KALAAFAANU SCHOOL

PHYSICS UNIT TEST -3

GRADE- 8

Max marks: 25 Time: 45 m

Name: -------------------------------------- Index: --------------- Class: --------

Instructions: Round up the correct option for multiple choice questions. (5 marks)

1. On the Earth, the gravitational field strength is 10 N/kg. On the Moon, the
gravitational field strength is 1.6 N/kg.
If an object has a weight of 50 N on Earth, what is its weight on the Moon?

A 1.6 N B 5.0 N C 8.0 N D 80N

2. The propeller on a boat pushes water backwards with a force of 2000 N. The
boat moves through the water against a total resistive force of 1800 N.

According to Newton’s third law, what is the forward force on the propeller due to
the water?

a) 3800 N
b) 2000 N
c) 1800 N
d) 200 N

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3. A steel spring is stretched by a load. The load is increased.

At first the extension is proportional to the load. The spring reaches its limit of
proportionality at L.

4. When a body moves across a rough surface, a frictional force is produced.

Which statement about this force is always true?

A It acts in the direction of the motion.

B It is equal in value to the force producing the motion.
C It makes the body recoil in the opposite direction after stopping it.
D It opposes the motion across the surface

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5. A brick is placed on a Newton balance X and then on a beam balance Y.
What is measured by each balance?

Answer all the following questions

6. The weight of an astronaut on moon is 280 N and calculates his weight on the
earth. If the gravity on the surface of earth is 10 N/kg and the moon is 1.6 N/kg

Weight on the Earth ………………… [2]

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7. A car has a mass of 800 kg. If the engine provides a forward force of 3600 N and
the total frictional force is 600 N

a. Calculate the acceleration of the car [2]

Acceleration of the car = …………… [2]

b. What happens to its acceleration when the forces are balanced

………………………………………………………………………………………

………………………………………………………………………………….. [1]

8. An Invalid in a wheel chair has a mass of 90 kg uses a force of 1600 N to move

forward for 6 s
a. Calculate the acceleration of Invalid

Acceleration of the car = …………… [2]

b. Calculation the distance travelled

Distance travelled = …………………… [2]

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9. Use the data table to the right to answer this question. You will need a sheet of
graph paper. The information represents the data recorded from a spring
stretching experiment.

Load /N 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Length /mm 30 37 44 51 58 68 80
Extension /mm

a) What is the unstretched length of the spring?

b)

Unstretched length ……………… [1]

c) Copy and complete the table [1]

d) Plot and graph of extension load graph [4]

e) Over which section of the graph line is the extension proportional to the load.
Mark the letter with x. [1]

f) What load would produce a 55 mm extension [1]

………………………………………………………………………………...

g) What extension would produce when a force of 30 N is added [1]

…………………………………………………………………………………

Check your answers....

Kalaafaanu School / Physics / Grade - 08 /Unit test -3 -2011

Kalaafaanu School / Physics / Grade - 08 /Unit test -3 -2011