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AMERICAN ACADEMY LARNACA

YEAR 4 FINAL EXAM
Physics
Unit P1: Universal Physics

Higher Tier

Monday 6 June 2016

Time: 1 hour

You must have:

Calculator, ruler

Total Marks

Instructions
Use black ink or ball-poin t pen
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name and surname.
Answer all questions.
Answer the questions in the spaces provided
- there may be more space than you need.
Information
The total mark for this paper is 60.
The marks for each question are shown in brackets
- to how much time to spend on each question
Questions labelled with an asterisk (*) are ones where the quality of your written communication
will be assessed
- you should take particular care with your spelling, punctuation and grammar, as well as the clarity
of expression, on these questions.
Advice
Read each question carefully.
Try to answer every question.
Check your answers if you have time at the end.

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Question
1(a)(i)

1(a)(ii)

1(b)(i)
1(b)(ii)
1(c)

2(a)
2(b)(i)
2(b)(ii)
2(c)
2(d)
3(a)
3(b)

Answer
ONE from:
electricity available any time (1)
large amounts of energy/power (1)
portable (1)
ONE from:
non-renewable source of energy (1)
fuel costs money (1)
noisy (1)
carbon [dioxide] pollution (1)
fuel can run out (1)
8000 (1)
(2800 / 8000) x 100 (1)
= 35 (1)
when a conductor / wire /coil (1)
moves in a magnetic field (1)
an emf / current is produced (1)
B (1)
protostar (1)
red giant(1)
A (1)
red supergiant (1)
supernova (1)
gravitational forces (1)
balance thermal forces / pressure (1)
0.0032(kW) x 24(h) x 14(p/kWh) (2)
= 1.1 (1)
I =P/V (1)
= 97 / 230 (1)
= 0.42 (1)

3(c)(i)

4(a)(i)
4(a)(ii)
4(a)(iii)
4(b)

4(c)
5(a)(i)
5(a)(ii)

Marks

large amounts of electricity (1)

do NOT accept bald reference to pollution

accept ecf from (b)(i)

any statement of relative motion between
conductor and field
8
nebula / [dust and ] gas cloud (1)

super red giant

massive red giant
gravitational forces (1)
pulling inwards (1)

(1)
230
9.2

3(c)(ii)

Comments

4700
(1)

nP = 188 (1)
D (1)
C (1)
infrared (1)
(1850nm e-m) waves completely (1)
absorbed by atmosphere (1)
v=fx
f = v / (1)
= 3 x 108 / 800 x 10-9 (1)
= 3.8 x 1014 Hz (1,1)
appears smaller / blue shift (1)
star is moving towards us (1)
B (1)
magnifies (1)
image produced by objective lens (1)

10
IR (1)

10

5(b)(i)

5(b)(ii)

6(a)
6(b)
6(c)
6(d)

Diagram and/or words to describe:

as waves pass horizontally / left-right (1)
cork bobs / oscillates up and down / vertically
(1)
thus movement of water perpendicular to
wave direction transverse (1)
s waves pass from deep to shallow their
speed decreases
v=fx
f constant so v decreasing must mean
one of wave enters shallow first to lags
behind end still in deep water
change in direction of wavefront
wave direction perpendicular to wavefront
wave changes direction
towards normal
effect called refraction

D (1)
tsunami are produced by earthquakes (1)
which are difficult/impossible to predict (1)
3 (1)
60, 3 (1,1)
earthquakes produce both P and S waves
P waves are longitudinal and can travel
through solids and liquids
S waves are transverse and cannot travel
through liquids
S waves cannot pass through core creating
a shadow zone
showing that outer core is liquid
waves refract showing densities change
within Earth
waves reflect showing there are sudden
increases in density

1-2 marks
some reference to change in speed causing
change in direction perhaps shown
diagrammatically
3-4 marks
more detailed reasoning and probably
diagram to attempt to show why there is
change in direction with some use of correct
terminology
5-6 marks
thorough and coherent argument with
extensive use of technical terms and
probably additions to diagram to
convincingly why refraction causes change in
direction / should be understandable on first
reading

1-2 marks
some reference to waves changing speed
and direction
3-4 marks
more detailed reasoning and probably
diagram to attempt to show why there is
change in direction with some use of correct
terminology
5-6 marks
thorough and coherent argument with
extensive use of technical terms and
probably diagram / should be
understandable on first reading

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