EXAMINATION SHEET

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Name of Examination Pre-Board 1 Maximum Mark: 80 Duration: 1 Hour 15 Minutes

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Date January 22, 2025 Questions Attempted

Subject Physics - 0625

Paper 4 Theory (Extended)

Invigilator’s Name,
Signature,
and Date

General Instructions:
1. This question paper consists of 16 printed pages and total of 11 questions. All questions are compulsory.
2. Write in dark blue or black ink. You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams or graphs.
3. Do not use paper clips, highlighters, and glue or correction fluid.
4. Marks allotted are given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.
5. Write all answers in this question paper itself.
6. Read each question carefully and follow the instructions.
7. Take the weight of 1.0 kg to 9.8 N (acceleration of free fall = 9.8 m/s2).
8. Examination decorum should be maintained at all times. Use of unfair means will be dealt with as per the school policy.
9. You may use a calculator.

Moderator’s/HOD’s
remarks and Signature

Cross checker’s
Total Marks
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1 (a) A boat crosses a river. The boat points at right angles to the river bank and it travels
at a speed of 3.5 m / s relative to the water.

A river current acts at right angles to the direction the boat points. The river current
has a speed of 2.5 m / s.

By drawing a scale diagram or by calculation, determine the speed and direction of

the boat relative to the river bank.
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speed = .........................................................

direction relative to the river bank = .........................................................

[4]

(b) Speed is a scalar quantity and velocity is a vector quantity.

State the names of one other scalar quantity and one other vector quantity.

scalar quantity ............................................................................................................

vector quantity ............................................................................................................

[2]

[Total: 6]

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2 Fig. 2.1 shows a balloon filled with helium gas.

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Fig. 2.1

The mass of the balloon is 120 kg.

(a) Calculate the weight of the balloon. Show your working.

weight = ......................................................... [1]

(b) The resultant force on the balloon is 54 N.

Show that the acceleration of the balloon is 0.45 m / s2.

[2]

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(c) The balloon accelerates upwards from rest at 0.45 m / s2 for 8.0 s.

Calculate the velocity of the balloon after 8.0 s.

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velocity = ......................................................... [2]

(d) Calculate the distance travelled by the balloon in the first 8.0 s.

distance = ......................................................... [2]

[Total: 7]

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3 Fig. 3.1 shows a boy throwing a ball at an object in a fairground.

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Fig. 3.1

The ball has a mass of 190 g and travels horizontally with a constant speed of 6.9 m / s.

(a) Calculate the momentum of the ball.

momentum = ......................................................... [2]

(b) After hitting the object, the ball bounces back along the same straight path with a
speed of 1.5 m / s. The object has a mass of 1.8 kg.

Calculate the speed of the object after it is hit by the ball.

speed = ......................................................... [3]

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(c) The kinetic energy of the ball is 4.5 J before the collision and 0.2 J after the collision.

Calculate the change in total kinetic energy of the ball and object during the collision.

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change in total kinetic energy = ......................................................... [3]

[Total: 8]

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4 A student investigates the efficiency of a filament lamp. Fig. 4.1 shows the filament lamp
with its glass bulb immersed in water in a beaker.

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Fig. 4.1

The reading on the thermometer in the water is 19.0 C.

Only the glass of the lamp is in contact with the water and the electrical connections are
completely insulated.

The lamp is switched on.

At the end of the experiment, the temperature of the water is 21.5 C.

(a) The mass of the water in the beaker is 600 g and the specific heat capacity of water
is 4200 J / (kg C).

(i) Show that the increase in the internal energy of the water is 6300 J.

[3]

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(ii) In the experiment, the lamp is switched on for 500 s. The power supplied to the
filament lamp is 13 W. The useful energy from the lamp is transferred as light.
The energy that increases the temperature of the water is wasted energy.

Determine the maximum possible efficiency of the filament lamp.

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maximum possible efficiency = ......................................................... [4]

(b) The efficiency of the lamp is less than the value determined in (a)(ii).

Suggest one reason for this.

....................................................................................................................................

....................................................................................................................................

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

[Total: 8]

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5 Two types of seismic waves are P-waves and S-waves.

(a) State the types of wave that P-waves and S-waves can be modelled as.

P-waves ......................................................................................................................

S-waves ......................................................................................................................
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(b) The velocity of a P-wave in the Earth’s solid crust is 7.2 km / s and its frequency is
4.5 Hz.

Calculate the wavelength of this P-wave.

wavelength = ......................................................... [3]

[Total: 5]

6 (a) Fig. 6.1 is an incomplete ray diagram showing an object O, a converging lens and
the principal axis. The focal points of the lens are each labelled F.

Fig. 6.1

(i) Complete the ray diagram to draw the image formed by the lens. Label your
image I. [3]

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(ii) Circle three descriptions in the list which describe the image formed in (i).

diminished enlarged inverted same size

real upright virtual [3]

(b) (i) State the name for the defect of vision that can be corrected by a converging
lens. DE
....................................................................................................................... [1]

(ii) Describe how a converging lens corrects the defect in (i).

You may find it helpful to sketch a ray diagram.

...........................................................................................................................

...........................................................................................................................

....................................................................................................................... [2]

[Total: 9]

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7 A cylinder is made of modelling clay. The modelling clay is an electrical conductor.

Fig. 7.1 shows the cylinder.

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Fig. 7.1

The cylinder is connected into a circuit.

Fig. 7.2 shows that the circuit also includes a battery of electromotive force (e.m.f.) 9.0 V
and a resistor P.

Fig. 7.2

The resistance of P is 4.0 Ω. The current in P is 1.5 A.

(a) Calculate:

(i) the magnitude X of the charge that flows through P in 600 s

X = ......................................................... [2]

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(ii) the resistance of the cylinder of modelling clay.

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resistance = ......................................................... [3]

(b) The cylinder is removed from the circuit and replaced with a new cylinder made of
the same modelling clay.

The new cylinder is twice the length and has half the cross-sectional area of the first
cylinder.

Calculate the time that it now takes for a charge of magnitude X to flow through
resistor P.

time = ......................................................... [4]

[Total: 9]

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8 The electricity supplied to a town is transmitted using a high-voltage cable. A transformer

in the town has a soft-iron core.

(a) Explain the principle of operation of a simple iron-cored transformer.

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............................................................................................................................... [4]

(b) The transformer steps the supply voltage down from 220 000 V to 33 000 V.

(i) There are 450 turns on the secondary coil.

Calculate the number of turns on the primary coil.

number of turns = ......................................................... [2]

(ii) The electrical power transferred to the transformer by the high-voltage cable is
77 MW.

Calculate the current in the primary coil.

current = ......................................................... [3]

[Total: 9]

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9 Fig. 9.1 represents all the particles in a neutral atom of a radioactive isotope X1.

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Fig. 9.1 (not to scale)

(a) Determine the number of neutrons in this atom and explain how the answer is
obtained.

number of neutrons = .........................................................

explanation

....................................................................................................................................

....................................................................................................................................
[2]

(b) The isotope X1 is a beta emitter that decays to the stable isotope X2.

(i) Describe how a nucleus of X2 differs from a nucleus of X1.

...........................................................................................................................

....................................................................................................................... [2]

(ii) Suggest why isotope X2 is stable whereas X1 is not stable..

...........................................................................................................................

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

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(c) The half-life of X1 is approximately 20 ms.

(i) Define the term half-life.

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....................................................................................................................... [2]

(ii) Suggest one reason why isotopes with very short half-lives are especially
hazardous.

...........................................................................................................................

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

[Total: 8]

10 Complete the sentences about the life cycle of stars.

(a) Protostars are formed from .........................................................................................

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

(b) A protostar becomes a stable star when ......................................................................

....................................................................................................................................

is balanced by .............................................................................................................

....................................................................................................................................
[2]

(c) The initial fuel used to power nuclear reactions in stars is ..................................... [1]

(d) Stars that are approximately the same size as the Sun become red giant stars which

then form a ..................................................................................................................

with a white dwarf star at its centre. [1]

[Total: 5]

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11 Table 11.1 gives information about three planets in the Solar System.

Table 11.1

planet mass average orbital gravitational field strength at surface

/ 1024 kg distance period N / kg
from Sun / days DE
/ 106 km
Earth 5.97 149.6 365.2 9.8
Jupiter 1898 778.6 4331 23.1
X 4.87 108.2 224.7 8.9

(a) State the name of planet X.

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

(b) Describe the relationship shown in Table 11.1 between the mass of a planet and the
gravitational field strength at its surface.

....................................................................................................................................

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

(c) Explain why ‘distance from Sun’ in Table 11.1 is an average value.

....................................................................................................................................

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

(d) Show that the average orbital speed of the Earth is approximately 30 km / s.

[3]

[Total: 6]

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