases.
D- the work done by the field is negative and the potential energy of the
electron-field system decreases.
E- the work done by the field is positive and the potential energy of the
electron-field system does not change.
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603
603
103
103
600
V
V
V
V
V
ABCDF-
3.110 5 J
6.0 10 5 J
0
6.0 10 5 J
3.110 5 J
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Question 12. A charged particle is launched with a velocity of 5.2 104 m/s
at an angle of 35 with respect to a 0.0045-T magnetic field. If the magnetic
field exerts a force of 0.0026 N on the particle, determine the magnitude of
the charge on the particle.
ABCDE-
19 C
15 C
11 C
23 C
27 C
ABCDE-
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A- 8.4 V
B- 6.0 V
C- 7.2 V
D- 4.8 V
E- 0 V
Question 16. A charged particle is moving in a uniform, constant magnetic
field. Which one of the following statements concerning the magnetic force
exerted on the particle is false?
AThe magnetic force does no work on the particle.
BThe magnetic force increases the speed of the particle.
CThe magnetic force changes the velocity of the particle.
DThe magnetic force can act only on a particle in motion.
EThe magnetic force does not change the kinetic energy of the particle.
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Question 17: The solar wind is a thin, hot gas given off by the sun. Charged
particles in this gas enter the magnetic field of the earth and can experience a
magnetic force. Suppose that a charged particle traveling with a speed of v =
9.0x103 m/s encounters the earths magnetic field at an altitude where the field
has a magnitude B = 1.2x10-7 T, and that the particles velocity is perpendicular
to the magnetic field. Also, consider that both the direction and the magnitude
of the magnetic field remain constant along the trajectory of the particle.
(a) Draw the trajectory of the particle in the case of a proton (indicate on your
drawing the direction of the magnetic field).
(b)
(c) Calculate the cyclotron frequency, f, associated with the trajectory of the
proton.
(d) How would your answers to questions (a), (b) and (c) change if the
particle were an electron instead of a proton?
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