ti, BOTSWANA ~ _ in collaboration with > UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE LOCAL EXAMINATIONS SYNDICATE Botswana General Certificate of Secondary Education CANDIDATE NAME CENTRE CANDIDATE NUMBER NUMBER: PHYSICS 0571/02 Paper 2 . October/November 2008 hour Candidates answer on the Question Paper No additional materials are required READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your Centre number, candidate number and name in the spaces provided at the top of this page ‘Answer all questions. Write your answers in the spaces provided on the question paper. You may lose marks if you do not show your working or if you do not use appropriate units. Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid. ‘The number of marks is given in brackets [ J at the end of each question or part qu Take the weight of 1 kg to be 10N (i.e. acceleration of free fall = 107s”). For Examiner's Use This document consists of 15 printed pages and 1 blank page, iia1 ke ’ Fig. 1.1 shows the face of a centre-zero ‘aithiheter. Sa oe ge: Fig. 1.1 (@) Whats the smallest scale division on the ammeter? smallest division =... (b) What is the reading shown by the ammeter? reading = mA [1] mA (1)3 (©) Fig. 1.2 shows the structure of the ammeter. Fig. 1.2 Explain briefly how the ammeter measures currents. [4] ex eee2 4 A stone is rolled along the ground at a constant speed of 5.0 m/s for a time of 10s. (a) State what is meant by speed. (b) Calculate the distance travelled by the stone. distance = (ce) Sketch the speed-time and the distance-time graphs on the axes in Fig. 2.1. Mark clearly values of distance and speed on the axes. iq distance mis (4)5 for Jamies Fig. 3.1 shows a diagram of Thuso playing with his younger sister Sego, using an old wheelbarrow. The total weight of Sego and the wheelbarrow is 220. Thuso 220N Fig. 3.1 (a) Name the turning effect of a force, (b) Calculate the turing effect of Sego and the wheelbarrow about the pivot. turing effect Nem (2) (c) Calculate the force that Thuso applies to keep the wheelbarrow horizontal. force oN [2] (4) Sego moves closer to the pivot. Does the force applied by Thuso to keep the wheelbarrow horizontal increase, decrease or stay the same? Explain your answer.6 4 Using a suitable scale, determine the resultant of two forces of 60N and 80N acting at 75° to each other. scale = (1) (2) ( resultant = NO] 5 Fig. .1 shows a mercury barometer. The atmospheric pressure is 760mm of mercury. 760mm | mercury Fig.5.1 (a) The weight of mercury in the tube is 10 and the cross-sectional area of the tube is 0.00010m2, Calculate the pressure created by the mercury. pressure Nim? [2]7 (b) If water is used in the barometer, what happens to the height of the liquid in the tube? Explain your answer. (©) Briefly explain why atmospheric pressure decreases with altitude.6 Fig. 6.1 shows two identical thermometers, A and B, placed in strong sunlight. One of the thermometers is painted white and the other painted dull black. thermometer. Fig.6.1 (a) Which thermometer, A or B, is painted dull black? Explain your answer. [2] (b) When the thermometers are placed in the shade, the level of the mercury column falls. (i) Why does the mercury column fall? (ii) Which thermometer will show the faster fall? Explain your answer.9 Fig. 7.1 shows two ships approaching each other. The sound from the horn of ship 1 takes 5 seconds to be heard by the captain of ship 2. wind ——» Fig. 7.41 (2) How far apart are the two ships? (speed of sound in air = 330 m/s). You may ignore the effect of the wind. distance = vm [2] (b) Ship 1 takes 99 seconds to reach the position where ship 2 was. (i) What is the speed of ship 1? omnis [1] (ii) Express the value of the speed in kmh. speed = - ken/h (1) (c) A strong wind blows towards ship 2, What effect will this have on: (i) the speed of ship 1? (ii) the speed of ship 2? (iil) the time sound takes to travel from ship 1 to ship 2210 (d) The wavelength of red light is 7.0 x 10-m and its velocity is 3.0 x 108m/s. (i) Calculate the frequency of red light. frequency Hz [2] (il) State what is meant by the frequency of a wave.W Fig, 8.1 shows the image formed when an object is placed in front of a converging lens. F is the principal focus of the lens. lens F F Jimave Fig. 8.1 (a) Determine, (the position of the object by completing Fig. 8.1, fo} (li) the height of the object. height (b) The object is moved a small distance towards the lens. Describe two changes in the image formed. 1 Esaniners12 9 Anelectric bulb is rated 100W, 240V. (a) What does this information mean? (b) Calculate the resistance of the bulb when it is connected to the mains supply and switched on. resistance = - 202] 10 Fig. 10.1 shows a security electric lock. switch / Fig, 10.1(a) State and explain what is observed (i) when the switch is closed, (2] (li) when the switch is opened, (b) Why sit important to use a rod made of iron? (c)_ What two effects does increasing the number of turns on the coil have? 114 11 Fig. 11.1 shows an incomplete circuit used to establish the relationship between potential difference and current for a coil of wire. XA coil Fig. 11.4 (a) Name component x. (b) Whats the purpose of component X? ao) (¢) Using standard circuit symbols, complete the circuit by including the ammeter and voltmeter. 2] (4) The coil is an ohmic conductor. (i) What is an ohmic conductor? (tl) On Fig. 11.2, sketch a graph of potential difference against current for the coil, (2) potential difference 0 current Fig. 11.2 (e) When the ammeter reads 0.24 the voltmeter reading is 12V. Calculate the resistance of the coil,15 .ctive materials undergo radioactive decay. Some radioactive materials are involved in fission and fusion. (a) Desoribe the process of radioactive decay. 12) (b) Select words from the list to fll in the blanks in the passage. combine, fission, fusion, splits occurs when a heavy nucleus ... ..occurs when two small nuclei (c) Which process is responsible for the generation of energy in a star? (d) Give one example of a radioactive material. xaniners