Grade:8B / Physics Revision work sheet Paper 4/1 St-1

1. A chest expander is a piece of equipment used by athletes in a gym. Fig. 2.1 shows a
chest expander that consists of five identical springs connected in parallel between
two handles.

Each spring has an unstretched length of 0.63m.

Two athletes are stretching the chest expander by pulling on the two handles in
opposite directions.
(a)The springs obey Hooke’s law. Explain what is meant by this statement.

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himself with a force of 1300N.
1. State the tension in each spring.
tension = ......................................

2. The chest expander stretches and each spring is now 0.94m long. Calculate the
spring constant k of each spring.
k = ........................................…
(iii)State the energy changes taking place as the two athletes use their muscles to
stretch the chest expander.

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2.Fig. 2.1 shows a conveyor belt transporting a package to a raised platform. The
belt is driven by a motor

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(a) The mass of the package is 36kg. Calculate the increase in the gravitational
potential energy (g.p.e.) of the package when it is raised through a vertical height of
2.4m
increase in g.p.e. =---------------
(b) The package is raised through the vertical height of 2.4m in 4.4s.
Calculate the power needed to raise the package.

power = -------------------
(c) The electrical power supplied to the motor is much greater than the answer to
Explain how the principle of conservation of energy applies to this system.
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(d) Assume that the power available to raise packages is constant. A package of mass
greater than 36kg is raised through the same height. Suggest and explain the effect of
this increase in mass on the operation of the conveyer belt.
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3. Fig. 2.1 shows a fork-lift truck lifting a box.

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The electric motor that drives the lifting mechanism is powered by batteries.
(a) State the form of the energy stored in the batteries.
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(b) The lifting mechanism raises a box of mass 32kg through a vertical distance of
2.5m in 5.4s.
(i) Calculate the gravitational potential energy gained by the box.
gravitational potential = .................................…
(ii) The efficiency of the lifting mechanism is 0.65 (65%). Calculate the input power
to the lifting mechanism.
input power = ...................................…
(c) The batteries are recharged from a mains voltage supply that is generated in an
oil-fired power station. By comparison with a wind farm, state one advantage and one
disadvantage of running a power station using oil. advantage
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Answer

4. (a)State the word equation that defines momentum.

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 (b)A metal block A, travelling in a straight line at 4.0 m / s on a smooth surface,
collides with a second metal block B which is at rest. Fig. 2.1 shows the two metal
blocks A and B before and after the collision.

The mass of A is 3.2 kg. The mass of B is 1.6 kg. After the collision, the velocity of
A is 1.5 m / s.
Calculate
(i) the momentum of A before the collision,

momentum = ..........................…
(ii) the velocity v of B after the collision.
(iii)

v = ............................…
(a) In the collision that occurred in (b), block A and block B are in contact for
0.050s.
Calculate the average force that is exerted on B during the collision.

average force = ........

(d) After the collision in (b), the total kinetic energy of the two blocks is less than
the kinetic energy of block A before the collision.
Suggest one reason for this.

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5. A block of wood has a volume of 210 cm3 and a mass of 180 g.

(a) Calculate the density of the block of wood. density

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(b) The block is held just above the surface of a liquid of density 0.88 g / cm3.
Predict and explain what happens when the block is released.

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6. Fig. 2.1 is the extension–load graph for a light spring S

(a) State the range of loads for which S obeys Hooke’s law

from .......................................to ............................. [1]

(b) Using information from Fig. 2.1, determine the spring constant k of spring S.

k = .........................................[2]

(c) A second spring, identical to spring S, is attached to spring S. The two springs
are attached to a rod, as shown in Fig. 2.2. A load of 4.0 N is suspended from the
bottom of spring S. The arrangement is in equilibrium
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(i) State the name of the form of energy stored in the two springs when they are
stretched

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(ii) Determine the extension of the arrangement in Fig. 2.2.

extension = ............................ cm [1]

(iii) The load is carefully increased to 6.0 N in total.

Calculate the distance moved by the load to the new equilibrium position as the
load increases from 4.0 N to 6.0 N.

distance moved =
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Answer

7. Fig. 3.1 shows gas trapped in the sealed end of a tube by a dense liquid.

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The scale marked on the sealed end of the tube is calibrated to read the volume of gas
trapped above the liquid surface. Fig. 3.1 shows that initially the volume V1 of the
gas is 60 cm3

The pressure of the atmosphere is 1.0 × 105 Pa.

State how Fig. 3.1 shows that the pressure of the trapped gas is equal to the
pressure of the atmosphere.

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8. The density of mercury is 1.4 × 104 kg/m3. (a) Fig. 3.1 shows an instrument that
is

being used to determine the atmospheric pressure

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 (i) State the name of the instrument.

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(ii) State what is in space A.

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(iii) Calculate the atmospheric pressure.

atmospheric pressure = ..........................

9. The measuring cylinder contains 82 𝑐𝑚3 of the liquid. The density of the liquid is
950kg/𝑚3 .

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(a) Calculate the mass of the liquid.

mass = ..................................[

(b) The height h of the liquid in the measuring cylinder is 0.094m.

(i) Calculate the pressure due to the liquid at point X in Fig. 2.1.

pressure = ......................

(ii) The true pressure at point X is different from the value calculated in (b)(i).
Explain why.

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(b) A small object is made of steel. It is placed level with the top surface of the
liquid in the measuring cylinder and then released. The object sinks in this liquid.
Explain why the object sinks in this liquid.
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determined.

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