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Wednesday 15 May 2024 Morning Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes
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• 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 TOTAL
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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).
• Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want
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• Show all your working.
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• 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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0 1 An electron neutrino interacts with a chlorine-37 nucleus to produce an argon-37
nucleus and an electron.
The interaction is represented by the equation:
37 37
ve + Cl → Ar + e
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0 1 . 1 Explain, with reference to appropriate conservation laws, why the electron is emitted
in this interaction.
[2 marks]
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0 1 . 2 Calculate the specific charge of the argon-37 nucleus.
[2 marks]
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specific charge = C kg−1
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0 1 . 3 In a different interaction, the argon-37 nucleus interacts with an electron. box
Figure 1 represents the interaction of a quark in a baryon of the nucleus.
Figure 1
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Deduce the exchange particle and the effect on the baryon.
Give one reason to support each answer.
[4 marks]
exchange particle
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reason
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effect on baryon
reason
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AQA
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Centre number Candidate number
Surname
Forename(s)
Candidate signature
I declare this is my own work.
AS
PHYSICS
S
Paper 1
IC
Wednesday 15 May 2024 Morning Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes
YS
Materials
For Examiner’s Use
For this paper you must have:
• a pencil and a ruler Question Mark
• a scientific calculator
1
• a Data and Formulae Booklet
PH
• a protractor. 2
3
Instructions 4
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
5
• 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 TOTAL
outside the box around each page or on blank pages.
• 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).
• Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want
to be marked.
• Show all your working.
Information
• 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.
IB/M/Jun24/G4001/E6 7407/1
Page 1 of 28
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outside the
Answer all questions in the spaces provided. box
0 1 An electron neutrino interacts with a chlorine-37 nucleus to produce an argon-37
nucleus and an electron.
The interaction is represented by the equation:
37 37
ve + Cl → Ar + e
17 18
0 1 . 1 Explain, with reference to appropriate conservation laws, why the electron is emitted
in this interaction.
[2 marks]
S
IC
YS
0 1 . 2 Calculate the specific charge of the argon-37 nucleus.
[2 marks]
PH
specific charge = C kg−1
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0 1 . 3 In a different interaction, the argon-37 nucleus interacts with an electron. box
Figure 1 represents the interaction of a quark in a baryon of the nucleus.
Figure 1
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Deduce the exchange particle and the effect on the baryon.
Give one reason to support each answer.
[4 marks]
exchange particle
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reason
PH
effect on baryon
reason
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