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Section A
You should spend a maximum of 40 minutes on this section.
Write your answer for each question in the box provided.
1 The diagram shows a dot-plot of measurements of diameter at points along a wire.
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3 A mass of 0.5 kg of water at 25 °C is placed in a microwave oven and heated for 30 s.
The final temperature of the water is 30 °C. What is the rate of energy transfer to the water?
specific thermal capacity of water = 4200 J kg–1 K–1
A 350 W
B 700 W
C 2100 W
D 10 500 W
Your answer [1]
4 An asteroid travelling at a constant velocity is observed. A radar pulse emitted at time t = 0.00
s reflects from the asteroid and is detected at time t = 6.00 seconds.
Ten minutes after the first pulse, a second pulse is emitted. This pulse returns after 5.98 seconds.
What is the component of velocity of the asteroid in the direction of the Earth?
A 5.0 km s–1
B 10 km s–1
C 300 km s–1
D 600 km s–1
Your answer [1]
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5 Which of the following statements about the Universe is correct?
A Hubble’s Law shows that our galaxy is at the centre of the Universe.
B The age of a galaxy can be calculated by Hubble’s Law.
C The cosmic microwave background radiation is produced by decaying nuclei in distant
galaxies.
D The cosmological redshift is produced by light travelling through expanding space.
Your answer [1]
6 Two parallel conducting plates P and Q have a p.d. V between them. They are separated
by distance d.
+V 0V
d
P Q
Which graph shows the variation of electric field strength E with distance x from plate P?
E E
0 0
0 d x 0 d x
A B
E E
0 0
0 d x 0 d x
C D
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