Brampton Centennial Secondary School

SPH 3UO Science Examination

Teacher: Mr. Drmanic Date: June 23, 2006

Time: 9:00 AM
Length: 2 Hours
# of Pages: 10

Name:_______________________________ Mark: ________ /100

Calculators are allowed!

Part A: Multiple Choice. [25 marks – 30 minutes]

Select the best answer for each question and using a pencil, fill in the appropriate space on the Scantron card.

1. Scalar quantities can best be represented by the following group:

(A) speed, distance and acceleration
(B) velocity, displacement and time
(C) velocity, distance and acceleration
(D) speed, distance and time
(E) velocity, displacement and acceleration

The following graphs (A) → (E) below are to be used to answer questions # 2 → 6.

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

2. Which best represents an acceleration – time graph for uniform accelerated motion?
(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D (E) E

3. Which best represents a displacement – time graph for uniform accelerated motion?
(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D (E) E

4. Which best represents a frequency – length graph for pendulum motion?

(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D (E) E

5. Which best represents a force – acceleration graph?

(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D (E) E

6. Which best represents a resistance – current graph with a constant potential energy difference?
(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D (E) E

7. The slope of a velocity-time graph for an object moving with uniform motion is
(A) positive.
(B) negative.
(C) changing.
(D) equal to zero.
(E) not a factor.

8. A hiker walks 15 km [E], 5.0 km [S], 3.0 km [W] and 5.0 km [N]. The resultant displacement is
(A) 12 km [W].
(B) 12 km [E].
(C) 15 km [E].
(D) 18 km [E].
(E) 28 km [W].

9. Each side of a square racetrack is 100 m. A runner at the southwest corner starts running northward and runs once
around the track in 50 s. The runner’s average velocity is
(A) zero.
(B) 1.0 m/s [W].
(C) 2.0 m/s.
(D) 6.0 m/s.
(E) 8.0 m/s [W].
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10. If a very small net force acts on an object at rest, the object
(A) remains stationary.
(B) moves at a constant velocity.
(C) accelerates.
(D) accelerates only if the net force is larger than the force of friction.
(E) comes to a certain velocity and remains at that velocity.

11. A book is lying on a table. The table is exerting an upward force on the book which is equal in magnitude to the
downward force exerted by the book on the table. This example illustrates
(A) Galileo’s law of inertia.
(B) Newton’s law of universal gravitation.
(C) Newton’s first law.
(D) Newton’s second law.
(E) Newton’s third law.

12. A worker applies a force of 220 N horizontally to the right to move a 50 kg crate. The force of friction between the
crate and the floor is 200 N. If the crate is pushed 2.0 m, the work done against friction is
(A) 840 J.
(B) 440 J.
(C) 400 J.
(D) 200 J.
(E) 40 J.

13. A ball is thrown vertically upwards from ground level. When the ball reaches its maximum height, which of the
following statements about the displacement (d), the velocity (v) and the acceleration (a) is true?
(A) d > 0, v > 0, a < 0
(B) d > 0, v = 0, a > 0
(C) d > 0, v = 0, a < 0
(D) d > 0, v < 0, a = 0
(E) d = 0, v = 0, a = 0

14. A pendulum ‘bob’ travels 2.0 m during one cycle. What is the amplitude of the vibration?
(A) 0.50 m
(B) 1.0 m
(C) 2.0 m
(D) 4.0 m
(E) 8.0 m

15. What is the shortest resonant length of an air column closed at one end if the wavelength of the sound wave is
80.0 cm?
(A) 10.0 cm
(B) 20.0 cm
(C) 40.0 cm
(D) 80.0 cm
(E) 160 cm

16. When an observer approaches a source of sound, the apparent frequency

(A) increases according to the Doppler effect.
(B) decreases according to the Doppler effect.
(C) remains the same according to the Doppler effect.
(D) can no longer be perceived by the human ear.
(E) forms constructive and destructive interference patterns called beats.

17. A crest with an amplitude of 16 cm meets a trough with an amplitude of 19 cm. The resulting wave has
(A) a crest with a 35 cm amplitude.
(B) a trough with a 35 cm amplitude.
(C) a crest with a 3.0 cm amplitude.
(D) a trough with a 3.0 cm amplitude.
(E) a wave with zero amplitude.

18. Three resistors with values of 2.0 , 3.0 , and 4.0  are connected in parallel. What is the total resistance?
(A) 0.80 
(B) 0.92 
(C) 1.1 
(D) 9.0 
(E) 24 

19. If the number of electrons flowing through a wire increases, which of the following would increase?
(A) voltage
(B) positive charges
(C) power rating
(D) resistance
(E) current
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20. The magnetic field around a coil of wire carrying electricity can be increased by
(A) increasing the current.
(B) increasing the number of coils (turns).
(C) using a soft iron core inside the coil of wire.
(D) all the factors listed in choices A, B and C.
(E) the factors listed in choices A and B only.

21. In a motor, the metal ring which resembles a split cylinder open at both ends is called a(n)
(A) armature.
(B) commutator.
(C) field magnet.
(D) coil.
(E) brush.

22. When a current carrying conductor is placed in a magnetic field the

(A) current stops.
(B) magnetic field is cancelled.
(C) conductor experiences a perpendicular force.
(D) conductor experiences a parallel force.
(E) conductor rotates.

Part B: Written Answers and Calculations. [75 marks – 90 minutes]

Show your solutions in the spaces provided. Equations, all work and all units must be shown for full marks.

1. A stone is dropped down a deep well to determine the distance to the water. You see the rock hit
4.00 s later. Calculate:
[2] (a) the depth of the well.

[2] (b) the time it will take the sound to return to the observer if the speed of sound is 335 m/s.

2. A car accelerates uniformly from rest with an acceleration of 0.2 m/s 2.

[2] (a) Find how long it will take the car to travel 1500 m.

[2] (b) Find the speed of the car (in m/s) at the 1500 m mark.

[1] (c) Convert this speed to km/h.

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[3] 3. A tennis racket strikes a 55 g ball for 0.50 s and changes its velocity from 30 m/s [E] to
40 m/s [W]. What average force does the racket exert on the ball?

4. Mr. Drmanic accelerates an 85 kg filing cabinet from rest to 2.5 m/s over a distance of 2.0 m.
[2] (a) Calculate the acceleration of the cabinet. (Apply proper significant digits)

[2] (b) If the applied force was measured to be 283 N, what was the force of friction?

[2] (c) Calculate the coefficient of kinetic friction.

5. Two toy cars, attached to each other by a string, are being pulled by a little boy. The first car has a mass of
1.0 kg and the second car has a mass of 0.50 kg. The boy pulls both cars with a constant force of 5.0 N and
there is no friction.
[1] (a) Calculate the acceleration of both cars.

[2] (b) Calculate the action-reaction force acting between the two cars.
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[3] (c) Draw a free body diagram for the 1.0 kg car. Calculate and label all the forces acting on it.

[2] 6. (a) A wrecking ball is traveling at 7.0 m/s at the bottom of its swing. How high above the bottom
of its swing will it rise? (A wrecking ball swings like a pendulum.)

[2] (b) At what speed would the wrecking ball have to be traveling at the bottom of its swing in
order to rise to twice the height it reached in part (a) above?

7. A person lifts a 100 kg box to a height of 70 cm, carries the box horizontally for 2 m and then up a ramp. The
ramp is 1.8 m high.
[3] (a) Find the total work done on the box from the time it is lifted until it reaches the top of the ramp.

[2] (b) The person drops the box off the ramp. Use conservation of energy to calculate the speed of the box
just as it hits the ground.
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8. An 80 kg baseball player comes to a stop as he slides into third base. The coefficient of kinetic friction
between the player and the ground is 0.70.
[2] (a) If his speed at the start of the slide is 8.23 m/s, calculate his acceleration during the slide.

[2] (b) Find the duration of the slide?

[2] (c) If the distance to the base at the beginning of his slide is 4.5 m, determine whether or not the
player will make it safely to third base.

9. A car comes to a skidding stop in 5.0 m. While stopping, the road exerts a force of 600 N opposite to the
motion of the car.
[2] (a) How much work does the road do on the car?

[1] (b) How much work does the car do on the road?
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[2] (c) If it takes 0.28 minutes to stop, find the power involved.

[2] 10. In a physics experiment, a copper cube of mass 300 g is heated to a temperature of 100 C. The cube is then
placed in 200 mL of water at 10.0 C. The final temperature of the mixture is 21.0 C. What is the specific
heat capacity of copper? (density of H2O = 1.0 g/mL)

[2] 11. Two sunbathers were sitting on a raft. One noted that the raft bobbed up and down at a frequency of
0.20 Hz. The other observed that a crest took 5.0 s to travel the 15 m to shore. How far apart were the crests?

[3] 12. A physics student wanted to know the air temperature but lacked a thermometer. To remedy this
complication, she fired a cap pistol and measured the time for the echo to return to her from a cliff that was
200.0 m away. If the time interval was 1.16 s, what was the air temperature?

[10] 14. In each of the following diagrams below, list the missing values for V, I and/or R. (Show all work!)

(a)
R1 = 10  RT = _______________

IT = _______________
R2 = 12 
R4 = 5 
V1 = _______________
I4=0.34 A
R3 = 8  I3 = _______________

V4 = _______________

Vo = 6.0 V
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(b)
RT = _______________
R2
R1 = _______________
Vo = 6.0 V
R2 = _______________
IT = 1.5 A I1 = 1.0 A R3 = 8 
I2 = _______________

V3 = _______________

15. Complete the following diagrams by drawing in the required information.

[1] (a) Indicate the direction of the needle of each compass.

Compass

Conductor

[2] (b) Indicate the direction of the needle of each compass.

Compass
....
[1] (c) Determine which circles should have a dot () and which a cross ().

N S

[2] (d) Use the motor principle to determine the direction of the force on the conductor.

S
N . S