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A mass attachedto a length of string is moving in a circular path around a central point,
O, on a flat, horizontal, frictionless table. This is depicted in the diagram below. The
string breaks as the masspassespoint X.
B
A
Direction String
of motion
I
(A) Line A
(B) Line B
(C) Line C
(D) Line D
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A stoneis thrown horizontally from the top of a cliff and falls onto the beachbelow.
(A) (B)
(c) (D)
Two satellites,X andY, are in circular orbits aroundEarth. Their massesare identical and
their orbital radii are R and 16R, respectively.
(A) I 4
(B) 1 I6
(c) 1 32 \l u)
(D) 1 64
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The diagram shows a magnet standing on the bottom of a dish filled with a conducting
solution. A copper wire is suspendedfreely from a point above the magnet with its tip in
the conducting solution. It is held in the position shown.
Switch Pivot
Conducting Dish
solution
(A) 0.170N
(B) 0.424N
(c) 0.600N
(D) 0.849N
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A squareloop of wire, in a uniform magnetic field, is rotating at a constantrate about an
axis as shown. The magnetic freld is directed out of the plane of the page.At time r= 0
the plane of the loop is perpendicularto the magnetic field and side XI is moving out of
the page.
I Axis
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r-'\
I
tB
I
I
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Which graph best representsthe variation of the magnetic flux through the loop with
time?
(A) (B) X
fT
(c) 5 (D) =
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Early electric generatorswere often very simple. A hand-operatedversion is depicted
below.
Brush X touchesthe metal axle and Brush I touchesthe rim of the disc.
If the metal disc is rotated uniformly as shown, which statement about the current
through the globe is correct?
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10 The apparatusshown is designedto investigatethe operation of a transformer.
Switch
Coil X (100turns)
Iron core
Coil f (200turns)
A studentclosesthe switch for a short time, then opensit. The data logger recordsvalues
of voltage for both coils for the duration of the investigation. The data logger software
displays the results as a pair of voltage-time graphs on a computer monitor.
(A) v (B) v
0 0
(c) v (D) v
0 0
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11 Lawrence and William Bragg used X-rays to determinethe crystal structureof materials.
(A) Diffraction
(B) Dispersion
(C) Polarisation
(D) Rarefaction
Which statementcorrectly identifies the changein its electrical resistanceand the reason
for this chanse?
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15 When electromagneticradiation shines on metals, photoelectronsmay be emitted.
Th
maximum kinetic energy of emitted photoelectronsis plotted againstradiation frequenc
for four metals as shown in the graph.
AI
Fe
.o. Be
f r'l
M
dA
tr T
x?
\=
a
Frequency
1l0lsHz;
(A) AI
(B) Be
(C) Ca
(D) Fe
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