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PAPER 1 Mock Examination 2007
PHYSICS PAPER 1 Candidate
Question-Answer Book Number

Section A Marks
This paper must be answered in English Question No.
1¾ hours
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(8:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.)
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1. This paper consists of TWO sections, 3
Section A and Section B. Section A 4
carries 54 marks and Section B carries
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36 marks.
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2. Answer ALL questions in each section. 7
Write your answers in the spaces
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provided in this Question-Answer Book.
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3. Some questions contain parts marked Section A

with an asterisk (*). In answering Total
these parts, candidates are required to
give paragraph-length answers. In Section B Marks
each of these parts, one mark is
Question No.
allocated to assess candidates’ ability
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in effective communication.
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4. Unless otherwise specified, numerical 12
answers should be either exact or 13
correct to three significant figures.
Section B

5. Take g = 10 m s-2. Total

6. Unless otherwise specified, all the cells

are assumed to have negligible internal Total
resistance.

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 Useful Formulae in Physics

(a) Relationships between initial velocity u, uniform acceleration a, final velocity v

and displacement travelled s after time t:
v=u+at
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s=ut+ a t2
2
v2 = u2 + 2 a s

(b) Potential energy gained by a body of mass m when raised through a height h is
mgh.

(c) Kinetic energy of a body of mass m moving with speed v is ½ m v2.

(d) Power = force × velocity

(e) Equivalent resistance of two resistors R1 and R2:

(i) in series = R1 + R2
R1 R 2
(ii) in parallel =
R1 + R 2
(f) Power = potential difference × current

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Section A (54 marks)

Question No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Marks 6 6 8 5 4 5 8 7 5

1 A taxi is travelling at 100 km h-1 on a straight highway. At time t = 0, the driver spots a lorry
broken down 100 m ahead. He applies the brakes to stop the taxi with uniform deceleration.
The reaction time of the driver is 0.8 s.
(a) Express the initial speed of the taxi in m s-1 (to 2 decimal places).
(1 mark)

(b) If the decelerating time of the taxi is 5 s, explain whether the taxi will hit the lorry.
(5 marks)

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2 According to the international standard, safety hat should be able to withstand impact energy
of 50 J.

Figure a
(a) A hammer of 0.5 kg falls from a height and hits a safety hat that complies with the
international standard.
(i) What is the maximum height (above the hat) at which the hammer falls that the
hat can still provide enough protection?

(ii) Give one assumption of the calculation.

(3 marks)
(b) Explain briefly why even safety hats comply with international standard, their
protection may not be adequate for construction workers in construction sites of
high-rise buildings. (3 marks)

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38 Two identical sealed tanks A and B are filled with the same amount of water. The upper half
the outer wall of each tank is painted black and the lower half is painted white. A is placed
upright while B is placed upside down in the sunlight.

A B

Figure b
(a) What will happen to the temperature of water in A and B after a few hours? Explain
briefly.
(2 marks)

*(b) Which tank will have a higher average temperature of water after a few hours? Explain
briefly.
(6 marks)

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4 Peter dives with a mask and there is only air between the mask and his face.

Figure c

(a) Add light rays in Figure c to show how Peter sees point O on a fish with a mask under
water and locate the image of O. (3 marks)
(b) Does the fish look bigger than, the same as or smaller than its actual size? Explain your
answer briefly. (2 marks)

5 In the following figure, a straight water wave generated by a vibrator travels towards a
reflector in a ripple tank.

vibrator
Figure d
(a) Sketch the interference pattern in region x in figure d.
(3 marks)
(b) Draw an antinodal line on the sketch in (a). (1 mark)

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6 Radon gas: a geologic hazard in Arizona
Radium-226 and radon-222 are intermediate decay products when uranium-238 decays to
lead-206. Radon gas is present in the pore spaces in soil and rock after it is released from
geologic materials; it is a radioactive product that emits particles.
Knowledge of the hazards of radon comes largely from studies of uranium miners who were
exposed to high levels of radon gas in underground mines. A lung disease affecting miners
who worked in the Joachimstal and Schneeburg mining areas of central Europe was described
as early as 1500 and was recognized as cancer in 1879. The role of radon in causing lung
cancer was not suspected until 1932 and not generally accepted until the 1960's. Underground
miners working in USA, Canadian and Czechoslovakian uranium mines, Swedish and British
iron mines, Swedish lead-zinc mines and Newfoundland fluorspar mines have a
greater-than-expected death rate of lung cancer. This has been attributed to the exposure of
radon. Both small-cell undifferentiated and bronchogenic cancers have occurred more
frequently among those miners. Elevated rates of lung cancer due to the exposure of radon
have led to ventilation standards for underground mines and greatly reduced radiation
exposure for underground miners.
Modified from an article in Arizona Geological Survey, Down-to-Earth Series 2
(http://www.azgs.state.az.us/RADONDTE.htm#reduce)

(a) Why radon gas is usually found in soil or rocks?

(2 marks)

(b) By what mean does radon gas affect the miners' lungs?
(2 marks)

(c) Suggest a way to reduce the exposure of miners to radon gas in mines.
(1 mark)

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7 The first atomic bomb, 'Little Boy', was developed by USA during World War II. The
following figure is a simplified structure of the bomb. When the explosive fires, uranium at the
upper end of the barrel drops, collides with the uranium at the bottom of the barrel and starts
the 'neutron generator' to emit neutrons.

explosive uranium

barrel

'neutron
generator'
tamper

(a) Name TWO isotopes of uranium. Which one is the rare isotope of uranium? And which
one is responsible for fission in the bomb?
(4 marks)

(b) Regarding the bomb,

(i) what is the function of neutrons emitted by the 'neutron generator'?

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 (iii) why is it important that the total mass of uranium is larger than its critical mass?

(iii) why is enriched uranium used in most atomic bombs?

(4 marks)

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8 The following graph shows how the resistance of materials changes with temperature.

resistance / Ω

3000

2500 thermistor

2000
tungsten wire

1500

1000

500

0 20 40 60 80 100
temperature / °C

(a) When a tungsten light bulb is switched on, what would happen to the current passing
the bulb? Explain briefly. (3 marks)

(b) How does the resistance of thermistor changes with temperature? Give an application of
this property of thermistor and explain briefly.
(4 marks)

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 9 By using a long spring connecting two points, information can be transmitted from a sender to
a receiver as shown in the following figure.

packets of waves

sender to receiver

(a) Suppose the following signal system is used.

Digit 1 to 9 are represented by the corresponding number of complete waves in a
packet.
Adjacent packets are separated by a flat region.
From the above figure, what digits are transmitted?
(1 mark)

(b) Which type is the signal-carrying wave, transverse or longitudinal? Explain briefly.
(2 marks)

(c) (i) Suggest a way to stop the communication between the sender and the receiver.
(1 mark)

(ii) Suggest a way to increase the transmission speed of the signals.

(Hint: The speed of transverse waves along a spring increases with the tension of
the spring.)
(1 mark)

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Section B (36 marks)
Question No. 10 11 12 13
Marks 10 10 10 6

1001A cork is placed in a ripple tank as shown in Figure a. A vibrator is moving up and down at the

surface producing straight waves.

vibrator
cork

Figure e
(a) Explain why the edges of the ripple tank are inclined.
(2 marks)

(b) Figure f shows the displacement-time graph of the cork. The waves take 0.5 s to travel a
distance of 10 cm.

displacement / cm

0.3

0 time / s
0.1 0.2 0.3

−0.3

Figure f
Find the
(i) amplitude,

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 (ii) frequency,

(iii) speed,

(iv) wavelength of the wave.

(6 marks)
(c) The ripple tank is then tilted as shown in Figure g.

region A

region A

Figure g

Sketch the wave pattern observed in region A.

(2 marks)

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11 Mary sets up a circuit as shown in the following figure to find out how the voltage across a
light bulb relates to the current passing through it.

(a) Mary has made a mistake in connecting the circuit. What is the mistake?
(1 mark)

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 (b) After fixing the mistake, Mary carries out the experiment and obtains the following
results:

Voltage across the bulb (V) / V 1.0 1.8 2.8 4.0 5.0 6.4
Current through the bulb (I) / A 0.3 0.6 0.9 1.3 1.6 1.9

(i) Plot a graph of V against I on graph paper.

(4 marks)

(ii) Explain why the graph is not a straight line.

(2 marks)

(iii) Find the resistance of the light bulb when it is operated at 2 V.

(3 marks)

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123101A household metal-cased heater used in Japan is rated at '110 V, 1100 W'. In Japan, the

mains electricity is supplied at 110 V.

(a) The heater is brought to Hong Kong, where the supply voltage is 220 V.
*(i) A student argues that as the supply voltage in Hong Kong is double, the power it
generates will double to 2200 W theoretically. Comment on his statement.
(4 marks)

(ii) Can the heater function normally in Hong Kong? Why?

(3 marks)

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 (b) The heater is connected to the mains through electrical wires.

brown

blue

The three wires in the cable are brown, blue and yellow/green in colour. Name the
wires.
(3 marks)

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13 An object of mass 1 kg is hung by a spring balance inside a box. The following figure shows
the whole set-up that is placed on the ground. It is known that the mass of the set-up is 5 kg.

The box is then dropped from a height to the ground.

(a) What is the weight of the object?
(1 mark)

(b) It is found that the box finally falls with a constant speed.
*(i) Explain why this happens.
(4 marks)

(ii) What is the air resistance when this happens?

(1 mark)

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