PHYSICS

Paper 2 Subjective Questions 1 hour 15 minutes

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READ THESE INSTRUCTION FIRST Write in blue or black pen. You may use a soft pencil for any diagrams, graphs or rough working. Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid.

Answer all the questions. You may lose marks if you do not show your working or if you do not use appropriate units. Take the weight of 1 kg to be 10 N (i.e. acceleration of free fall = 10 ms-2) For Examiners Use NO. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total Full marks 8 7 10 4 10 8 9 10 6 8 Marks obtain

1.

(a) Write the equation for the moment of a force.(2 Marks) ______________________________________________________________

(b) The diagram shows a force F being exerted by pulling on a rope to open a trap door. The weight of the trap door is 150N. The trap door is square and the sides are the length of 0.8 m. The centre of mass is at the centre of the square.

F Trap door rope hinge

i-

Calculate the value of the force. Show your working. (3 Marks)

ii-

What would be the value of the force if the rope were attached in the middle of the trap door instead of at the end? (3 Marks)

2. A car moves with an average speed of 75 km h-1 from town P to town Q in 2 hours as shown in Diagram 2. By using this information, you may calculate the distance between the two towns.

Diagram 2 (a) (i) Based on the statements given, state two base quantities and their respective SI units.

... ... [2 marks]

(ii) State a derived quantity and its SI unit.

.. [1 mark] (iii) Calculate the distance between town P and Q.

[2 marks]

(b) Calculate the volume of a wooden block with dimensions of 7 cm length, 5 cm width and 12 cm height in m3 and express the answer in scientific notation.

[2 marks]

3.

The figure below shows the speed-time graph for the first 80 s of the journey of a van.

(a) During the motion shown, describe what happens to (i) the speed of the van. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[1 mark ]

(ii) the acceleration of the van. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[1 mark ]

(b) Calculate the acceleration of the van during the first 30 s.

[2 marks]

(c) Determine the maximum speed of the van in kmh-1.

[ 3 marks ]

(d) The van decelerates uniformly to rest from t = 80 s to t = 120 s. Complete the graph and obtain the speed of the van when t = 100 s

Speed of the van = ___________________________

[ 3 marks ]

4.

a) What is the reading on the vernier calipers?

_________________________________________________________________[2M] b) What is the reading on the micrometer screw gauge?

___________________________________________________________________[2M]

5.

A rectangular block measures length 1.00cm, width 2.50cm, and height 4.00cm.

a. Name the instrument used to measure the sides of the rectangular block _______________________________________________________[1M]

b. Calculate the volume of the rectangular block. [2M]

c. If the mass of the rectangular block is 300g, find the density of the block. [3M]

d. State 4 advantages of using the measuring tape as an instrument for measuring lengths. [4M] __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ 6. a) When a block of metal is hung in air from a spring balance, the reading is 9.6N. i. What is the weight of the block of metal? [2M]

ii. Assuming that the weight of a 1kg mass is 10N, what is the mass of the block of metal? [2M]

b) The mass of 600 spherical lead pellets is found to be 66g and the total volume of the pellets is found to be 5.7cm3. Calculate (the force of gravity acting on a mass of 1.00kg is 10.0N) i. the total weight of the pellets. [2M]

ii. the volume of one pellet. [2M]

7.

Ahmad cycles to school every day. The graph in Figure 2 shows a typical velocity-time graph of Ahmads journey to school.

Figure 2

a) Describe the following parts of Ahmads movement. i) A to B

___________________________________________________________ [1 mark] ii) B to C

___________________________________________________________ [1 mark] b) For how long was Ahmad travelling at constant deceleration? ___________________________________________________________ [1 mark]

c) Calculate the total distance travelled by Ahmad.

[3 marks] d) Find Ahmads average velocity for the whole journey.

[3 marks]

8.

a) A boy of weight 600N sits on the see-saw as shown at a distance of 1.5m from the pivot. What is the force F required at the other end to balance the see-saw? [3M]

b) A very light rod 40cm long is pivoted at the centre. A weight of 50N is placed at one end. Where is the place to put a weight of 200N in order that the rod is in equilibrium? [2M]

i. Calculate where you would hang a 25g mass in order to balance the rule horizontally. [3M]

ii. State, without calculation, how the rule with the two masses hanging as shown in the figure could be balanced without using any extra mass. [2M]

9.

a) What is moment of a force? ________________________________________________ [1M]

b) List three examples of moment of a force. [3M] ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________

c) A big rock is to be lifted using a metal rod and a smaller rock, as shown in Fig. 6.1

On which part of the rod is the least effort required to lift the rock? Why? [2M] ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________

10. The figure below shows the velocity of a bus moving along a straight road over a period of time.

a. What does the portion of the graph between O and A indicate? [1M]

b. What can you say about the motion of the bus between B and C? [1M]

c. What is the deceleration of the bus between C and D? [2M]

d. What is the total distance travelled by the bus in 100 s? [2M]

e. What is the average velocity of the bus? [2M]