PHY210
PHY210
PHY210
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
2. Answer ALL questions in the Answer Booklet. Start each answer on a new page.
3. Do not bring any material into the examination room unless permission is given by the invigilator.
4. Please check to make sure that this examination pack consists of:
QUESTION 1
b) The tires of a bicycle have a diameter of 50.0 cm. As they travel along the road, their wheels
are turning at 1200 revolutions per minute. Calculate the tangential velocity of the edges of
the tires in m s"1.
(3 marks)
c) A 0.3 m radius, 30.0 kg solid cylinder pulley rotates at a constant angular velocity of
5.0 rad s"1. Calculate:
QUESTION 2
Figure 1
i) sketch the free body diagram for all forces acting to the body.
(2 marks)
ii) calculate the vertical force acting on his hands.
(2 marks)
QUESTION 3
b) Along a frictionless, horizontal surface, an object with a mass of 0.5 kg oscillates with
SHM. Its position varies with time according to the equation x(t)=[10cos(20iTt)] m, where
x is in meter and t is in seconds. Calculate:
QUESTION 4
b) A 4.0 mm diameter iron ball falls vertically into a bucket of water. If the densities of iron
and water are 7874 kg nr3 and 1000 kg nr3 respectively, calculate:
d) A water of density 1.00 g cm-3 flows through two pieces of horizontal tube that are linked
end to end. Within the first segment, the pressure is 1.20 x 105 Pa, the flow speed is 275.0
cm S"\ and the cross-sectional area is 10.0 cm2. Given the cross-sectional area of the
second segment is 2.50 cm2, calculate for the second segment:
QUESTION 5
a) Identify two (2) characteristics of materials that might be used to build a thermometer.
(2 marks)
i) Calculate the power radiated by the sphere. Given its emissivity, e = 0.35 and Stefan-
Boltzmann constant a = 5.6704* 10-8 W m"2 K"4.
(2 marks)
ii)lf the sphere is enclosed in a room with walls kept at -5.0 °C, calculate the net flow rate
of the energy out of the sphere. Given Stefan-Boltzmann constant o =
5.6704x10- 8 Wm- 2 K" 4 .
(2 marks)
QUESTION 6
i) Given five molecules of speeds of 12, 16, 32, 40 and 48 m s"1. Calculate the average
speed for these molecules.
(2 marks)
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ii) If hydrogen has a mass of 3.3x10" kg at 100.0 °C, calculate the root mean square
speed of the hydrogen gas molecule. Given the Boltzmann constant, k = 1.38x10"23 m2
kgs" 2 K" 1 .
(2 marks)
c) At room temperature (27 °C), oxygen molecules filled in a vessel with a capacity of 1.6 m3
and a pressure of 200 kPa. Assuming the gas behaves as an ideal gas, calculate the
number of moles of oxygen molecules in the vessel if R = 8.31 J mol"1 K"1.
(2 marks)
QUESTION 7
b) An ideal gas goes through an isobaric process as shown in Figure 2. The volume increases
from Vi = 2.0 L to V2 = 12.0 L with constant pressure of 3.0 atm. Given that 1 atm =
1.01x105 Pa, calculate:
*V(L)
Vt V2
Figure 2