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SUBJECT PHYSICS – Paper 02

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FORM TP 2019025 JANUARY 2019

CARIBBEAN E XAM I NAT I O N S COUNCIL

CARIBBEAN SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE®

EXAMINATION

PHYSICS

Paper 02 – General Proficiency

2 hours 30 minutes

READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.

1. This paper consists of SIX questions in TWO sections. Answer ALL questions.

2. Write your answers in the spaces provided in this booklet.

3. Do NOT write in the margins.

4. Where appropriate, ALL WORKING MUST BE SHOWN in this booklet.

5. You may use a silent, non-programmable calculator to answer questions, but you
should note that the use of an inappropriate number of figures in answers will be
penalized.

6. If you need to rewrite any answer and there is not enough space to do so on the
original page, you must use the extra lined page(s) provided at the back of this
booklet. Remember to draw a line through your original answer.

7. If you use the extra page(s) you MUST write the question number clearly in
the box provided at the top of the extra page(s) and, where relevant, include
the question part beside the answer.

DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO.

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SECTION A

Answer ALL questions.

1. A group of students investigated the relationship between the electric power produced and the
flow rate of water, which is channelled through a turbine.

Table 1 shows the recorded results of electric power (P)/W and the flow rate (F)/cm3 s–1.

TABLE 1: RESULTS

Electric Power, P/W Flow Rate, F/cm3 s−1 (Flow Rate)3, F3/(cm3 s−1)3

0.0 0.00 0.00

13.0 0.27

25.5 0.34

38.5 0.39

51.0 0.43

64.0 0.46

77.0 0.49

(a) Calculate the CUBE of the flow rate readings, F3, rounded to two decimal places, to
complete Table 1. (6 marks)

(b) On page 5, plot a graph of electric power, P/W, versus (Flow Rate)3, F3/(cm3 s–1)3.
(7 marks)

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Figure 1. Graph of P against F3

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(c) Calculate the gradient of the graph.

(4 marks)

(d) Use the graph to estimate the electric power produced if the flow rate, F, is 0.22 cm3 s−1.

(2 marks)

(e) Use your result from Part (d) to calculate the electrical energy, in joules, produced in
300 s.

(3 marks)

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(f) To determine the flow rate, the students used a stopwatch and measuring cylinder. State
TWO precautions which the students may have taken to ensure that the flow rate was
accurately determined.

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(g) State the major energy conversion taking place in the turbine.

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Total 25 marks

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2. (a) State the factor on which EACH of the following characteristics of sound depends.

(i) Pitch

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(ii)
Loudness

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(2 marks)

(b) A sound wave completes three cycles in 6 ms. Calculate its frequency.

(4 marks)

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(c) Figure 2 shows the side AB of a rectangular glass block and CD which is the normal at
the point O.

Figure 2. Glass block

(i) On Figure 2, draw the path taken by a ray of light which meets the glass–air
boundary at the point O at an angle of incidence equal to the critical angle.

Label the incident ray, the critical angle and the refracted ray (path taken by the
ray). (3 marks)

(ii) The glass block has a refractive index of 1.5. Determine the value of the critical
angle of the glass.

(4 marks)

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(iii) The ray of light now meets the glass–air boundary at the point O at an angle of
incidence greater than the critical angle. On Figure 3, draw a diagram to show the
new path taken by the ray of light.

Figure 3. Glass block

(2 marks)

Total 15 marks

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3. (a) (i) State the law of conservation of energy.

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(2 marks)

(ii) A goalkeeper drops a football of mass 0.43 kg vertically downwards from rest at
a height of 1.5 m.

Calculate the velocity of the ball as it makes contact with the ground. (Assume
no air resistance or wind is present.)

[Acceleration due to gravity, g =10 ms–2]

(4 marks)

(b) (i) Define the term ‘force’.

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(ii) Many types of forces are applied in various situations.

Complete Table 2 by inserting the appropriate types of forces and examples.

TABLE 2: TYPES OF FORCES AND EXAMPLES OF WHERE THE

FORCES ARE EXPERIENCED

Type of Force Example of Where the

Force is Experienced

A satellite falling in the earth’s

atmosphere

Nuclear

When a rubbed comb picks up a small

piece of paper

Magnetic

(4 marks)

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(c) A class of Physics students conducted a School-Based Assessment on the relationship

between force (F) and extension (e) for a rubber band.

One of the groups produced the following graph from the results.

Figure 4. Graph of Force (F) against extension (e)

(i) State the mathematical relationship between force and extension in the segment
OA.

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(2 marks)

(ii) State the point at which the elastic limit is located.

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(1 mark)

(iii) Give a reason for the shape of the segment AB in the graph.

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Total 15 marks

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SECTION B

Answer ALL questions.

4. (a) (i) Explain what is meant by the term ‘the specific latent heat of vaporization of water’.

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(3 marks)

(ii) Calculate the heat energy required to convert 8 kg of water at 100 oC to steam at
100 oC.

(Specific latent heat of vaporization of water / lv = 2 300 000 Jkg–1)

(3 marks)

(b) (i) Define the pressure law.

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(ii) The initial pressure of a sample of gas is 3 Pa, the final pressure is 9 Pa, while its
volume remains unchanged.

If the initial temperature of the gas was 27 oC, calculate the final temperature of
the gas.

(6 marks)

Total 15 marks

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5. House wiring circuits contain fuses and earth wires. Appliances are connected to these circuits
in parallel.

(a) (i) What is the purpose of the fuse in a circuit?

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(ii) What is the purpose of the earth wire in a circuit?

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(iii) State TWO reasons why appliances are connected to the circuit in parallel.

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(b) Figure 5 shows a circuit diagram.

Figure 5. Circuit diagram

Use the circuit diagram in Figure 5 to determine

(i) the TOTAL resistance in the circuit

(6 marks)

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(ii) the TOTAL current in the circuit.

(2 marks)

(iii) Which fuse, a 2A fuse, a 3A fuse or a 4A fuse, is the most suitable to use in the
circuit shown in Figure 5?

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(1 mark)

Total 15 marks

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6. (a) Complete Table 3 below to show the properties of the THREE types of radioactive emissions.

TABLE 3: PROPERTIES OF RADIOACTIVE EMISSIONS

Type of
Charge Ionizing Ability
Radioactive Emission

Alpha/α

Beta/β

Gamma/ϒ

(6 marks)

(b) Complete the following nuclear equations.

14 14
(i) C N +
6 7

226 222
(ii) Ra Rn +
88 86

(4 marks)

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(c) A radioactive sample had an initial count of 1000 as measured on a Geiger–Müller counter.

After 15 hours, the count rate was 250. Calculate the half-life of the sample.

(5 marks)

Total 15 marks

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