Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 4 views

    Physics Paper 3: Free Respose Questions JULY 2017 Upper Six Time: 50 Minutes

    Uploaded by

    Lovejoy Lovex Nyabako
    Phy practical

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOC, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Physics Paper 3: Free Respose Questions JULY 2017 Upper Six Time: 50 Minutes

    Uploaded by

    Lovejoy Lovex Nyabako
    4 views4 pages
    Phy practical

    Original Title

    U6 P3

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    DOC, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    Phy practical

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOC, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as doc, pdf, or txt
    4 views4 pages

    Physics Paper 3: Free Respose Questions JULY 2017 Upper Six Time: 50 Minutes

    Uploaded by

    Lovejoy Lovex Nyabako
    Phy practical

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOC, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as doc, pdf, or txt
    of 4

    1

    DNAX3

    PHYSICS PAPER 3: FREE RESPOSE QUESTIONS

    JULY 2017 UPPER SIX

    Time: 50 Minutes
    Additional materials:

     Answer sheets
     Electronic calculator
     Pencil
     Soft and clean eraser
     Ruler
    INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
     Answer three questions (Question 1 is compulsory then answer any other
    two from the remaining questions).
     Write your answers on the separate answer sheets provided.
     If you use more than one sheet of paper, fasten the sheets together.
     All working for numerical answers must be clearly shown.
    INFORMATION TO THE CANDIDATES
     The number of marks is given in brackets [] at the end of each question or
    part question.
     Candidates are reminded that all quantitative answers should include
    appropriate units.
     Candidates are advised to show all their working in a clear and orderly
    manner, as more marks are awarded for sound use of Physics than for
    correct answers.
     You are reminded of the need for good English and clear presentation in
    your answers.
     Candidates are advised to spend 25 minutes on Question 1.

    Mid-Year exam Paper 3 - 2014 [Turn over


    2

    Answer question 1 and any other 2 from the remaining questions.


    1 (a) (i) Define frequency.
    (ii) Derive the wave equation ν = f λ.
    (iii) Give any two similarities between transverse and longitudinal waves.
    [5]
    (b) (i) Starting from the definition of acceleration, show that the distance
    moved by a uniformly accelerated body is given by

    , where symbols have their usual meanings.

    (ii) Fig. 1.1 shows a glass cage with a spring attached. The other end of the
    spring has a mass, m, fixed to it. A scale calibrated to read weight is
    adjacent to the spring.

    When the cage is stationary, the pointer on the spring shows 300 N.
    State and explain the reading of the pointer when the cage is moving down
    1. at constant velocity
    2. with an acceleration equal to the acceleration due to gravity.
    [7]
    (c) (i) Give estimates for the following quantities:

    Mid-Year exam Paper 3 - 2014 [Turn over


    3

    1. mass of the standard size brick


    2. average speed of a vehicle on Zimbabwean tarred roads
    3. average height of a human male in Zimbabwe
    (ii) A cathode ray oscilloscope is a very versatile instrument. One of its
    uses is in the measurement of small time intervals.
    Describe how a cathode ray oscilloscope can be used to recalibrate the
    scale on a signal generator.
    [8]

    2 (a) (i) Define the gravitational potential.


    (ii) Explain why values of gravitational potential are given as negatives.
    [4]
    (b) A satellite of mass 750 kg moves from a height where the gravitational
    potential is 113 MJ/kg to another level where the gravitational potential is
    50 MJ/kg.

    (i) Determine the


    1. work done in raising the satellite,
    2. change in height.

    (Take mass of the earth as 6.0 kg)

    (ii) State any assumptions made in your calculations in (i).


    [6]

    3 (a) Derive, from the equations of motion, that [2]

    (b) A free-wheeling car of mass 500kg accelerates from rest down a uniform
    incline at 20˚ to the horizontal, then onto a level road as shown in Fig. 3.1. The car
    takes 15s to travel 100 m from rest to the bottom.

    Mid-Year exam Paper 3 - 2014 [Turn over


    4

    Calculate
    (i) the kinetic energy of the car at the bottom,
    (ii) the loss in potential energy,
    (iii) the work done against friction,
    (iv) the co-efficient of friction.
    [8]
    4 (a) (i) Explain the terms mole and Avogadro constant.
    (ii) A group of Physics students measured the mass of a piece of iron. One
    student quoted the mass as 23 moles and another student gave it as
    1.344 kg.
    Determine whether these students gave the same value for the mass.
    [Relative molecular mass for iron is 56]
    [4]
    (b) (i) State Newton’s laws of Motion.
    (ii) A bird rests on a telephone cable.
    1. Explain why the cable sags no-matter how tight it may be.
    2. If the tension in the sagged part of the cable is 6.0 N, deduce an
    expression for the weight of the bird.
    [6]

    Mid-Year exam Paper 3 - 2014 [Turn over

    You might also like