QCE PhysicsPractice Examination 8

This paper covers

• Unit 3: uniform circular motion and centripetal force
• Unit 3: Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation and gravitational field strength
• Unit 3: Kepler's laws, orbital mechanics and satellite speed (incl. geostationary orbits)
• Unit 3: Coulomb's Law, electric fields and work done on charges
• Unit 3: motor effect and magnetic force on conductors and moving charges
• Unit 3: electromagnetic induction (Faraday's and Lenz's Laws), AC generators
• Unit 3: transformers and power transmission losses
• Unit 4: special relativity (time dilation, length contraction, mass-energy equivalence E=mc²)
• Unit 4: quantum theory (photoelectric effect, de Broglie wavelength, Bohr hydrogen model)
• Unit 4: Standard Model (quarks, leptons, baryons/mesons, exchange bosons, conservation laws)
• Stimulus context: RTG (radioisotope thermoelectric generator) on a planetary rover converting nuclear decay energy to electricity

Students are permitted to bring into the examination the materials normally allowed for this subject. Answer all questions in the spaces provided.

This is an ATARMAxxing practice paper. It is not an official examination and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or produced by the VCAA, NESA or the QCAA.