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9702_m20_qp_42

科目:物理 Physics (9702)

年份:2020 春季

试卷:Paper 42

总页数:24

章节:12-13: Circular Motion & Gravitational Fields, 14-16: Temperature, Ideal Gases & Thermodynamics, 17: Oscillations, 18: Electric fields, 19: Capacitance, 20: Magnetic fields, 21: Alternating currents, 22: Quantum physics, 23: Nuclear physics, 24: Medical physics

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Answer all the questions in the spaces provided.

1 (a) Define gravitational potential at a point.

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(b) TESS is a satellite of mass 360 kg in a circular orbit about the Earth as shown in Fig. 1.1.

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  ![image](image_1.png)
</div>

Fig. 1.1 (not to scale)

The radius of the Earth is $6.4 \times 10^6$ m and the mass of the Earth, considered to be a point mass at its centre

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(ii) Calculate the change in gravitational potential energy between TESS in orbit and TESS on a launch pad on the surface of the Earth.

change in gravitational potential energy = ………………………………………… J [3]

(iii) Use the information in (b)(i) to calculate the ratio:

$$
\frac{\text{gravitational field strength on surface of Earth}}{\text{gravitational field strength at location of TESS in orbit}}
$$

ratio = ………………………………………… 2

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2 A large container of volume $85 \, \text{m}^3$ is filled with $110 \, \text{kg}$ of an ideal gas. The pressure of the gas is $1.0 \times 10^5 \, \text{Pa}$ at temperature $T$ .

The mass of $1.0 \, \text{mol}$ of the gas is $32 \, \text{g}$ .

(a) Show that the temperature $T$ of the gas is approximately $300 \, \text{K}$ .

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(b) The temperature of the gas is increased to $350 \, \text{K}$ at constant volume. The specific heat capacity of the gas for this change is $0.66 \, \text{J} \, \text{kg}^{-1} \, \text{K}^{-1}$ .

Calculate the energy supplied to the gas by heating.

energy = ………………………………………… J [2]

(c) Explain how movement of the gas molecules causes pressure in the container.

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(d) The temperature of a gas depends on the root-mean-square (r.m.s.) speed of its molecules.

Calculate the ratio:

$$
\frac{\text{r.m.s. speed of gas molecules at } 350\,\text{K}}{\text{r.m.s. speed of gas molecules at } 300\,\text{K}}
$$

ratio = ………………………………………… 2

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3 (a) A body undergoes simple harmonic motion.

The variation with displacement $x$ of its velocity $v$ is shown in Fig. 3.1.

Fig. 3.1

(i) State the amplitude $x_o$ of the oscillations.

$x_o = \underline{\hspace{5cm}} \text{ m [1]}$

(ii) Calculate the period $T$ of the oscillations.

$T = \underline{\hspace{5cm}} \text{ s [3]}$

(iii) On Fig. 3.1, label with a P a point where the body has maximum potential energy. [1]

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(b) A bar magnet is suspended from the free end of a spring, as shown in Fig. 3.2.

Fig. 3.2

One pole of the magnet is situated in a coil of wire. The coil is connected in series with a switch and a resistor. The switch is open.

The magnet is displaced vertically and then released. The magnet oscillates with simple harmonic motion.

(i) State Faraday’s law of electromagnetic induction.

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4 (a) (i) Explain why ultrasound used in medical diagnosis is emitted in pulses.

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(ii) Explain the principles of the detection of ultrasound waves used in medical diagnosis.

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(ii) Use your value in (b)(i) to explain why gel is applied to the surface of the skin during an ultrasound scan.

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5 (a) State two advantages of the transmission of data in digital form, rather than analogue form.

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(b) Optic fibres are used for the transmission of data.

(i) A signal in an optic fibre is carried by an electromagnetic wave of frequency $1.36 \times 10^{14} \text{Hz}$ . The speed of the wave in the fibre is $2.07 \times 10^8 \text{m s}^{-1}$ .

For this electromagnetic wave, determine the ratio:

$$
\frac{\text{wavelength in free space}}{\text{wavelength in fibre}}
$$

ratio = ...........................................

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6 Two positively charged identical metal spheres A and B have their centres separated by a distance of 24 cm, as shown in Fig. 6.1.

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  ![image](image_1.png)
</div>

Fig. 6.1 (not to scale)

The variation with distance $x$ from the centre of A of the electric field strength $E$ due to the two spheres, along the line joining their centres, is represented in Fig. 6.2.

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  ![image](image_2.png)
</div>

Fig. 6.2

(a) State the radius of the two spheres.

radius = ______________________ cm [1]

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(b) The charge on sphere A is $3.6 \times 10^{-9} \, \text{C}$ . Determine the charge $Q_B$ on sphere B.

Assume that spheres A and B can be treated as point charges at their centres.

Explain your working.

$$
Q_B = \underline{\hspace{5cm}} \, \text{C} \, [3]
$$

(c) (i) Sphere B is removed.

Use information from (b) to determine the electric potential on the surface of sphere A.

$$
\text{electric potential} = \underline{\hspace{5cm}} \, \text{V} \, [2]
$$

(ii) Calculate the capacitance of sphere A.

$$
\text{capacitance} = \underline{\hspace{5cm}} \, \text{F} \, [2]
$$

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7 (a) On Fig. 7.1, sketch the temperature characteristic of a negative temperature coefficient (n.t.c.) thermistor. Label the axes with quantity and unit.

Fig. 7.1

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(b) An n.t.c. thermistor and a resistor are connected as shown in Fig. 7.2.

Fig. 7.2

The temperature of the thermistor is increased.

State and explain the change, if any, to the reading on the voltmeter.

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(c) The variation with the fractional change in length $\Delta x/x$ of the fractional change in resistance $\Delta R/R$ for a strain gauge is shown in Fig. 7.3.

Fig. 7.3

The unstrained resistance of the gauge is $120\,\Omega$ . Calculate the new resistance of the gauge when it is extended to a strain of $0.020$ .

resistance = ………………………………………… $\Omega$ 3

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8 (a) Explain what is meant by a magnetic field.

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(b) The apparatus shown in Fig. 8.1 is used in an experiment to find the magnetic flux density $B$ between the poles of a horseshoe magnet. Assume the magnetic field is uniform between the poles of the magnet and zero elsewher

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<div style="text-align: center;">
  ![image](image_1.png)
</div>

Fig. 8.2

Calculate the magnetic flux density $B$ .

$$
B = \underline{\hspace{5cm}} \text{ T [2]}
$$

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(c) In a different experiment, electrons are accelerated through a potential difference and then enter a region of magnetic field. The magnetic field is into the plane of the paper and is perpendicular to the direction of travel of the electrons, as illustrated in Fig. 8.3.

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9 (a) The output of a power supply is represented by:

$$
V = 9.0 \sin 20t
$$

where $V$ is the potential difference in volts and $t$ is the time in seconds.

Determine, for the output of the supply:

(i) the root-mean-square (r.m.s.) voltage, $V_{r.m.s.}$

$$
V_{r.m.s} = \underline{\hspace{5cm}} \text{V [1]}
$$

(ii) the period $T$ .

$$
T = \underline{\hspace{5cm}} \text{s [2]}
$$

(b) The variations with time $t$ of the output potential difference $V$ from two different power supplies are shown in Fig. 9.1 and Fig. 9.2.

<div style="display: flex; justify-content: space-between; width: 100%;">

<div style="text-align: center;">
    ![image](image_1.png)
    <br>
    Fig. 9.1
</div>

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    ![image](image_2.png)
    <br>
    Fig. 9.2
</div>

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The

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(c) (i) The power supply in (a) is connected to a transformer. The input power to the transformer is 80 W.

The secondary coil is connected to a resistor. The r.m.s. voltage across the resistor is 120 V. The r.m.s. current in the secondary coil is 0.64 A.

Calculate the efficiency of the transformer.

efficiency = ………………………………………… [3]

(ii) State one reason why the transformer is not 100% efficient.

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10 (a) By reference to the photoelectric effect, explain what is meant by work function energy.

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(b) In an experiment, electromagnetic radiation of frequency $f$ is incident on a metal surface.

The results in Fig. 10.1 show the variation with frequency $f$ of the maximum kinetic energy $E_{MAX}$ of electrons emitted from the surface.

![image](image_1.png)

Fig. 10.1

(i) Determine the work function e

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(ii) The work function energy in eV for some metals is given in Table 10.1.

Table 10.1

<table>
  <tr>
    <th>metal</th>
    <th>work function/eV</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>tungsten</td>
    <td>4.49</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>magnesium</td>
    <td>3.68</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>potassium</td>
    <td>2.26</td>
  </tr>
</table>

Determine the metal used in the experiment. Show your working.

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(c) The intensity of the electromagnetic radiation for one particular frequency in (b) is increased. State and explain the change, if any, in:

(i) the maximum kinetic energy of the emitted electrons

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11 Electrons are accelerated through a potential difference of 100kV. They are then incident on a metal target, they decelerate, and X-ray photons are emitted.

(a) Calculate the maximum possible frequency of the emitted X-ray photons.

frequency = ………………………………………… Hz [2]

(b) Explain why an aluminium filter may be placed in the X-ray beam when producing an X-ray image of a patient.

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(c) The linear attenuation (absorption) coefficients $\mu$ for X-rays in bone, blood and muscle are given in Table 11.1.

Table 11.1

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  <tr>
    <th

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(ii) In an X-ray image, white regions show greater absorption of X-rays than dark regions.  
State and explain the difference between the X-ray image of bone compared to that of muscle.

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12 (a) Explain what is meant by the *binding energy* of a nucleus.

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(b) The following nuclear reaction takes place:

$$
{}^{236}_{92}U + {}^1_0n \rightarrow {}^{144}_{55}Cs + {}^{90}_xRb + y_0^1n
$$

(i) Determine the values of $x$ and $y$ .

$x = \text{............................................................................................................}$

$y = \text{............................