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Marks obtained:

Part A:
Part B:

Part C:

Instructions

 Attempt all questions.


 Paper has three parts (A), (B) and (C). Questions of Part A, B and C carry total 33 marks and
individual marks of each question is given inside the brackets [ ].
 Calculator is allowed.

Time: 40 Minutes
Maximum Marks: 33

1
1) Very small values of which quantity are measured using a micrometer screw gauge ?

A) time

B) pressure

C) moment

D) distance

2) An object moves at constant speed around a circular

path. Which statement is correct?

A) A resultant force acts on the object outwards from the centre of the circle.

B) A resultant force acts on the object in the direction it is travelling.

C) A resultant force acts on the object towards the centre of the circle.

D) There is no resultant force acting on the object because it is moving at constant speed.

3) Four balls with different masses are dropped from the heights shown. Air resistance
may be ignored.

Which ball has the smallest average speed?


4) A ball of mass 0.16kg is moving forwards at a speed of 0.50 m / s. A second ball of mass 0.10 kg is
stationary. The first ball strikes the second ball. The second ball moves forwards at a speed of 0.50 m/s.
What is the speed of the first ball after the collision?

A) 0.0 m / s

B) 0.19 m / s

C) 0.31 m / s

D) 0.50 m / s

5) The extension–load graph for a spring is shown. The unstretched length of the spring is 17.0 cm.

A) 1..4 N B) 1.6 N C) 2.6 N D) 3.0 N

6) A cart has a mass of 10 kg. A boy pushes on the cart horizontally with a force of 50 N. The
cart accelerates at 0.50 m / s2 . What is the frictional force acting on the cart?

A) 5.0 N

B) 20 N

C) 30 N

D) 45 N
7) The pressure due to the liquid on an object immersed in that liquid is 4500Pa. The density of
the liquid is 900 kg /m3 . What is the depth of the object below the surface of the liquid?

A) 0.5 cm

B) 2.0 cm

C) 50 cm

D) 200 cm

8) Which statement correctly describes the effects of placing a heavy load in a car?

A) It is easier to accelerate the car and easier to bring the car to rest.

B) It is easier to accelerate the car but more difficult to bring the car to rest.

C) It is more difficult to accelerate the car and more difficult to bring the car to rest.

D) It is more difficult to accelerate the car but easier to bring the car to rest.

9) A beam is at its centre of mass.

It is acted upon by two forces, 10 N and 5.0 N, as shown

What is the resultant moment about the pivot?

A) 25Ncm anticlockwise

B) 25Ncm clockwise

C) 175Ncm anticlockwise

D) 175Ncm clockwise
10) A ship travels due North through still water at a speed of 20m / s.

It enters a channel where there is a current in the water from West to East. The speed of the current is
20 m / s.

Which diagram shows the resultant velocity v of the ship?

Total Marks [ 10 ]
1) A train of mass 5.6 × 105 kg is at rest in a station.

At time t = 0s, a resultant force acts on the train and it starts to accelerate forwards.

Fig. 1.1 is the distance-time graph for the train for the first 120s.

(a) (i) Use Fig. 1.1 to determine:

1. the average speed of the train during the 120s

average speed = [1]

2. the speed of the train at time t= 100s

speed= [2]
(ii) Describe how the acceleration of the train at time t = 100s differs from the acceleration

at time t = 20s.

[2]

(b) (i) The initial acceleration of the train is 0.75m/s2.

Calculate the resultant force that acts on the train at this time.

resultant force = [2]

(ii) At time t = 120s, the train begins to decelerate.

State what is meant by deceleration.

[1]

Total Marks [ 8 ]
2) Fig. 2.1 shows a uniform plank AB of length 2.0m suspended from two ropes X and Y.

The weight W of the plank is 210N. The force in rope X is P. The force in rope Y is Q.

(a) State, in terms of P, the moment of force P about B.

[1]

(b) Calculate:

(i) the moment of W about B

moment= [1]

(ii) the force P

force P= [2]

(iii) the force Q

force Q= [2]

Total Marks [ 6 ]
1) A student investigates the stretching of a spring.

The apparatus is shown in Fig. 1.1.

(a) (i) On Fig. 1.1, take two readings from the metre rule to determine the unstretched length

L0 of the coiled part of the spring.

reading 1 cm

reading 2 cm

L0 = cm

[3]

(ii) Draw a diagram to show clearly how you would use a set square to obtain an accurate

reading from the metre rule.

[1]
(b) The student suspends a load of P = 1.0N from the spring.

He records the new length L1 of the coiled part of the spring.

L1= 2 .2 cm

Calculate the extension e1 using the equation e1 = (L 1 – L0).

e1 = _cm

Calculate a value for the spring constant k of the spring using the equation

Include the unit

K= cm

(c) The student suspends a load of P = 5.0N from the spring.

He records the new length L 5 of the coiled part of the spring.

L5= 6.3 cm

Calculate the extension e5 using the equation e5 = (L 5 – L 0)

e5= cm

Calculate a second value for the spring constant k of the spring using the equation

Give your answer to two significant figures.

k= [2]
(d) State whether your two values of the spring constant k can be considered equal within the

limits of experimental accuracy.

Explain your answer by referring to your results

statement

explanation

[1]

(e) A student improves the experiment by taking additional sets of readings.

(i) Suggest the additional apparatus that the student uses.

[1]

(ii) Suggest how the student uses the additional results.

[1]

Total Marks [ 11 ]

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