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QUESTIONSHEET 1
(a) 750 MJ / 750,000,000 J
150,000 1002

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(b) engine thrust / jet thrust

weight of plane / downward force of plane due to gravity

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(c) 500,000 d = 750 000 000

d = 1500 m

QUESTIONSHEET 2

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(a) 80 N in the direction of motion / 80 N forward.

300 J

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(b) work done = force distance

1600
J
(c) (i)

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(ii) the sledge falls / slides down the hill

potential energy converted to kinetic energy.

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QUESTIONSHEET 3
(a) Terminal velocity

(b) Air resistance and gravity

(c) Air resistance reduces

Gravity remains constant
Resultant force/ unbalanced so acceleration.

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(d) (i)
2500
2000

1000
500
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60

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e.c

1500

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Graph
2/3rds of paper used and correct axis
Majority of correct points plotted.
Anomalous result at 40secs not included in line.
Smoothed line/ curve of best fit used.

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(ii) Gradient calculated using straight line values between 10-15 secs
Accept answer 25-75 m/s

70

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QUESTIONSHEET 4
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(b) 200 / 19.32

= 10.35m/s

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(c) final speed time

7.5 2
= 7.5 m

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(d) speed / time

7.5 / 2
= 3.75m/s2

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(a) speed = distance/time

QUESTIONSHEET 5

(c) Alecia has stopped

(d) 500
400
= 1.25 ms-1

(f) Dina
(g) 2000
800
= 2.5 ms-1

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(e) Dina overtakes Alecia

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(b) Alecia

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(a) 2000 m

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QUESTIONSHEET 6
1

(b) deceleration= change in velocity/time

= 27 / 4.2
= 6.43m/s2

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(c) distance in 1st 1.2s = velocity time

= 27 1.2
= 32.4 m

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(a) 1.2 s

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e.c

distance until car stops = (27 4.2) / 2

= 56.7 m
total = 32.4 + 56.7 = 89.1 m

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QUESTIONSHEET 7
(a)

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e.c

Speed/ s

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0

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20

10

Time/ s

sensible scales
correct plotting
correct lines drawn
(b) (i)

30

average acceleration = change in velocity / time

= 0.5 / 5
= 0.1 m/s2

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(ii) (3 2) / 5
= 0.2 m/s2

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(iii) As the man pulls the lorry, he is able to accelerate more once the lorry gets moving

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QUESTIONSHEET 8
(a) speed=distance/time

(b) (i)

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100 / 9.96
= 10.04 m/s

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(iii) any viable reason:

better diet/training technique improved in 100 years/
better footwear
100 / 40.2
= 2.49 m/s

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(c) (i)

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(b) 1 ms-2:
answer 1, units 1

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(a) constant speed/constant velocity.

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(ii) resistance of water slows swimmer

QUESTIONSHEET 9

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(ii) 100 / 12
= 8.33 m/s

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(c) region c: deceleration from 20 to 10 ms-1 in 5 sec

region d: constant speed of 10 ms-1 for 20 sec
region e: deceleration from 10 to 0 ms-1 in 15 sec

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(note: 1 mark for correct description for all 3 regions, but no quoted figures.)
(d) Bus stop, traffic jam.

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QUESTIONSHEET 10
(a) (i)

0.9m

(ii) 0.3s

(iii) 1.6m

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(b) conversion of 40kg to 400N.

360 J

(a) 420 3 = potential energy gained

potential energy 3seconds = power = 420 W
(b) Potential energy converted to kinetic energy.

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(d) 560 3 = 420 time

t = 560 3 = 4 seconds
420

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(c) 140 3 = 420 J

working 2, correct answer with units 1

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QUESTIONSHEET 11

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(a) (i)

Speed (ms-1)

70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
1

formula: deceleration = change in speed

time
correct answer with units: 60 ms-2

(ii)

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formula: acceleration = change in speed

time

correct answer with units: 10 ms-2

(ii) force
of gravity

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(c) (i)

Upward force in the elastic

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(b) (i)

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(ii) Rope fully stretched so speed changes from

60ms-1 to 0 / speed changes from 60ms-1 to 0.

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Time (s)

correctly plotted points

line joining points.

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QUESTIONSHEET 12

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QUESTIONSHEET 13
(a) 10 km

(b) formula: speed = distance

time

correct answer: 1 km min-1 / 60 kmh-1

(c) (i)

car is standing still / stationary

(ii) formula: speed = distance

time

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correct answer: 1.5 km min-1 / 90 km h-1

e.c

(d) use of re-arranged formula: time = distance

speed

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correct calculation of time for BC: 6 min

correct final answer: 12 min

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QUESTIONSHEET 14
x

15

0 x
0

10

20

30

e.c

40

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Speed m/s

20

(a)

50

60

70

75

(b) final velocity time

15 30
= 225 m

(d) (i)

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(c) moving at constant speed

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sensible scales
correct plotting
correct lines drawn

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Time/ s

line drawn from end of graph to axis at 75 s

(ii) change in velocity / time

= 20 / 15
= 1.33 m/s2

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QUESTIONSHEET 15
(i)

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14

e.c

12

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Speed m/s

(a)

0x
0

Time/ s
sensible scales
correct plotting
correct lines drawn

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QUESTIONSHEET 15 CONTINUED
(ii) speed/time
= 15/5
= 3m/s2

(b) (i)

final speed time

15 5
= 37.5 m

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line parallel to time axis

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(iii)

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QUESTIONSHEET 16

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(c) none

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(a) speed=distance/time
=15 / 0.6
=25m/s
(b) 63 15 = 48m

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e.c

(ii) anywhere on last line sloping down

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(d) Two from

mass of car, friction surfaces e.g. brakes,
road condition, tyres

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QUESTIONSHEET 17
(a)
25

Kris

20

Distance (m) 15

Joshua

10
5
0
2

Kris: 4 ms-1
Joshua: 3 ms-1
average speed = distance
time

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(b) (i)

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(ii) Kriss car

(c) kinetic energy to heat and sound.

e.c

Time (s)

Deduct one mark for each incorrectly plotted point

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QUESTIONSHEET 18

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(a)

e.c
X

60
50

40

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X
X

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20

0
0

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10

20

30

40

50

sensible scales
correct plotting
correct lines drawn
(b) 50 mph
(c) (i)

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Speed (mph)

70

distance travelled while reacting

(ii) distance travelled while braking

(d) Two from
wet roads, driver may have drunk alcohol, driver tired,
bald tyres

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80

90

100

Time/(s)

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QUESTIONSHEET 19
(a) Gravity/ weight

(b) stays the same.

(c) Write answers are:Unbalanced

(ii) Unbalanced

(iii) Balanced

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(d) Constant/ steady/ same speed

(a) 40m/s

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QUESTIONSHEET 20

e.c

(e) Stage 1: Acceleration

Resultant force is downward
Stage 2: Acceleration
Resultant force is upward.

(c) B

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(ii) train decelerates

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(b) (i) train travelling at 40m/s (constant speed)

(d) distance = speed time

time = 200 50 s
distance = 40 150
= 600 m

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