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STUDY QUESTIONS 1 A student wrote ‘my weight is 67 kg’. What is wrong with this statement, and what do you think his weight really is? 2 Ahammer has a mass of 1 kg. What is its weight a) on Earth, b) on the Moon, c) in outer space? 3 Explain this observation: when a sheet of paper is dropped it flutters, down to the ground, but when the same sheet of paper is screwed up into a ball it accelerates rapidly downwards when dropped’. 4 Refer to Figure 6.2 and explain the following. ) Why is the red ball falling at a constant speed? b) Why does the blue ball fall with an acceleration of 9 m/s?? 5 This question refers to the speed-time graph in Figure 6.4. a) Determine the speed of the sky diver when she hit the ground. b) Why is her acceleration over the part AB less than it was at the beginning of her fall? ) Use the graph to estimate roughly how far she fell during her dive. Was it nearer 100 m, 1000 m, or 10 000 m? ) Use the information in the graph at point E to make a rough estimate of the acceleration on landing. 6 The graph (right) shows how the force of air resistance on our sky diver’s parachute changes with her speed of fall. a) State the resistive force acting on her when she is travelling at a constant speed of 5 mis. b) Explain why your answer to part a) must be the same size as her weight. c) Use the graph to predict the terminal velocity of the following people using the same parachute: i) a boy of weight 400 N ii) aman of weight 1000 N. d) Make a copy of the graph and add to it a sketch to show how you think the air resistance force would vary on a parachute with twice the area of the one used by our sky diver. 1000 z $ en] 2 8 00] E 5 on 5 E200] 4 0 129 4 6 6 7 ‘speed in V/s. 7 List three features that affect: a) The thinking distance for a driver b) The breaking distance of acar. 8 Copy Table 1 and add to it two further columns headed ‘thinking distance’ and ‘stopping distance’. a) Calculate the thinking distances for the speeds listed, assuming your reaction time is 0.6 s. b) Now fill in the stopping distances where you can. c) Plot a graph to show the stopping distances (y-axis) against the speed (x-axis). d) Use your graph to predict the stopping distance for a speed of 25 m/s. Now also fill in the braking distance for a speed of 25, mis. e) Calculate the maximum safe speed if the visibility is limited to 50 m. 10} dl =1N =1N + t aon Oy balls = 40 m/s stant ‘ W | sin W=1N =9mis? mass = 0.1 kg W=10N mass = 1 kg Figure 6.2 At thisinstant both balls have a speed of 40 m/s. At this speed the weight of the red ball is balanced by air resistance, but the heavier blue ball is still accelerating. Table 1 5 2 10 8 15 7 20 31 2 30 eo 35, 04

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