ChangkatChangiSecondarySchool

PhysicsDepartment
UpperSecondary
Name:_________________________()Class:____________

TOPIC4:Mass,Weight&Density(Chapter4)

Date:______________

WORKSHEET4.1&4.2

(A)MULTIPLECHOICEQUESTIONS(5marks)

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1. AloadisplacedonbalanceXandthenonbalanceY.

Whatismeasuredbyeachbalance?(1mark)
balanceX
balanceY
Amass
density
Bmassweight
Cweightdensity
Dweightmass

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2. Acoinisplacedonacardontopofabeaker,asshown.Ifthecardispuledawayquickly,the
coindoesnotmovesidewaysbutfallsintothebeaker.

Whichpropertyofthecoinmakesthispossible?
AdensityBinertia Cvolume
Dthickness

3. Whichstatementcorrectlydescribestheweightofanobject?

ATheamountofspacetakenupbytheobject.

BTheamountofsubstancetheobjectcontains.

CTheresistancetochangesinmotion.
DThepullofgravityontheobject.

Worksheet4.1

Preparedby:MrHongKK

4. ThegravitationalfieldstrengthonthesurfaceoftheMoonis1.6N/kg.
WhichvaluesofmassandweightapplytoanobjectplacedontheMoon'ssurface?
mass/kgweight/N

A
10
0

B
101.6

C
1016

D
16
10

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5. AsatelliteislaunchedfromEarthintoorbit.
Whathappenstothemassandweightofthesatellite?(1marks)
mass
weight
Adecreases
staysconstant
Bstaysconstantdecreases
Cstaysconstantincreases
Dincreasesdecreases

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(B)STRUCTUREDQUESTIONS(7marks)

6. Statethreedifferencesbetweenmassandweight.

(3marks)
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7. Thevalueofthegravitationalfieldstrengthgis10N/kgonEarthand1.5N/kgontheMoon.
Anastronaut,whohasamassof90kgontheEarth,goestotheMoon.Showbycalculationsor
otherwise,howyoudetermine:
(a) hisweightontheEarth,(2marks)

(b) hismassontheMoon,(1mark)

(c) hisweightontheMoon?(1mark)

Worksheet4.1

Preparedby:MrHongKK