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Question 14 Helena is riding down a hill on her bicycle. It is a very steep hill, and she has the brakes of her bicycle partially on so that she travels down at a constant speed of
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Question 15 An ambulance, with its siren sounding, is travelling with a constant velocity, v, along a straight road. Initially the ambulance passes a marker, X, then a stationary o
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Report-based difficulty · MediumAverage marks: 47% of available · official reportAnswered correctly: 47% · official report
Question 15 Atthe Australian Synchrotron, electrons are accelerated to close to the speed of light, ¢, by the linear accelerator. Consider electrons that enter the Australian Synch
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Question 16 Which one of the following correctly lists the different regions of the electromagnetic spectrum in order from longest wavelength to shortest wavelength? A. X-ray, ultr
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Report-based difficulty · MediumAverage marks: 43% of available · official reportAnswered correctly: 43% · official report
Question 16 Diagram P below shows five energy levels of an atom, with five transitions indicated. Diagram Q shows four possible sets of spectral frequency lines. low frequency high
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Question 17 The diagram below shows a standing wave on a stretched string between two fixed ends at time /= 0. The frequency of vibration of the string is 50 Hz Which one of the fo
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Question 17 A ray of light passes from a block of crown glass with a refractive index of 1.52, and then through a block of flint glass with a refractive index of 1.63, as shown in
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Question 18 The graph below shows the relation between the maximum kinetic energy of ejected photoelectrons, Ek max, and the frequency of the light, f, used to irradiate two differ
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Report-based difficulty · MediumAverage marks: 63% of available · official reportAnswered correctly: 63% · official report
Question 18 An interference pattern produced by monochromatic light is viewed on a screen placed a distance, L, from a double slit system with a slit separation, d. The distance be
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Question 19 The orbital velocity, 1, of a satellite in an orbital radius, 7, around a planet of mass M is given by Which one of the following linear graphs is consistent with this
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Question 19 A laser has a power output of 30 mW and emits light with a wavelength of 650 nm. How many photons does this laser emit per second? A. 4.6 × 10 14 B. 9.8 × 10 15 C. 9.8
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Report-based difficulty · EasyAverage marks: 85% of available · official reportAnswered correctly: 85% · official report
Question 20 Data can be described as precise when A. itis the result of a careful investigation. e s a £ 2 H 3 = o [=] B. the experiment is repeated many times, and the results sho
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