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GCE MAY 2008 : AS 3B Experimental and Investigative Skills (Session 1)

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Centre Number 71 Candidate Number ADVANCED SUBSIDIARY (AS) General Certificate of Education 2008 Physics assessing Module 3B: Experimental and Investigative Skills Session No. 1 ASY32 Assessment Unit AS 3B [ASY32] WEDNESDAY 14 MAY, MORNING TIME 1 hour 15 minutes. INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES Write your Centre Number and Candidate Number in the spaces provided at the top of this page. Turn to page 3 for further Instructions and Information. For Examiner s use only Question Number 1 2 Total Marks 4192 Marks BLANK PAGE 4192 2 [Turn over Instructions to Candidates Answer both the questions in this booklet. Rough work and calculations must also be done in this booklet. Except where instructed, do not describe the apparatus or experimental procedures. The Supervisor will tell you the order in which you are to answer the questions. Not more than 35 minutes are to be spent in answering each question. In Question 1, you must stop using the apparatus after 33 minutes so that it can be re-arranged for the next candidate. At the end of the 35-minute period you will be instructed to move to the area set aside for the next question. At the end of the Test a 5-minute period will be provided for you to complete the calculations, etc., in either of the questions of the Test, but you will not have access to the apparatus during this time. Information for Candidates The total mark for this paper is 45. Quality of written communication will be assessed in Question 2. Question 1 carries 25 marks, and Question 2 carries 20 marks. Figures in brackets printed down the right-hand side of pages indicate the marks awarded to each part question. 4192 3 [Turn over 1 Introduction In this experiment you will investigate one of the quantities that affects the period of an oscillating system. Aims The aims of the experiment are (a) to obtain the period of oscillation of a mass suspended from a metre rule, by different arrangements of support threads, (b) to plot a graph from the experimental results, (c) to find the intercept and gradient of the graph, (d) to determine the acceleration of free fall g from the results. Apparatus Fig. 1.1 shows the apparatus, which has already been set up for you. A mass M is suspended from a metre rule on a thread which is attached to the metre rule at two points of suspension A and B. The distance between the threads on the lower side of the metre rule is d. This distance may be altered by sliding the suspension points A and B along the metre rule. M is attached to the midpoint of the thread so that the distances MA and MB are equal. When the mass M is displaced slightly in a plane perpendicular to AB it will oscillate as shown in the side view. A d B M Front view Side view Fig. 1.1 4192 4 [Turn over Procedure Examiner Only Marks Remark (a) Adjust the points of suspension A and B so that the distance d is 0.10 m. Ensure that M is at the midpoint of the suspension, so that MA = MB. Displace the mass M so that it oscillates with small amplitude and take suitable measurements to allow you to determine the period of oscillation T. Record your results in Table 1.1. Adjust the points of suspension so that d = 0.30 m and repeat this procedure. Obtain a further three sets of results up to d = 0.80 m so that you have a total of five sets of results recorded in Table 1.1. Table 1.1 Distance between points of suspension d/m T/s T 4/__ d 2/__ 0.10 0.30 0.80 [7] 4192 5 [Turn over (b) Calculate the maximum percentage uncertainty in your measurements of d. Examiner Only Marks Remark Maximum percentage uncertainty = ______________ % [2] Analysis (c) The period of oscillation T is related to the distance d between the points of suspension by Equation 1.1. T4 = 4 4 2 4 4 d+ 2 g2 g Equation 1.1 (i) Write appropriate units in the headings of the columns for T 4 and d 2 in Table 1.1. [1] (ii) Calculate the values of T 4 and d 2 and insert these in the appropriate columns in Table 1.1. [2] (iii) You are to plot a graph of T 4 on the y-axis against d 2 on the x-axis on the graph grid of Fig. 1.2. Label the axes of your graph and choose suitable scales. Plot the points and draw the best straight line through them. [5] 4192 6 [Turn over Fig. 1.2 4192 7 [Turn over (d) (i) Find the gradient of your graph and state its units. Examiner Only Marks Remark Gradient = ________________ Units of gradient: ________________ [4] (ii) Use your gradient to calculate a value for the acceleration of free fall g. g = ______________ m s 2 [2] (iii) Use the intercept of your graph to calculate a second value for g. g = ______________ m s 2 [2] 4192 8 [Turn over Where appropriate, your answer to this question should be in continuous prose. You will be assessed on the quality of your written communication. 2 Examiner Only Marks Remark Planning and design question Introduction This question is about investigating the factors that affect the size of the impact crater formed when a ball bearing is dropped onto sand. You have been supplied with a ball bearing and a tray of sand onto which it can be dropped. (a) Drop the ball bearing onto the sand from a height of approximately 20 cm and observe the impact crater formed. The diameter D of the crater is thought to depend on the impact energy E of the ball bearing according to Equation 2.1. D = kE 1 4 Equation 2.1 The quantity k is a constant. (i) The diameter of the impact crater formed could be measured using a metre rule. Describe how you would ensure that the measurement of diameter, using the rule, is reliable. ______________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ [2] (ii) How could you make the measurement of diameter more accurate? ___________________________________________________ [1] 4192 9 [Turn over (b) (i) The energy when the ball bearing hits the sand is all kinetic. Explain why it would be difficult to obtain an accurate value for the impact energy by calculating the kinetic energy using the equation E k = 1 mv 2 from experimental values using common 2 laboratory apparatus. Examiner Only Marks Remark ______________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ [2] (ii) Provided that the ball bearing is dropped from rest, the impact energy will be equal to the gravitational potential energy of the ball bearing before it falls. Write down the relation that can be used to calculate the gravitational potential energy of the ball bearing. Give the meaning of any symbols used. Impact energy = ___________________ [1] 4192 10 [Turn over (c) Describe an experiment to investigate how the impact energy of the ball bearing you have been given affects the diameter of the impact crater it produces. Examiner Only Marks Remark You should include in your answer: what factor you will change to get a range of impact energies the quantities you will measure and how you will measure them any factors that need to be controlled how you will make your results reliable (You do not need to describe how you will ensure reliability of the diameter of the impact crater since this was covered in (a)(i).) _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ [7] Quality of written communication ___________________________ [1] 4192 11 [Turn over (d) Describe two methods of showing, from your results, whether or not Equation 2.1 is valid. One method should make use of a graph, the other should be non-graphical. Examiner Only Marks Remark Graphical method: _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ [2] Non-graphical method: _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ [2] (e) The constant k depends on the surface on to which the ball bearing is dropped. Give two properties of the surface that could affect the size of crater formed. 1. _______________________________________________________ 2. ____________________________________________________ [2] THIS IS THE END OF THE QUESTION PAPER 4192 12 [Turn over S 01/07 528-021-1

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