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The paper includes instructions on using a ruler and calculator and emphasizes clear, logical working and presentation. Questions require interpreting lens images, forces from motion represented by velocity–time graphs, and applying calculations for orbital speed and mass ratios. It also tests understanding of red-shift, universal expansion models, electromagnetic spectrum wave properties, and the suitability of X-rays for medical imaging.","AQA  \nGCSE  \nPHYSICS  \nSET B – Paper 2 Higher Tier Author: Lynn Pharaoh  \nH  \nTime allowed: 1 hour 45 minutes  \nMaterials  \nFor this paper you must have:  \n• a ruler  \n• a calculator  \n• the Physics Equation Sheet (found at the end of the paper) .  \nInstructions  \n• Answer all questions in the spaces provided.  \n• Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want to be marked.  \nInformation  \n• There are 100 marks available on this paper.  \n• The marks for questions are shown in brackets.  \n• You are expected to use a calculator where appropriate.  \n• You are reminded of the need for good English and clear presentation in your answers.  \n• When answering questions 06.2, 09.1 and 11.1 you need to make sure that your answer:  \n– is clear, logical, sensibly structured  \n– fully meets the requirements of the question  \n– shows that each separate point or step supports the overall answer.  \nAdvice  \n• In all calculations, show clearly how you work out your answer.  \nName:   \n©HarperCollinsPublishers 2018 Physics Set B-Paper 2 1  \n01.1 Figure 1.1 shows the path of a ray of light through a convex lens. Figure 1.1  \nWhat is the name given to the bending of light at the boundaries between the  \nlens and air?  \n [1 mark]  \n01.2 Complete the ray diagram in Figure 1.2 to show the formation of an image of  \nthe object (O) by the convex lens.  \nLabel the image formed.  \nFigure 1.2  \n[4 marks]  \n01.3 Which two descriptions of the images formed by a convex lens are correct?  \nTick two boxes.  \nAlways real   \nAlways virtual   \nCan be either real or virtual   \nAlways upright   \nAlways upside down   \nCan be either upright or upside down  [2 marks]  \n01.4 Which two descriptions of the images formed by a concave lens are correct?  \nTick two boxes.  \nAlways real   \nAlways virtual   \nCan be either real or virtual   \nAlways upright   \nAlways upside down   \nCan be either upright or upside down  [2 marks]  \nTurn over >  \n02 Figure 2.1 shows a high diving board at a swimming pool.  \nA ball is stationary on the diving board.  \nFigure 2.1  \n02.1 Identify the two forces acting on the ball in Figure 2.1 1.   \n2.  [2 marks]  \n02.2 The ball is pushed gently so that it falls over the end of the diving board.  \nWhen the ball hits the water surface, it floats and is stationary.  \nFigure 2.2 is a sketch of a velocity–time graph of the ball’s motion, showing  \nthree stages in the ball’s motion: A, B and C.  \nFigure 2.2  \nDuring which stage in Figure 2.2 is there an upward resultant force on the ball? Tick one box.  \nA  \nB  \nC [1 mark]  \n02.3 During which stage in Figure 2.2 is there no resultant force on the ball?  \nTick one box.  \nA  \nB  \nC  \n[1 mark]  \n02.4 In the space below, draw a free-body force diagram of the ball during stage A of Figure 2.2  \nLabel the forces acting.  \n[3 marks]  \n02.5 Identify the two forces acting on the ball when it is floating on the water surface.  \n1.   \n2.   \n[2 marks]  \nTurn over >  \n03.1 The Earth completes one orbit of the Sun in 3.15 × 107 s  \nThe distance travelled by the Earth in one orbit around the Sun is 9.42 × 1011 m Calculate the speed of the Earth in its orbit around the Sun.  \nGive your answer in standard form to three significant figures.  \nSpeed =  m/s [3 marks]  \n03.2 The Sun is in orbit around the centre of the Milky Way galaxy.  \nThe mass of the Sun, to the nearest order of magnitude, is 1030 kg  \nThe mass of the Milky Way galaxy, to the nearest order of magnitude, is 1042 kg  \nHow many times more massive than the Sun is the Milky Way galaxy?  \nGive your answer as an order of magnitude.  \nNumber of times more massive =  [2 marks]  \n03.3 The Sun is currently about half way through its lifetime as a main sequence star.  \nIn about 5 billion years, the Sun will enter the next stage of its life cycle.  \nName this next stage.  \nSuggest how this change could impact on the Earth.  \n [2 marks]  \n04.1 Astrophysicists observe red-shift in the light from distant galaxies. 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