PERFORMANCE TASK

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GRADE 10
PHYSICS 9702

Pulley System

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Grade 10 | Topic P3 1
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You may not need to use all of the materials provided.

1 In this experiment, you will investigate the relation between mass and acceleration
of a pulley system.

(a)(i) Place the cart and masses as shown in Fig. 1.1.

cart pulle
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bench Mass hanger

Fig 1.1 floo

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(ii) Measure the mass of the cart, M, using digital balance provided. Place m, a
hanging mass of 20 g, to act as the external force.

M =

.. [1]

(iii) While holding the cart, measure and record the reading h as pictured above.

h = ................................................. [1]

(iv) Release the cart, at the same time measure and record the time it takes for
the mass hanger to reach floor.

Grade 10 | Topic P3 2
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t = ................................................. [1]

2h
(b)(i) Actual acceleration of the system can be calculated using a= 2
t
Calculate and record the acceleration from previous trial.

a = ................................................ [1]

T
(ii)Theoretical value for acceleration can be calculated using a=
M +m

a = ................................................ [1]

(c) (i) Repeat from step (a)(ii) with different values of M and m by
exchanging slotted mass in hanging mass and the cart, then record it in the
table below.

Cart Load Total Heigh Time, Actual Theoretical

Mass, Mass, Mass, t, t/... Acceleration, Acceleration,
M/.... m/.... (M+m) / . h/.. . a/.... a/....
.. .

Grade 10 | Topic P3 3
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(i) Explain whether your results (actual acceleration) support the theoretical
value.

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(d)(i) Describe four sources of uncertainty or limitations of the procedure in this

experiment.

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(ii)Describe four improvements that could be made to this experiment. You may
suggest the use of other apparatus or different procedures.

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Grade 10 | Topic P3 5