VCE Physics Past Exam Questions
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Section A, Question 18
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Question 18 The result of the Michelson—Morley experiment supports a postulate of Einstein’s special theory of relativity. ‘Which one of the following is a postulate of Einstein’s
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Question 19 The Olympic air pistol event involves hitting a cardboard target as shown in the diagram below. The contestants fire four small pellets from an air pistol at the target
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Question 19 Students place a dynamics cart on the laboratory bench. They apply a constant force to the right on the cart and measure the acceleration of the cart. Their experimenta
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Question 20 Students are undertaking an experiment on electrons entering a region of uniform magnetic field, B, at a speed, v, as shown in the diagram below. The direction of the e
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Question 20 Harriet and Tom were investigating how the speed, v, of a falling object varied with the distance, s, it had fallen. They dropped a small steel ball, initially at rest,
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Question 1 (6 marks) A horizontal force of 64 N is applied to two masses A and B as shown in Figure 1. A and B accelerate from rest at 4.0 m 5%. Assume the surface is frictionless
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Question 1 (6 marks) A cat, sitting on a high ledge, gently taps a small bouncy ball off the ledge so that the ball drops vertically to the floor 1.80 m below, as shown in Figure 1
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a. Show that the ball takes 0.606 s to fall from the ledge to the floor. 1 mark Section B
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a. The mass of object A is 12 kg. Calculate the mass of object B. Show your working. 2 marks kg
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b. Calculate the magnitude of the force exerted on object B by object A. Show your working. 2 marks o ° =) S H FE he ES @ El ? E Id I ® 2 £ 8 = [=] ct A be the same, less A by obje
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b. Calculate the speed of the ball immediately before it hits the floor. 2 marks m s-1
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