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TERM 1 END OF TERM ASSESSMENT 1 (2020-2021)

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Class- Section 10 / Physics B

Subject: PHYSICS – PAPER GROUP A

Marks Available 50

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Section A: Answer all questions . For each question there are four possible answers A, B, C and D. Choose
the one you consider correct and put a circle around the letter of your choice in soft pen.

1. A skier walks from the bottom of a ski slope to the top and gains 10000J of gravitational potential
energy. She skis down the slope. At the bottom of the slope, her kinetic energy is 2000J.

How much energy is dissipated in overcoming friction and air resistance as the skier moves down the
slope?

A 2000J B 8000J C 10000J D 12 000J

2. A coal-fired power station generates electricity. Coal is burnt and the energy released is used to
boil water. The steam from the water makes the generator move and this produces electricity.
Which words are used to describe the energy stored in the coal and the energy of the moving
generator?

3. A submarine is a boat that can travel below the surface of the sea.
A submarine is 20 m below the surface of the sea. The pressure due to the sea water at this
depth is P.
On another day, the submarine is 26 m below the surface of fresh water.
The density of sea water is 1.3 times the density of fresh water.
What is the pressure due to the fresh water at a depth of 26 m?
P
A. BP C 1.3 P D 1.7 P
1.3

4. Which quantity is measured in newton seconds (N s)?

A impulse B moment C power D work done

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5. A parachutist is falling at terminal velocity, without her parachute open. She now opens
her parachute. What is the direction of her motion, and what is the direction of her
acceleration, immediately after she opens her parachute?

6. An astronaut in an orbiting spacecraft experiences a force due to gravity. This force is less
than when she is on the Earth’s surface. Compared with being on the Earth’s surface, how
do her mass and her weight change when she goes into orbit?

7. A beam pivoted at one end has a force of 5.0 N acting vertically upwards on it as shown.
The beam is in equilibrium.

What is the weight of the beam?

A 2.0 N B 3.0 N C 3.3 N D 5.0 N

8 A hole is made in a square tile of uniform thickness. The diagram shows the tile hanging loosely on
a nail. Where is the center of gravity of the tile?

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9 A student uses her thumb to push a drawing pin (thumb tack) into a notice board.
The pin goes into the board but does not penetrate her thumb. Which statement explains this?
A The force exerted by the pin on her thumb is greater than the force exerted by the pin on the notice
board.
B The force exerted by the pin on the notice board is greater than the force exerted by the pin on her
thumb.
C The pressure of the pin on her thumb is greater than the pressure of the pin on the notice
board.
D The pressure of the pin on the notice board is greater than the pressure of the pin on her
thumb.

10 The diagrams show a steel spring and a graph of its length against the load applied to it

What is the extension of the spring when a load of 20N is applied to it?

A 3.0 cm B 4.5 cm C 5.0 cm D 8.0 cm

Section B: Answer all questions in provided space using blue pen.

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1. The engine of an unpowered toy train is rolling at a constant speed on a level track, as
shown in Fig. 3.1. The engine collides with a stationary toy truck, and joins with it.

Before the collision, the toy engine is travelling at 0.32 m / s. The mass of the engine is 0.50
kg.
(a) Calculate the momentum of the toy engine before the collision.

momentum = [2]

(b) The mass of the truck is 0.30 kg. Using the principle of conservation of momentum,
calculate the speed of the joined engine and truck immediately after the collision.

speed = [3]

[Total: 5]

2. Fig. 1.1 shows the speed-time graph for a vehicle accelerating from rest.

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(a) Calculate the acceleration of the vehicle at time = 30 s.

acceleration = ...........................................................[2]
(b) Without further calculation, state how the acceleration at time = 100 s compares to the
acceleration at time = 10 s. Suggest, in terms of force, a reason why any change has taken
place.
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(c) Determine the distance travelled by the vehicle between time = 120 s and time = 160 s.

distance = ...........................................................[3]

[Total: 8]

3. The car in Fig. 2.1 is on a level road.

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(a) Calculate the magnitude of the resultant force on the car.

resultant force = N [1]

(b) Tick the box below that describes the motion of the car.

travels forward at constant speed

travels forward with increasing speed
travels forward with decreasing speed
travels backward at constant speed
travels backward with increasing speed
travels backward with decreasing speed
remains at rest
[1]
(c) Later, the car is moving forwards and the frictional forces suddenly increase to 2500 N.
The forwards force remains constant at 2000 N.
Describe and explain what happens to the car.
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(d) Suggest what might have caused the frictional forces in (c) to increase.
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[Total: 5]

4. (a) In a laboratory experiment to find the center of mass of a triangular piece of plastic, the

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plastic is freely suspended first from point A and then from point B, as shown in Figs. 3.1 and
3.2.

When suspended from point A, point D is found to be vertically below A.

When suspended from point B, point E is vertically below B.
(i) What piece of apparatus might be used to determine the vertical lines from A and
from B?

[1]
(ii) On Fig. 3.3 below, draw construction lines to find the position of the center of mass of
the piece of plastic. Label this point clearly with the letter G.

[2]

(b) The piece of plastic has a mass of 120 g.

Calculate the weight of the piece of plastic.

weight = N [3]
[Total: 6]

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5. (a) A lorry gradually accelerates from rest. There is a box of mass 200 kg on the back of
the lorry. The box is not tied to the lorry.

(i) The lorry accelerates from rest to a speed of 15 m/s over a distance of 39 m.
Show that the acceleration of the lorry is about 3 m/s2 (Use of v = u + 2as) 2 2

(2)
(ii) The maximum frictional force between the lorry and the box is 630 N.
Explain why this limits the maximum acceleration that the lorry can have without
the box falling off. Your answer should include a calculation.

(3)

(c) Figs. 1.1 and 1.2 show speed-time graphs for two objects, each moving in a straight line.

(i) Describe the motion of the object shown by the graph in Fig. 1.1.

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(ii) Describe the motion of the object shown by the graph in Fig. 1.2.

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[3]

(b) On a day with no wind, a large object is dropped from a tall building. The object
experiences
air resistance during its fall to the ground.
State and explain, in terms of the forces acting, how the acceleration of the object varies
during its fall.
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[Total 12]

6. Fig. 2.1 shows a reservoir that stores water.

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(a) The valve in the exit pipe is closed. The density of water is 1000 kg/m3 and the acceleration of
free fall is 10 m/s2 . Calculate the pressure of the water acting on the closed valve in the exit pipe.

pressure = ……………………...[1]

(b) The cross-sectional area of the pipe is 0.5 m2 . Calculate the force exerted by the water on the
closed valve.

force = ……………………...[1]

(c) The valve is then opened and water, originally at the surface of the reservoir, finally flows out of

the exit pipe. State the energy transformation of this water between the surface of the reservoir and

the open end of the

pipe. .......................................................................................................................................... ..............

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[ Total : 4]

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