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PECHS Campus
Physics Assessment grade 10

Name:_______________________ Class_________ Max time: 40 m. Max Marks: 30

Q1. Circle the correct option.

1 A vibrator produces 12 wavelengths on the surface of water in 10 s. The spacing between the first
crest and the third crest is 60 cm.

What is the speed of the wave?

A 24 cm / s B 25 cm / s C 36 cm / s D 72 cm / s
2 The diagram shows how the height above the ground of a rope transmitting a wave varies with
distance from the source of vibrations at one instant in time.

What is the amplitude of the wave shown?

A 30 cm B 34 cm C 72 cm D 74 cm

3. A water wave in a ripple tank refracts as it passes from deep water to shallow water.

Which properties change as the wave refracts?

A frequency and amplitude B frequency and wavelength

C speed and frequency D speed and wavelength

4 A wave in a ripple tank passes from a deeper to a shallower region and refracts.

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 Which wave properties decrease as the wave enters the shallow region?

A frequency only B speed only

C frequency and wavelength D speed and wavelength

5 Which statement is correct for all electromagnetic waves?

A They are transverse. B They cannot travel in a vacuum.

C They have the same frequency. D They travel through lead.

6 A wave of frequency 13 000 Hz travels 1300 m in 4.0 s.

What is the wavelength of the wave?

A 0.025 m B 0.40 m C 2.5 m D 40 m

7 Which of the following travels as a longitudinal wave?

A a radio wave in air

B a sound wave in a solid

C a wave on a rope shaken from side to side

D an infra-red wave in space

Q2 Fig. 4.1 shows circular wavefronts produced at the centre of a circular ripple tank.

cork A

cork B

8.0 cm
Fig. 4.1

Two corks, A and B, float on the water in the ripple tank. They move up and down on the surface of
the water as the wave passes. The wavelength of the wave is 8.0 cm.
Fig. 4.2 shows how the displacement of A varies with time.

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displacement
/ mm 0 0 0.25 0.50 0.75 1.00 1.25
–2 time / s

Fig. 4.2
(a) State the amplitude of the vibrations of A as the wave passes.

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 amplitude = .........................................................[1]

(b) The horizontal distance between A and B is half the wavelength of the wave.
On Fig. 4.2, sketch a graph to show how the displacement of B varies with time. [2]

(c) (i) Use Fig. 4.2 to determine the frequency of the wave.

frequency = .........................................................[2]

(ii) The distance between the centre of the ripple tank and its edge is 40 cm.
Determine the time taken by a wavefront to travel from the centre of the tank to the
edge.

time = ..................................................................[2]
Q 3 The components of the electromagnetic spectrum have different uses.
Microwaves are used in cooking and ultraviolet rays are used in sterilisation.
(a) Draw one line from each component of the spectrum to another suitable use for that
Component.
use
component
sunbeds

microwaves
television
controller

satellite television
ultraviolet
airport security
check of cases [2]

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(b) Fig. 9.2 shows an X-ray image of a hand. An X-ray detector is placed just below the hand.
An image of the bones and human tissue around the bones is formed on a screen by the
detector.

screen

Fig. 9.2

(i) Describe what happens to the X-rays to produce the image.

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(ii) The wavelength of the X-rays used is 2.0 × 10-9 m. The speed of electromagnetic waves
is 3.0 × 108 m / s.Calculate the frequency of the X-rays.

frequency = ......................................................... [2]

(iii) Suggest one reason why X-rays are not used to form an image of an unborn child.

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4. Fig. 5.1 shows the electromagnetic spectrum.

gamma radio
P ultra-violet visible light Q microwaves
rays wave
s
shortest longest
wavelength wavelength
Fig. 5.1

Two components of the spectrum, P and Q, have not been named.

(a) State the name of

(i) component P,

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(ii) component Q.

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(b) All electromagnetic waves have a wavelength and a frequency. They all have changing
magnetic and electric fields. State two other properties of all electromagnetic waves.

1. ...............................................................................................................................................

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2. ...............................................................................................................................................

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[2]

(c) State the component of the electromagnetic spectrum used for satellite communication.

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(d) Fig. 4.1 shows part of a long rope used by a student to show a transverse wave.

Fig. 4.1
(a) On Fig. 4.1,

(i) mark the direction of movement of the student’s hand, [1]

(ii) mark and label the wavelength λ of the wave, [1]

(iii) mark and label the amplitude A of the wave. [1]