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1 A student uses a digital stop-watch to measure the time for a car to travel 100 m.

The diagram shows the time reading on the stop-watch.

1 s
min s 100

0 : 07 20

Using the information in the diagram, state the time taken to travel 100 m.

time to travel 100 m = .................................................. s [1]

[Total: 1]

2 The diagram shows children about to run a race. They have to run 25 m, pick up a small plastic
ring and run back to the base line. Each child finishes when they cross the base line holding the
plastic ring.

hooter

base line

25 m

plastic rings

(a) Suggest what equipment the teacher uses to measure the length of 25 m.

........................................................................................................................................... [1]

(b) Determine the total distance for the race.

distance = .............................................. m [1]

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[Total: 2]

3 The graph is a speed-time graph for a car.

20.0

speed
18.0
m/s
16.0

14.0

12.0

10.0

8.0

6.0

4.0

2.0

0.0
0.0 2.0 4.0 6.0
time / s

Calculate the distance travelled by this car between time = 2.0 s and time = 6.0 s.

distance travelled = ............................................ m [3]

[Total: 3]
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4 A car takes 12.8 s to travel 200 m.

Calculate the average speed of the car for this 200 m.

average speed = ..................................... m / s [3]

[Total: 3]

5 A skydiver jumps from an aeroplane. She falls freely with her parachute closed; then she opens
her parachute.

Diagram A shows the skydiver falling freely with her parachute closed.

Diagram B shows the skydiver falling with the parachute open.

Diagram A Diagram B

The graph shows the speed-time graph for the skydiver ' s vertical motion, from leaving the aeroplane
to landing on the ground.
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60
vertical
speed
m/s
B C
50

40

30

20

10
D E

A
0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
time / s

Using the information from the graph:

(a) Describe the vertical motion of the skydiver between time = 0 and time = 20 s.

........................................................................................................................................... [1]

(b) Determine the maximum vertical speed of the skydiver.

maximum speed = ............................................. m / s [1]

(c) Determine the point, A, B, C, D or E, at which the skydiver opens her parachute.

........................................................................................................................................... [1]

(d) Determine the distance the skydiver falls between time = 50 s and time = 80 s.

distance = ................................................ m [3]

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[Total: 6]

6 A student has an object with a mass of 5.0 kg.

Calculate the weight of the object.

weight of object = ....................................................... N [2]

[Total: 2]

7 A rock climber, of total mass 62 kg, holds herself in horizontal equilibrium against a vertical cliff.
She pulls on a rope that is fixed at the top of the cliff and presses her feet against the cliff.

The diagram shows her position.

rope

cliff

0.90 m

60°

rock climber
1.2 m
centre of mass
(not to scale)

Calculate the total weight of the climber.

weight = ........................................................... [1]

[Total: 1]

8 The weight of a skydiver is 750 N.

The weight of the skydiver acts downwards, as shown in the diagram.

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While the skydiver is falling, another force acts upwards.

The upward force varies as the skydiver falls.

.............................................

weight = 750 N
(not to scale)

The skydiver is accelerating between time = 0 and time = 20 s of the fall.

Between time = 20 s and time = 40 s the skydiver is falling at a constant speed.

(a) On the diagram, write the name of the upward force on the dotted line above the upward force.

[1]

(b) Suggest a value for the upward force on the skydiver at time = 10 s.

.................................................... N [1]

(c) Determine the value of the upward force on the skydiver at time = 30 s.

.................................................... N [1]

[Total: 3]