Name:………………………………………………………..
Class: ……………………………
KASENGA DAY SECONDARY SCHOOL
GRADE 11 PHYCICS END OF TERM 3 TEST
DECEMBER 1 2020 DURATION: 1 HOUR 30 MINUTES MARKS: 50
Instructions: Answer all questions on the spaces provided in this question paper.
1. A girl on a trolley was pulled with a constant force and accelerated uniformly along the floor.
A length of ticker-tape was attached to the trolley and passed through a timer producing 50
tape dots every second. The diagram below shows part of the tape produced.
(a) Which end, A or B, of the tape passed through the timer first? Give a reason for your
answer. ……………………………………………………………………………………..
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(b) Calculate the time taken for the part of the tape, AB, to pass through the timer.
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(c) A boy joins the girl on the trolley, doubling the combined mass of the trolley and the girl.
If the pulling force remains the same what effect does this have on the acceleration?
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2. A stone is thrown upwards from the ground with a velocity of 40m/s. (Take g = 10m/s2)
(a) How long does it take to reach its highest point?
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(b) What is its height at this point?
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3. The figure below shows a displacement time graph for the motion of a dog over a period of
twelve seconds.
(a) Use your graph to calculate
(i) The velocity of the dog at 10 seconds.
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(ii) The acceleration of the dog from 0 to 10 seconds.
(iii)
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(b) From your graph, determine the time when the dog is not moving. ……………………[1]
4. The figure below shows an object of mass 0.7kg resting on a horizontal surface.
If the object is pulled to the left by a force of 6.0N and to the right by a force of 2.5N and
assuming that no other forces act on the object,
(a) Calculate
(i) The resultant force ………………………………………………………………[1]
(ii) The acceleration produced by the resultant force.
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(b) Explain why in practice the actual acceleration for the object may be lower than your
answer to (a) (ii) above.
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5. A uniform metre rule is balanced at the 30cm mark when a load of 0.80N is hung at the zero
mark.
(a) At what point on the rule is the centre of gravity of the rule?...........................................[1]
(b) Show with an arrow drawn on the diagram above the weight acting through the centre of
gravity of the rule. [1]
(c) Calculate the weight of the rule
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(d) Calculate the mass of the rule.
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6. A trolley is being pulled up a ramp from point O to Z using a force as shown in the figure
below.
(a) The work done against gravity when the trolley reaches Z.
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(b) The input energy into the system.
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(c) The efficiency of the system
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7. The figure below shows a laboratory liquid-in-glass thermometer.
(a) Name the substance labelled A. ………………………………………………………[1]
(b) Name the section labelled B. ………………………………………………………….[1]
(c) Why is part B narrow? ...................................................................................................
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(d) Explain why the wall of part marked D thin.
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(e) State two advantage of mercury over alcohol as thermometric liquid.
(i) ………………………………………………………………………………………
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(ii) ………………………………………………………………………………………
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8. The figure below shows an arrangement of a track for the toy car to run up and down the
hills. The toy car moves from point A without being pushed.
The mass of the toy car is 150g. (Take g = 10m/s2)
(a) Name the energy the toy car possesses when at point A. ……………………………….[1]
(b) Calculate the amount of energy the car possesses while at point A.
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(c) Ignoring all effects due to friction, calculate the velocity of the car as it passes point B.
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(d) Does the car reach point C? …………………………………………………………….[1]
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9. The figure below shows a spring with its upper end fixed, hangs alongside a metre rule. The
lower end of the spring gave the following extensions when the various loads were hung
from it. ( Write all your answers to this question on the graph paper provided)
Load/N 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0
Extension/ 0 1.1 1.9 2.9 4.1 5.1
cm
(a) Plot a graph of extension against load. [5]
(b) From the graph find
(i) the extension for a mass of 0.045kg [2]
(ii) the extension for a load of 0.15N. [1]
END OF TEST: WISH YOU SUCCESS
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