School of Physics

The University of Western Australia

Physics for Scientists and Engineers (PHYS1001)

Test 1 – SEMESTER 1

Friday 31st March 2017

This paper contains: 14 pages and 1 answer sheet.

Allowed time: 50 minutes

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INSTRUCTIONS:
• Carefully detach the answer sheet attached from the back of this test.
• CLEARLY write your student number and name in the appropriate spaces above,
and on the answer sheet.
• Both the answer sheet and test booklet must be handed in at the end of the test.
• Carefully read and follow the marking instructions on the answer sheet.
• There are fifteen equally weighted multiple choice questions, each with five choices.
• In each question choose the option that is closest to the correct answer.
• This test is worth 18% of the final mark for the semester.
• You may not bring any papers to the test.
• The only electronic devices permitted are approved scientific calculators. Mobile
phones and wearable electronics must be off or silent and left in your bag, under your
seat.
• An equation sheet and some blank pages for rough working have been attached to the
back of the test. You may detach these. No working will be marked.
• You must display your student ID card for the duration of the test.
• You must attend your allocated test session. See CAS for your allocation.
• Students attempting to attend the wrong session may not be admitted, or may
not have their test marked.
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1. The coefficient of linear expansion of steel is 11 × 10−6 K−1 and the coefficient of volume
expansion of a certain cooking oil is 0.92 × 10−3 K−1 . A steel cooking pot is 90% filled
with this cooking oil, both at 24 ◦ C. If the pot and oil are both slowly and uniformly
heated, the temperature at which the oil will start to spill out of the pot is closest to:

A. 50 ◦ C B. 75 ◦ C C. 100 ◦ C
D. 150 ◦ C E. 200 ◦ C

2. Initially the thermal speed of the particles in a sample of an ideal monatomic gas is
500 m/s. The pressure and volume of the gas are each doubled while the number of
moles of the gas is kept constant. The final thermal speed of the particles is closest to:

A. 125 m/s B. 250 m/s C. 500 m/s

D. 1000 m/s E. 2000 m/s

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Questions 3 to 7 all refer to the following information and Figure 1.

An ideal gas initially in a thermodynamic state i and finally in a state f is taken

through one of two possible processes, labeled 1 and 2, as shown in the pV diagram
labelled Figure 1 below. The plot shows – as dashed curves – two different isotherms for
temperatures T1 and T2 .

Figure 1: See Questions 3 to 7

The two processes shown on the plot above are as follows:

Process 1: An isochoric cooling from i → B, followed by an isobaric expansion

from B → f .
Process 2: An isobaric expansion from i → A, followed by an isochoric cooling
from A → f

There is one mole of this ideal gas and Vi = 1 m3 , Vf = 2 m3 and T1 = 300 K.

3. The temperature T2 of the gas when in state A is closest to:

A. 150 K B. 300 K C. 400 K

D. 500 K E. 600 K

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4. The work done on the gas during process 1 is closest to:

A. 0.0 kJ B. −1.0 kJ C. −1.25 kJ

D. −2.5 kJ E. −5.0 kJ

5. The change of internal energy of the gas during process 1 is closest to:

A. 0.0 kJ B. −1.0 kJ C. −1.2 kJ

D. −2.4 kJ E. −4.8 kJ

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6. The heat added to the gas during process 2 is closest to:

A. 0.0 kJ B. 1.0 kJ C. 1.25 kJ

D. 2.5 kJ E. 5.0 kJ

7. The change of entropy of the gas during process 2 is closest to:

A. 0.00 J K−1 B. 1.23 J K−1 C. 2.56 J K−1

D. 4.87 J K−1 E. 5.76 J K−1

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8. Consider a thermodynamic process involving 1 mole of a monatomic ideal gas (CV =

3R/2). The gas has an initial temperature of 53 ◦ C and then adiabatically expands to
double its volume. The work done on the gas during this expansion is closet to:

A. −0.5 kJ B. −1.0kJ C. −1.5 kJ

D. −2.0 kJ E. −2.5 kJ

9. A solid sphere of radius 15 cm contains a radioactive metal. Due to the ongoing radioac-
tive decay of the metal atoms, energy at a rate of 1.2 kW is being generated inside the
sphere. Assuming that the sphere is in a steady state, thermally radiating all of this
generated energy, the temperature of the sphere is closest to which of the following?
[Assume that the emissivity of the sphere is 1.]

A. 250 ◦ C B. 500 ◦ C C. 750 ◦ C

D. 1000 ◦ C E. 1250 ◦ C

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Questions 10 and 11 both refer to the following information.

A 1.0 kg sample of water initially at 15 ◦ C is to be cooled down in a insulated con-

tainer by adding 52 g of ice at initially −10 ◦ C. Assume that the container is completely
sealed and is a perfect insulator so that the ice and water form an isolated system.

10. Once equilibrium is established, all of the ice has completely melted. Which of the
following is closest to the final temperature of the water within the container? [Use the
following data: the specific heat of water is 4190, the specific heat of ice is 2100 and the
heat of fusion is 334 × 103 all in SI units.]

A. 2 ◦ C B. 5 ◦ C C. 7 ◦ C
D. 10 ◦ C E. 12 ◦ C

11. Consider the entire contents of the container as a single system, a system which under-
goes a thermodynamic process starting as ice and water and ending up as water only.
For this single system undergoing this thermodynamic process, let the change of entropy
and internal energy be denoted by ∆S and ∆U respectively. Which of the following
statements is true:

A. ∆U > 0 and ∆S > 0

B. ∆U > 0 and ∆S = 0
C. ∆U = 0 and ∆S < 0
D. ∆U = 0 and ∆S = 0
E. ∆U = 0 and ∆S > 0

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12. A massless cord fixed to the ceiling passes around a pulley supporting a mass m. The cord
then passes over a second pulley free to rotate around a fixed centre as in the diagram.
Treat both pulleys as massless and frictionless, and ignore air resistance. When a force
F = mg is applied to the end of the cord, the acceleration of the block will be

A. 0
B. g/2
C. g/3
D. g
E. a function of the angle between F and the vertical.

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13. A piano of mass 400 kg, suspended on a rope is being raised vertically at a constant rate
of 20.0 cm/s. Ignoring the mass of the rope, the tension in the rope will be closest to

A. 3.85 kN B. 3.92 kN C. 4.03 kN

D. 4.15 kN E. 4.23 kN

14. Adele throws a stone from the Narrows Bridge with a speed of 50 km/h, releasing the
stone 1.2 m above the surface of the bridge. Ignoring air resistance, the stone will hit
the water below with the greatest speed if

A. It is thrown straight up.

B. It is thrown straight down.
C. The speed will be the same in all cases.
D. It is thrown out at an angle of 45 above horizontal.
E. It is thrown straight out horizontally.

15. A wooden block, sliding down a wooden slope that makes an angle of 45 degrees to
the horizontal, gains 80 J of kinetic energy while losing 100 J of gravitational potential
energy. Ignoring air drag, it can be shown that the coefficient of kinetic friction between
the block and the slope must be

A. 0.2 B. 0.4 C. 0.6

D. 0.8 E. 1.0

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The following formulae and data might be useful:

Acceleration due to gravity at earths surface: g = 9.80 m s−2

Boltzmann’s constant k = 1.38 × 10−23 J K−1
The Stefan-Boltzmann constant σ = 5.67 × 10−8 W m−2 K−4
The universal gas constant R = 8.314 J K−1 mol−1
The specific heat of liquid water cwater = 4190 J kg−1 K−1
The specific heat of ice cice = 2100 J kg−1 K−1
The heat of fusion of water Lf = 334 × 103 J kg−1
Converting Celsius to Kelvin 0 ◦ C = 273 K
Converting litres to cubic metres 103 l = 1 m3

Thermal expansion: ∆L = αLi ∆T ∆V = β Vi ∆T β = 3α

Heating/Cooling: Q = mc∆T Q = mL
Kave,trans = 21 mvth
2 = 3 kT
p
Thermal motion in a gas: 2 vth = 3kT /m
−Tc
Heat Transfer by conduction: H = Qt = kA Th L H is heat flow in watts.
RV
First Law and Work: ∆U = Q + W W = − Vif p dV
Ideal Gas Law: pV = nRT Where n is the number of moles of gas.
Internal energy (ideal gas): U = 23 nRT (monatomic) ∆U = nCV ∆T
Cp
γ (ideal gas): γ = CV
γmonatomic = 35
γdiatomic = 75
γpolyatomic = 43  
Vf pf Vf −pi Vi
Work (ideal gas): Wisothermal = −nRT ln Vi Wadiabatic = γ−1
Specific Heat (ideal gas): Q = nCV ∆T Q = nCp ∆T
Cp = CV + R CV = f2 R
Adiabatic process in ideal gas: pV γ = constant T V γ−1 = constant  
Q Rf Tf
Entropy change: ∆S = T (constant T ) ∆S = i dQ T ∆S = mc ln Ti

dp 1
p = mv F= Ktrans = mv 2
dt 2
GM m GM m
Fgrav = − Ugrav = − + U0
r2 Z x r
dU
F (x) = − F (x)dx = U (x0 ) − U (x)
dx x0
f = µN

Vsphere = 34 πr3 Asphere = 4πr2

Acircle = πr2 Ccircle = 2πr

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