MARIA RUBATTO CATHOLIC SCHOOL
Physics department March 2021
Worksheet – II Grade 9th
Conceptual Questions accordingly
1. An object experiences a net force and exhibits acceleration in response. Which of the following
statements is always true?
(a) The object moves in the direction of the force.
(b) The acceleration is in the same direction as the velocity.
(c) The acceleration is in the same direction as the force.
(d) The velocity of the object increases.
2. You push an object, initially at rest, across a frictionless floor with a constant force for a time
interval ∆t, resulting in a final speed of v for the object. You repeat the experiment, but with a
force that is twice as large. What time interval is now required to reach the same final speed v?
(a) 4∆t (b) 2∆t (c) ∆t (d) ∆t/2 (e) ∆t/4.
3. A baseball of mass m is thrown upward with some initial speed. A gravitational force is exerted on
the ball
(a) At all points in its motion
(b) At all points in its motion except at the highest point
(c) At no points in its motion.
4. If a fly collides with the windshield of a fast-moving bus, which objects experience an impact
force with a larger magnitude?
(a) The fly (b) The bus (c) the same force is experienced by both.
5. Which of the following is the reaction force to the gravitational force acting on your body as you
sit in your desk chair?
(a) The normal force exerted by the chair.
(b) The force you exert downward on the seat of the chair
(c) Neither of these forces.
6. A forward horizontal force of 12 N is used to pull a 240 N crate at constant velocity across a
horizontal floor. The coefficient of friction is:
(a) 0.5 (b)0.05 (c) 2 (d) 0.2
7. A 3.0 kg object is initially at rest. It then receives an impulse of magnitude 15 Ns. After the
impulse, the object has:
(a) a speed of 45 m/s (c) a speed of 7.5 m/s
(b) a momentum of magnitude 5.0 kg m/s (d) a momentum of magnitude 15 kg m/s
8. A 6 kg object is moving south. A net force of 12 N north on it results in the object having an
acceleration of:
. 2 ⁄ North (c) 18 ⁄ North
. 2 ⁄ South (d) 18 ⁄ South
9. Which of the fundamental forces governs the motion of planets in the solar system?
(a). Gravitational force (c) Electromagnetic force
(b) Strong nuclear force (d) Weak nuclear force
10. The term ‘inertia’ most accurately describes:
(a) the mass of an object (c)the quantity that keeps an object moving
(b) the inertia of an object (d) the quantity that changes the velocity of an
object
11, You press your physics textbook flat against a vertical wall with your hand. What is the direction of
the friction force exerted by the wall on the book?
(a) Downward (b) Upward (c) Out from the wall (d) Into the wall.
[Link] place your physics book on a wooden board. You raise one end of the board so that the angle of
the incline increases. Eventually, the book starts sliding on the board. If you maintain the angle of the
board at this value, the book.
(a) Moves at a constant speed (b) Speeds up (c) Slows down (d) None of these.
13. A crate rests on a horizontal surface and a woman pulls on it with a 10 N force. Rank the situations
shown below according to the magnitude of the normal force exerted by the surface on the crate, least to
greatest.
(a). 1, 2, 3
(b). 3, 2, 1
(c). 2, 1, 3
(d). 3, 1, 2
14. A 400 N block is dragged along a horizontal surface by an applied force F as shown. The coefficient
of kinetic friction is = 0.4 and the block moves at a constant velocity. The magnitude of F is:
(a) 100 N (b)150 N (c) 200 N (d) 290 N
15. In a free-body diagram for a single object, you draw
(a) The forces acting on the object and the forces the object exerts on other objects, or
(b) Only the forces acting on the object.
16. You are playing with your daughter in the snow. She sits on a sled and asks you to slide her across a
flat, horizontal field. You have a choice of
(a) Pushing her from behind, by applying a force downward on her shoulders at 30° below the
horizontal (Fig. a), or
(b) Attaching a rope to the front of the sled and pulling with a force at 30° above the horizontal
(Fig. b). Which would be easier for you and why?
Figure 1 (A father pushes his daughter on a sled either by
(B) Pushing down on her shoulders or (b) pulling up on a rope.
17. If a car is traveling westward with a constant speed of 20 m/s, what is the resultant force acting on it?
18. What is wrong with the statement “Because the car is at rest, no forces are acting on it”? How would
you correct this sentence?
19. Identify the action-reaction pairs in the following situations: a man takes a step; a snowball hits a girl
in the back; a baseball player catches a ball; a gust of wind strikes a window.
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20. A force F applied to an object of mass m1 produces an acceleration of 3.00 m/s2. The same force
applied to the second object of mass m2produces an acceleration of 1.00 m/s2.
(a) What is the value of the ratio m1/m2?
(b) If m1 and m2 are combined, find their acceleration under the action of the force F.
21. Two forces F1 and F2 act on a 5.00-kg object. If F1 = 20.0 N and F2 = 15.0 N, find the accelerations in
(a) and (b) of Figure below.
Figure 2
22. A 1.00-kg object is observed to have an acceleration of 10.0 m/s2 in a direction 30.0° north of east (Fig.
below). The force F2 acting on the object has a magnitude of 5.00 N and is directed north. Determine the
magnitude and direction of the force F1 acting on the object
Figure 3
23. A 25.0-kg block is initially at rest on a horizontal surface. A horizontal force of 75.0 N is required to
set the block in motion. After it is in motion, a horizontal force of 60.0 N is required to keep the block
moving with constant speed. Find the coefficients of static and kinetic friction from this information?
24. A car is traveling at 50.0 mi/h on a horizontal highway. (a) If the coefficient of static friction between
road and tires on a rainy day is 0.100, what is the minimum distance in which the car will stop? (b) What
is the stopping distance when the surface is dry and = 0.600?
25. A person weighs a fish of mass m on a spring scale attached to the ceiling of an elevator, as illustrated
in the Figure below. Show that if the elevator accelerates either upward or downward, the spring scale
gives a reading that is different from the weight of the fish.
Figure 4 set by A.Y
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