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PHYSICS 2021
PAPER 1
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A-level
PHYSICS
Paper 1
Time allowed: 2 hours
Materials
For Examiner’s Use
For this paper you must have:
a pencil and a ruler Question Mark
a scientific calculator 1
a Data and Formulae Booklet
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a protractor.
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Instructions 4
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Fill in the boxes at the top of this page.
Answer all questions. 6
You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write 7–31
outside the box around each page or on blank pages.
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The maximum mark for this paper is 85.
You are expected to use a scientific calculator where appropriate.
A Data and Formulae Booklet is provided as a loose insert.
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0 1 Cosmic rays are high-energy particles that come from space. Most of these particles
are protons. There are other particles in cosmic rays, including atomic nuclei.
Table 1 gives the data for one particular nucleus X.
Table 1
Mass / kg 8.02 × 10−26
Specific charge / C kg−1 4.39 × 107
Kinetic energy / MeV 215
0 1 . 1 Determine the number of neutrons in nucleus X.
[3 marks]
number of neutrons =
0 1 . 2 Calculate the speed of X.
Ignore relativistic effects.
[3 marks]
speed = m s−1
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A pion (π ) and a kaon (K ) are produced when cosmic rays interact with the upper box
atmosphere.
0 1 . 3 The π+ decays to produce a positron and an electron neutrino.
Show how the conservation laws apply to this decay.
[2 marks]
0 1 . 4 The K+ decays to produce an anti-muon and a muon neutrino.
Explain how strangeness applies in this decay.
[2 marks]
0 1 . 5 Write an equation for a K+ decay that involves only hadrons.
[2 marks]
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