S5 Physics Exercises
S5 Physics Exercises
S5 Physics Exercises
SMHS KIRUHURA
B.P:371 Butare
FACILITATOR: N. Janvier
S5 PHYSICS
ATTEMPT ALL QUESTIONS
1) Multiple choice questions. For each sub question, select only the best
answer from the choices offered as a list
a) According to Bohr’s atomic model, when electron jumps from its
orbit to another orbit, energy is
1. emitted
2. absorbed
3.1 and 2
4. remains constant
b) According to Rutherford’s atomic model on whole atom.
Atom
1. is neutral
2. has negative charge
3. has positive charge
4.is heavy
c)Cathode rays are composed of
1. neutral particles
2. positively charged particles
3. negatively charged particles
4. photons
d) A black body is one that
1. transmit all incident radiations
2. absorbs all incident radiations
3. reflects all incident radiations
4. absorbs, reflects and transmits all incident radiations
e) What is Compton shift?
1. Shift in charges
2. shift in amplitude
3. shift in radiation
4. shift in wavelength
2) a) What do you understand by the terms below as used in Physics ?
(i) Relativity
(ii) Special relativity
b) State two postulates of special relativity
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3) a) List the types of damped oscillations
b) (i)How does damping force affect the amplitude of oscillations?
(ii)When does resonance of a system occur?
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1mm from the centre of the pattern, what is the wavelength of the
light used?
14) a) The following phenomena prove that light can behave like either a
particle or a wave: Reflection of light, refraction of light, interference
of light, photoelectric effect, Compton effect
(i)What phenomena best prove that light is a particle instead of wave?
(ii)What phenomena best prove that light is a wave instead of particle?
b) When electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength of 350 nm
falls on a metal, the maximum kinetic energy of the ejected electrons is
1.20
(i)What is the frequency of this electromagnetic radiation?
The speed of light in vacuum is 3x108 m/s
(ii)Determine the work function for this metal in joules then
in electron volts. Planck’s constant h=6.626x10-34 kg m2/s or
h=6.626x10-34 Js.
15) Some water waves pass through a gap between two stepping stones
across a small stream.
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a) Finish the diagram to show what happens to these waves after they pas
through the gap.
b) Write down two factors that affect the amount of diffraction of the waves.
16). This question is about a violin.
Figure.
Figure above shows a violin with its four strings in place. Each string is in
tension between the bridge X and the nut Y. At X and Y the movement of
the
strings is restricted. Figure below shows one of the four strings on the violin
a) Draw the lowest frequency standing wave that can be obtained on the
string.
Label the nodes and antinodes with the letters 'N' and 'A' respectively.
b) The length L of the string between X and Y is 0.40 m. State the
wavelength of
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the standing wave you have drawn.
c) The frequency of the lowest frequency standing wave is 440 Hz. Calculate
the velocity of the transverse waves on the string.
17)The displacement of an object undergoing simple harmonic motion is
given by the equation 𝑥(𝑡) = 3.00 sin(8𝜋𝑡 + ) where x is in meters, t is in
seconds and the argument of the sine function is in radians.
(a) What is the amplitude of motion?
(b) What is the frequency of oscillation?
(c) What is the position, velocity and acceleration of the object at t = 0?
18) A potentiometer wire of 1m is connected to driver cell of emf 3V as
shown
in the figure below. When a cell of 1.5 V emf is used in the secondary
circuit,
the balance point is found to be 60cm. on replacing this cell and using a cell
of
unknown emf, the balance point shifts to 80cm.
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a) Electron microscope with light microscope
b) Standing wave and stationary wave
22) Briefly discuss the major environmental IMPACT of fossil fuel.
NOTES: Answer the above exercises for S5 and you will submit it
on 10/01/2022.
Your future will be better than today!!
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