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1 A device for measuring gas pressure is connected to a gas supply as shown in the diagram.
300
250
242
connection to
gas supply 200
h
150
100
82
50
mercury
mm scale
0
(a) Determine the difference h between the mercury levels shown in the diagram.
h = .......................................... mm [2]
(b) The atmospheric pressure is 760 mm of mercury.
Determine the pressure of the gas supply.
pressure of gas supply = ........................ mm of mercury [1]
[Total: 3]
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2 A student uses a digital stop-watch to measure the time for a car to travel 100 m.
The diagram shows the time reading on the stop-watch.
1 s
min s 100
0 : 07 20
Using the information in the diagram, state the time taken to travel 100 m.
time to travel 100 m = .................................................. s [1]
[Total: 1]
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3 The graph is a speed-time graph for a car.
20.0
speed
18.0
m/s
16.0
14.0
12.0
10.0
8.0
6.0
4.0
2.0
0.0
0.0 2.0 4.0 6.0
time / s
Calculate the distance travelled by this car between time = 2.0 s and time = 6.0 s.
distance travelled = ............................................ m [3]
[Total: 3]
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4 A car takes 12.8 s to travel 200 m.
Calculate the average speed of the car for this 200 m.
average speed = ..................................... m / s [3]
[Total: 3]
5 A skydiver jumps from an aeroplane. She falls freely with her parachute closed; then she opens
her parachute.
Diagram A shows the skydiver falling freely with her parachute closed.
Diagram B shows the skydiver falling with the parachute open.
Diagram A Diagram B
The graph shows the speed-time graph for the skydiver ' s vertical motion, from leaving the aeroplane
to landing on the ground.
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60
vertical
speed
m/s
B C
50
40
30
20
10
D E
A
0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
time / s
Using the information from the graph:
(a) Describe the vertical motion of the skydiver between time = 0 and time = 20 s.
........................................................................................................................................... [1]
(b) Determine the maximum vertical speed of the skydiver.
maximum speed = ............................................. m / s [1]
(c) Determine the point, A, B, C, D or E, at which the skydiver opens her parachute.
........................................................................................................................................... [1]
(d) Determine the distance the skydiver falls between time = 50 s and time = 80 s.
distance = ................................................ m [3]
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[Total: 6]
6 A student has an object with a mass of 5.0 kg.
Calculate the weight of the object.
weight of object = ....................................................... N [2]
[Total: 2]
7 The weight of a skydiver is 750 N.
Calculate the mass of the skydiver.
mass = ........................................................ kg [3]
[Total: 3]
8 The mass of a metal block is 0.84 kg.
Calculate the weight of the metal block.
weight = .............................................. N [2]
[Total: 2]
9 The diagram shows a vehicle that is designed to travel on snow.
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snow-tracks
The vehicle has four snow-tracks.
The weight of the vehicle is 4000 N.
(a) Calculate the mass of the vehicle.
mass = .............................................. kg [3]
2
(b) The area of each snow-track in contact with the ground is 2.0 m . Each snow-track supports
a quarter of the weight of the vehicle.
Calculate the pressure that each snow-track exerts on the ground. Include the unit in your
answer.
pressure exerted by each snow-track = ...................................... unit ........... [4]
[Total: 7]
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10 A rock climber, of total mass 62 kg, holds herself in horizontal equilibrium against a vertical cliff.
She pulls on a rope that is fixed at the top of the cliff and presses her feet against the cliff.
The diagram shows her position.
rope
cliff
0.90 m
60°
rock climber
1.2 m
centre of mass
(not to scale)
Calculate the total weight of the climber.
weight = ........................................................... [1]
[Total: 1]
11 A student has a measuring cylinder and a small, irregularly shaped piece of metal. The piece of
metal can easily fit into the measuring cylinder.
Describe how the student can use the measuring cylinder and some water to find the volume of
the metal.
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..................................................................................................................................................
..................................................................................................................................................
..................................................................................................................................................
.................................................................................................................................................. [4]
[Total: 4]
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12 A device for measuring gas pressure is connected to a gas supply as shown in the diagram.
300
250
242
connection to
gas supply 200
h
150
100
82
50
mercury
mm scale
0
Suggest why this measuring device uses mercury rather than coloured water.
.................................................................................................................................................. [1]
[Total: 1]
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13 The volume of a block is 0.0089 m . The mass of the block is 70 kg.
Calculate the density of the block.
3
density = .............................................. kg / m [3]
[Total: 3]
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14 A bowl contains 500 cm of water at a temperature of 5.0 °C. The bowl of water is placed in a freezer
for several hours. When the bowl is removed from the freezer, it contains ice at a temperature of
3
–18.0 °C. The density of water is 1000 kg / m .
(a) Calculate the mass of water in the bowl when it is placed in the freezer.
mass = .............................................. [2]
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(b) The specific heat capacity of water is 4200 J / (kg °C). The specific heat capacity of ice is
5
2100 J / (kg °C). The specific latent heat of fusion of water is 3.3 × 10 J / kg.
Calculate the energy given out as the water cools from 5.0 °C to ice at –18.0 °C.
energy = .............................................. [5]
[Total: 7]
15 The weight of a skydiver is 750 N.
The weight of the skydiver acts downwards, as shown in the diagram.
While the skydiver is falling, another force acts upwards.
The upward force varies as the skydiver falls.
.............................................
weight = 750 N
(not to scale)
The skydiver is accelerating between time = 0 and time = 20 s of the fall.
Between time = 20 s and time = 40 s the skydiver is falling at a constant speed.
(a) On the diagram, write the name of the upward force on the dotted line above the upward force.
[1]
(b) Suggest a value for the upward force on the skydiver at time = 10 s.
.................................................... N [1]
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(c) Determine the value of the upward force on the skydiver at time = 30 s.
.................................................... N [1]
[Total: 3]
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16 A sailor uses a winch to raise a sail on a boat. Diagram A shows the sailor turning the winch.
sail
winch
Diagram A
The sailor applies a force of 200 N at a distance of 30 cm from the pivot in the winch, as shown in
diagram B.
200 N
winch
pivot
30 cm
Diagram B
Calculate the moment of this force about the pivot.
moment of force = ................................................. N cm [3]
[Total: 3]
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17 The diagram shows the horizontal forces acting on a car.
900 N 1200 N
(not to scale)
Calculate the resultant horizontal force on the car.
size of force = .............................................. N
direction ........................................................... [3]
[Total: 3]
18 A student suspends a spring from a clamp stand and measures the length l0 of the spring.
The diagram shows the apparatus.
l0
(not to scale)
The student then suspends loads of different weights from the spring and measures the length of
the spring for each load. He then plots a graph of the length of the spring against weight.
This is the graph that the student plots.
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0.80
length / m
0.60
0.40
0.20
0
0 2.0 4.0 6.0 8.0 10.0 12.0
weight / N
(a) Using the graph, determine the initial length l0 of the spring.
l0 = ................................................. [1]
(b) State what is meant by the limit of proportionality and, using the graph, determine the weight
of the load that causes this spring just to reach the limit of proportionality.
limit of proportionality ........................................................................................................
...........................................................................................................................................
...........................................................................................................................................
weight = ............................................................................................................................ [2]
(c) Using the graph, determine the spring constant of this spring.
spring constant = ......................................... [3]
[Total: 6]
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19 A rock climber, of total mass 62 kg, holds herself in horizontal equilibrium against a vertical cliff.
She pulls on a rope that is fixed at the top of the cliff and presses her feet against the cliff.
The diagram shows her position.
rope
cliff
0.90 m
60°
rock climber
1.2 m
centre of mass
(not to scale)
State the two conditions needed for equilibrium.
1. ..............................................................................................................................................
2. .............................................................................................................................................. [2]
[Total: 2]
20 A force is a vector quantity.
State two features of a vector quantity.
1. ..............................................................................................................................................
2. .............................................................................................................................................. [2]
[Total: 2]
21 A force is a vector quantity.
State the names of two other quantities that are vectors.
1. ..............................................................................................................................................
2. .............................................................................................................................................. [2]
[Total: 2]
