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Section 1 Multiple Choice

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One mark each

Answer on the grid provided

1) The weight of an object on Neptune is 1.12 greater than that on Earth.
What is the acceleration due to gravity on Neptune?
a)
b)
c)
d)

1.12 ms-2
8.75 ms-2
9.80 ms-2
10.98 ms-2

2) The velocity required by a satellite to orbit a planet at a particular altitude is called the orbital
velocity.
Which of the following quantities does NOT affect the magnitude of the orbital velocity?
a)
b)
c)
d)

Mass of the planet

Mass of the satellite
Radius of the planet
Universal gravitational constant

3) The picture shows a game of cricket.

The picture shows two consecutive shots by the batsman. Both balls reach the same maximum height
above the ground but ball Q travels twice as far as ball P.
Which of the following is the SAME for balls P and Q?
a)
b)
c)
d)

landing velocity
time of flight
launch velocity
initial horizontal velocity component

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4) A spaceship at a distance R metres from the centre of a star experiences a gravitational
force of X Newtons. The spaceship moves so it is three times the distance from the star.
What is the gravitational force acting on the spaceship when it is at this new location?
a)
b)
c)
d)

XN
X/3 N
X/9 N
3X N

5) You have been given a transformer that has a primary coil with 20 windings on it and a 9 V AC power
supply. How many windings on a secondary coil would you need to have to produce 45 V?
a)
b)
c)
d)

4 windings
18 windings
100 windings
This cannot be done with AC current, it needs DC current

6) A student performed an experiment to measure the force on a long current-carrying conductor placed
perpendicular to an external magnetic field.
current ( A)

4.0

force( N)
3.0
The graph shows how the force on a 5 cm length of the conductor varied as the current through the
conductor was changed.
What was the magnitude of the external magnetic field in this experiment?
a)
b)
c)
d)

0.15 T
15.0 T
26 .7 T
240.0 T

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7) Two parallel current-carrying conductors are separated by a distance of 1.0 cm. The common length is
2.0 m. Conductor 1 has a current of 5.0A.
There is a force of attraction between the conductors of 4 x10-4 Nm-1.
What is the magnitude and direction of the current in conductor 2?
a)
b)
c)
d)

current direction
same as 1
same as 1
opposite to 1
opposite to 1

current size ( A)
2
4
2
4

8) A coil consists of three turns of wire. Each turn encloses an area of 50 x10 4m2. The plane of the coil
is positioned at 60 to the direction of a magnetic field of 025 T.

What is the magnitude of the magnetic flux through the coil?

a)
b)
c)
d)

11 x 10-4 Wb
19 x 10-4 Wb
32 x 10-4 Wb
38 x 10-4 Wb

9) The Moon has a mass of 72 1022 kg. It moves round the Earth at a distance of 38 108 m. Its speed
round the Earth is 10 103 m s-1.
What is the gravitational force of the Earth on the Moon?
a)
b)
c)
d)

70 x 1023 N
19 x 1020 N
27 x 10-3 N
48 x 10-6 N

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The next two questions refer to the following information:
In one of Einsteins famous thought experiments, a passenger travels on a train that passes through a
station at 80% of the speed of light.
10) According to the passenger, the length of the train carriage is 25 metres from front to rear.
What is the length of the train, as observed by a person on the station, as the train travels past?
a)
b)
c)
d)

15 m
20 m
25 m
31 m

11) There are identical clocks on the platform and on the train. The person on the platform sees 1.0
second pass on platform clock. How much time does she observe has passed on the clock on the train
during the same time?
a)
b)
c)
d)

12)

1.7 s
1.0 s
0.8 s
0.6 s
The two moons, X and Y orbit a planet as shown.

Which statement is true ?

a)
b)
c)
d)

X
X
X
X

has
has
has
has

a
a
a
a

greater orbital speed and longer orbital period than Y

lower orbital speed and longer orbital period than Y
greater orbital speed and shorter orbital period than Y
lower orbital speed and shorter orbital period than Y

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13) A simple motor has a rectangular coil ABCD. The side AB measures 0.14 m and the side BC
measures 0.10 m. In a magnetic field of 0.5 T, the coil experiences a torque of 0.16 Nm.

What is the magnitude of the force on side AB of the coil?

a)
b)
c)
d)

1.1x10-3 N
3.3x10-3 N
1.6 N
3.2 N

14) Two conducting parallel rails are situated in a region of a permanent magnetic field and connected to a
battery via a switch. A narrow conducting slider is laid across the rails at the midpoint of the rails as
shown in the diagram.

The strength of the magnetic field is 050 T and the slider is initially at rest. When the switch is closed a
current of 40 A flows through the slider.
What is the resultant force that acts on the glider?
a)
b)
c)
d)

2.0 N right
2.0 N left
20 N right
20 N left

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15) A conductor is placed across a magnetic field of 5.0 T as shown in the
diagram. A current of 7.0 A is passing through the conductor.

What is the magnitude of the magnetic force experienced by the conductor?

a)
b)
c)
d)

9.1 N
10.6 N
14.0 N
19.8 N

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Section 2: Short Answer. Show all relevant working. Marks are shown in
brackets.
16) A projectile was launched with a speed of 50 ms-1 at an angle of 40 to the horizontal. The projectile
landed at the same height that it was launched.
a)

Find the initial vertical and horizontal components of the projectiles velocity. (2)

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b)

Find the time of flight. (2)

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c)

Find the maximum height of the projectile . (2)

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17) A ball is projected off a 50 m high cliff at 80.0 ms-1 at an angle of 25 up from the horizontal.
Determine the velocity of the ball when it lands. (4)
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18) An astronaut is standing on 50.0 m high cliff on the planet Mercury. The astronaut drops an object off
the cliff. It takes 5.4 s to reach the ground.
Assuming there is no atmospheric resistance, calculate the magnitude of the acceleration due to gravity on
Mercury (2)
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19) Determine the escape velocity from the surface of the Moon. (2)
Moon Statistics. Mass (kg), 7.349 x 1022. Equatorial radius (km), 1737.4 .
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20) Io is one of Jupiters moons. It has an orbital radius of 421 600 km. Given that the mass of Jupiter is
1.9 x 1027 kg, calculate the period of orbit of Io. Present your answer in Earth days. (3)
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21) In a demonstration at school at plastic pipe is used to project a ball horizontally at a target. The target
is held in place by an electromagnet, and begins to fall the instant the ball leaves the end of the pipe.
The target is 6.0 m from the end of the pipe.

plastic pipe
target
ball

6.0 m

The ball hits the target when it has fallen 50 cm. Find the speed at which the ball was projected. (4)
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22) A low earth satellite of 350 kg has a velocity of 7000 m/s.
a)

Determine the altitude of this satellite. (3)

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b)

How much gravitational potential energy does the satellite possess at this altitude? (2)

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23) Mars has a day that is 24 hours and 37 minutes long. The acceleration due to gravity on Mars is 3.73
ms-2 and it has a radius of 3,397 km.
At what altitude would a satellite orbit if it were to remain directly above a point on the equator of Mars?
(4)
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24) A rectangular coil consists of ten turns of insulated copper wire. It is placed between the poles of
magnets as shown in the diagram and is free to rotate about a central axis. These magnets create a
uniform magnetic field of flux density 002 T.

A current of 50 A is passed through the coil in the direction shown.(into he page on the left side)
a)

Calculate the torque that acts on the coil when it is in the position shown in the diagram. (2)

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b)

When the coil has made 1/8 of a turn, what is the new value of the torque? (2)
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25) A rectangular coil ABCD of dimensions 80 cm by 40 cm is made up of 250 turns of wire. It is placed
in a uniform magnetic field with a flux density of 050 T. It is free to rotate about an axis, PQ, as
shown in the diagrams below. A current of 90 A flows through the coil.

What is the magnitude and direction of the force that acts on side AD? (2)
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Section 3 Graphical Analysis Please show full working of gradients on the graphs.
26) The following information has been gathered from the moons of Neptune
Moon

Distance from the centre radius cubed Orbital period

of Neptune (m)
(m3)
(in Earth days)

period squared
(s2)

Naiad

48,230,000

1.12 x1023

0.29

6.72 x 108

Thalassa

50,070,000

1.25 x1023

0.31

7.17 x 108

Despina

52,530,000

1.44 x1023

0.33

8.13 x 108

Galatea

61,950,000

2.38 x1023

0.43

13.80 x 108

a)

Use Keplers Law to construct a graph that has a straight line. (3)

b)

Use the gradient to determine the mass of Neptune. (3)

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27) An experiment was conducted to examine the force between two parallel current carrying conductors.
Two parallel conductors, Wire 1 and Wire 2, were set up with a common length between them of 1.0
m at a fixed separation of 1.0 cm. The current in Wire 1 was fixed at 5.0 A. A current of 1.0 A sent
into Wire 2. The force between the two wires was measured.
This was repeated keeping current 1 at 5.0 and varying current 2 incrementally as shown on the table.
Current Wire 2 (A)
1.0
2.0
3.0
4.0
5.0
a)

Force (N)
0.9. x 10 -4
1.8 x 10 -4
3.2 x 10 -4
4.0 x 10 -4
4.9 x 10 -4

Draw a graph of Force vs Current 2 (3)

b)

Given
kI 1 I 2 l
F
d
Use the gradient to determine the value of the constant k (3)

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