g Say BOTSWANA EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL = Botswana General Certificate of Secondary Education CANDIDATE NAME CENTRE NUMBER CANDIDATE NUMBER. PHYSICS 0571/03 Paper 3 Theory October/November 2022 1 hour 15 minutes You must answer on the Question Paper. Additional Materials; Electronic calculator INSTRUCTIONS, = Answer all questions, © Use black or dark biue pen. ‘+ Write your candidate name, Centre number and candidate number in the spaces provided at the top of this page + Write your answer to each question in the space provided. + Donot use an erasable pen or correction fii + DO NOT WRITE IN ANY BARCODES. © You may use an HB pene for any diagrams, graphs or rough working _—— For Examiner's Use INFORMATION 1 | ‘+The total mark for this paper is 70. +The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets oh * You may lose your marks if you do not show your working, «Take the weight of 1kg to be 10N (i¢, acceleration of free fall = 10 m/s") ‘This document consists of 12 printed pages {Turn over © BEC 20222 bn 4 (0) Stato one offoct of a force on the motion of an object, ()) Fig. 4.1 shows a car travolling on a straight lovel road. Tho diagram is not drawn to scale. Fig. 4.4 The car travels al a constant speed from point A to B then accelerates uniformly from point B to C. A (i) Sketch a speed-time graph to show the motion of the car from A to C. a Labol points A, B and C on the graph. spoed mis Us. (2) (il) Ittakes the car 6.08 to travel from A to B. At point B the speed of the car is 15m/s. Calculate the distance between A and 8. distance ...... a (2) (€) State how the forward force and backward force acting on the car compare betwoon points AB and BC. 1 AB... “el eure 207 osrvoMomnte3 2 Fig. 2.1 shows forces F, and Fz acting on an object and their resultant force. The magnitude of F; is 600N and the magnitude of the resultant force is 1250N. The diagram is not drawn to scale. resultant force A Fig. 2.4 (a) Draw a vector diagram to determine the magnitude of force F2, Use a suitable scale. scale used = 3 Fae nat [4] (b) Determine the angle between F: and Fo. angle = n (c) Suggest how the magnitude of the resultant force can be increased without increasing forces F; and F a1 pec 2022 os7rieaon22 Tur over840 3 g {a) Describe Brownian motion. (b) Fig. 3.1 shows a sealed syringe with a fixed mans of a gas. movable piston — ™ gas Fig. 3.4 The volume of the gas is 24.0 cmv ‘The atmospheric pressure is 1.00 x 10°Pa. (i) Describe how the gas exerts pressure on the walls of the syringe. (ii) The atmospheric pressure is increased to 1.30 x 10° Pa. Calculate the volume of the gas. volume = (c) State the assumption made when answering (b)({i), nner 007 osrimnewned seal (1) ica) (2) a tor he5 exentere 4 Fig. 4.1(a) shows a cross-section for a model of a solar panel that is used to heat water. Use Fig, 4.1(b) shows the same solar panel viewed from the top copper pipes glass cover black << surface copper pipes insulator s Eiemenaetmtins (a) (b) Fig. 4.1 (a) Describe how the heat from outside reaches the water in the copper pipes. [2] (b) State the main function of the glass cover. (1) (c) Explain why the copper pipes are coiled inside the pane - (2) (a) The solar pane! heats up 50kg of water from a temperature of 25°C to 52°C in 6.0 hours 5 Calculate the rate at which energy is transferred in heating up the water if the solar panel is working optimally. The specific heat capacity of water is 4200 J/(kg °C) rate of energy transfer = 2) ovec2022 estima (Turn over6 For Exam tee 5 (a) Describe a longitudinal wave. 1) (b) Fig. 5.1 shows a displacement-distance graph of a water wave in shallow walter displacement/m ‘ 4 _ 1 7 distance/m 3 (i) Determine the wavelength of the wave. wavelength = .... sects (ii), The period of the wave is 5.0s. Calculate the speed of the wave. a ee 2 (iii) The water wave travels from shallow water into deep water, | (On Fig. 5.1, draw the waveform that represents the wat Draw two complete waves. ————— on os7uoaomvaz pec 20227 Foy examners & (a) State how air particles vibrate whon a sound wave moves through air toe (1) (b) A bat emits an uitra-sonic sound wavo and raceives an echo from a wall 0.060s later. The speed of sound in air is 330m/8. Calculate the distance of the wall from the bat. 4 distance = ..... (7) (c) Another sound travels the same distance in water to the wall and again creates an echo. ‘Suggest how the time taken for the echo compares with the value 0.060s in air Give reason for your answer. suggestion reason (21 5 t Le cerca arto wonze {urn overa0 g 7 Fig, 7.1 shows an electric circuit. reeds switch Bar magnets of equal strengths are placed on each side of the reed switch. s SS ss N s na i 1 electric bell 7 Fig. 7.4 {a) State the name of the metal used to make the reeds. (b) State and expiain the observation that is made, ‘observation explanation {c) One of the bar magnets is removed. State and explain the observation that is made, observation .. explanation ..... (d) State the main use of the variable resistor in the circuit osrvowoma2 m1 [2] (1)9 re eurtrers 8 Fig. 8 1 shows two metal plates W and Z supported on insulators and fixed next to each other. Use Metal plate W has a large amount of positive charge and metal Z is neutral. Ww Zz ‘ insulator insulator Fig. 8.1 (a) Oraw the charge distribution on metal plate Z. [2] 7 {b) Fig. 8.2 shows the same metal plates with plate Z earthed. i Zz insulator insulator Fig. 8.2 Draw the charge distribution on plate Z. a (c) The earth is removed from Z and the distance between the plates is decreased, 5 (i) State the likely observation veseeeaee - : anne paeees 1] Explain the observation made. if Q : (d) State one practical experience similar to the observation in (c). io) kee eee 2022 esrisionze (urn over840 3 10 9 (a) Fig. 9.1 shows an electric circuit —_-;———_ + ov} nee 30 2a 7 4Q + Fig. 9.4 Calculate: (i) the total resistance in the circuit, total resistance = ........ (ii) the current produced by the power source. current = (b) Determine the voltage across 3 © resistor. voltage = (c) The circuit is switched on for 180s. Calculate the energy transferred by the power source. energy = . (2 (2) 2) (2) Cn1 10 (a) State the function of a diode (1) {b) Fig. 10.1 shows a set-up used to operate a direct current motor from the mains power supply. 7 ue ac input Ne 3 motor Fig. 10.4 (i) Describe the path of the current that produces one complete cycle of voltage across the motor. (2) (ii) On the axis provided sketch the output voltage against time. fea} v 3 t * {ili) State the name of the instruniont thal Gan be used to display the waveform shown in (byt), a) innnsnane? Turn over For enamners ro” For cat .¢ nuclear reaction that produces energy in the Sun. Tee a] 14 (a) State the name of th (b) Fig. 11. 1 shows decay curves for two radioactive samples Jand K. 8000 \K 6000K.~! | activity ar [Ne tt minute { 4000 | t | $ 2000 | 6 time/years Fig. 14.4 State whether the samples are made from the same or different isotope Explain your answer. statement explanation 2) (c) A radioactive element has a half-life of 8 hours. 3 The element decays for 56 hours and 500 atoms remain undecayed Determine the original number of atoms in the sample. original number .. 2) | {d) State the name of the particle that causes a chain reaction in a nuclear reactor (1) eSATA ETT WH BG RE TTT FORTS TTS GT NS WT SOS BROT TE SB eG AE aa Se sae nan gaat Waa en oan oR SE ERE cee celeio mason itm nsesavn sey ere