Anglican High School

Sec 2 Science Worksheet: Forces (Dynamics)

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Section A (10 marks)

1. What happens immediately when a rocket uses up all its fuel while travelling in space?

A. The rocket stops moving.

B. The rocket continues to travel at its last speed.
C. The rocket slows down.
D. The rocket accelerates. ( B )

2. A force of 30 N is exerted on a block of wood of mass 2 kg. If the block accelerates at

5m/s2, what is the frictional force on the wood?

A. 1 N B. 8 N C. 10N D. 20N ( D )

3. An object falling under the influence of the Earth’s gravitational field strength may reach a
uniform velocity. Which of the following statements best explains this?

A. The gravitational field strength of the Earth remains constant.

B. The mass of the object remains constant.
C. The weight of the object increases as it falls.
D. Air resistance increases with the increase in velocity. ( D )

4. Forces of 3 N and 4 N are acting as shown in the diagram.

Which diagram may be used to find the resultant R of these two forces? ( A )

5. A parachutist, whose total mass is 150 kg, descends vertically through the air at a steady
speed of 10 m/s. The resultant force acting on him in this descent is ________.
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 A. 0 N B. 150 N upwards
C. 150 N downwards D. 1500 N upwards ( A )

6. A person just supports a mass of 20 kg suspended

from a rope.

What is the resultant force acting on the mass?

A. 0 N B. 10 N
C. 20 N D. 200 N ( A )

7. Tommy weighs 600 N on Earth where acceleration of free fall is 10 m s-2. What is his mass
on Moon where the acceleration of free fall is one-sixth of that of earth’s acceleration of
free fall?

A. 1.67 kg B. 10 kg C. 60 kg D. 600 kg ( C )

8. The inertia of a body is its resistance to changes in motion.

Which property is a measure of the body’s inertia?

A. its density
B. its mass
C. the height of its sides
D. the size of its base ( B )

9. A car is travelling at constant speed along a road and drives over a large patch of oil. The
driver applies the brakes to stop the car.
Compared to braking on a dry road, what may happen?

A. The car slows down more quickly because of the greater friction between the tyres and
the road.
B. The car speeds up at first because of the reduced friction between the tyres and the
road.
C. The car takes longer to slow down because of the reduced friction between the tyres
and the road.
D. The car takes longer to slow down because the thinking distance of the driver is
greater. ( C )

10. A force of 15N and a force of 12N were applied on the same object. Which of the following
cannot be the magnitude of the resultant force?

A. 1.25 N B. 3 N C. 12N D. 27N ( A )

Section B (15 marks)

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1. The fishing vessel, ABC, shown in the diagram below, is moving forward in a straight line at
a constant velocity with a forward engine thrust of 200 N.
Upthrust by water

ABC

Forward thrust

Resistive force water

Weight of vessel
(a) On the diagram above, label all possible forces acting on the vessel. Assume that air
resistance is negligible. [2]

(b) What is the value of the total resistive force acting on the fishing vessel? [1]

Total resistance force = forward thrust = 200N

(c) The forward engine thrust of the vessel is suddenly increased to 1000 N.

(i) Calculate the resultant forward force on the vessel. [1]

Resultant forward force = 1000 – 200 = 800N

(ii) State and explain the changes in the motion of the vessel. [2]

Resultant force is no longer zero.

The vessel is now accelerating.

(iii) If the upthrust exerted by the water on the vessel is 100 kN, what is the mass of
the vessel? [2]

Weight of vessel = upthrust by water = 100kN = 100 000N

Mass of vessel = 100 000 / 10 = 10 000 kg

2. When a block of wood of mass 2.0 kg was pushed along the horizontal flat surface of a
bench with a force of 4.0 N, it moved with a constant speed.
When the block was pushed along the same bench with a force of 10.0 N, it moved with a
constant acceleration, a.

(a) What is the frictional force acting on the body when it is moving at constant speed ?
[1]
Frictional force = 4.0 N
(b) Calculate the constant acceleration, a. [3]

Resultant force = 10.0 - 4.0

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 = 6.0 N

F =ma
F 6.0
acceleration, a = = = 3.0 m/s2
m 2.0

3. A rod is held by two supporting ropes as shown in the figure. Draw a scaled vector
diagram to determine the magnitude and direction of the resultant force exerted on the rod
by the two ropes. [3]

150 N 90 N

65
40

Scaled Vector Diagram

Scale: …………………………

105

150 N 90 N

75

Resultant force: 194 N…………

Direction: 27o from the 150 N force……

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