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Part A
1. Two identical springs with spring constant 50 N/m support a 5.0 N weight as in the picture below. What is
the tension in spring A?

30O 30o 30o

A. 1.45 N
B. 2.50 N
C. 2.89 N
D. 3.75 N
E. 5.00 N

2. If you push for a half hour or a whole hour against a stationary wall,

A. no work is done in either case

B. it is impossible to determine how much work is done

C. twice as much work is done during the half hour.

D, half as much work is done during the half hour

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3. A job is done slowly, while an identical job is done quickly. Both jobs require the same amount of work, but
different amounts of

A. energy B. power C. effort.

4. A car's engine is 20% efficient. When cruising, the car encounters an average retarding force of 1000 N. If
the energy content of gasoline is 40 megajoules per liter, how many kilometers per liter does the car get?

A, 14 B. 12 C. 10 D.8

5. If an object has kinetic energy, then it also must have

A. impulse B. Momentum C. Acceleration D. Force

6. Dam is thicker at the bottom than at the top partly because

A. water is denser at deeper levels

B. water pressure is greater with increasing depth
C. surface tension exists only on the surface of liquids
D. it looks better
E. water will be warmer.

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The above figure shows a three-dimensional kinetic theory model. When the voltage supply is switched
on, the bearings in the long tube move. In which of the following ways can the model be used to simulate
Boyle's law?
A Vary the weight of the piston.
B Vary the voltage supplying to the vibrator.
C Fix the piston at a certain position inside the long tube.
D Keep the temperature of the surroundings constant.

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8. Cube A exerts a pressure P on the table. What is the pressure exerted by another cube B made of the same
material but with length of all sides halved?

A. P/4 B. P/2 C. P
D. 2P E. 4P

9. A mass of 2 kg falls from a tower 15 m above the ground. The velocity at which it hits the ground is 10 m s  1
. What is the energy loss in overcoming air resistance?

A. 20 J B. 100 J C. 200 J
D. 300 J E. 400 J

10. A bullet is fired vertically upwards. Which of the following graphs represents the variation of P.E. with the
distance travelled d?
P.E. P.E. P.E. P.E. P.E.

0 d 0 d d d 0 d
0 0
A. B C. D. E.

11. The picture above shows the setup for an experiment. The cart on the left is to be rolled into a stationary
cart on the right. Both carts have the same mass. There is a wad of clay at the end of the carts so that they
will stick together after the collision. A thin strip of paper tape is attached to the left end of the left cart and
is run through a device that will make a dot on the tape at regular intervals both before and after the
collision.
timer

tape

Which picture below best shows what the pattern of dots on the tape will look like after the experiment is
performed? In each picture the tape is oriented so that dots toward the left were the ones made before the
collision. Notice that vertical grid lines have been drawn to help you judge the distance between the dots.

12. The diagram below shows a 0.1-kilogram apple attached to a branch of a tree 2 meters above a spring
on the ground below.

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potential energy of the apple on the tree is transferred to the spring when it is compressed, what is the spring
constant of this spring?
A 10 N/m B 100 N/m C 40 N/m D 400 N/m

13. You put a straw into a glass of water, place your finger over the top so no air can get in or out, and then
lift the straw from the liquid. You find that the straw retains some liquid. How does the air pressure P
in the upper part compare to atmospheric pressure PA?
A. greater than PA B. equal to PA C less than PA

14. A U-tube with a cross-sectional area of 1.00 cm2 is open to the atmosphere at both ends. Water is poured
into the tube until the water rises part-way along the straight sides, and then 5.00 cm3 of oil is poured into
one end. As a result, the top surface of the oil ends up 0.550 cm higher than the water surface on the other
side of the U. What is the density of the oil? (density of water is 1000kg/m3 )
A. 890 kg/m3 B. 500 kg/m3 C. 100 kg/m3 D. 1000kg/m3

15. Each of the three containers shown in Figure weighs the same amount and is filled with water to the same
level. All three have the same surface area in contact with the table. Which of the following statements are
true?
I. The pressure at the bottom surface of the container is the same for all three containers.

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containers.
III. The force exerted by the container on the table is the same for all three containers.
A Statements I, II, and III are true.
B Only Statements I and II are true.
C Only Statements II and III are true.
D Only Statements I and III are true.

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A wooden block of density 750 kg/m3 and volume 1.5 m3 is fastened to the bottom of a fresh-water pond as
shown above. The density of water is 1000 kg m-3 .If the string suddenly breaks, the initial acceleration of the
block will be close to

A. 0.33 m/s2
B. 3.33 m/s2
C. 10 m/s2
D. 13.33 m/s2
17. Which of the following floating objects has the greatest mass?

A A wooden boat that displaces 500 liters of water

B An iron boat that displaces 499 liters of water
C A play-doh boat that displaces 0.5 liters of water
D A half-full 2-liter bottle of soda

18. The ship Titanic now lies at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. The buoyancy force acting on the Titanic
A is greater than the weight of the Titanic.
B is less than the weight of the Titanic.
C is equal to the weight of the Titanic.
D is zero.
E depends on the depth of the Titanic.

19. A fir wood board floats in fresh water with 60 % of its volume under water. The density of the wood in
g/cm3 is ( dencity of water is 1000 kg/m3 )

A. 0.4
B. 0.5
C. 0.6
D. less than 0.4
E. more than 0.6

20. A tin can has a volume of 1000 cm3 and a mass of 100 g. Approximately how many grams of lead shot
can it carry without sinking in the water?

A. 900 g.
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C. 1000 g.
D. 1100 g.
E. 980 g.

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An umbrella tends to move upwards on a windy day principally because

A. air gets trapped under the umbrella, warms, and rises
B. buoyancy increases with increasing wind speed
C. air pressure is reduced over the curved top surface
D. all of these

22.

The drawing shows a hydraulic chamber in which a spring (spring constants=1600N/m) is attached to input
piston, and a rock of mass 40.0 kg rests on the output plunger. The piston and plunger are nearly at the same
height ,and each has a negligible mass. By how much is the spring compressed from its unstrained position?

A. 5.77cm
B. 6.99cm
C. 40.0cm
D. 45.50cm
E. 45.0cm

23. Fig. 2.1 shows a manometer used to measure the pressure difference between the air inside a plastic
container and the atmosphere outside.

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State what changes, if any, may occur to the distance h in Fig. 2.1 if the manometer tube is narrower, or a
liquid denser than water is used in the manometer.

Narrower tube Denser liquid

A increase Increase
B decrease Decrease
C increase Decrease
D No change Decrease
E No change increase

24. Barbara pours some 95°C water into a cup of instant noodles. The final temperature of the mixture is 85°C.
If the masses of the hot water and noodles are 500 g and 150 g respectively, find the specific heat capacity
of the noodles. Given that the original temperature of the noodles is 25°C and the specific heat capacity of
the water is 4 200 J kg-1 °C1.
A. 500.2 J kg-1°C1
B. 1 076.9 J kg-1 °C1
C. 2 333.3 J kg-1°C1
D. 8 000.4 J kg-1°C1

25．Which of the following statements is / are correct?

(1) Heat flows from hot objects to cold objects.
(2) When two objects are in thermal equilibrium, they have the same temperature.
(3) When crunched ice is added into a cup of warm water, all ice must melt immediately.
A. (1) only
B. (1) and (2) only
C. (2) and (3) only
D. (1), (2) and (3)

26． An immersion heater of unknown output power is used to find the specific heat capacity of a liquid. The
following graph shows the temperature against time needed in heating 1 kg of the liquid. In the same
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Find the specific heat capacity of the liquid. Given that the specific heat capacity of water
is 4 200 J kg–1 °C–1.

A. 6 000 J kg–1 °C–1

B. 2 050 J kg–1 °C–1
C. 334 kJ kg–1 °C–1
D. 5 080 J kg–1 °C–1

27．A constant pressure gas thermometer has a gas volume of 0.05 m3 at ice point and 0.068 m3
at steam point. At what temperature will the gas volume become 0.04 m3?

A. 55 oC B. 45 oC C. - 45 oC D. -56oC E. - 80 oC

28． 0.l g of steam at 100℃ is mixed with 0.1g of ice at 0℃. Assume no heat is lost to the surroundings, which
of the following describes the final mixture?
(Specific heat capacity of water = 4.2 kJ kg-1 K-1,
Specific latent heat of fusion of ice = 336 kJ kg-1,\
Specific latent heat of vaporization of steam = 2268 kJ kg-1).

A. A mixture of ice and water at 0℃.

B. Water at 0℃.
C. Water at 50℃.
D. Water at 100℃.
E. A mixture of water and steam at 100℃.

29．If the specific latent heat of fusion of a solid X is 5.8  105 J kg–1 and its melting point is 1 200°C, what is
the energy required to melt 0.4 kg of X at its melting point?
A. 480 J
B. 2.32  105 J
C. 2.78  108 J
D. 6.96  108 J

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30．Two liquids A and B of equal mass are heated by two identical heaters. The variations of temperature with
time for two liquids are shown below.

Which of the following statement is / are correct?

(1) The specific heat capacity of liquid A is greater than that of liquid B.
(2) The boiling point of A is lower than that of B.
(3) The specific latent heat of vaporization of A is larger than that of B.
A. (2) only
B. (1) and (2) only
C. (1) and (3) only
D. (1), (2) and (3)

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Name_________________________________ Class_____

Part A (30 marks)

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6 7 8 9 10
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26 27 28 29 30

Part B

1. A lift , when the input power is 15 000 W, raises a passenger of weight 750 N at uniform
speed of 2 ms-1.
a. calculate
i. the useful power output of the lift,

ii. the efficiency of the lif,

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iii. the energy inputted to the lift for raising the passenger a height of 30 m in
standard form.

( 7 marks)

b.What is the force acting on a passenger of weight 750 N by the floor of the lift when it
is rising with
I ) an acceleration of 0.25 ms-2 ?

ii) a uniform speed of 1 ms-1 ?

(4 marks)

b. The maximum power inputted to a lift is 30 000 W and 15% of the power inputted to
the lift is used to overcome friction. The total weight of the moveable part of the lift is
6 000 N. Assuming that the average weight of the passengers is 750 N , find the
maximum number of passengers the lift can carry to raise them at a uniform speed
c.
of 2 ms-1 ?

(4 marks)

2.

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cork

A
0.15m

Glass
tube
0.75m

B Large trough
of mercury

Above figure shows a simple barometer made by glass tube, AB with dry mercury. The end A is
closed by a light cork. The open end B is dipped into a large trough of mercury . The mercury level
in the tube is 0.75 m above the level of mercury in the trough and 0.15 m below the bottom of cork.
a. What can you say about the space above the mercury in the tube?

(1 mark)
b. I calculate the atmospheric pressure in Pa.( Density of mercury is 13 600kgm-3)

II The glass tube has a mass 0.4 kg and a uniform bore of sectional area 1.0x 10 -4m3 . Find
the magnitude of the force required to support the glass tube in the vertical position.

( 7 marks)

c. I .If the glass tube is lowered downwards by a distance of 0.1 m, what will be the length of
the space above the mercury column in the tube?
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II. If the glass tube is then lowered by a further 0.1m,what will be the length of the space above
the column?

III. What would happened to the mercury if the cork at A were removed?

( 4 marks)

3．

\
An electric heater has two setting : “ Low” and “High”. The Power output of heater is 14000 W at
the ‘Low’ setting and 2200W at ‘High’ setting. The heater is used to cook an egg . The egg is first
put into a pot containing 1 kg of water and the heater is operated at the ‘ High’ setting.
The temperature of water is recorded every 30 second and the following results are obtained:

Time t/s 0 30 60 90 120 150 180 210 240

Temperature / oC 27 32 44 57 69 81 92 98 100

a. Write down the variable in this experiment.

I . manipulating variable.

II . responding variable

( 2 marks)
b. Using the suitable scale, plot a graph of the temperature against time on graph paper
( 5 marks)

c. I . Find the energy supplied by the heater from t=0 to t= 240s.

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II. Find the energy absorbed by the water from t=0 to t=240s.( Specific heat capacity of water
is 4 200 J kg–1 °C–1.)

( 5 marks)
III. State two reasons to account for the diference between your answer in I and II

(2
marks)
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Figure a Figure b

Figure a shows a 100 N block of wood floating on water with 80% of its volume submerged . Figure
b shows the block of wood when a stone is placed on top of the same wood. Determine the weight
of the stone. ( g = 10 m s–2 , density of water = 1000 kgm–3 )

a. i. How much the buoyancy force act on the wood in figure a ?

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ii. Calculate the volume of the water displaced in figure a.

(5marks)
b. By calculating the extra weight of water displaced in figure b, determine the weight of the
stone.

( 4 marks)

Part C

1a.Figure (9a) below show the positions of the pencil in the plasticine before and after the pencil is
sharpened. On the top of the each pencil is placed with the same weight. Figure (9b) shows the
writing by the pencil before and after it is sharpened.

weight
weight

plasticine

Figure 9a

Figure9 b

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I. State the differences between mass and weight . (2 marks)

II. Refer to the figure 9a and figure 9b, compare the situation for the pencil before and after it has
been sharpen. Relate the situation to a concept in physics. Identify this concept. ( 5 marks)

Beside figure shows a baby is sleeping in a cradle. With

suitable physics concepts, suggest a few modifications
that can be done so that crade can support two babies
together at the same time . Rajah menunjukkan seorang
bayi sedang tidur di dalam buaian berspring. Dengan
menggunakan konsep fizik yang sesuai, terangkan
engubahsuaian yang perlu dilakukan kepada buaian tersebut
upaya dapat menanggung dua orang bayi yang diletakkan
pada masa yang sama.
[10 marks]

c.

15cm

35cm
500g

500g

Above figure shows two arrangements of spring made up of similar spring, find the original length
of each spring in cm.
( 3 marks)

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