1.

An astronaut in an orbiting spacecraft experiences a force due to gravity.

This force is less when she is on the Earths surface. Compared with being on
the Earths surface, how do her mass and weight change when she goes into
orbit? (increases, decreses, etc)
2.
The reading on a spring balance with a holder and 8 identical discs is 3.0
N. Six discs are removed and the reading is 1.2N.
What is the weight of each disc?

3. The graph shows how weight varies with mass on planet P and planet Q.

An object weighs 400N on planet on planet P. the object is taken to planet Q. What
are the mass and weight of the object on Planet Q?

4.
The diagram shows four objects on a flat surface. The centre of mass of
each object is marked M. Which object is about to fall? [1]

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.

a. What is the weight of the baby? [1/2]

6. The car in the figure below is on a level road.

Calculate the magnitude of the resultant force on the car [1]

7. Tick the box that describes the motion of the car. [1/2]

8. Later, the car is moving forwards and the frictional forces suddenly increase to
2500N. the forwards force remains constant at 2000N. Describe what happens to
the car. [1]
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a. Suggest what might have caused the frictional in question c to increase.
[1]
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Section I: Physics
1. A shop sign of weight W is being supported by 2 wires as shown in the
diagram. The tensions in the wires are S and T. Which of the following
statements is true [1]
A.
B.
C.
D.

W sin = T
T sin = W
T sin = S
S sin = T

E.

F.
2. A body is in translational equilibrium if. [1]
G.
H.
3. A firework rocket accelerates for the first few seconds and gains height
above the ground. Which are the energy changes taking place at this point?
[1]
I.
J.
4. The graph shows the force required to stretch a steel cable. What work has
been done stretching the cable by 12 cm? [1]

K.
L.
5. Plane lamina with centre of mass X touches the ground at point P. Which
diagram shows the lamina in equilibrium? [1]

M.

6. Which movement will require the greatest amount of work to be done? [1]
N.
A. a force of 10 N moving an object a distance of 3.0 m
B. a force of 10 N moving an object a distance of 5.0 m
C. a force of 15 N moving an object a distance of 3.0 m
D. a force of 15 N moving an object a distance of 5.0 m
O.
7. How A hydroelectric scheme converts [1]
P.
Q.
8. The list contains three energy resources P, Q and R. [1]

R.
P geothermal energy from hot rocks
Q nuclear fission in reactors
R sunlight on solar panels
S.
T.
Which of these resources are renewable? [1]
U.
9. Two farmers use an electrically powered elevator to lift bales of hay. All the
bales of hay have the same mass.

V.
W.
As sunset approaches, they increase the speed of the elevator so
that more bales are lifted up in given time.
X.
How does this affect the work done in lifting each bale and the useful
output power of the elevator? [1] (describre if increase or decrease or dont
change)
Y.
10. A ball is dropped on to a hard surface and bounces. It does not bounce all
the way back to where it started, and so has not regained all of its original
gravitational potential energy. [1]

Z.
AA.

Explain why there are loss of gravitational potential energy? [1]

11. 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.

AB.

AC.

What is the weight of the beam? [1]

AD.
12. The diagram shows the arrangement a student uses in an experiment.

AE.
AF. She writes down the steps in the order that she follows them, so that
she can plot an extension/load graph for the spring. Which steps are
correct? [1]
A.
B.
C.
D.

Each pointer reading is plotted against the corresponding load.

She subtracts the original length of the spring from each pointer reading.
The load is added in stages to the lower end of the spring.
The reading of the pointer against the scale is recorded for each different
load.
AG.
13. A student writes an answer. Why is this incorrect? [1]

AH.

AI.

14. Four cars are driven along a road. The table shows the work done by the
engine in each car and the time taken by each car. Which engine produces
the most power? [1]

AJ.
15. The weight of an object is found using the balance shown in the diagram.
The object is put in the left-hand pan and various weights are put in the righthand pan. [1]

AK.
AL. These are the results.
AM.

AN.
AO.
AP.9. A warehouse worker is about to close a door, as shown in the figure
below.
AQ.

AR.

a. State, with a reason, which position (A or B) will enable him to close the
door with the least force. [1]
AS.
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b. On another occasion, with the door in the position shown above, two
workers push on the door with the same force at the same time. One
worker pushes at A from the outside and the other pushes at B from the
inside. Which way does the door move, if at all? Tick one box. [1/2]

AU.
AV.

1. When a cannon fires a cannonball, the cannon will recoil backward because
the [1/2]
AW.
AX.
2. Which of the following is an accurate statement? [1/2]
AY.
A. The momentum of a moving object is constant.
B. The momentum of a projectile is constant.
C. If the kinetic energy of an object is doubled, its momentum will also
double.
D. If an object is acted on by a non-zero net external force, its momentum
will not remain constant.
AZ.
3. A small car meshes with a large truck in a head-on collision. What happen
wwith the magnitude of the average collision force? [1/2]
BA.
BB.
4. Two equal mass balls (one red and the other blue) are dropped from the
same height, and rebound off the floor. The red ball rebounds to a higher
position. Which ball is subjected to the greater magnitude of impulse during
its collision with the floor? [1/2]
BC.

BD.
5. A 3.0-kg object moves to the right at 4.0 m/s. It collides head-on with a 6.0kg object moving to the left at 2.0 m/s. What can we say about the value of
the moment before and after de collision?
BE.
6. A golf ball traveling 3.0 m/s to the right collides in a head-on collision with a
stationary bowling ball in a friction-free environment. If the collision is
almost perfectly elastic, the speed of the golf ball immediately after the
collision is [1/2]
BF.
7. In an inelastic collision, if the momentum is conserved, then what is true
about kinetic energy? [1/2]
BG.
BH.
8. A truck weighs twice as much as a car, and is moving at twice the speed of
the car. What is true about the truck's kinetic energy compared to that of the
car? [1/2]
BI.
9. A boy and a girl are riding on a merry-go-round which is turning at a
constant rate. The boy is near the outer edge, and the girl is closer to the
center. Who has the greater angular Displacement? [1/2]
BJ.
10. A boy and a girl are riding on a merry-go-round which is turning at a
constant rate. The boy is near the outer edge, and the girl is closer to the
center. Who has the greater angular speed? [1/2]
BK.
11. A boy and a girl are riding on a merry-go-round which is turning at a
constant rate. The boy is near the outer edge, and the girl is closer to the
center. Who has the greater linear speed? [1/2]
BL.
12. A boy and a girl are riding a merry-go-round which is turning at a constant
rate. The boy is near the outer edge, while the girl is closer to the center.
Who has the greater centripetal acceleration? [1/2]
BM.
BN.
13. Two equal forces are applied to a door at the doorknob. The first force is
applied perpendicular to the door; the second force is applied at 30 degree
to the plane of the door. Which force exerts the greater torque? [1/2]
BO.
BP.

14. What is the quantity used to measure an object's resistance to changes in

rotation? [1/2]
BQ.
15. Consider two uniform solid spheres where both have the same diameter, but
one has twice the mass of the other. The ratio of the larger moment of
inertia to that of the smaller moment of inertia is. [1/2]
BR.
BS.
16. The Earth moves about the Sun in an elliptical orbit. As the Earth moves
close to the Sun, then which is the best description for the orbiting speed of
the Earth about the Sun? [1/2]
BT.
BU.

17. How many rad/s is 25 revolutions per minute equivalent to? [1/2]
BV.

18. A wheel accelerates with a constant angular acceleration of 4.5 rad/s2. If

the initial angular velocity is 1.0 rad/s, what is the angular velocity at t = 2.0
s? [1/2]
BW.
BX.
19. A solid cylinder of mass 10 kg is pivoted about a frictionless axis thought the
center O. A rope wrapped around the outer radius R1 = 1.0 m, exerts a
force F1 = 5.0 N to the right. A second rope wrapped around another
section of radius R2 = 0.50 m exerts a force F2 = 6.0 N downward, as seen
in the figure below. What is the angular acceleration of the cylinder? [1/2]
BY.

A.

20. A wheel with moment of inertia 3.00 kg m2 has a net torque of 3.50 Nm
applied to it. What angular acceleration does it experience? [1/2]
B.
1. As a rock sinks deeper and deeper into water of constant density, what
happens to the buoyant force on it? _______
C.
2. A 10-kg piece of aluminum sits at the bottom of a lake, right next to a 10-kg
piece of lead. Which has the greater buoyant force on it? _______
D.
E.
3. An ideal fluid flows at 12 m/s in a horizontal pipe. If the pipe widens to twice
its original radius, what is the flow speed in the wider section?
F.
4. A plastic block of dimensions 2.00 cm multiply 3.00 cm multiply 4.00 cm has
a mass of 30.0 g. What is its density?

_______

G.
5. As the speed of a moving fluid increases, the pressure in the fluid _______
H.
6. In a hydraulic garage lift, the small piston has a radius of 5.0 cm and the
large piston has a radius of 15 cm. What force must be applied on the small
piston in order to lift a car weighing 20,000 N on the large piston?
_______
I.
J.
7. What is the absolute pressure at a location 15.0 m below the surface of
sea? (The density of seawater is 1.03 multiply 10 3 kg/m3.) _______
K.
8. A person weighing 900 N is standing on snowshoes. Each snowshoe has
area 2500 cm2. What is the pressure on the snow?
L.

_______

M.
9. When you blow some air above a paper strip, the paper rises. This is
because

_______

N.
10. A 200-N object floats with three-fourths of its volume beneath the surface of
the water. What is the buoyant force on the object? ______

O.
P.
Q.
R.

S.
T.
U.