AS-Level Physics Worksheet-2A(Part-2) (MCQ) QP+MS

Chapter: Dynamics
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Non-uniform motion:
21 A tractor of mass 1000kg is connected by a tow-bar to a trailer of mass 1000kg. The total resistance to
motion has a constant value of 4000N. One quarter of this resistance acts on the trailer.
When the tractor and trailer are moving along horizontal ground at a constant speed of 6ms –1,
what is the force exerted on the tractor by the tow-bar? 9702/12/M/J/14

22 The graph shows the variation with time of the speed of a raindrop falling vertically through air.

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Which statement is correct?
A The acceleration decreases to produce a steady speed.
B The acceleration increases as the speed increases.
C The air resistance decreases as the speed increases.
D The resultant force increases as the speed increases.

23 A car is travelling at constant velocity. At time t = 0, the driver of the car sees an obstacle in the road
and then brakes to a halt. The graph shows the variation with t of the velocity of the car.
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How far does the car travel in the 5.0 s after the driver sees the obstacle?

A 16 m B 42 m C 58 m D 84 m

24 A light ball is falling vertically through air. 9702_w16_qp_12

The variation with time t of the resistive force FR acting on the ball is shown.

At which times are the speed of the ball zero, the speed at a maximum and the acceleration zero?
25 A spherical object falls through water at constant speed. Three forces act on the object.
Which diagram, showing these three forces to scale, is correct? 9702_m17_qp_12

26 An object is dropped at time t = 0 from a high building. Air resistance is significant.

Three graphs are plotted against time. 9702_s17_qp_11
the height of the object above the ground
the speed of the object
the magnitude of the resultant force on the object

What are the quantities X, Y and Z?

27 An ice-hockey puck of mass 150g moves with an initial speed of 2.0ms–1 along the surface of an ice
rink.
The puck slides a distance of 30m in a straight line before stopping. 9702_s17_qp_13
What is the average frictional force acting on the puck?

A 0.010N B 0.020N C 0.067N D 0.44N

28 The three forces acting on a hot-air balloon that is moving vertically are its weight, the force due to air
resistance and the upthrust force. 9702_w17_qp_11
The hot-air balloon descends vertically at constant speed. The force of air resistance on the
balloon is F.
 Which weight of material must be released from the balloon so that it ascends vertically at the
same constant speed?

AF B 2F C 3F D 4F

29 A sky-diver falls from a stationary balloon at time t = 0. As the sky-diver falls, her speed and the
air resistance increase until the force of the air resistance is equal to her weight.
Which graph best shows the variation with time t of the displacement s for the motion of the sky-
diver? 9702/13/M/J/18

30 A ball of mass m is thrown vertically into the air. When the ball has speed v, the air resistance acting
on the ball is F. 9702/11/O/N/18
What is the magnitude of the acceleration of the ball when its speed is v as it rises and as it falls?

31 A stone is dropped from a tall building. Air resistance is significant. The variation of distance
fallen with time is shown by the dashed line.
A second stone with the same dimensions but a smaller mass is dropped from the same building.
Which line represents the motion of the second stone? May/June-19_11

32 A submarine descends vertically at constant velocity. The three forces acting on the submarine are
viscous drag, upthrust and weight.

Which relationship between their magnitudes is correct? May/June-19_12

 A weight < drag
B weight = drag
C weight < upthrust
D weight > upthrust

33 The resultant force F on a raindrop of mass m falling with velocity v is given by the equation
F = mg – kv2
where k is a constant and g is the acceleration of free fall. 9702_s20_qp_11
What is the velocity of the raindrop when it reaches a constant (terminal) velocity?

34 The resultant force F on a raindrop of mass m falling vertically with velocity v is given by the
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where k is a constant and g is the acceleration of free fall.

The falling raindrop eventually reaches a constant (terminal) velocity.
Which graph shows the variation of the terminal velocity of the raindrop with mass m?

Linear momentum and its conservation:

35 Which of the following is a statement of the principle of conservation of momentum?

A In an elastic collision momentum is constant. 9702/11/M/J/13

B Momentum is the product of mass and velocity.
C The force acting on a body is proportional to its rate of change of momentum.
D The momentum of an isolated system is constant.

36 Two train carriages each of mass 5000kg roll toward one another on a level track. One is travelling at
2.00ms–1and the other at 1.00ms–1, as shown. 9702/12/M/J/14
 They collide and join together.
What is the kinetic energy lost during the collision?

37 Which of the following is a statement of the principle of conservation of momentum?

A Momentum is the product of mass and velocity. 9702/13/M/J/15
B In an elastic collision, momentum is constant.
C The momentum of an isolated system is constant.
D The force acting on a body is proportional to its rate of change of momentum.
38 A moving object strikes a stationary object. The collision is inelastic. The objects move off together.
Which row shows the possible values of total momentum and total kinetic energy for the system
before and after the collision? 9702/13/M/J/15

39 Two balls X and Y are moving towards each other with speeds of 5ms–1and 15ms–1respectively.

They make a perfectly elastic head-on collision and ball Y moves to the right with a speed of 7ms –1.
What is the speed and direction of ball X after the collision? 9702/13/M/J/15

40 A wooden block is freely supported on brackets at a height of 4.0m above the ground, as shown.

A bullet of mass 5.0 g is shot vertically upwards into the wooden block of mass 95g. It embeds itself
in the block. The impact causes the block to rise above its supporting brackets. 9702/13/M/J/15
 The bullet hits the block with a velocity of 200ms–1. How far above the ground will the block be at
the maximum height of its path?

41 Two identical, perfectly elastic spheres have the same mass m. They travel towards each other
with the same speed v along a horizontal frictionless surface. 9702/12/O/N/12

Which statement about the sum of the kinetic energies of the spheres is correct?

A The sum of their kinetic energies before impact is zero.

B The sum of their kinetic energies before impact is 1/2mv2.
C The sum of their kinetic energies after impact is zero.
D The sum of their kinetic energies after impact is mv2.

42 A particle of mass m, travelling with speed u, collides with a stationary particle of mass M. The
velocities of the two particles before and after the collision are shown.
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Which vector diagram correctly shows the momenta before and after the collision?

43 Two spheres approach each other along the same straight line. Their speeds are u 1 and u2before they
collide. After the collision, the spheres separate with speeds v 1 and v2 in the directions shown below.
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 The collision is perfectly elastic. Which equation must be correct?

44 The diagram shows a man standing on a platform that is attached to a flexible pipe. Water is pumped
through the pipe so that the man and platform remain at a constant height.
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The resultant vertical force on the platform is zero. The combined mass of the man and platform is 96
kg. The mass of water that is discharged vertically downwards from the platform each second is 40
kg.

What is the speed of the water leaving the platform?

45 Water flows out of a pipe and hits a wall. 9702_m17_qp_12

When the jet of water hits the wall, it has horizontal velocity v and cross-sectional area A.
The density of the water is ρ. The water does not rebound from the wall.

What is the force exerted on the wall by the water?

46 A stationary firework explodes into three pieces. The masses and the velocities of the three
pieces immediately after the explosion are shown. 9702_m17_qp_12
 What are speed v1 and speed v2?

47 Two railway trucks of masses m and 3m move towards each other in opposite directions with
speeds 2v and v respectively. These trucks collide and stick together. 9702_w17_qp_13

What is the speed of the trucks after the collision?

48 A ball of mass 0.20kg, travelling in the x-direction at a speed of 0.50 ms–1, collides with a ball of
mass 0.30 kg travelling in the y-direction at a speed of 0.40 ms–1. 9702/13/M/J/18
The two balls stick together after the collision, travelling at an angle θ to the x-direction.

What is the value of θ ?

A 39° B 40° C 50° D 51°

49 A stationary toy gun fires a bullet. 9702_s20_qp_11

Which statement about the bullet and the gun, immediately after firing, is not correct?
A The force exerted on the bullet by the gun has the same magnitude as the force exerted on the
gun by the bullet.
B The force exerted on the bullet by the gun is in the opposite direction to the force exerted on
the gun by the bullet.
C The gun and the bullet have the same magnitude of momentum.
D The kinetic energy of the gun must equal the kinetic energy of the bullet.

50 A mass m1 travelling with speed u1 collides with a mass m2 travelling with speed u2 in the same
direction. After the collision, mass m1 has speed v 1 and mass m2 has speed v2 in the same direction.
The collision is perfectly elastic. 9702_s20_qp_12
 Which equation is not correct?

Dynamics MCQ Mark Scheme:

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
B A C B B C A B B C C D C B D C C B C D
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D B D C D D A C D D