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PHYSICS
Paper 1
Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes
Materials
For Examiner’s Use
For this paper you must have:
• a pencil and a ruler Question Mark
• a scientific calculator
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• a Data and Formulae Booklet
• a protractor. 2
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Instructions 4
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
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• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page.
• Answer all questions. 6
• You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write 7
outside the box around each page or on blank pages.
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• If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of
this book. Write the question number against your answer(s). TOTAL
• Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want
to be marked.
• Show all your working.
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• The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
• The maximum mark for this paper is 70.
• You are expected to use a scientific calculator where appropriate.
• A Data and Formulae Booklet is provided as a loose insert.
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Answer all questions in the spaces provided. box
0 1 A sigma-plus (Σ+) particle and an unidentified particle Y are produced by the strong
interaction between a positive pion (π+) and a proton (p).
This interaction is represented by the equation:
π+ + p → Σ+ + Y
0 1 . 1 Complete Table 1 to show the baryon number B, charge Q and strangeness S for the
particles in this interaction.
[2 marks]
Table 1
π+ p Σ+ Y
B 0
Q +1 +1 +1
S +1
0 1 . 2 Which particle in Table 1 has the quark structure uus?
Tick () one box.
[1 mark]
π+
p
Σ+
Y
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0 1 . 3 Deduce which particle, π+ or Y, has the greater charge-to-mass ratio. box
Justify your conclusion.
[3 marks]
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