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Section A Multiple Choice Questions [40 marks]

1 A student has been asked to determine, as accurately as possible, the volume of a piece of wire.
The wire is about 60 cm long and about 0.03 mm in diameter.
Which measuring instruments should the student use?

length diameter
A meter rule micrometer
B meter rule vernier calipers
C micro meter vernier calipers
D vernier calipers micrometer

2 Which of the following rows describes the correct conversion from m/s to km/h?

m/s km/h
A 36 100
B 200 72
C 1000 1
D 10 36

3 How many milli newtons are there in one mega newton?

A 10-3 B 106 C 109 D 10-6

4 One oscillation of a swinging pendulum occurs when the bob moves from X to Y and back to
X again.

Using a stopwatch, which would be the most accurate way to measure the time for one oscillation
of the pendulum?
A Time 20 oscillations and multiply by 20. B Time 20 oscillations and divide by 20.
C Time one oscillation. D Time the motion from X to Y, and double it.

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5 An object of mass 80 g is immersed in water as shown in the diagram.

What is the density of the material from which the object is made?
A 0.4 g cm-3 B 0.5 g cm-3 C 2.0 g cm-3 D 2.5 g cm-3

6 A student investigates the rate of flow of oil through a funnel

The diagrams show the experiment and the volume of oil in the measuring cylinder at the start of the
experiment, and two minutes after the experiment.

What is the rate of flow of oil through the funnel during the two minutes?
A 0.4 cm3/s B 3.0 cm3/s C 0.04 cm3/s D 24 cm3/s

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7 An astronaut has a mass of 70 kg on Earth. He can jump 2.0 m high on the surface of Moon.
Which of the following statements regarding the distance he can jump on the Earth and the
corresponding reason are correct?
Assume that the acceleration due to gravity on the Moon is 1.6 ms-2 and on the Earth is 10 ms-2

distance he can jump reason

on the Earth
A higher than 2.0 m his mass on moon is less than that on the Earth
B higher than 2.0 m his weight on moon is less than that on the Earth
C lower than 2.0 m his weight on moon is more than that on the Earth
D lower than 2.0 m his weight on moon is less than that on the Earth

8 A car driver presses the accelerator sharply when the traffic lights turn green. The force on the car
varies with time as shown.

Which graph shows the variation of the car’s speed with time?

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9 Which of the following velocity-time graphs shows the motion of an object in free fall in the absence
of air resistance?

10 The diagram shows an aeroplane turning in a horizontal circle at constant speed.

In which direction is there a resultant force?

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11 The diagram below shows the top view of a field separated into four sectors P, Q, R and S. A cart
tied to two ropes is placed in the middle of the field. Two bull carts start to pull the ropes (with forces
indicated in the diagram) at the same time.

In which sector will the cart start to move initially?

A Sector P B Sector Q C Sector R D Sector S

12 A passenger is sitting in an airplane, which takes off and flies to 10 000 m.

During this time, what happens to the mass and to the weight of the passenger?

mass weight
A decreases decreases
B increases increases
C unchanged decreases
D unchanged increases

13 The inertia of a body is its resistance to change its state of motion or rest.
Which property is a measure of the body’s inertia?
A its density B its mass
C the height of its sides D the size of its base

14 A swimmer feels cold after leaving warm water on a warm, windy day.
Why does she feel cold even though the air is warm?
A Less energetic water molecules on her skin escape quickly.
B The more energetic water molecules on her skin do not escape quickly.
C The water on her skin does not evaporate quickly enough to keep her warm.
D The water on her skin evaporates quickly and cools her skin.

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15 A flat lamina is freely suspended from point P.

The weight of the lamina is 3.0 N and the centre of mass is at C.
The lamina is displaced to the position shown.
What is the moment that will cause the lamina to swing?

PC = 0.5 m
PQ = 0.4 m
QC = 0.3 m

A 0.9 N m clockwise B 0.8 N m anticlockwise

C 1.2 N m clockwise D 1.5 N m anticlockwise

16 A student finds the centre of mass of a triangular lamina PQR.

He drills a small hole at Q. He suspends the lamina from a pin through the hole at Q so that the
lamina swings freely. He then hangs a plumb-line from the pin at Q, as shown. He marks the
position of the plumb-line on the lamina.

To determine the location of the center of mass, the student then repeats the experiment but with
one change.
What is the change?
A He suspends the lamina from the hole at Q, with R on the left and P on the right.
B He suspends the lamina from a pin through a hole at R.
C He uses a heavier weight on the plumb-line.
D He uses a longer plumb-line.

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17 A spring balance is calibrated to give readings in newtons.

The graph shows how the length of the spring varies with the load.

A load causes the spring of the balance to extend by 3 cm.

What is the balance reading?
A 3N B 5N C 10 N D 15 N

18 A water manometer is connected to a gas supply. One end of the manometer is open to the
atmosphere.

Which statement about the pressure of the gas supply is true?

A The pressure is h cm of water.
B The pressure is h cm of water below atmospheric pressure.
C The pressure is the same as atmospheric pressure.
D The pressure is h cm of water above atmospheric pressure.

19 What does a barometer measure?

A atmospheric pressure B atmospheric density
C liquid density D liquid pressure

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20 For a gas at constant temperature, which row describes correctly about the pressure and volume?
if pressure volume
A increases by two times increases by two times
B increases by two times decreases by two times
C increases by two times remains same
D increases by two times increases by four times

21 A metal wire, initially 1.000 m long, extends by 6 mm when a load of 3 N is added to it.

What will be the length of the wire if a further 3 N is added, assuming it does not extend beyond its
limit of proportionality?

A 1.006 m B 1.008 m C 1.010 m D 1.012 m

22 A heavy uniform plank of length L is supported by two forces F1 and F2 at points distant L/8 and L/4
from its ends as shown in the diagram below.
What is the ratio of F1 to F2 ?

A 2:5 B 3:5 C 2:3 D 3:2

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23 A ball is released from rest from one side of a smooth curved rail as shown in the diagram below.

I The speed of the ball at C is the same as that at point A.

II The ball has a maximum potential energy at point B.
III The ball would not rise to a level higher than point D.

Neglecting air resistance and friction, which of the following statements about the motion of the ball
is/are correct?

A III only B I and III only C II and III only D I, II and III only

24 A wooden block of mass of 30 kg is pulled up a rough inclined plane at a constant speed by a force
of 70 N parallel to the plane. When the distance moved along the plane is 12 m, the increase in
height is 1.0 m (see diagram below).

What is the work done against friction?

A 300 J B 540 J C 360 J D 840 J

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25 An object falls freely from rest at point X to the ground at point Z as shown in diagram.

What is the ratio of the kinetic energy of the object at Y to its kinetic energy at Z?
A 1:1 B 1:2 C 1:4 D 2:1

26 A car is driven along a level road. The total energy input from the petrol is 40 kJ, and the car
wastes 30 kJ of energy.

What is the efficiency of the car?

A 15 % B 25 % C 45 % D 75 %

27 Which represents the main energy changes that take place in a coal-fired power station?
A chemical → heat → kinetic → electrical
B chemical → heat → light → electrical
C chemical → kinetic → electrical → potential
D kinetic → heat → light → electrical

28 The centre of the Sun produces large amount of energy.

What is the source of this energy?
A chemical reaction B nuclear fission C nuclear fusion D radioactive decay

29 A crane lifts a weight of 1000 N through a vertical height of 30 m in 15 s.

What is the power of the crane?
A 2 kW B 20 kW C 2 MW D 20 MW

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30 A 200 kg mass is moving at constant speed.

The kinetic energy of the mass is 1600 J.
What is the speed of the mass?

A 4 m/s B 20 m/s C 200 m/s D 400 m/s

31 When ice melts to become water, which force must be overcome?

A The attraction between electrons and the nucleus.
B The attraction between the atoms in a molecule.
C The force between molecules.
D The force of gravity.

32 Some ice cubes are taken from a deep-freeze and placed in a metal container. The container is
heated at a constant rate and readings of temperature and time are taken. The results are recorded
on a graph.
Which temperature corresponds to 0 °C?

33 Fillings in teeth should be made from a material which

A does not expand when heated.
B expands by the same amount as the tooth when heated.
C expands less than the tooth when heated.
D expands more than the tooth when heated.

34 A block of metal has a mass of 4.0 kg. Its specific heat capacity is 800 J / (kg °C).
The block is supplied with 4800 J of energy.
What is the rise in temperature?
A 0.17 °C B 0.67 °C C 1.5 °C D 6.0 °C

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35 To calibrate a thermometer, without using another thermometer, fixed points are required.
Which statement is correct about the fixed points?
A Any temperatures can be used as fixed points.
B Both a lower fixed point and an upper fixed point are required.
C Only a lower fixed point is required.
D Only an upper fixed point is required.

36 The diagram shows a cross-section through a rain-water puddle formed in a shallow depression
in a road surface.

Over a period of time, the air temperature, wind speed and wind direction all remain constant.
What happens to the rate of evaporation of water from the puddle?
A It decreases, because the surface area decreases.
B It increases, because the puddle gets shallower.
C It increases, because the surface area decreases.
D It remains constant.

37 A quantity of gas is trapped in a container by a piston exerting a force F.

The temperature of the gas is raised while F remains unchanged.

Which statement is correct?

A The molecules get larger. B The gas expands.
C The piston remains in the same place. D The speed of the molecules decreases.

38 A boy throws a small stone into a pond. Waves of wavelength 10 cm spread out from where the
stone hits the water and travels to the side of the pond.
The boy notices that eight waves reach the side of the pond in a time of 5.0 s.
What is the speed of the wave.
A 50 ms-1 B 1.6 ms-1 C 0.2 ms-1 D 0.16 ms-1

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39 A water wave moves quickly in deep water.

The wave now enters shallow water and its speed decreases.
Which row shows what happens to the period of the wave, and what happens to the
wavelength of the wave?
period wavelength
A decreases decreases
B decreases does not change
C does not change decreases
D does not change does not change

40 The diagram shows a wave

Which labelled distance is the wavelength?

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Section B (Structured Questions) [60 Marks]

1 Fig. 1.1 shows an oil tank that has a rectangular base of dimensions 2.4 m by 1.5 m

Fig 1.1

The tank is filled with oil of density 950 kg/m3 to a depth of 1.5 m.

(a) Calculate
(i) the pressure exerted by the oil on the base of the tank.

pressure = ……………. [2]

(ii) the force exerted by the oil on the bottom of the tank

force = …………………[2]

(b) Calculate the mass of oil in the tank.

mass = ……………………. [1]

(c) When he is checking level of oil in the tank, a man drops a brass key into the oil and it
sinks to the bottom of the oil.
(i) State what this shows about the density of brass.

………………………………………………………………………………………………. [1]
(ii) Explain how attaching the key to a piece of wood could prevent the key from sinking.

…………………………………………………………………………………………………

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

[Total 7]
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2 At a sports event, a champion runner and a car take part in a race.

(a) The runner runs at a constant speed of 10 m/s from the start of the race. During the first 10.0 s
of the race, the car’s speed increases from 0 m/s to 50 m/s at a uniform rate.
On fig. 2.1, draw
(i) a graph to show the motion of the runner. [1]
(ii) a graph to show the motion of the car. [1]

Fig. 2.1
(b) Use your graphs to determine
(i) the distance travelled by the runner in the 10.0 s

distance = ……………….[1]

(ii) the distance travelled by the car in the 10.0 s

distance = ……………. [2]

(iii) the time at which the car overtakes the runner

time = ……………. [2]

[Total 7]

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3 Fig 3.1 shows a uniform, rectangular slab of concrete ABCD standing upright on the ground. The
slab has height of 0.8 m, width of 0.4 m and mass 20 kg. A force of 40 N acts horizontally to the
left at B

Fig. 3.1
(a) Calculate the weight W of the concrete slab

weight = …………………. [1]

(b) (i) On Fig. 3.1, draw and label the arrow to show the weight W of the slab acting at its
center of mass. [1]
(ii) Calculate
1. the moment of the 40 N force about point D,

moment = ……………………
2. the moment of W about point D

moment = …………………… [3]

(iii) The ground is rough so that the slab does not slide.
State and explain what happens to the slab as the horizontal force at B is gradually
increased.

…………………………………………………………………………………………………….

………………………………………………………………………………………………….[2]

[ Total 7]
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4 Fig. 4.1 shows a long, plastic tube, sealed at both ends. The tube contains 0.3 kg of small metal
spheres.

Fig. 4.1

A physics teacher turns the tube upside down very quickly and the small metal spheres then fall
through 1.8 m and hit the bottom of the tube.
(a) Calculate

(i) the decrease in gravitational potential energy as the spheres fall 1.8 m,

decrease in gravitational potential energy = ........................................................ [2]

(ii) the speed of the spheres as they hit the bottom of the tube.

speed = ........................................................ [3]

(b) In practical, some of the energy is lost. Explain what happens to the lost energy.

………………………………………………………………………………………………………

……………………………………………………………………………………………………….[2]

(c) The efficiency is estimated to be 80%. Calculate the new speed.

Speed = ……………………………….. [4]

[Total 11]

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5 Fig. 5.1 represents the motion of Earth and the planet Venus around the Sun. The orbits shown
are circles.

Fig.5.1

(a) (i) On Fig. 5.1, draw an arrow to show the direction of the force exerted by the Sun on the
Earth. [1]
𝑚𝑣 2
(ii) this force is calculated by the equation 𝐹 = 𝑟
where m is the mass, v is the

velocity, and r is the radius of the circle

what happens to the magnitude of this force, if the radius of the Earth orbit is increased.

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

(b) Information about Earth and Venus is given in the table.

planet time for one orbit in radius of orbit / circumference of

(Earth) years million km orbit / million km
Venus 0.6 110 690
Earth 1.0 150 942

Use the information in the table to show that Venus has a greater speed than Earth.

………………………………………………………………………………………………..……….....

…………………………………………………………………………………………………..…….....

..……………………………………………………………………………………………….……...[2]

[Total 4]

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6 Fig. 6.1 shows a water manometer used to measure the pressure inside a gas pipe. (Given that

the density of water is 1000 kg m-3

Fig.6.1 Fig.6.2 Fig.6.3

(a) State whether the pressure inside the gas pipe in Fig. 6.1 is larger than or smaller than
atmospheric pressure.
............................................................................................................................................[1]

(b) Find the pressure in the gas pipe. (Given that the atmospheric pressure is 1.01X105 Pa.)

[3]
(c) The manometers shown in Figs. 6.2 and 6.3 are connected to the same gas pipe at the
same pressure as shown in Fig. 6.1.
On Figs. 6.2 and 6.3, draw the levels of the liquid in each manometer if
(i) the manometer in Fig. 6.2 contains water and has tubes with twice the diameter of
Fig. 6.1,
(ii) the manometer in Fig. 6.3 contains a liquid with density half that of water. [2]

[Total 6]

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7 A metal pan filled with oil is placed on an electric hotplate as shown in Fig. 7.1.

Fig. 7.1
(a) Explain in terms of molecules or free electrons, how thermal energy is conducted through
the metal base of the pan.

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………

………………………………………………………………………………………………………[3]

(b) Explain how thermal energy spreads to all oil in the pan.

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………

………………………………………………………………………………………………………[3]

(c) Suggest and explain a suitable material for the handle of the pan.

………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

………………………………………………………………………………………………………[2]

(d) The specific heat capacity of the oil is 2.5 J/(g 0C). The oil is heated from 200C to its boiling
point of 2700C

(i) State what is meant by boiling point.

…………………………………………………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………………………………………………[1]

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(ii) Calculate the thermal energy needed to heat the 700 g of oil to its boiling point.

thermal energy = .........................................................[2]

(iii) Suggest one reason why the energy output from the hotplate, when heating the oil, is
larger than the value calculated in (c)(ii).

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

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

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

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8 A water wave in a ripple tank strikes a barrier. Fig 8.1 shows some wavefronts of the incident
wave.

Fig. 8.1
The water wave hits the barrier and is reflected. Three of the wavefronts in Fig. 8.1 have already
hit the barrier. The reflected parts of these wavefronts are not shown.
(a) On Fig. 8.1, draw the reflected parts of these three wavefronts. [3]
(b) On Fig. 8.1, show the wavelength of the water wave. [1]
(c) State how refraction differs from reflection.

………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

………………………………………………………………………………………………………[2]

[Total 6]

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