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A & O Centre of Excellence Term 2 Examination 2013

Name : Physics Paper 1 Year 10

ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS [TOTAL 40 MARKS]

1. Which of this is a unit for a base quantity?

A. JouleB. MinuteC. NewtonD. Ampere

2. A technician needs to measure the internal diameter of a water pipe as accurately as

possible. Which instrument should be used?

A. Metre ruleB. Measuring tapeC. Vernier callipersD. Micrometer screw gauge

3. A car accelerates from rest. The graph in Diagram 1 shows how the cars speed

changes with time.

Diagram 1

How far does the car travel before it reaches a steady speed?

A 100 m

B 200 m

C 300 m

D 400 m


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4. Diagram 2 shows a man falling from a motorcycle.

Diagram 2

What property responsible for his fall?

A Inertia

B Principle of conservation of energyC Principle of conservation of momentum

D Principle of impulse

5 Diagram 3 shows a tug-tag match between team A and Team B. Both teams are pulling in

opposite direction on a rope.

Diagram 3

What is the resultant force acting on the rope?

A 150 N acting to the left.

B 150 N acting to the right.

C 350 N acting to the left.

D 350 N acting to the right.

6 A ball of mass 0.5 kg is being kicked by a force of 10 N. If the force is exerted in 0.2 s, what is

the impulse experienced by the ball ?

A 0.8 N s

B 2.0 N s

C 10.2 N s

D 30.0 N s


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7 Diagram 4 shows the horizontal forces acting on the motorcycle when it is accelerating.

Diagram 4

Which statement is true?

A A resultant force is equal to zero

B A resultant force is not equal to zero

C Forward thrust is equal to resistant forces

D Forward thrust is less than resistant forces

8 Which object moves with the largest acceleration?

A C.

B D.

9 Diagram 5 shows two steel ball bearings, P and Q, being dropped near the surface of the earth.

Diagram 5

2 kg

4 N

3 N

6 N 11 N2 kg

3 kg9 N 4 N

1 kg

2 N

1 N

P Q


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Which are the correct velocity-time graphs for the motion of P and Q?

A C

B D

10. Diagram 6.1 shows a girl standing on a weighing scale with her hands on a table. The reading

of the scale is W.

Diagram 6.1 Diagram 6.2

What would be the reading of the scale if she were to press the table with a force F

downwards as shown in Diagram 6.2?

A W

B F

C W+ F

D W- F

v

t0

v

t0

v

t0

v

t0

Q

P Q

P

P

QQ

P

F

Weighing scale

Reading = W


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11 Diagram 7 shows a manometer is connected to a gas tank.

Diagram 7

Based on the levels of the mercury, which statement is true ?

A. Pressure in the gas tank = atmospheric pressure.

B. Pressure in the gas tank > atmospheric pressure.C. Pressure in the gas tank < atmospheric pressure.

D. Pressure in the gas tank atmospheric pressure

12. Diagram 8 shows a cylinder containing water.

Diagram 8

If the pressure at point P is 12 000 N m-2

, the height of h is

[The density of the water = 1000 kg m-3

]

A 0.8 m C 1.2 mB 1.0 m D 2.0 m

13. A leaking rubber suction pump is pressed against a smooth wall as shown in Diagram

9(a).When released; the suction pump does not stick to the wall, as shown in Diagram 9(b)


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Diagram 9(a) Diagram 9(b)

The suction pump does not stick to the wall because

A the atmospheric pressure is equal to the pressure inside the pump

B the atmospheric pressure is less than the pressure inside the pump

C the atmospheric pressure is more than the pressure inside the pump

14. Diagram 10 shows a school bag.

Diagram 10

What is the function of x?

A to increase weight and to increase pressureB to increase surface area and to decrease pressure

C to decrease weight and to decrease pressure

D to decrease surface area and to increase weight

15.Diagram 11 shows an object floating on the surface of water. Which statement is true?

Diagram 11

A The density of the object is greater than the density of the water.

B The volume of water displaced is equal to the volume of the object.

C The weight of water displaced is equal to the weight of the object.

D The mass of the object is equal to the buoyant force on the object.


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16.The diagram 12 shows the Fantastic Submarine drifting along from a narrow

region to a wider region because of

Diagram 12

A Equilibrium of forces

B Bernoullis principle

C Archimedes principle

D Conservation of momentum

17. Diagram 13 shows a water reservoir.

Diagram 13

The base of the wall is thicker because

A it will be more stable.

B the density of water is high

C Pressure of the water is highest at the surface

D Pressure of the water is highest at the base

18. The diagram 13 shows a measuring cylinder.

Which unit would be most suitable for its scale?A mm

2B mm

3C cm

2D cm

3


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19. A piece of cotton is measured between two points on a ruler.

What is the distance once round the pen?

A 2.2cm B 2.6cm C 13.2cm D 15.6cm

20. The diagram shows the speed-time graph for an object moving at constant speed.

What is the distance travelled by the object in the first 3 s?

A 1.5m B 2.0m C 3.0m D 6.0m

21. A small steel ball is dropped from a low balcony.

Ignoring air resistance, which statement describes its motion?

A It falls with constant acceleration.

B It falls with constant speed.

C It falls with decreasing acceleration.

D It falls with decreasing speed.

22. Which statement about the mass of a falling object is correct?

A It decreases as the object falls.

B It is equal to the weight of the object.

C It is measured in new tons.

D It stays the same as the object falls.


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23. The weights of four objects, 1 to 4, are compared using a balance.

Which object is the lightest?

A object 1 B object 2 C object 3 D object 4

24. Which of the following is a unit of density?

A cm3/ g B g/cm

2C g/cm

3D kg /m

2

25. A piece of card has its centre of mass at M.

Which diagram shows how it hangs when suspended by a thread?

26. An experiment is carried out to measure the extension of a rubber band for different loads.

The results are shown below.

Which figure is missing from the table?

A 16.5 B 17.3 C 17.4 D 18.3


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27. The diagram shows a man diving into water.

Which form of energy is increasing as he falls?

A chemical B gravitational C kinetic D strain

28. A boy and a girl run up a hill in the same time.

The boy weighs more than the girl. Which statement is true about the power produced?

A The boy produces more power.

B The girl produces more power.

C They both produce the same power.

D It is impossible to tell who produces more power.

29. The diagram shows a simple mercury barometer. The barometer reading is h cm of mercury.

What is the pressure at S?

A approximately zero

B atmospheric pressure

C atmospheric pressure + hcm of mercury

D hcm of mercury


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30. Two boys X and Y each have the same total weight and are standing on soft ground.

Which boy is more likely to sink into the soft ground and why?

31. A student places his thumb firmly on the outlet of a bicycle pump, to stop the air coming out.

What happens to the pressure and to the volume of the trapped air as the pump handle is pushed

in?

pressure volume

A decreases decreases

B decreases remains the same

C increases decreases

D increases remains the same

32. A balloon is inflated in a cold room. When the room becomes much warmer, the balloon

becomes larger.

How does the behaviour of the air molecules in the balloon explain this?

A The molecules become larger.

B The molecules evaporate.

C The molecules move more quickly.

D The molecules repel each other.


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33. Which speed / time graph applies to an object at rest?

34. A racing car is fitted with an on-board computer. Every time the car passes the starting line, the

computer records the distance travelled in the next 2 seconds.

Which set of data shows that the car is increasing in speed during the 2 seconds?

35. A student carries out an experiment to plot an extension / load graph for a spring. The diagrams

show the apparatus at the start of the experiment and with a load added.

What is the extension caused by the load?

A x B y C y + x D y x


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36. Three horizontal forces act on a car that is moving along a straight, level road.

Which combination of forces would result in the car moving at constant speed?

37. A child pushes a toy car along a level floor and then lets it go.

As the car slows down, what is the main energy change?

A from chemical to heat

B from chemical to kinetic

C from kinetic to gravitational (potential)

D from kinetic to heat

38. The diagram shows a cyclist riding along a hilly road.

At which position does the cyclist have the least gravitational (potential) energy?


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39. A pin is squeezed between finger and thumb.

Which statement is correct?

A The force of the pin is larger on the finger than on the thumb.

B The force of the pin is larger on the thumb than on the finger.

C The pressure of the pin is larger on the finger than on the thumb.

D The pressure of the pin is larger on the thumb than on the finger.

40. Liquid X has a density of 1010 kg / m3. Liquid Y has a density of 950 kg / m3.

The liquids are poured into tubes as shown.

Which tube has the greatest pressure on its base?

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