GRADE 7 PHYSICS CAMBRIDGE PROGRAMME

Semester 1 Examination Paper Duration: 1 Hour

Student’s Full Name : ……………………………………………………

Grade and Section : ……………………………………………………
Date : 19 November 2020

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
 Do not open this paper until instructed to do so.
 Answer all questions on the spaces and/or answer sheets provided.
 Write in dark blue or black pen.
 You may use soft pencil for any diagrams, graphs or rough working.
 Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glues or correction fluid.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
 The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.
 Total marks for this paper 30 marks

MATERIALS ALLOWED

 Calculator ☐ Yes ☒ No
 Dictionary ☐ Yes ☒ No
 Graph Paper ☐ Yes ☒ No
 Electronic Devices ☐ Yes ☒ No

DETAILS OF EXAMINATION COMPONENTS

Structure Questions:
FOR
Part EXAMINER’S
A. Motion USE
[13
marks] Part B. Sound [17Comment Score
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marks]
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Please always show known, unknown, and solution without that
-1 You need always write the unit in the last answer, without
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unit -1
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Structured Questions.
Part A. Motion [13 marks]
1. Read the report below.
A tortoise travelled across a path 1 m wide in 10 minutes. It then rested for 2 minutes and went across a 2
m wide piece of grass in the next 8 minutes.

a. How fast was it travelling when it crossed the path?

……………………m/s [3]

b. How fast was it travelling when it cross the grass?

…………………….m/s [3]
 2. Here are some data about the land speed record. This is the highest speed achieved by wheeled
vehicle on land. The speed of the cars is measured over 1600 m.

Year Speed (km/h) Speed (m/s)

1898 58 16
1906 205 57
1928 288 80
1947 394 109
1964 403 112
1965 893 248
1983 1020 283
1997 1228 341

a. How long would it take a car from 1898 to travel 1600 m?

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3. Look at the graphs A to C below

A 25
B 25

20 20
Distance

distance

15 15

10 10

5 5

0 0 2 4 6 0 0 5 10
time (s) time (s)

C 20

15
distance

10

0 5 10
Time (s)
 How can you tell which speed is the fastest without doing calculation?
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4. A boy races his bicycle along a track. Use the graph to answer the questions.

700
600
500
400
distance

300
200
100
0

0 50 100 150 200

time (s)

a. How far did he travel in total?

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b. What was the total time for the journey in seconds?

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c. What was the average speed for the journey in metres per second?
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Part B. Sound [17 marks]

5. The properties of sound can be explained using this diagram.

a. What do the dots represent?

Choose the correct answer. [1]

air particles heat particles light particles solid particles sound particles

b. Complete the sentences from the diagram

above. The particles in the diagram move.

Area A is called a compression because the particles are...................................................................[1]

Area B is called a rarefaction because the particles are......................................................................[1]

6. Here is a bar chart showing the speed of sound in different materials A, B, C, and D.

7000

6000

5000

4000
speed

3000

2000

1000

0 A B C D
materials

a. Which materials is a solid?

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b. Is material A a solid, a liquid or a gas? Explain your answer!

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c. How much faster, approximately, does sound travel in solids than in gas?
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7. Sofia plays her flute.

The oscilloscope shows the sounds the flute makes. Sofia plays six different notes on her flute. Here are
six oscilloscope pictures.

a. Which sound is the loudest?

.…………………………………………………………………………………………..…………..[1]

b. Which sound has the greatest amplitude?

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c. Which sound has the highest pitch?

.…………………………………………………………………………………………..……..……[1]

d. Which sound has the highest frequency?

.………………………………………………………………………………………………………[1]
8. Rani used a sound level meter to survey the noise at different places and times during the day. Here
are her results
Place Noise Level (dB)
by the road on the way to school 70
sitting in a classroom 50
playing with friends 60
traffic on the way home 80
reading a book 40

a. What is meant by “dB”?

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b. Which sound would sound loudest?
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c. Rani’s brother likes to listen to very loud music on his headphones. Describe two things that
he could he do to reduce the risk of damaging his hearing.
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9. A fisherman uses sonar to find a shoal of fish. A pulse of ultrasound is send out and the reflection
is detected 0.4 seconds later

a. How long did it take the sound to travel from the boat to the fish?
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b. The speed of sound in salt water is 1500 m/s. How far below the boat are the fish?

…………….. m/s [2]

 Grade 7 Physics Mark Scheme main examination Semester 1 School Year 2020/2021

Q Answer Mark Further Information

(a) Distance = 1 m, time = 10 mins 3 Accept:

Speed ? s = d/t
s = d/t s = 1/600 = 0.002 m/s or 0.0017 m/s
s = 1/10 = 0.1 m/min  Complete answer with known,
unknown and unit 3 marks
 Showing solution 3 marks
 Complete answer and solution
but without unit in last answer 2
marks.
 Only write final answer with unit
2 marks
 Only showing final answer
without unit 0
1. (b) Distance = 2 m, time = 8 mins 3 Accept:
Speed? Final answer ¼ m/min
s = d/t s = d/t
s = 2/8 s = 1/480 = 0.004 m/s or 0.0042 m/s
s = 0.25 m/min  Complete answer with known,
unknown and unit 3 marks
 Showing solution 3 marks
 Complete answer and solution
but without unit in last answer 2
marks.
 Only write final answer with unit
2 marks
Only showing final answer without
unit 0
2. Speed = 16 m/s 2 Accept:
Distance = 1600 m d = 1.6 km
Time ? s = 58 km/h
t = d/s t?
t = 1600/16 = 100 s t = d/s
t = 1.6/58
t = 0.03 h
 Complete answer with known,
unknown and unit 2 marks
 Showing solution 2 marks
  Complete answer and solution
but without unit in last answer 1
marks.
 Only write final answer with unit
1 marks
 Only showing final answer
without unit 0
3. Graph A, because the line is steepest than other. 2 Accept: graph A because the
graph show take longer distance
with shorter time.
If the student only write Graph A
without reason 1 mark
Only reason without mention the
graph 0 mark
Choose more than 1 graph or wrong
choose graph 0 mark
(a) 600 m 1 Ignore without unit
(b) 180 s 1 Ignore without unit
4. (c) 600/180 = 3.33 m/s 1 Accept: without solution (or just
give the final answer), and without
unit
(a) Air particle 1 Ignore if choose more than one or
choose wrong answer
5.
(b) Area A: close together, Area B: far apart 2 Accept:
For area A: Tightly together
Give 1 mark If only one correct
answer
(a) B and C 1 Ignore: If only answer B or C
(b) A is gas because the graph show the speed is 1 Accept: Gas because the graph is
slowest than other. more lower than other
Ignore: If only write Gas and
6.
without reason, if answer other state
of mater is wrong.
(c) Around 16 time 1 Accept: 14 times
Ignore: 6070, 6000, 5200, 5270
(a) C 1 Ignore: If choose more than 1
(b) C 1 Ignore: If choose more than 1
7. (c) D 1 Ignore: If choose more than 1
(d) D 1 Ignore: If choose more than 1
(a) dB (decibels) is the unit of sound loudness 1 Accept: dB is the unit how loud the
sound
Ignore: dB is decibels
8. (b) Traffic on the way home 1 Ignore: choose more than 1
(c) Lower the sound level (lower the volume of 2 Choose 2 any answer,
sound), reduce the time listening loud sound, If only one correct give 1 mark
don’t use the headphone long time, reduce the

time using headphone, better use speaker than

headphone.
(a) 0.4/2 = 0.2 s 1 Ignore: without unit
(b) t = 0.2 s 2 Accept:
 s = 1500 m/s t = 0.4 s, s = 1500 m/s, d?
9. d? d = s x t = 1500 x 4 = 600 m
d = s x t = 1500 x 0.2 = 300 m distance to fish 600/2 = 300 m
 Final answer with unit 1 mark
 Final answer without unit 0