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GCSE AQA Physics Unit 3

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P3: - Medical applications of physics - Using physics to make things work - Keeping things moving
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Question 1

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Ultrasound waves are partially ________ when they meet a boundary between two different media.
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  • Refracted
  • Reflected

Question 2

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Ultrasound wave facts:
Answer
  • Can be produced by electronic systems
  • Have a frequency lower than 20000Hz
  • Have a frequency higher than 20000Hz
  • An electromagnetic wave beyond the red end of the visible spectrum
  • An electromagnetic wave beyond the blue end of the visible spectrum

Question 3

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X-rays have a very short wave length and cause ionisation
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  • True
  • False

Question 4

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X-rays can't be used to diagnose and treat medical conditions
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 5

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Properties of X-rays:
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  • absorbed by metal and bone
  • transmitted by soft tissue
  • reflected by soft tissue
  • doesn't effect photographic film in the same way as light
  • effects photographic film in the same way as light

Question 6

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What is refraction?
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  • change of direction of light as it passes from one medium to another
  • change of direction of sound waves as they pass from one medium to another

Question 7

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A lens forms an image by refracting light
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  • True
  • False

Question 8

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how is the nature of an image defined:
Answer
  • Size relative to the object
  • If the light rays cross
  • Real or virtual
  • Upright or inverted
  • Distance from focal length

Question 9

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Which lens is used in a magnifying glass?
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  • Converging
  • Diverging

Question 10

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Visible light can be sent along optical fibres
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 11

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What is long sight caused by?
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  • Eyeball being too short
  • Eyeball being to long
  • The lens is too weak
  • The lens is too strong

Question 12

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Where can the eye focus on objects?
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  • Between the principal focus and the far point
  • Between the near point and the far point
  • Between the near point and the principal focus

Question 13

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The power of a lens is given by P=1/f
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  • True
  • False

Question 14

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The greater the refractive index
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  • The flatter the lens
  • The thicker the lens

Question 15

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What does a camera lens and the eye have in common?
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  • The CCDs in a digital camera is the equivalent of the retina
  • They are both diverging lens'
  • They are both converging lens'

Question 16

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Focal length is determined by:
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  • Refractive index of the material
  • Thickness of the lens
  • Curvature of the lens
  • Light rays

Question 17

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Power is measured in Dioptres, D
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  • True
  • False

Question 18

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The time period depends on the force being applied
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  • True
  • False

Question 19

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The centre of mass of a symmetrical object is:
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  • In the middle
  • Along its axis of symmetry

Question 20

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The centre of mass is that point where the mass of an object is thought to be
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  • Centered
  • Concentrated
  • Clear

Question 21

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What is the turning effect of a force called?
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  • Moment
  • Resultant

Question 22

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If the line of action of weight of an object lies inside the base of the object there will be a resultant moment and it will topple.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 23

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What is the moment of a force measured in?
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  • D (dioptres)
  • m/s (metres per second)
  • Nm (Newton-metres)

Question 24

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the centripetal force need to make an object perform circular motion increases as:
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  • Mass decreases
  • Mass increases
  • Radius decreases
  • Radius increases
  • Speed decreases
  • Speed increases

Question 25

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The acceleration towards the centre of a circle changes the direction of the body and its speed.
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  • True
  • False

Question 26

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What is the resultant force causing acceleration called?
Answer
  • Centripecal force
  • Centripical force
  • Centripetal force

Question 27

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Liquids are compressible
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 28

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Pressure in liquids is transmitted equally in all directions
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 29

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Using different cross sectional areas of a hydraulic system means it can be used as a force multiplier.
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  • True
  • False

Question 30

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what is produced around a wire when current flows though it?
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  • Heat
  • Magnetic field

Question 31

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The size of a force can be increased by:
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  • Increasing the size of the wire
  • Increasing the size of the current
  • Increasing the size of the voltage
  • Increasing the strength of the magnetic field

Question 32

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When will the conductor not experience a force?
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  • When parallel to the magnetic field
  • When bearer to the magnetic field

Question 33

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In flemings left hand rule:
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  • the first finger is the magnetic field direction
  • The second finger is the strength of the current
  • The second finger is the direction of the current
  • The thumb is the direction of the current
  • The thumb is the motion of the wire

Question 34

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Switch mode transformers use a lot of power when are switched on but no load is applied.
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  • True
  • False

Question 35

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Switch mode transformers are much lighter and smaller than normal transformers working from a 50Hz mains supply
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 36

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What does it mean if the electrical power input is equal to the electrical power output in a transformer?
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  • It is 100% efficient
  • Heat energy was lost
  • Its 0% efficient

Question 37

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In a step down transformer:
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  • The potential difference across the secondary coil is more than the potential difference across the primary coil
  • The potential difference across the secondary coil is less than the potential difference across the primary coil

Question 38

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In a step up transformer:
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  • The potential difference across the secondary coil is less than the potential difference across the primary coil
  • The potential difference across the secondary coil is more than the potential difference across the primary coil

Question 39

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What does an alternating current in the primary coil produce?
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  • A changing magnetic field
  • A constant current

Question 40

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What does a changing magnetic field induce in a transformer?
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  • An alternating potential difference across the secondary coil
  • An constant potential difference across the secondary coil

Question 41

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If a magnet is moved into a coil or wire of potential difference is induced across the ends of the coil
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  • True
  • False

Question 42

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If an electrical conductor cuts through a magnetic field a potential difference is induced across the ends of the conductor
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 43

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Which of these options are part of the basic structure of a transformer?
Answer
  • Two coils around a soft core
  • One coil around a soft core
  • De magnetising soft iron
  • Magnetising soft iron
  • Layers of iron (Laminated)
  • One layer (meaning laminated)
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