2014 – 2015

F3 PHYSICS B
SECTION B

F.3 FIRST TERM EXAMINATION 2014 – 2015

5 January, 2015 Name

8.25 am – 9.55 am (1½ hours)

Class

PHYSICS
Class Number
SECTION B : Question-Answer Book B

This paper must be answered in English

Question
INSTRUCTIONS FOR SECTION B Marks
No.
(1) After the announcement of the start of the
examination, you should first write your Name, Class 1 /3
and Class Number in the space provided on Page 1.

(2) Refer to the general instructions on the cover of the 2 / 10

Question Paper for Section A.

(3) Answer ALL questions. 3 / 12

(4) Write your answers in the spaces provided in this

Question-Answer Book. Do not write in the margins. 4 /4
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(5) Graph paper and supplementary answer sheets will 5 /7

be provided on request. Write your Name, Class
and Class Number on each sheet, and fasten them
INSIDE this Question-Answer Book. 6 /9

(6) No extra time will be given to candidates for writing

down your name and question numbers after the
‘Time is up’ announcement.

List of formulae

E  mcT energy transfer during heating and cooling

E  lm energy transfer during change of state

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 Section B: Answer ALL questions. Write your answers in the spaces provided.

1. (a) What is the working principle of a thermistor thermometer? (1 mark)

(b) Instead of resistance, what is measured in a thermistor thermometer to reflect the temperature?
(1 mark)

(c) Suggest a scenario that thermistor thermometer is suitable in measuring temperature. (1 mark)

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2. (a) An iron strip is heated by a Bunsen flame. State the change, if any, of
(i) the average kinetic energy of the iron particles.
(ii) the total potential energy of the iron particles.
(iii) the heat capacity of the iron strip. (3 marks)

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 (b) In preparing the bimetallic strip for a rotary thermometer, three metal bars A, B and C of same length
are available for selection. The following table shows the thermal expansion of the three metals.

Metal Thermal expansion / mm oC-1

A 0.8
B 0.6
C 0.4

(i) A bimetallic strip made of metal A and metal B is straight at room temperature as shown. Now,
the temperature is increased, draw a diagram to show how the bimetallic strip bend? (1 mark)

metal B
metal A

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(ii) Which two metals should be selected to make the bimetallic strip of a rotary thermometer of highest
sensitivity? Explain your answer. (2 marks)

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 (c) The constructed rotary thermometer is to be calibrated and it is desired to set the pointer at the
position ‘0’ at 0oC as shown in the figure below. At 120oC, the angle of deflection of the pointer is
measured to be 70o
0

θ
.

(i) Find the angle of deflection θ of the pointer at room temperature of –50oC. (2 marks)

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(ii) State the major assumption made in your calculation. (1 mark)

(iii) What is the advantage of using a rotary thermometer over a resistance thermometer? (1 mark)

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 3. In order to determine the specific heat capacity of water, l kg of water at 25 C is poured into an insulated
container. Then the heater of 500 W inside the container is switched on for 3 minutes. The final
temperature of the water is measured. The procedures are repeated for different masses of water and the
results are recorded in the following table.
mass of water used m / kg 1.0 1.6 2.2 2.8 3.4
final temperature of water Tf / C 46 38 35 33 31
1 / kg-1
m
rise in temperature of water T
/C

(a) Complete the table. (2 marks)

(b) Plot a graph of 1 against T. (4 marks)

m

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(c) Calculate the slope of the graph. (2 marks)

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 (d) Calculate the heat supplied by the heater (2 marks)

(e) Use the results in parts (c) and (d) to calculate the specific heat capacity of the water. (2 marks)

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4. Five pieces of wonton of mass 10 g each at 4C are added to a pot of soup of 300 g at 70C and heated up by
a gas stove of power 1000 W for 30 s. Given the heat capacity of each piece of wonton is 20 J C-1 and the
specific heat capacity of soup is 4000 J kg-1 C-1. Find the final temperature of wonton with soup?
(4 marks)

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 5. The diagram below shows the cooling curve of a substance from liquid to solid in a laboratory at 20C.

(a) Name the molecular energy involved (i) from t = 1 to 10 min., and (ii) from t = 10 to 20 min.

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(2 marks)

(b) State the change in the energy in (a)(i). (1 mark)

(c) State the physical state in (a)(ii). (1 mark)

(d) When the time t = 15 min., is there any energy loss to surrounding? Explain briefly. (2 marks)

(e) Complete the graph up to time t = 70 min. (1 mark)

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 6. A teacher demonstrates an experiment to determine the specific latent heat of vaporization of water. A
beaker containing water is placed on an electronic balance as shown. A heater is used to heat up the water.
Device X is used to measure the energy supplied to the heater. The reading of X is shown in units of kWh.

device X

heater

connected to
power supply

electronic
balance

(a) Name device X. (1 mark)

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(b) When the water starts to boil, the reading of the balance and device X are recorded. After 5 minutes,
the reading of the balance and device X are recorded again. The following results are obtained:

Readings of Initial Final

Device X / kWh 10.25 10.29
Balance / g 1382.0 1320.2

(i) Calculate the energy supplied by the heater in joules. (2 marks)

(ii) Find the power of the heater. (1 mark)

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 (iii) Calculate the specific latent heat of vaporization of water. (2 marks)

(c) Compare the value obtained in (b) (iii) with the standard value 2.26 × 10 6 J kg−1. Account for any
difference between the two values. (3 marks)

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END OF PAPER

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