MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, BOTSWANA

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UN I VE B S ITY QF--CA MB R ID-G E LO C AL EXA MI NATI O N S SY N D I CATE
Botswana Generar certificate of secondary Education

PHYSICS
0571 tA3
Paper 3 October/November ZOO4

Candidates answer on the euestion paper.

I hour 15 minutes
No additional materials are required.

Head the following carefully before you start.

Write your centre number, candidate number and name in the spaces provided
pa9e.
at the top of this
Answer allquestions.
write your answers in the spaces pi'ovided on the euestion paper,
You may lose marks if you do not show your working or if you
do not use appropriate units,
Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid.
The number of marks is given in brackets
[ ] at the end of each question or part question.
Take the weight of 1 kg to be i0N (i.e. acceleration of free fall= 10m/s2).

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This question paper consists of 12 printed pages.

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Fig. 1.1 shows a speed-time graph of an athlete in a 100 m race. The athlete starts
at O.

Fig. 1.1

(a) Describe the motion of the athlete in terms of speed

(i) between O and P,

(ii) between R and S,

(iii) at T.

(b) The athlete completed the race in 12 s.

Calculate her average sPeed.

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2 Fig. 2.1 shows a spring balance used to measure the weight of a block of metal. llse

metal block

Fig.2"1

(a) (!) What is the weight of the block?

' weight =

(ii) Calculate the mass of the block. Take g as 10 N/kg.

lllOSS = ..J
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(b) The volume of the block is 1 1Ocm3.

Calculate its density.

density = .............. ......... t2l

A gas cylinder contains some gas at a pressure of 6.0 x 103 Pa and a temperature of 20'C.

(a) Express 20 "C in kelvin .............................. ....,. ....,, t1l

(b) The cylinder has an internal base area of 7.1 x 10-2 m2.

Calculate the force exerted by the gas on the base of the cylinder.

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(c) The tap olthe cylinder is opened to release hall the mass of the gas.

(i) What change, if any, occurs to the volume of the gas inside the cylinder?

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(ii) The temperature of tlre gas in the cylinder drops to 0

What effect does this drop have on the prdssure of the gas?

Explain your answer in terms of the motion of the particles'

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heat capacity of copper'

4 Fig. 4.1 shows apparatus used to determine the specific

power
supply

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Fig.4'1
M1, M2, M. and H'
(a) complete the table by naming and giv-ing the functions of the devices
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(b) The copper block has a mass of 1,4 kg. The block is heated for 800 s and its Use

temperature increases from 25.C to S0 "C.-

The specific heat capacity of copper is 390 J/(kg

"C).

- - (i)-Catcutate
1. the temperature rise of the block,

temperature rise =

2. the heat energy that causes this temperature rise.

heat energy = ...................

(ii) The total heat energy supplied by the heater in the 000 s is 1 I000 J.

Calculate

1. the amount of heat energy lost,

heat lost - ......-.....-...

2. the rate at which heat energy is lost.

rate of heat loss =

(iii) Suggest one way of reducing the heat loss from the block.

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(a) Fig. S.1 shows the wavefronts of water waves travelling from region B to region A.

Fig.5-1

(i) Name the property of the waves shown as the wa"ves cross the boundary
XY'

(ii) Are the waves entering a deeper or a shallower region? #

Explain your answer.

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(b) Fig. 5.2 shows part of the electromagnetic spectrum'

gamma
rays (",t

property X increases

property Y decreases

property Z staYs the same

Fig.5.2

Which propertY is

(i) the wavelength, "."':.....

(ii) thespeed,..............'-.'

(iii) the frequencY. .......,.",.

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(c) Some ultra-violet waves have a speed of 3 x 108 .101s

Use
m/s and a frequency of 2.5 x Hz.
Calculate the wavelength of the ultra violet waves.

wavelength = .............. .,..".,..t21

(a) Fig- 6.1 shows apparatus used to investigate the transmission of sound.

bell
jar

hammer

Fig.6.I
When the circuit is closed, the hammer is seen hitting the gong and sound
is heard.
(i) Deseribe what is observed.as the air is gradually removed from the belljar.

(ii) What conclusion can be drawn from this investigation?

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(b) ln an experiment to determine the speed of sound in air, Tiro and Tirelo stand 400 m
apart as shown in Fig. 6.2.

Fig.6.2

Tiro fires a starter gun. Tirelo measures thg time between seeing the smoke
and
results
nearing the sound from the gun. The experiment was repeated and the following

time fr = 1.23 s
t^
z = 1.27
s

(i) Use the results above to calculate the average speed of sound. fl

(ii) How would the value obtained in (bXi) be affected if

1. the sound from the gun was louder?

2. a light wind blew from Tiro to Tirelo?

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7 (a) The amount of energy needed to transfer 40C of charge through a resistor in 25s
4BO J.

Calculate

(i) the p.d. aooss the resistor*

P.d.=
(ii) the current passing through the resistor,

current =

(iii) the resistance of the resistor.

resistance =
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(b) A current of 8.0 A passes through a 2 kW heater.

(i) Calculate the p.d. across the heater.

P.d.=
(ii) Electrical energy costs P0.30 per unit. The heater is used for S h.

Calculate

1. the heat energy in kWh produced,

electrical efl€rg! =

2. the cost of using the heater.

cost =
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B Fig. 8,1 shows the direction of current l passing through conductors PQ and XY.

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XY
Fig.8.1

Fig. 8.2 shows the conductors when viewed from ends P and X'

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Fig.B.2

(a) On Fig. 8.2, draw the magnetic field due to each conductor' i3l

(b)Fig.E.3showstheconductorsplacedclosertoeachother,

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PX

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Fig.8.3

On Fig. B.S, draw arrows to show the direction of the forces bxerted on each conductor.
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the forces in
(c) What e{fect would increasing the current through the conductors have on
(b)?

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Fig. 9.1 shows the structure of a cathode-ray tube. A beam of electrons is produced
f rom the
cathode.

Fis.9.1

(a) Describe how electrons are

(i) produced,

(ii) detected.

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(b) (i) Name the pair of deflecting plates tabe[ed p.

(ii) Describe how the plates labelled P deflect the beam of erectrons

. r.4. r...r.... r. t r r .,.,i...,_

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(c) State the function of the anode

(d) Explain why there is no air inside the cathode-ray tube.

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10 (a) 2${f is an isotope of thallium. The isotope decays to lead (Pb) by emitting a beta
particle. The half-life of the isotope is 4.8 hours"

(i) What is meant by a half-life of 4'8 hours?

(ii) Write down the equation that represents the change in the thallium nucleus when it
emits a beta Particle'

(b) Alpha, beta, and gamma emissions cause ionisation'

(i) What is ionisation?

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(ii) Which emission causes the greatest ionisation of air?

(iii) Fig. 10.2 shows a beam of alpha, beta and gamma emissions
passing near a
positively charged Plate.

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Fig. 10'2

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On Fig. 10.2, label the path that represents the direction that would be followed
each radiation. t5l

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