15 Marks
15 Marks
15 Marks
3. A stone falls from rest to the bottom of a water well of depth d. The time t taken to fall is[1 mark]
2.0 ±0.2 s. The depth of the well is calculated to be 20 m using d = 12 at 2. The
uncertainty in a is negligible.
What is the absolute uncertainty in d?
A. ± 0.2 m
B. ± 1 m
C. ± 2 m
D. ± 4 m
4. Light of wavelength 400nm is incident on two slits separated by 1000µm. The [1 mark]
interference pattern from the slits is observed from a satellite orbiting 0.4Mm above the
Earth. The distance between interference maxima as detected at the satellite is
A. 0.16Mm.
B. 0.16km.
C. 0.16m.
D. 0.16mm.
5. A car moves north at a constant speed of 3m s –1 for 20s and then east at a constant [1 mark]
speed of 4m s–1 for 20s. What is the average speed of the car during this motion?
A. 7.0m s –1
B. 5.0m s –1
C. 3.5m s–1
D. 2.5m s–1
The length of the cube and the diameter of the sphere are 10.0±0.2cm.
percentageuncertaintyofthevolumeofthesphere
What is the ratio percentageuncertaintyofthevolumeofthecube
?
3
A. 4π
B. 1
C. 2
D. 8
8. Which of the following expresses the watt in terms of fundamental units? [1 mark]
A. kg m 2 s
B. kg m 2 s-1
C. kg m 2 s-2
D. kg m 2 s-3
9. Which of the following expresses the units of capacitance in terms of fundamental [1 mark]
units?
A. s4 A2 m−2 kg−1
B. s2 Am−2 kg−1
C. s4 A2 m−2
D. s2 Am−2
Data analysis question.
A simple pendulum of length l consists of a small mass attached to the end of a light string.
The time T taken for the mass to swing through one cycle is given by
T = 2π√
l
g
10. A student measures T for one length l to determine the value of g. Time [2 marks]
T = 1.9s ± 0.1s and length l = 0.880m ± 0.001m. Calculate the fractional
uncertainty in g.
13. The radius of a sphere is measured with an uncertainty of 2%. What is the uncertainty in[1 mark]
the volume of the sphere?
A. 2%
B. 4%
C. 6%
D. 8%
14. The volume V of a cylinder of radius R and height H is given by V = πR2H. The volume [1 mark]
of the cylinder was measured with an uncertainty of 10% and the height was measured
with an uncertainty of 6%. What is the uncertainty in the radius of the cylinder?
A. 1%
B. 2%
C. 4%
D. 8%