SECTION A

Answer all the questions

1. Diagram 1 shows a girl of mass 30 kg on a swing.

Diagram 1

Position P is the highest point and position Q is the lowest point. When the swing moves
from P to Q, the work done by the girl is
A. 120 J C. 600 J
B. 480 J D. 780 J

2. A child of mass 30 000 g run 0.05 km in 10 seconds. What is the kinetic energy produced
while the child is running?
A. 375 J C. 750 J
B. 500 J D. 1000 J

3. Which of the following is not a way to increase the efficiency of a device?

A. Using quality lubricating oil in a car engine.
B. Improving the design of a device to reduce unwanted sounds
C. Using a normal bulb to save cost
D. Reducing the weight of a vehicle to reduce fuel consumption

4. Diagram 2 shows a spring whose original length is 15 cm. It is compressed to 11 cm when a

weight of 2 kg is placed on top of it.

Diagram 2
What is the mass of the weight that must be placed on the spring in order to compress the
spring to 10 cm?
A. 0.5 kg C. 3.0 kg
B. 2.5 kg D. 5.0 kg

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5. Diagram 3 shows three arrangements, X, Y and Z, of identical springs.

Diagram 3
Each arrangement supports a load of the same weight. Which arrangement produces the
largest extension and least extension?
Least extension Largest extension
A X Y
B Z X
C Y X
D Y Z

6. The tyre of a car are inflated so that an area of 50 cm2 of each tyre is in contact with the
ground. If the mass of the car is 1600 kg and is evenly distributed between the four tyres,
what is the pressure exerted on the ground by each tyre? [g = 10 N kg-1]
A. 80 N cm-2 C. 200 N cm-2
B. 160 N cm-2 D. 320 N cm-2

7. The car has a weight of 18 000 N. The surface area of each tyre in contact with the ground is
16 cm2. What is the pressure exerted on the ground by each tyre?
A. 1.1 x 102 Pa C. 2.8 x 105 Pa
B. 1.1 x 106 Pa D. 2.8 x 106 Pa

8. Diagram 4 shows a block of 100 N is placed on the surface of a piece of board.

Diagram 4
Which of the physical quantity increases if the weight of the block is increased?
A. Power
B. Work
C. Energy
D. Pressure

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9. A diver wears a watch which can withstand a pressure of up to four times the atmospheric
pressure. What is the limit of depth that the driver can dive before his watch is damaged?
[density of water = 1 g cm-3; gravitational acceleration = 10 m s-2; atmospheric pressure =
1.0 x 105 Pa]
A. 10 m C. 30 m
B. 20 m D. 40 m

10. Diagram 5 shows a U-tube containing two non-miscible liquids, P and Q.

Diagram 5
If the density of liquid P is 2.0 g cm-3, what is the density of liquid Q?
A. 0.76 g cm-3 C. 1.50 g cm-3
B. 1.20 g cm-3 D. 2.50 g cm-3

11. Diagram 6 shows the similar balls, X, Y and Z are fully immersed in a pool.

Diagram 6
The ball at Z experiences a greater pressure than the ball at X and Y because
A. The weight of Z is greater than that of X and Y.
B. The depth of Z is greater than that of X and Y
C. The density of water at Z is greater than that of X and Y
D. The buoyant force acting upon Z is greater than that of X and Y.

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12. A manometer is connected to a gas supply as shown in Diagram 7.

Diagram 7
The pressure of the gas is
A. 6 cm of water more than the atmospheric pressure
B. 8 cm of water more than the atmospheric pressure
C. 6 cm of water less than the atmospheric pressure
D. 2 cm of water more than the atmospheric pressure

13. Which instrument is meant for measuring atmospheric pressure?

A. Manometer
B. Bourdon gauge
C. Fortins Barometer
D. Hydrometer

14. What is Pascals principle?

A. The pressure of a gas is caused by the collision of gas molecules with the container wall
B. When a pressure is applied to an enclosed fluid, the pressure will be transmitted equally
throughout the whole enclosed fluid.
C. The pressure of a gas is directly proportional to its absolute temperature at constant
volume.
D. The pressure of a gas is inversely proportional to its volume at constant temperature.

15. Diagram 8 shows a hydraulic system with two pistons.

Diagram 8
What is the mass of load X?
A. 2.5 kg
B. 5.0 kg
C. 10.0 kg
D. 15.0 kg

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Answer for section A

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SECTION B

1. Diagram 9 shows a screwjack used to raise one wheel of a car off the ground.

Diagram 9

(a) To raise one wheel of the car off the ground, the average force exerted by the
screwjack on the car is 4500 N and the vertical distance moved is 0.1 m. Calculate
the work done by the screwjack on the car.

[1mark]

(b) To raise one wheel of the car off the ground, a steady force of 25 N was needed to
rotate the handle of the screwjack. The handle makes 40 complete circular rotations
of radius 0.15 m to raise the car. Calculate the work done by the 25 N force on the
screwjack. [ = 3.142]

[2 marks]

(c) Calculate the efficiency of the screwjack.

[2 marks]
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 (d) State two causes of energy loss when the car is being lifted.

..
[2 marks]

(e) A student says, using a lighter platform can improve the efficiency of a screwjack..
Explain your answer.

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[2 marks]

2. Diagram 10.1 and diagram 10.2 show two instruments usually used for measuring the
atmospheric pressure.

Diagram 10.1 Diagram 10.2

(a) Name the two instruments.

Diagram 10.1 :

Diagram 10.2 : ..
[2 marks]

(b) What will be the value of h if the air pressure is less than the standard atmospheric
pressure?

...
[1 mark]

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 Diagram 10.3

(c) If the instrument in Diagram 10.2 is modified as in Diagram 10.3 and placed in an
area which has standard atmospheric pressure, determine the pressure of the air
trapped in the space X and the space Y.
Space X :

Space Y :

[2 marks]

(d) If the mercury in the instrument shown in Diagram 10.3 is replaced with by water,
calculate the minimum height of the glass tube needed to support the column of
water at the standard atmospheric pressure of 1 x 105 Nm-2. [Density of water =
1000 kg m-3 , g = 10 N kg-1]

[2 marks]

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3. Diagram 11 shows an apparatus to study Pascals principle.

Diagram 11

(a) What is the pressure exerted by the small piston on the oil in N cm-2?

[1 mark]

(b) What is the pressure exerted by the oil on the large piston?

[1 mark]

(c) Calculate the force F2 as a result of the application of the force F1.

[2 marks]

(d) A victim was trapped under a collapsed wall after an earthquake. A portable hydraulic
pump is used to lift the collapsed wall in order to save the victim.

(i) State two advantages of using a portable hydraulic pump to lift the collapsed
wall.

..
[2 marks]

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 (ii) The cross-sectional area of the input piston is 15 cm2. If the ratio of the input
force to the output force is 3:80, calculate the cross-sectional of the output
piston.

[2 marks]

~ END OF QUESTION PAPER ~

Prepared by, Checked by, Verified by,

(Mdm.Rosfalinda Fauzi) (Mdm.Cheang Ai Lih) (Mr.Ng Swee Tiang)

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