Q.I) Multiple choice questions. Tick the correct answer from the options given below.

1. The diagram shows an enlarged drawing of the end of a metre rule. It is being used to measure the
length of a small feather.

What is the length of the feather?

A) 19 mm

B) 29 mm

C) 19 cm

D) 29 cm

2. An object moves initially with constant speed and then with constant acceleration.
Which graph shows this motion?

3. Which statement about mass and weight is correct?

A) Mass and weight are both forces.

B) Neither mass nor weight is a force.

C) Only mass is a force.

D) Only weight is a force.

4. A tennis player hits a ball hard and 0.40 s later hears the echo from a wall.

The speed of sound in air is 330 m /s.

How far away is the player from the wall?
A) 66 m

B) 132 m

C) 264 m

D) 825 m

5. The diagram shows a balance being used to find the weight of a baby. The weight of the basket can be
ignored.
At equilibrium, the pivot is nearer to the weight W than to the baby.

What is the weight of the baby?

A) less than W

B) more than W

C) W

D) impossible to tell

6. A cube of side 2.0 cm is placed on a balance. What is the density of the cube?

A) 0.90 g /cm3

B) 1.2 g /cm3

C) 1.8 g /cm3

D) 3.6 g /cm3

7. A car has a mass of 1000 kg and a momentum of 12 000 kg m /s.

What is its kinetic energy?
A) 6 kJ

B) 12 kJ

C) 72 kJ

D) 144 kJ

8. Which diagram shows two forces X and Y with their resultant force?

9. A beam pivoted at one end has a force of 5.0 N acting vertically upwards on it as shown. The beam is in
equilibrium.

What is the weight of the beam?

A) 2.0 N

B) 3.0 N

C) 3.3 N

D) 5.0 N

10. The diagram shows a satellite that is moving at a uniform rate in a circular orbit around the Earth.

Which statement describes the motion of this satellite?

A) It is accelerating because its speed is changing.
B) It is accelerating because its velocity is changing.
C) It is not accelerating but its speed is changing.
D) It is not accelerating but its velocity is changing.
Q.II) Answer the following.
1. Fig. 1.1 shows a windsurfer, sail and board.

Fig. 1.1
The total mass of the windsurfer, sail and board is 90 kg. They travel at a constant speed of 5.0 m/s.
a) Calculate the total kinetic energy of the windsurfer, sail and board.

kinetic
[2]

energy

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b) The wind exerts a forward force on the sail.

i)

Explain, in terms of the forces acting, why the board travels at a constant speed

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[2]
ii) The wind does work on the sail. Explain, in terms of the conservation of energy, why the total
kinetic energy does not increase.
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2. Fig. 2.1 is a block diagram of a power station.

The four boxes represent different parts of the power station. The first box is labelled boiler.

Fig. 2.1
Each of the other three boxes should contain one of the labels from the following list.
generator, motor, transformer, turbine, solar panel
a) On Fig. 2.1, label the boxes using words from the list. [2]
b) State one environmental problem caused by burning oil to produce electricity.
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c) Oil is a non-renewable energy source.
i) State why oil is described as a non-renewable energy source.
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ii) State one renewable energy source.
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3. When a car driver sees an emergency ahead, he applies the brakes. During his reaction time the car
travels at a steady speed and covers a distance known as the thinking distance. The braking distance is
the distance travelled by the car after the brakes are applied.
a) State the energy change that occurs as the car brakes.
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[2]
b) Fig. 3.1 shows the speed-time graph of a car. The driver sees the emergency at time t = 0.The total
mass of the car is 800 kg.

Fig. 3.1
Determine
i)

the thinking distance,

distance

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distance

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[1]
ii) the braking distance,

[2]
c) Using ideas about friction and deceleration, state and explain how the braking distance is affected by
i)

using new tyres rather than badly worn tyres,

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[2]
ii) the car skidding on a wet road,
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4. The apparatus shown in Fig. 4.1 is used to measure the extension of a spring.

Fig. 4.1
a) Explain how the mass causes a force on the spring.
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[1]
b) The force on the spring is a vector quantity. State what is meant by a vector quantity.
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[1]
c) Fig. 4.2 shows a graph of the length of the spring plotted against the force on the spring, for forces
between 0 and 10 N.

Fig. 4.2
i)

1. State a formula that relates the unstretched length l0 of the spring, the stretched length l of
the spring and the extension e of the spring.

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[1]
2. A mass produces a force of 9.0 N on the spring. Determine the extension of the spring
caused by this mass.

extension

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[1]
ii) The limit of proportionality of the spring is reached when the force is 10 N. The spring is easier
to stretch after the limit of proportionality.
On Fig. 4.2, continue the line to suggest how the length changes when the force is greater than
10

N.
[1]

5. Fig. 5.1 shows two engineers measuring the length of a wall made from concrete.

Fig. 5.1
The wall is 2.0 m high, 15 m long and 0.25 m thick. The weight of the wall is 180 000 N and the mass of
the wall is 18 000 kg.
a) The engineers measure the length of the wall in one single measurement.
State the name of the measuring instrument they use.
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[1]
b) The engineers state that the density of the concrete affects the pressure exerted by the wall on the
ground but that the length of the wall does not affect this pressure.
i)

Define density....

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[1]
ii) Calculate the density of the concrete.

density
[2]
iii) Calculate the pressure exerted by the wall on the ground.

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pressure

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[2]
Q.III) Alternative to practical

A student is determining the mass of a metre rule by a balancing method.

He is using the apparatus shown in Fig. 1.1.

Fig 1.1.
(a) He places the metre rule on the pivot and then places a mass M = 20 g with its centre at the
95.0 cm mark.
Suggest how he could ensure that the mass is placed accurately at the 95.0 cm mark. You may draw a diagram.

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(b) Keeping the mass at the 95.0 cm mark, he adjusts the position of the metre rule on the pivot
until the metre rule is as near to being balanced as possible.
The student then determines the distance a between the 50.0 cm mark and the pivot and the
distance b between the 95.0 cm mark and the pivot.
He repeats the procedure for values of M = 40 g, 60 g, 80 g and 100 g. His results are shown in
Table 1.1.
Table 1.1

For each value of M, calculate and record in the table the value S, where S = b

[1]
(c) Plot a graph of S (y-axis) against M / g (x-axis).

[4]
(d) (i) Determine the gradient G of the graph. Show clearly on the graph how you obtained the
necessary information.

G =........................................................... [2]

(ii) The mass MR of the metre rule is numerically equal to G

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Write down a value for MR to a suitable number of significant figures for this experiment.

MR = ........................................................g [1]
(e) Determination of MR by this method relies on the centre of mass of the rule being at the
50.0 cm mark.
Suggest how you could use the apparatus to test whether this is the case. You may draw a diagram.
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