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INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE
BACCALAURÉAT INTERNATIONAL
BACHILLERATO INTERNACIONAL

N00/430/H(1)

PHYSICS
HIGHER LEVEL
PAPER 1
Friday 10 November 2000 (afternoon)
1 hour

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
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Do not open this examination paper until instructed to do so.
Answer all the questions.
For each question, choose the answer you consider to be the best and indicate your choice on the answer sheet provided.

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When an ideal gas in a thermally insulated chamber is compressed the volume V and pressure P are related by the equation
PV γ = constant where γ is a constant.
Which one of the following plots would produce a straight-line graph?

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V

A.
B.

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B.

F cos θ
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M

C.

F sin θ
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M

D.

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zero.

F
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M

The diagram shows two balls P and Q at the same height above the ground. Ball P is projected horizontally and at the same instant ball Q is allowed to fall vertically.
P

Q

ground
Which one of the following statements is true?
A.

Both balls hit the ground with the same velocity.

B.

Both balls take the same time to reach the ground.

C.

Both balls hit the ground with the same speed.

D.

The balls have different accelerations whilst falling.

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A mass is suspended from a spring and set into vertical oscillation with a frequency f. Because of frictional forces the mass will eventually stop oscillating. At some time during the oscillations the amplitude of oscillation is equal to half its initial amplitude. At this point the frequency of oscillation is
A.
B.
C.
D.

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f
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2
f.
f 2.
2f.

Two satellites P and Q of equal mass are in orbit about the Earth. Satellite P is further away from the
Earth than Q.

Q

P

Earth

Which one of the following quantities will be greater for P than for Q?
A.

The gravitational potential energy.

B.

The speed.

C.

The acceleration.

D.

The gravitational force.

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The diagram shows two planets X and Y.

R

Planet X

Planet X and planet Y have the same

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