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Which row shows what all physical quantities must have? [Figure 1.1]
What is an alternative way of expressing an energy of 43 dJ?
A tennis ball is hit so that it leaves the racket with velocity v at an angle θ to the horizontal. [Figure 3.1] The vertical component of the veloc...
Four cathode-ray oscilloscope (CRO) screens each display a waveform. The screen and the time-base setting of each CRO is shown. [Figure 4.1] Which ...
The graph shows the variation with time t of the velocity of a vehicle moving in a straight line. [Figure 6.1] The vehicle, moving at 4.0 m s⁻¹, be...
A stone is projected vertically upwards from the ground at an initial speed of 15 m s⁻¹. Air resistance is negligible. What is the maximum height r...
What is meant by the mass of an object?
The diagram shows two parachutists, X and Y, moving vertically downwards. [Figure 9.1] The total mass of parachutist Y and his parachute is twice t...
The table shows four different collisions between two blocks, each of mass 0.50 kg. [Figure 10.1] Which collision is perfectly elastic?
Two forces, each of magnitude F, act on a disc of diameter s, as shown. [Figure 12.1] What is the torque exerted on the disc?
A mass of 500 g is attached at one end of a rod of length 1.50 m. The rod is pivoted at a distance of 25 cm from the other end. The rod is horizont...
A beam QR is held in position by a wire PQ. The structure is used to form a crane supporting a stationary load of 4.0 kN, as shown. [Figure 14.1] W...
A metal cylinder, totally immersed in water, is hung from a newton meter. [Figure 15.1] The cylinder, of height L, is slowly raised vertically by l...
A ball is thrown vertically upwards into the air. It rises to the top of its path before beginning to fall vertically downwards. [Figure 16.1] Assu...
An object slides with constant velocity across a horizontal sheet of ice. Friction is negligible. A constant horizontal force of 2.1 N is then appl...
The energy conversions inside a power station burning fossil fuel can be simplified as shown. chemical energy W → thermal energy X → electrical ene...
The total weight of a motorbike and rider is 1800 N. The motorbike travels in a straight line at constant speed up a hill at an angle of 30° to the...
Three springs are arranged vertically as shown. [Figure 21.1] Springs P and Q are identical and each has spring constant k. Spring R has spring con...
A length of metal wire is attached to a fixed point and hangs vertically. Masses are then suspended from the wire. Assume that the cross-sectional ...
The table contains descriptions and examples of waves. Which row is correct? [Figure 23.1]
A sound wave from a loudspeaker is reflected back along its original path by a reflector. A microphone is initially at point X where the sound inte...
A train travels in a straight line at a constant speed of 30 m s⁻¹. The train's horn continuously emits sound of frequency 2400 Hz. A stationary ob...
Electromagnetic waves of frequency 30 THz are in a vacuum. In which region of the electromagnetic spectrum are the waves?
A stationary wave is produced on a string that is stretched between two fixed points that are a distance of 1.35 m apart, as shown. [Figure 27.1] T...
A beam of laser light is directed towards a narrow slit. [Figure 28.1] After emerging from the other side of the slit, the diffracted light then fa...
Two waves, each with a constant amplitude, interfere and produce an interference pattern. The pattern has minima at fixed points where the displace...
Light of wavelength 5.5 × 10⁻⁷ m is incident normally on a diffraction grating. [Figure 30.1] The angle between the second-order diffraction maxima...
Four diagrams representing the electric field between two oppositely charged point charges are shown. Which diagram correctly shows the electric fi...
A proton enters the uniform electric field between two parallel vertical metal plates in a vacuum. One plate is at a potential of 0 V and the other...
What is a description of the coulomb?
A battery of electromotive force (e.m.f.) 10 V and internal resistance 5.0 Ω is connected to a 5.0 Ω load resistor. [Figure 34.1] Which change occu...
The graphs show the variation with potential difference V of the current I for three circuit components. [Figure 35.1] The components are a metal w...
The electromotive force (e.m.f.) of a cell is 6.0 V. It has negligible internal resistance and is connected across a resistor. The potential differ...
A battery of negligible internal resistance is connected to three resistors, as shown. [Figure 37.1] The potential difference across each resistor ...
A battery of electromotive force (e.m.f.) 9.0 V and internal resistance 1.0 Ω is connected to a fixed resistor of resistance 5.0 Ω and a potentiome...
An unstable nucleus decays by emitting a β⁺ particle. Which statement is correct?
Answer all the questions in the spaces provided. (b) A smooth pebble, made from uniform rock, has the shape of an elongated sphere as shown in [Fi...
(b) Two balls X and Y, of equal diameter but different masses 0.24kg and 0.12kg respectively, slide towards each other on a frictionless horizontal...
(a) A uniform metal bar, initially unstretched, has sides of length w, x and y, as shown in [Fig. 3.1]. The bar is now stretched by a tensile forc...
(b) A vehicle travels at constant speed around a wide circular track. It continuously sounds its horn, which emits a single note of frequency 1.2kH...
(b) The circuit shown in [Fig. 5.1] contains a battery of electromotive force (e.m.f.) E and negligible internal resistance connected to four resis...
(a) Complete [Table 6.1] to show the masses (in terms of the unified atomic mass unit u) and charges (in terms of the elementary charge e) of α, β⁺...
A unit may be stated with a prefix that represents a power-of-ten multiple or submultiple. Complete Table 1.1 to show the name and symbol of each p...
A charged oil drop is in a vacuum between two horizontal metal plates. A uniform electric field is produced between the plates by applying a potent...
Define power.
A child sits on the ground next to a remote-controlled toy car. At time t = 0, the car begins to move in a straight line directly away from the chi...
A tube is initially fully submerged in water. The axis of the tube is kept vertical as the tube is slowly raised out of the water, as shown in [Fig...
A cell of electromotive force (e.m.f.) 0.48 V is connected to a metal wire X, as shown in [Figure 6.1]. The cell has internal resistance. The curre...
A stationary nucleus P of mass 243u decays by emitting an α-particle of mass 4u to form a different nucleus Q, as illustrated in [Figure 7.1]. The ...
A solid cylinder of weight 24N is made of material of density 850kgm⁻³. The cylinder has a length of 0.18m, as shown in Fig. 1.1. [Figure 1.1]