Worksheet : 6 Name : ________________

Grade : IGCSE - I
Date : ____/____/________
ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED
Subject : PHYSICS
Teacher’s Signature : ____
Topic : Adding Forces

Q. I) Answer the following questions.

1. The diagrams show four identical objects. Each object is acted on by only the three forces shown.
Which object accelerates to the right, with the smallest acceleration?

2. A car travels along a horizontal road at a constant speed. Three horizontal forces act on the car. The diagram
shows two of these three forces.

What is the size and the direction of the third horizontal force acting on the car?

A 1200 N backwards
B 1200 N forwards
C 1800 N backwards
D 1800 N forwards

3. Which properties of a body can be changed by applying a force to the body?

A mass, motion and shape

B mass and motion, but not shape
C mass and shape, but not motion
D motion and shape, but not mass

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 4. In which situation is no resultant force needed?

A a car changing direction at a steady speed

B a car moving in a straight line at a steady speed
C a car slowing down
D a car speeding up

QII. Answer the following questions.

1. (a) (i) State one similarity and one difference between vector and scalar quantities.

similarity _______________________________________________________________________________

difference ______________________________________________________________________________

(ii) Give an example of each quantity.

vector quantity __________________________________________________________________________

scalar quantity __________________________________________________________________________

(b) Fig. 1.1 is an overhead view of two tractors pulling a tree trunk.

Fig. 1.1

The force exerted by each tractor is indicated in the diagram. In the space below, carefully draw a scale
diagram to determine the resultant force on the tree trunk.
State the scale you use.
Write down the magnitude of the resultant force and the angle between the resultant force and one of the
original forces.

magnitude of resultant force = __________________________

direction of resultant force = ___________________________

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 2. The car in Fig. 2.1 is on a level road.

500 N 2000 N force

frictional forces propelling car forwards

Fig. 2.1

(a) Calculate the magnitude of the resultant force on the car.

resultant force = ________________ N

(b) Tick the box below that describes the motion of the car.

travels forward at constant speed

travels forward with increasing speed

travels forward with decreasing speed

travels backward at constant speed

travels backward with increasing speed

travels backward with decreasing speed remains at rest

(c) Later, the car is moving forward and the frictional forces suddenly increase to 2500 N. The forward
force remains constant at 2000 N.
Describe and explain what happens to the car.

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(d) Suggest what might have caused the frictional forces in (c) to increase.

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