2006

Half Yearly HSC

EXAM
Weighting: 10%

Physics
Theme:
Monster Fizzix Inc. Total marks (70)
Part I
Cast of Characters This section has three parts, Part A, Part B
Pheoboo - a newcomer and Part C
Celia Weliah - Mikleighs friend
Sulleyona - a heroine Part A
Mikleigh - another heroine Total marks (15)
Mr. Bronnerneus the baddie (as always) Attempt Questions 1 15
Allow about 30 minutes for this part
General Instructions
Reading time 5 minutes Part B
Working time 2 hours Total marks (45)
Board-approved calculators may be Attempt Questions 16-21
used Allow about 1 hour and 10 minutes for
Write using blue or black pen this part
Draw diagrams using pencil
Section II Elective Style
A Data Sheet and Periodic Table, and Part C
Formulae Sheets are provided at the Total marks (10)
back of this paper. Attempt Question 22
Allow about 20 minutes for this part
Part A Life in Monstropolis
Total marks (15)
Allow about 30 minutes for this part

Use the multiple choice answer sheet.

Select the alternative A, B, C or D that best answers the question. Fill in the response oval completely.

Sample 2+4= (A) 2 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) 9

A B C D

If you think you have made a mistake, put a cross through the incorrect answer and fill in the new answer.

A B C D

If you change your mind and have crossed out what you consider to be the correct answer, then indicate
this by writing the word correct and drawing an arrow as follows:

correct
A B C D

Outcomes Assessed

H1 evaluates how major advances in scientific understanding and technology have changed
the direction or nature of scientific thinking
H2 analyses the ways in which models, theories and laws in physics have been tested and
validated
H3 assesses the impact of particular advances in physics on the development of technologies
H5 identifies possible future directions of physics research
H6 explains events in terms of Newtons Laws, Law of Conservation of Momentum and
relativity
H7 explains the effect of energy transfers and transformation
H8 analyses wave interactions and explains the effects of those interactions
H9 explains the effects of electric, magnetic and gravitational fields
H10 describes the nature of electromagnetic radiation and matter in terms of the particles
H11 justifies the appropriateness of a particular investigation plan
H12 evaluates ways in which accuracy and reliability could be improved in investigations
H14 assesses the validity of conclusions from gathered data and information

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Sulleyona and Mikleigh, residents of Monstropolis, were walking to class one day when they broke out
into an argument

Question 1

Im not round! said Mikleigh. I just have a higher gravitational potential at the same height, thats all.
Sulleyona sighed. She knew that Mikleigh was referring to her higher

(a) volume.
(b) gravitational field.
(c) work.
(d) weight.

Question 2

Anyway, its not like I could change planets if I could Mikleigh wispily thought to herself. I mean, if I
went to Fizzistropolis, I would weigh twice as much, wouldnt I?
Sulleyona listened without comment. She picked up a stone and skimmed it across playfair pool. On
Fizzistropolis, the same stone thrown with the same horizontal velocity would

(a) stay in the air for less time and fall with a shorter range.
(b) stay in the air the same length of time but have less range.
(c) stay in the air the same length of time but have greater range.
(d) stay in the air for a greater amount of time and have a greater range.

Question 3

They arrived at Mr. Bronnerneuss class where he was currently launching eggs into the air using an air
pump and water bottle. Some of the eggs were hatching on launch and some very green-looking chicks
were being pinned down to their eggs due to the force of the launch. If Mr. Bronnerneus was being nice to
the chicks, he would be launching

(a) at 3g and using soft cushions underneath the eggs.

(b) at 3g and using hard plastic underneath the eggs.
(c) at 10g and using soft cushions underneath the eggs.
(d) at 10g and using hard plastic underneath the eggs.

Question 4

A few of the eggs were making it successfully into orbit (Mr. Bronnerneus was using a really big air
pump). If the orbital velocity of an egg was 1.4 X 104 m/s, and the radius of the planet was 5.6 X 106 m
with a value of gravity at the orbital altitude of 7.8 ms-2, then the altitude of the egg was

(a) 5.8 X 105 m

(b) 4.8 X 106 m
(c) 3.6 X 107 m
(d) 2.4 X 108 m

Disclaimer: no actual chicks (or any other living thing, except the trees that gave their lives for this
paper) were harmed in any (permanent) way in the writing of this exam.

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Question 5

One of the chickonauts accidentally crashed into an alien spaceship from Fizzistropolis, currently occupied
by Pheoboo. Pheoboos craft plunged into the atmosphere of Monstropolis. For Pheoboo to arrive safely
to the ground, her craft

(a) needs to enter the atmosphere at an angle shallower than 5.8

(b) bounce up and down a couple of times before re-entry and point its nose upwards.
(c) reduce adiabatic compression by channelling air around the craft.
(d) needs to have really great heat shields and boundary-layer-breaker-uperers.

Question 6

The site where Mr. Bronnerneus teaches is Monstropoliss main centre for Fizzistropolis Research, where
they extract vital brain waves from stranded Fizzistropolians to power their civilization. Sulleyona and
Mikleigh were an extraction team that was about to break the long-standing brain wave extraction record.

The current model of brain wave transmission is the aether model. One way to test this model is to

(a) attempt to observe interference patterns in one wave split by different paths and recombined.
(b) use thought experiments to transmit waves between two inertial frames of reference.
(c) use thought experiments to transmit waves between an inertial and non-inertial frame of
reference.
(d) use thought experiments to transmit waves between two non-inertial frames of reference.

Question 7

Celiah Weliah was the all important co-ordinator of the Fizzistropolis Research Centre, and incidentally
Mikleighs friend. It was also her birthday. Celiah was 20 years old although she was born 30 years
before. She had an accident with a spaceship that got a little too close to light-speed. The speed her
spacecraft achieved was

(a) 2.3 X 108 m/s

(b) 2.9 X 108 m/s
(c) 3 X 108 m/s
(d) unable to be determined.

Question 8

In front of Celiah Weliah was a device known to Earthlings as a Cathode Ray Tube. Celiah Weliah was
currently watching a brain wave extraction simulation on the tube. Suddenly the image on screen became
significantly less intense. This problem is due to a malfunctioning

(a) electron gun.

(b) electrostatic deflector.
(c) magnetic deflector.
(d) image mask.

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Question 9

Mikleigh greeted Celiah Weliah. Sulleyona did too. Mikleigh hit the the CRT to get it working but the
sound of air hissing filled the room. She had broken the picture tube! The image that Mikleigh, Sulleyona
and Celiah Weliah would have seen on screen would have

(a) instantly gone blank.

(b) shown fewer and fewer stripy lines before going blank.
(c) reduced to lines both horizontally and vertically before disappearing as a single dot in the
middle of the screen.
(d) distorted in a weird way and then gone blank.

Question 10

As the CRT died, sparks started to arc across the remnants of the
machine. Celiah Weliah was quite shocked by the experience, as
shown in the image on the right. The arcing was caused by

(a) black-body radiation.

(b) the photo-electric effect.
(c) quantised light.
(d) non-quantised light.

Question 11

A device inside the dead CRT was known as a monstrositor. It can be represented diagrammatically as

1
N negatively doped material.
N P positively doped material
P
2
N
3
This device

(a) can amplify a signal fed into 2 using a current at 1.

(b) requires a voltage of 1.4V between 1 and 3 to operate, assuming it is made primarily of
silicon.
(c) can act as a switch if the current at 3 is turned on or off.
(d) uses little power to amplify a signal.

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Question 12

Which diagram below best represents the distribution of electrons in the P-type material?

(a) Conduction Band (b)

Conduction Band

Energy
Energy

(c) (d)
Conduction Band
Energy

Energy
Conduction Band

Question 13

Part of the reason for the power shortage in Monstropolis, aside from the lack of Fizzistropolians, is the
loss of power in transmission lines. If high current transmission lines were made of yttrium-barium-copper
oxide (-form) cooled in a liquid nitrogen jacket, then

(a) there would still be significant energy loss as heat.

(b) there would reduced energy loss as heat.
(c) there would be no energy loss as heat.
(d) energy would be lost as other forms besides heat.

Question 14

Pheoboo, meanwhile, had extricated herself from the remains of her spacecraft and wandered into the
grounds of the Fizzistropolis Research Centre and hitched a ride on a maglev train. The maglev train
works by

(a) using the Meissner effect to reflect magnetic field off a current in the monorail of the train.
(b) cooling a superconductor below the critical point and repelling the external magnetic field
of the current in the monorail of the train.
(c) both of the above.
(d) none of the above.

Question 15

At the end of the maglev line, Phoeboo climbed out and snuck into Mr. Bronnerneuss classroom while he
was out. Phoeboo sent an emergency message back to Fizzistropolis using some equipment she found in
the room. If she was broadcasting using a laser of wavelength 302 nm, then the energy of each photon is

(a) 2.0 X 10-40 J

(b) 2.2 X 10-27 J
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(c) 6.6 X 10-19 J
(d) 8.8 X 10-14 J
Part B Mr. Bronnerneuss Scheme
Total marks (45)
Attempt Questions 16 21
Allow about 1 hour and 10 minutes for this part

Answer Questions 16 24 in this Booklet.

Show all relevant working in questions involving calculations.

Question 16 (7 marks) Marks

Mr. Bronnerneus was in his secret lab perfecting his ultimate brainwave
extraction machine. It involves spinning a poor Fizzistropolian until they were
dizzy and all their brainwaves spill out! A diagram of the machine is illustrated
below:
50 kg

Circular spin

cable

Hapless Fizzistropolian 3
metres

Heavy weight of 1650 N

(a) Calculate the radius of the cable if the speed of a Fizzistropolian is 22 m/s. 2

(b) The cable snapped on the crash test dummy being used. Calculate the
magnitude of the velocity of the crash test dummy just before it impacts the
ground. 3

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Question 16 Continued

(c) Explain what happens to the motion of the crash test dummy with increasing
horizontal speed. In your explanation, refer to any Earthlings that may have
investigated such motion. 2

Question 17 (7 marks) Marks

Sulleyona and Mikleigh were watching the test from behind a

secret panel they had stumbled upon. They knew about Mr.
Bronnerneuss egg launches into space but didnt realise the evil
scheme that was being hatched! They shuddered to think about
all those eggs orbiting overhead

(a) Compare qualitatively a low planet and geo-stationary orbit 1

(b) Calculate the period of orbit of an egg at an altitude of 250 km if the radius
of the planet was 5.6 X 106 m and the mass of the planet is 6.4 X 1023 kg. 3

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(c) Discuss the effect of Monstropoliss orbital motion and its rotational motion
on the launch of the eggstronauts. 3

Question 18 (8 marks) Marks

Returning to the classroom, Sulleyona and Mikleigh spied Pheoboo hiding in a

corner. They had to save her from Mr. Bronnerneus and his evil scheme by
returning her to Fizzistropolis! Firstly, they had to escape out of the
Fizzistropolis Research Centre using the vehicle below (note: you do not need
to see the image to answer the questions on the next page)

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Question 18 (continued)

If Pheoboo could achieve relativistic speeds on the vehicle, then

(a) Discuss how the speed of a beam of light shone from the front of the
vehicle would appear to Pheoboo on the vehicle and to a stationary
observer watching Pheoboo on her vehicle. 4

(b) Discuss the implications of mass increase, time dilation and length
contraction for space travel using the vehicle. 4

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Question 19 (7 marks) Marks

After a ride on her vehicle, Phoeboo, Sulleyona and Mikleigh ran for the intergalactic launch centre, a rail
gun that shoots payloads out to a geosynchronous orbit where they rendezvous with a spacecraft that
travels at relativistic speeds. Unfortunately Mr. Bronnerneus observed the trio make their getaway he
wanted the Fizzistropolian for his Machiavellian plans! Celiah Weliah also saw the threesome and gave
chase after Mr. Bronnerneus.

Mikleigh, Sulleyona and Phoeboo ran across some nylon carpet and got electrically charged up. They then
ran into a room where there were crossed electric and magnetic fields as shown below. The voltage on the
electric plates was 17 000 V and the plates were separated by 3 metres and the magnetic field strength was
3.4 Tesla:
V=17000 V

X X X X X X X X X B = 3.4 T
3.0 metres
X X X X X X X X X

X X X X X X X X X

X X X X X X X X X

(a) Calculate the speed of the trio if they ran through the room undeflected. 2

(b) On Earth, Sulleyona and Mikleighs attitude would have been likened to
Albert Einsteins whereas Mr. Bronnerneus would have been said to be like
Max Planck in attitude.
Discuss Einstein and Plancks differing views about whether science
research is removed from social and political forces 5

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Question 20 (8 marks) Marks

After running through the room, the trio made it to the communications room of the intergalactic
launch centre, where Pheoboo was so happy to have made it there that her happy thoughts made
all the equipment work!

(a) On Monstropolis, the development of communication technologies closely

mirrored that of Earths over its twentieth century. Discuss how
shortcomings in available communication technology on Earth led to an
increased knowledge of the properties of materials with particular reference
to the invention of the transistor (or monstrositor as its known on
Monstropolis). 6

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Question 20 (Continued) Marks

The trio programmed a rail gun to shoot Phoeboo into orbit so she could catch
a spacecraft back to Fizzistropolis. Just as the carriage for the rail gun came
onto the track, Mr. Bronnerneus burst into the communications room, sending
equipment scattering through the room like X-rays through a crystal.

(b) Outline the methods used by the Braggs to determine crystal structure. 2

An image of what the de Braags worked out for Copper -form.

Question 21 continues on the next page.

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Question 21 (8 marks) Marks

Mr. Bronnerneus grabbed Pheoboo just as Celiah Weliah entered the

communications room (it was starting to get crowded). Everyone tried to pull
Pheoboo away. She was feeling a bit stretched. The monstrositors in the
communications room started to overload and arc as the tug-of-war continued.

For Earth, assess the impact of the invention of transistors on society with
particular reference to their use in microchips and microprocessors 8

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Part C Goodbye and thanks for all the ghoti (fish spelt phonetically).
Total marks (10)
Attempt Question 22
Allow about 20 minutes for this part
Start this question on a new sheet of paper.

Show all relevant working in questions involving calculations.

22. The Rail Gun.

Sulleyona and Mikleigh finally pulled Phoeboo away from Mr. Bronnerneus, who fell into the rail gun
carriage. The door closed. Pheoboo thought happy thoughts and Mr. Bronnerneus was promptly shot into
low Monstropolis orbit.

(a) Describe how superconductors can be used in the development

of a maglev system for the rail gun. 2

(b) Describe qualitatively the differences between a low Earth

Monstropolis orbit and geosynchronous orbit. 2

(c) Given that the mass of the planet is 6.4 X 1023 kg, calculate the
radius of a geosynchronous orbit. 2

(d) Explain why thermionic valves are not a good idea for satellites
launched by the rail gun. 3

(e) Discuss the importance of Newtons Law of Universal

Gravitation in understanding and calculating the motion of
satellites. 3

End of Exam Check your answers.

Epilogue
Mr. Bronnerneus encountered many very angry chickonauts who had overcome their vertigo. He was last
seen being mobbed by lots of yellow, feathery creatures in low Monstropolis orbit. Phoeboo made it back
to Fizzistropolis and is researching a warp drive-capable, happy thought-driven tricycle. Celiah Weliah
took over the Fizzistropolis Research Centre and now powers Monstropolis on happy thoughts. Sulleyona
and Mikleigh never broke the long-standing brain wave extraction record Mikleigh bought a new car but
thats another story (on Disc 2)

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 Kambala
Year 12 Half-Yearly Examinations 2006
Physics
Multiple Choice Answer Sheet
Name / Number: _________________________________

Select the alternative A, B, C or D that best answers the question. Fill in the response oval completely.
Sample 2+4= (A) 2 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) 9
A B C D
If you think you have made a mistake, put a cross through the incorrect answer and fill in the new answer.
A B C D
If you change your mind and have crossed out what you consider to be the correct answer, then indicate
this by writing the word correct and drawing an arrow as follows:
correct
A B C D

1 A B C D

2 A B C D

3 A B C D

4 A B C D

5 A B C D

6 A B C D

7 A B C D

8 A B C D

9 A B C D

10 A B C D

11 A B C D

12 A B C D

13 A B C D

14 A B C D

15 A B C D

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HSC Physics Half Yearly Exams 2006 Mapping Grid
Question Mark Content Syllabus Targeted Correct
Outcomes Performance Band Answer
1 1 9.2.1.1(2) H6 2 D
2 1 9.2.1.3(3) H6 3 A
3 1 9.2.2.5(2) H4 2 B
4 1 9.2.2.10(2) H3 5 D
5 1 9.2.2.13(2) H4 4 C
6 1 9.2.4.2(2) H1 3 A
7 1 9.2.4.5.(3) H3 4 A
8 1 9.4.1.9(2) H4 2 A
9 1 9.4.1.1(3) H1 3 B
10 1 9.4.2.2(2) H1 2 B
11 1 9.4.3.7(2) H4 3 A
12 1 9.4.3.2(2) H7 3 B
13 1 9.4.4.1(3) H7 2 C
14 1 9.4.4.4(3) H4 3 C
15 1 9.4.2.4(3) H6 5 C
16(a) 2 9.2.2.4(3) H9 5
16(b) 3 9.2.2.3(3) H6 6
16(c) 2 9.2.2.2(2) H1 3
17(a) 1 9.2.2.9(2) H3 2
17(b) 3 9.2.2.5(3) H6 5
17(c) 3 9.2.2.6(2) H4 6
18(a) 4 9.2.4.3(3) H7 4
18(b) 4 9.2.4.12(2) H7 5
19(a) 2 9.4.1.3(3) H7 5
19(b) 5 9.4.2.5(3) H4 6
20(a) 6 9.4.3.2(3) H1 6
20(b) 2 9.4.4.1(2) H1 2
21 8 9.4.3.6(3) H4 6
22(a) 2 9.4.4.5(3) H5 2
22(b) 2 9.2.2.9(2) H7 2
22(c) 2 9.2.2.3(3) H6 5
22(d) 3 9.4.3.6(2) H4 3
22(e) 3 9.2.2.10(2) H1 2

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 Question 16 (7 marks) Marks

Mr. Bronnerneus was in his secret lab perfecting his ultimate brainwave
extraction machine. It involves spinning a poor Fizzistropolian until they were
dizzy and all their brainwaves spill out! A diagram of the machine is illustrated
below:

(a) Calculate the radius of the cable if the speed of a Fizzistropolian is 22 m/s. 2
MARKING GUIDELINES
Criteria Marks
Calculates correct value 2
sets weight force equal to centripetal force and attempts to solve for
1
radius

Sample answer:
mv 2 mv 2 50kgX222 m /s
W FC r
r W 1650N
(b) The cable snapped on the crash test dummy being used. Calculate the
magnitude of the velocity of the crash test dummy just before it impacts the
ground. 3

MARKING GUIDELINES
Criteria Marks
Calculates correct value 3
Substitutes correct values into equation. 2
Selects correct equation 1

Sample answer:

Sv 3mvv2 uv2 2avsv vv

(c) Explain what happens to the motion of the crash test dummy with increasing
horizontal speed. In your explanation, refer to any Earthlings that may have
investigated such motion. 2
MARKING GUIDELINES

Criteria Marks
Mentions Newton AND relates cause and effect of gravity on increasing
2
speeds
Mentions Newton OR relates cause and effect of gravity on increasing
1
speeds

Sample answer:

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Question 17 (7 marks) Marks

Sulleyona and Mikleigh were watching the test from behind a secret panel they
had stumbled upon. They knew about Mr. Bronnerneuss egg launches into
space but didnt realise the evil scheme that was being hatched! They
shuddered to think about all those eggs orbiting overhead

(a) Compare qualitatively a low planet and geo-stationary orbit 1

MARKING GUIDELINES
Criteria Marks
Mentions difference in altitude OR orbital period. 1

Sample answer:

(b) Calculate the period of orbit of an egg at an altitude of 250 km if the radius
of the planet was 5.6 X 106 m and the mass of the planet is 6.4 X 1023 kg. 3
MARKING GUIDELINES
Criteria Marks
Calculates correct value 3
Substitutes correct values into equation. 2
Selects correct equation 1

Sample answer:

(c) Discuss the effect of Monstropoliss orbital motion and its rotational motion
on the launch of the eggstronauts. 3
MARKING GUIDELINES
Criteria Marks
Provides features and characteristics of orbital motion AND rotational
2-3
motion on the launch of the eggstronauts.
Provides features and characteristics of orbital motion OR rotational
1
motion on the launch of the eggstronauts.

Sample answer:

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Question 18 (8 marks) Marks

If Pheoboo could achieve relativistic speeds on the vehicle, then

(a) Discuss how the speed of a beam of light shone from the front of the
vehicle would appear to Pheoboo on the vehicle and to a stationary
observer watching Pheoboo on her vehicle. 4
MARKING GUIDELINES
Criteria Marks
Relates the relative speed between the two frames of reference. 3-4
Provides some aspects of thought experiments used by Einstein. 1-2

Sample answer:

(b) Discuss the implications of mass increase, time dilation and length
contraction for space travel using the vehicle. 4
MARKING GUIDELINES
Criteria Marks
Provides points for and/against in detail the implications mentioned. 3-4
Provides 1-3 implications of relativistic speeds to effects in vehicle. 1-2

Sample answer:

Question 19 (7 marks) Marks

Mikleigh, Sulleyona and Phoeboo ran across some nylon carpet and got electrically charged up. They then
ran into a room where there were crossed electric and magnetic fields as shown below. The voltage on the
electric plates was 17 000 V and the plates were separated by 3 metres and the magnetic field strength was
3.4 Tesla:
V=17000 V

X X X X X X X X X B = 3.4 T
3.0 metres
X X X X X X X X X

X X X X X X X X X

X X X X X X X X X

(a) Calculate the speed of the trio if they ran through the room undeflected. 2
MARKING GUIDELINES
Criteria Marks
Calculates correct value 2
sets electric force equal to magnetic force and attempts to solve for speed 1

Sample answer:

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(b) On Earth, Sulleyona and Mikleighs attitude would have been likened to
Albert Einsteins whereas Mr. Bronnerneus would have been said to be like
Max Planck in attitude.
Discuss Einstein and Plancks differing views about whether science
research is removed from social and political forces 5
MARKING GUIDELINES
Criteria Marks
Provides many characteristics or features of Einsteins AND Plancks
attitudes giving detailed examples and their influence on fellow 3-5
scientists AND/OR society.
Provides some characteristics or features of Einsteins OR Plancks
1-2
attitudes.

Sample answer:

Question 20 (8 marks) Marks

After running through the room, the trio made it to the communications room of the intergalactic
launch centre, where Pheoboo was so happy to have made it there that her happy thoughts made
all the equipment work!

(a) On Monstropolis, the development of communication technologies closely

mirrored that of Earths over its twentieth century. Discuss how
shortcomings in available communication technology on Earth led to an
increased knowledge of the properties of materials with particular reference
to the invention of the transistor (or monstrositor as its known on
Monstropolis). 6
MARKING GUIDELINES
Criteria Marks
States some features of semiconductors including doping AND the limitations of
thermionic devices and human operators for telephone exchanges AND how
transistors overcome these limitations. 5-6

Provides points about material science development especially during WWII

States some features of semiconductors including doping AND the limitations of
thermionic devices and human operators for telephone exchanges AND how 3-4
transistors overcome these limitations.
States some features of semiconductors including doping OR the limitations of
1-2
thermionic devices and human operators for telephone exchanges.

Sample answer:

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The trio programmed a rail gun to shoot Phoeboo into orbit so she could catch
a spacecraft back to Fizzistropolis. Just as the carriage for the rail gun came
onto the track, Mr. Bronnerneus burst into the communications room, sending
equipment scattering through the room like X-rays through a crystal.

(b) Outline the methods used by the Braggs to determine crystal structure. 2
MARKING GUIDELINES
Criteria Marks
Provides a detailed description of X-ray diffraction. 2
Provides a basic description of X-ray diffraction. 1

Sample answer:

Question 21 (8 marks) Marks

Mr. Bronnerneus grabbed Pheoboo just as Celiah Weliah entered the

communications room (it was starting to get crowded). Everyone tried to pull
Pheoboo away. She was feeling a bit stretched. The monstrositors in the
communications room started to overload and arc as the tug-of-war continued.

For Earth, assess the impact of the invention of transistors on society with
particular reference to their use in microchips and microprocessors 8
MARKING GUIDELINES
Criteria Marks
Provides criteria (>2) to judge the impact of transistors on society AND
gives a valid judgement about their impact AND gives several societal
7-8
examples AND relates the development of radios, computers and
computing technologies.
Provides criteria (>2) to judge the impact of transistors on society AND
gives a valid judgement about their impact AND gives several societal
5-6
examples OR relates the development of radios, computers and
computing technologies.
Provides criteria (>2) to judge the impact of transistors on society OR
gives a valid judgement about their impact AND gives several societal
3-4
examples OR relates the development of radios, computers and
computing technologies.
Provides some characteristics of the effects of transistors on society.. 1-2

Sample answer:

Question 22 (10 marks) Marks

Sulleyona and Mikleigh finally pulled Phoeboo away from Mr. Bronnerneus, who fell into the rail gun
carriage. The door closed. Pheoboo thought happy thoughts and Mr. Bronnerneus was promptly shot into
low Monstropolis orbit.

(a) Describe how superconductors can be used in the development

of a maglev system for the rail gun. 2
MARKING GUIDELINES
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Provides a detailed description of superconductors in maglev systems. 2
Provides a basic description of superconductors in maglev systems. 1

Sample answer:

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 (b) Describe qualitatively the differences between a low Earth
Monstropolis orbit and geosynchronous orbit. 2

MARKING GUIDELINES
Criteria Marks
Provides features and characteristics of Low Earth AND
2
geosynchronous orbits
Provides features and characteristics of Low Earth OR geosynchronous
1
orbits

Sample answer:

(c) Given that the mass of the planet is 6.4 X 1023 kg, calculate the
radius of a geosynchronous orbit. 2

MARKING GUIDELINES
Criteria Marks
Calculates correct value 2
Selects correct equation. 1

Sample answer:

(d) Explain why thermionic valves are not a good idea for satellites
launched by the rail gun. 3
MARKING GUIDELINES
Criteria Marks
Relates the conditions of launch to their effects on thermionic valves. 3
Relates the characteristics of thermionic valves to their unsuitability for
2
low current, high vibration conditions.
Provides some characteristics of thermionic valves. 1

Sample answer:

(e) Discuss the importance of Newtons Law of Universal

Gravitation in understanding and calculating the motion of
satellites. 3
MARKING GUIDELINES
Criteria Marks
Provides some features of Universal Gravitation AND states the
equation, defining each variable AND provides a sample calculation OR 3
gives a detailed account of the implications of universal gravitation.
Provides some features of Universal Gravitation AND states the
2
equation, defining each variable.
Provides some features of Universal Gravitation 1

Sample answer:

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Student Mapping Grid Physics Half-Yearly Examination 2006
Q Student A Student B Student C Student D Correct Comments
BOS 16841456
1 B A D D D Distractors were close to answer.
2 A A C A A Student C didnt realise the higher g field.
3 A A B B B Concept of momentum needs revision for
Students A & B
4 D B A C D Calculator problems all students used right
method.
5 C D A C C
6 A A A A A
7 A C C A A
8 A A D A A
9 C C C C B
10 A C B B B
11 B B A A A
12 C B B B B
13 C C C C C
14 C C C C C
15 C D B C C
16a 0 0 1 2 2
16b 0 0 0 2 3
16c 1 2 1 2 2
17a 1 0 1 1 1
17b 0 3 2 3 3
17c 3 3 1 3 3
18a 0 0 0 3 4
18b 3 0 3 4 4
19a 0 0 1 1 2
19b 2 0 0 4 5
20a 0 4 2 5 6
20b 2 1 1 2 2
21 5 2 5 6 8
22a 1 0 2 2 2
22b 2 0 2 2 2
22c 0 1 0 2 2
22d 1 1 3 3 3
22e 0 2 0 3 2
Tot 28 24 32 60 72

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