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Question 1056:
[Current of Electricity > Charge]
The charge that a fully-charged 12 V
car battery can supply is 100 kC. The starter motor of the car requires a
current of 200 A for an average period of 2.0 s. The battery does not recharge
because of a fault.
What is the maximum number of times
the starter motor of the car can be used?
A 21 B 25 C
42 D 250
Reference: Past Exam Paper – November 2008 Paper 1 Q34
Solution 1056:
Answer: D.
The starter motor of the car requires
a current of 200 A for an average period of 2.0 s.
For one use, total charge Q = It =
200 × 2.0 = 400 C
The charge that a fully-charged 12 V
car battery can supply is 100 kC (= 100 000 C).
Number of times = 100 000 / 400 = 250
Question 1057:
[Kinematics > Graph]
When a car driver sees a hazard
ahead, she applies the brakes as soon as she can and brings the car to rest.
The graph shows how the speed v of
the car varies with time t after she sees the hazard.
Which graph represents the variation
with time t of the distance s travelled by the car after she has seen the
hazard?
For November 2004:
For June 2009:
Reference: Past Exam Paper – November 2004 Paper 1 Q8
& June 2009 Paper 1 Q6
Solution 1057:
Answer: C.
The distance travelled is given by
the area under the speed-time graph. In a distance-time graph, the speed is
given by the gradient.
From time = 0 to time = t1,
the speed is constant. So the graph should be a straight line in the
distance-time graph for this section. [D is
incorrect] The speed is not zero, so the gradient cannot be zero. [A is incorrect]
From t1 the speed
decreases uniformly until t2, that is, there is a constant deceleration.
Thus, the gradient of the distance-time graph (which represents speed) should
decrease with time. [B is incorrect]
Question 1058:
[Current of Electricity > Resistance]
The diagram shows a light-dependent
resistor (LDR) and a thermistor forming a potential divider.
Under which set of conditions will
the potential difference across the thermistor have the greatest value?
illumination
temperature
A low low
B high
low
C low
high
D high
high
Reference: Past Exam Paper – June 2006 Paper 1 Q37
& June 2014 Paper 12 Q37
Solution 1058:
Answer: B.
A potential divider is formed.
For the potential difference across the
thermistor to be greatest, the resistance of the LDR should be small and the
resistance of the thermistor high.
Since the resistance of the LDR
decreases as light intensity increases, the illumination should be high.
When the temperature is low, the
resistance of the thermistor is high.
Question 1059:
[Matter > States of matter]
Which line in the table gives
approximate ratios of density and molecular spacing for a substance in its
solid, liquid and gas phases?
Reference: Past Exam Paper – November 2002 Paper 1 Q22
Solution 1059:
Answer: A.
Density = mass / volume
The molecular spacing can be taken
as a measure of the volume of a substance.
Volume = (molecular spacing)3
From the formula for density, it can
be seen that a larger molecular spacing results (in a bigger volume and thus,)
in a smaller density.
The kinetic model of matter assumes
that there is no intermolecular forces between gas molecules / atoms. Thus, a
gas would definitely have larger molecular spacing than solids and liquids.
Now, the molecules of a liquid is
less closely packed than in a solid, but by what amount?
Consider choice B. If the molecular
spacing of a liquid is 10 times that of a solid, it means that solids have a
density of 1000 times that of liquids since the volume of liquids would then be
(103 =) 1000 times that of solids. But we know that this is not
correct. So, the molecular spacing of solids and liquids mat be taken to be
nearly the same.
The relative molecular spacing of a
gas would be 10 times greater (1000 is too big).
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