What is a unit for stess? @ kgm's? = B kgm?s? Cs Nm D Nm Physical quantities can be classed as vectors or as scalars, Which pair of quantities consists of two vectors? ® kinetic eneray and force B__ momentum and time © velocity and electric field strength D weight and temperature =X ‘Two dogs pull a sledge along an icy track, as shown. dog X pulls with dog ¥ pulls with YY a force of 120N Dog X pulls with a force of 200N at an angle of 65° to the front edge of the sledge. Dog Y pulls with a force of 120N at an angle of 45° to the front edge of the sledge What is the resultant forward force on the siedge exerted by the two dogs? A 80N B 170N c 270N oO 320NIn the circuit shown, an analogue ammeter is to be recalibrated as a thermometer. The ammeter is connected in series with a thermistor. The thermistor is a component with a resistance that varies with temperature. The graph shows how the resistance R of the thermistor changes with temperature T. Riko. 0 100 TIC: thermistor Which diagram could represent the temperature scale on the ammeter? ® r si 7 a wo oe BHee, eevee | ¥ °C °c et 5 The sides of a cube are measured with calipers ‘The measured length of each side is (30.0 + 0.1)mm, ‘The measurements are used to calculate the volume of the cube. ‘What is the percentage uncertainty it Iculated value of the volume? -%) 1 A 0.01% B 03% 1% D 3% What's the best way of describing a physical quantity? ‘Aa quantity with a magnitude and a direction but no unit (8) a quantity with a magnitude and a unit © quantity with a magnitude but no direction D aquantity with a unit but no magnitudeWhich pair includes a vector quantity and a scalar quantity? A displacement and acceleration B force and kinetic energy © power and speed D_ work and potential energy Aorce F acts at an angle @1o the horizontal, F (o etl ~~ horizontal What ate the horizontal and the vertical components of the force? horizontal vertical ‘component component A Fos Fcos(90°- 6) B Fooso F sin (90°- 9) c Fsing Fooso D sind [Link](90°- 8) What will reduce the systematic errors when taking a measurement? A _ adjusting the needle on a voltmeter so that it reads zero when there is no potential difference across it measuring the diameter of a wire at different points and taking the average reducing the parallax effects by using a marker and a mirror when measuring the amplitude of oscillation of a pendulum D__ timing 20 oscillations, rather than a single oscillation, when finding the period of a pendulumIn an experiment to determine the Young modulus E of the material of a wire, the measurements taken are shown. mass hung on end of wire m= 2.300 + 0.002kg original length of wire I= 2.864 £ 0.005m diameter of wire d= 0.824 0.01mm extension of wire e=7.620.2mm The Young modulus is calculated using _ Aimgt nde where g is the acceleration of free fall. The calculated value of Eis 1.61 = 10" Nm. How should the calculated value of E and its uncertainty be expressed? A (1.61 £0.04) x 10° Nm? B (1.81 £0.05) x 10°Nm? © (1.61 £0.07) x 10°Nm? D (1.61 £0.09) x 10°Nm* The radius of the Earth is approximately 6.4 = 10° m, and the radius of the Moon is approximately 4.7 « 10°m. A student wishes to build a scale model of the Solar System in the classroom, using a football of radius 0.12m to represent the Earth. Which object would best represent the Moon? basketball cherry golf ball tennis bal cooA ship is travelling with a velocity of 8.0kmh* in a direction 30° east of north, ‘What are the components of the ship's velocity in the east and north directions? component of velocity | component of velocity in east direction innorth direction vkmh~ smh A 40 40 B 40 69 c 46 69 D 69 40 A micrometer screw gauge is used to measure the diameter of a copper wire. The reading with the wire in position is shown in diagram 1, The wire is removed and the | the micrometer are closed. The new reading is shown in diagram 2. hn 0 15) 10| B-5 diagram 1 Whatis the diameter of the wire? A 1.90mm B 245mm Cc 259mm Adigital meter has an accuracy of #1%. The meter is used to measure the current in an electrical circuit. ‘The reading on the meter varies between 3.04 A and 3.08A Whatis the value of the current, with its uncertainty? A B c D (3.06 + 0.02)A (3.06 + 0.04)a (3.06 + 0.05)A (3.06+ 0.07)A 20| E15] E~10} diagram 2 D 273mmWhich statement is not a reasonable estimate? A Atmospheric pressure at sea level is about 1 « 10°Pa. B Light takes 5 x 10°s to reach us from the Sun. © The froquoncy of ultraviolet lig D_ The lifespan of a man is about 2 x 10°s. 3x 10"*Hz. Three of these quantities have the same unit. Which quantity has a different unit? energy distance B force © power» time D rate of change of momentum Which group of quantities contains only vectors? ‘A. acceleration, displacement, speed B acceleration, work, electric field strength © displacement, force, velocity D__ power. electric field strength, force An ammeter is calibrated so that it shows a full-scale deflection when it measures a current of 20. The diagram shows the display of this ammeter when it is measuring a current. ‘Which current is the ammeter measuring? A O75A B 15A © 38A D 754The width of a table is measured as (50.3 + 0.1)cm. Its length is measured as (1.40 + 0.01)m. Whats the area of the table and its absolute uncertainty? A B c D (0.7 £0.41)m (0.704 + 0.006) m? (0.704 + 0.011)m? (704 + 0.6)m? Osmium, a naturally occurring element, has a density of 23.000 kgm. What is also a value of the density of osmium? vom > 2.3.x 10" ngem® 2.3 10'gom™ 23kgem* 23x 10%kgenr Two tugs are towing an oil rig as shown. tug 4.0KN, oil tig — east tug ‘The tensions in the towing cables are 4.0kN and 5.0KN. What is the total force acting on the rig due to the cables, in the direction to the east? A 3.1kN B 5.2kN © 7.0kN D 7.3kN(a) An analogue voltmeter is used to take measurements of a constant potential difference across aresistor. For these measurements, describe one example of (i) a systematic error, Gi) a random errer. Lt] (b) The potential difference across a resistor is measured as §.0V + 0.1 V. The resistor is labelled as having a resistance of 1259 + 3%. (i) Caloulate the power dissipated by the resistor. power = we) (@)_ Caloulate the percentage uncertainty in the calculated power. percentage uncertainty % [2] Determine the value of the power, with its absolute uncertainty, to an appropriate number of significant figures. wei (Total: 8]