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An ideal gas is taken once round a closed cycle. Which statements are correct?
I. The net thermal energy supplied to the gas equals the net work done by the gas.
II. No thermal energy is transferred during an isothermal stage.
III. The net work done by the gas equals the area enclosed by the cycle on a p–V diagram.
Answer: B
A driver travelling at 30 m s−1 sees an obstacle. Her reaction time is 1 s and the car then decelerates uniformly at 6 m s−2.
What is the total stopping distance?
Answer: C
An electron is accelerated from rest through a potential difference of 500 V.
What is its final speed?
Answer: C
Light of wavelength 400 nm falls on a metal surface of work function 2.3 eV.
Calculate the photon energy in eV.
Calculate the maximum kinetic energy of the emitted electrons and the stopping potential.
Calculate the threshold frequency.
The intensity of the light is doubled. State the effect on the stopping potential and on the photocurrent.
| Part | Answer and marking points | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| (a) | 3.1 eV hc/λ = 4.97 × 10−19 J = 3.1 eV ✓ | 1 |
| (b) | 0.81 eV; 0.81 V Ek = 3.11 − 2.3 ✓ = 0.81 eV (1.3 × 10−19 J) ✓ stopping potential 0.81 V ✓ | 3 |
| (c) | 5.6 × 1014 Hz f0 = Φ/h ✓ = 5.6 × 1014 Hz ✓ | 2 |
| (d) | unchanged; doubles stopping potential unchanged ✓ photocurrent doubles ✓ | 2 |
A block of mass 0.4 kg on a horizontal frictionless surface is attached to a spring of spring constant 40 N m−1. It is displaced 3 cm from equilibrium and released.
State the defining condition for simple harmonic motion.
Calculate the period of the oscillation.
Calculate the maximum speed and the maximum acceleration of the block.
Sketch a graph showing how the velocity of the block varies with time for one period, starting from release.
The block is replaced by one of four times the mass, released from the same displacement. State and explain the effect on the period and on the maximum speed.
| Part | Answer and marking points | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| (a) | a ∝ −x acceleration is proportional to displacement from equilibrium ✓ and directed towards equilibrium (a = −ω2x) ✓ | 2 |
| (b) | 0.628 s T = 2π√mk ✓ 0.628 s ✓ | 2 |
| (c) | 0.300 m s−1; 3.00 m s−2 vmax = ωA = 0.300 m s−1 ✓ amax = ω2A = 3.00 m s−2 ✓ | 2 |
| (d) | −sine curve sinusoidal curve starting at zero, going negative first ✓ amplitude and period consistent with (b) and (c) ✓ | 2 |
| (e) | T doubles, v halves the period doubles (T ∝ √m) ✓ the maximum speed halves: same energy ½kA2 with four times the mass ✓ | 2 |
A mass on a spring oscillates vertically with amplitude 3.0 cm and period 0.80 s.
Calculate the angular frequency.
Calculate the maximum speed and maximum acceleration.
State where in the oscillation the kinetic energy is a maximum.
| Part | Answer and marking points | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| (a) | 7.9 rad s−1 ω = 2π/T = 7.85 rad s−1 ✓ | 1 |
| (b) | 0.24 m s−1; 1.8 m s−2 vmax = ωx₀ = 0.24 m s−1 ✓ amax = ω2x₀ = 1.8 m s−2 ✓ | 2 |
| (c) | at equilibrium at the equilibrium position ✓ | 1 |
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