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Department of Physics

( Al Ansar International School, Sharjah)

(2017-18)

Project Work – Term 1

IGCSE Physics “Grade 10” Students’ Name: __________________________________

Grade / Section: __________________________________

Complete the answer sheet on page 2,

and submit to your teacher.


Department of physics – Al Ansar International School, Sharjah

Answer sheet - Term 1, Project work (2017-18)

Students name: _____________________ Grade / Section: ______________

Total Marks = 10 Marks obtained: _____________

Please highlight the correct option of each question.

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1. Which pair of quantities includes one scalar and one vector?

A mass , time

B temperature , time

C temperature , velocity

D velocity , weight

2. The speed-time graph represents the journey of a car.

The dots separate different sections of the journey. There are six different sections.

How many sections represent the car moving with non-uniform acceleration?

A 0 B 1 C 2 D 3

3. A steel ball is released just below the surface of thick oil in a cylinder.

During the first few centimetres of travel, what is the acceleration of the ball?

A constant and equal to 10 m / s2

B constant but less than 10 m / s2

C decreasing

D increasing

4. A car of mass 1500 kg is towing a trailer of mass 1100 kg along a level road. The

acceleration of the car is 1.30 m / s2.

Ignoring friction and air resistance, what is the driving force on the car?

A 1430 N B 1950 N C 2000 N D 3380 N


5. A beam pivoted at one end has a force of 5.0 N acting vertically upwards on it as

shown. The beam is in equilibrium.

What is the weight of the beam?

A 2.0 N B 3.0 N C 3.3 N D 5.0 N

6. Four objects of equal mass rest on a table. The centre of mass of each object is

labelled G. Which object is the least stable?

7. A block of metal is taken from the Earth to the Moon. Which property of the block

changes?

A density

B mass

C volume

D weight


8. A 100 g mass is suspended from a spring next to a vertical metre rule. The top of

the spring is level with the 0.0 cm mark. The bottom of the spring is level with the

27.2 cm mark.

The 100 g mass is replaced with a 600 g mass. The length of the spring is now 89.7

cm. The spring has not reached the limit of proportionality.

The 600 g mass is replaced with a 200 g mass. What is the length of the spring?

A 29.9 cm B 33.4 cm C 39.7 cm D 54.4 cm

9. The diagram shows a mercury manometer connected to a gas container.

The density of mercury is 13 600 kg / m3. The gravitational field strength g is 10 N /

kg. What is the pressure difference between the gas in the container and the

atmosphere?

A 27 200 Pa B 40 800 Pa C 54 400 Pa D 81 600 Pa


10. A partially-inflated balloon is placed inside a bell jar. The bell jar is connected to

an air pump.

The air pump is switched on and air is removed from the bell jar.

What happens to the pressure and to the volume of the gas inside the balloon?

11. A gas is enclosed in a container of fixed volume. It gains heat energy from an

external source.

What happens to the molecules of the gas?

A They expand.

B They move faster inside the container.

C They move further apart.

D They vibrate with greater frequency.

12. The speed of radio waves is c. A radio station transmits waves with a wavelength

λ. What is the frequency of the transmission?


13. Four containers are filled with equal volumes of water at the same temperature.

Containers A and B are shaded by a tree. Sunlight falls on containers C and D.

From which container does all the water evaporate first?

14. A hot liquid is allowed to cool. The graph shows the cooling curve.

In which part of the curve is latent heat released?

A PQ B QR C RS D ST


15. For the same temperature rise and the same original volume, which of the three

states of matter expands the most and which state expands the least?

16. Light is incident on a mirror and is reflected as shown.

What is the angle of incidence and the angle of reflection?

17. Light is incident on one face of a glass block at an angle of incidence of 40°. The

glass block is in air.

The refractive index of the glass is 1.46.

What is the angle of refraction inside the glass block?

A 26° B 27° C 58° D 70°


18. Which statement about scalars and vectors is correct?

A A scalar has direction but no size.

B A scalar has size but no direction.

C A vector has direction but no size.

D A vector has size but no direction.

19. The graph shows the speed of a runner during a race.

What is the distance travelled by the runner during the race?

A 50 m B 65 m C 75 m D 90 m

20. A person just supports a mass of 20 kg suspended from a rope.

What is the resultant force acting on the mass?

A 0 N B 10 N C 20 N D 200 N


21. A measuring cylinder contains 118 cm3 of water. When a small object is fully

immersed in the water, the reading goes up to 132 cm3. The object has a mass of 42

g. What is the density of the object?

22. A particle P is moving in a horizontal circle about O. P moves at constant speed

v.

Which statement is true?

A A force of constant magnitude is acting in the same direction as v.

B A force of constant magnitude is acting towards O.

C The force on P varies in size as it moves around the circle.

D There is no resultant force acting on P.

23. Which process in the Sun produces energy?

A burning

B nuclear fission

C nuclear fusion

D radiation


24. 13 A crane lifts a load of 1000 N through a vertical height of 3.0 m in 10 s. The

input power to the crane is 500 J / s.

What is the efficiency of the crane?

A 0.17 B 0.50 C 0.60 D 0.67

25. What makes a liquid-in-glass thermometer sensitive to a small change of

temperature?

A a bulb with a thin glass wall

B a shiny liquid in its bore

C a stem with a thick glass wall

D a very narrow bore

26. The diagrams show four identical cans with their outside surfaces painted either

dull black or polished silver. Each can contains the same volume of water, initially at

80 °C.

After five minutes in a cool room, which can contains the coolest water?

27. A substance that is originally a solid is heated strongly for some time.

At one stage, the energy given to the substance is used as latent heat of

vaporisation. At this stage, what change does the energy cause?

A It breaks the bonds holding the molecules together. Molecules escape from the

liquid.

B It breaks the bonds holding the molecules together. The solid becomes liquid.

C It makes the molecules move faster but there is still a strong attraction between

them.

D It makes the molecules move faster and so the temperature rises.


28. An ice-cube has a mass of 7.50 g. The ice-cube is at 0 °C.

Heat from the surroundings reaches the ice-cube at an average rate of 1.25 J / s.

How long does it take for all of the ice to melt?

(specific latent heat of fusion of ice = 333 J / g)

A 35.5 s B 55.5 s C 2000 s D 3120 s

29. Which diagram shows an example of a longitudinal wave?


30. A student holds a sheet of paper with letters on it facing a plane mirror.

The letters on the paper are shown.

What does the student see in the mirror?

31. A semi-circular block is made from a plastic. A ray of light passes through it at

the angles shown.

To two decimal places, what is the refractive index of the plastic?

To two decimal places, what is the refractive index of the plastic?

A 1.25 B 1.41 C 1.51 D 1.61


32. A small emergency generator supplies 432 000 000 J of electrical energy in

twenty-four hours. What is the average power output of the generator?

A 5000 W

B 300 000 W

C 18 000 000 W

D 432 000 000 W

33. The liquid in a puddle evaporates and this causes its temperature to change.

How does the temperature of the liquid change and why?

34. A student drops a table-tennis ball in air.

What happens to the velocity and to the acceleration of the ball during the first few

seconds after release?

35. A car is brought to rest in 5 s from a speed of 10 m / s.

What is the average deceleration of the car?

A 0.5 m / s2 B 2 m / s2 C 15 m / s2 D 50 m / s2


36. A student does an experiment to estimate the density of an irregularly-shaped

stone. Which items of equipment are needed?

A a balance and a measuring cylinder containing water

B a balance and a ruler

C a ruler and a measuring cylinder containing water

D only a measuring cylinder containing water

37. Four students exercise in a gym.

Which student does the most work?

38. Which formula gives the efficiency of an energy conversion?


39. Forces are applied to a uniform beam pivoted at its centre.

Which beam is balanced?


40. The diagram shows a water wave in a ripple tank.

The wave has a speed of 12 cm / s at R.

The wave crosses a boundary PQ where the distance between crests changes from

3.0 cm to 1.5 cm.

What is the speed of the wave at S?

A 3.0 cm / s B 6.0 cm / s C 12 cm / s D 24 cm / s

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