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JAMAICA BAPTIST UNION

WILLIAM KNIBB MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL

MID-YEAR EXAMINATION
JANUARY 2022
SUBJECT: PHYSICS
GRADE: 9
TIME: 2 HOURS

READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY

1. This paper consists of TWO sections A and B.
2. Answer ALL questions IN BOTH sections.
3. All answers must be done on this examination script.
4. This paper carries a total of 70 marks

Name___________________________________________________

Grade___________________________________________________

Teacher’s Name __________________________________________

DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO

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SECTION A – MULTIPLE CHOICE

This section consists of 25 questions. Circle the letter beside the correct response in each.

1. Which of the following is a 6. If force = mass x acceleration, the unit

fundamental quantity? of Force could be written
(A) Density (A) kg–1 m s2
(B) Mass (B) kg m–1 s2
(C) Relative density (C) kg m–1 s2
(D) Volume (D) kg m s–2

2. When used in front of a unit the prefix 7. Which of the following measurements
‘mega’ means has three significant figures?
(A) 10+6 (A) 0.0293 kg
(B) 10+3 (B) 0.94 A
(C) 10–3 (C) 5.321 V
(D) 10–6 (D) 10.42 m

3. The base unit of temperature of the Sl 8. A student finds that the time for a ball
System is the to fall 50.0 cm in oil is 14.8 s. she
(A) degree Celsius divides the distance by the time to find
the speed, and the calculator displays
(B) degree Fahrenheit
3.3783783. The best way to write this
(C) Kelvin value is
(D) degree centigrade (A) 3.4 cm s–1
(B) 3.38 cm s–1
4. 1 gram is equal to (C) 3.378 cm s–1
(A) 10 milligram (D) 3.3783783 cm s–1
(B) 100 milligram
(C) 1000 milligram 9. Which of the following is a vector
(D) 10 000 milligram quantity?
(A) Mass
5. A scalar quantity has (B) Density
(A) magnitude only (C) Volume
(B) direction only (D) Force
(C) magnitude and direction
(D) weight only 10. A vector quantity has
(A) magnitude only
(B) direction only
(C) magnitude and direction
(D) magnitude and size
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11. The Each square in the grid below covers 14. When a solid object is taken from earth
an area of 5 cm2. Determine the area of to the moon, how is its weight affected?
the irregular shaped figure. (A) It stays the same.
(B) It gets smaller.
(C) It gets bigger.
(D) Objects have no weight on the
moon!

15. The diagrams below, drawn to scale,

represent two forces, S and T, acting at
O. In which of the following is the
resultant in the direction, OX?

(A) 21 cm2
(B) 4.2 cm2
(C) 105 cm2
(D) 64 cm2

12. 400 kg of methylated spirit occupies

a volume of 0.50 m3. What is its
density?
(A) 8 x 102 kg m-3
(B) 8 x 10-2 kg m-3
(C) 2 x 102 kg m-3
(D) 1.25 x 10-3 kg m -3

13. A slice of bread is squeezed into a little

ball. Which quantity does NOT change?
(A) Volume
16. An object of mass, m, is attached to a
(B) Mass spring balance and its weight, w
(C) Density recorded. What will be the result if the
(D) Width object is taken to the moon and weighed
there?
(A) Mass = m; weight greater than w
(B) Mass =m; weight less than w
(C) Mass greater than m; weight = w
(D) Mass less than m; weight = w
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17. Which of the following is an example of 21. Three immiscible liquids P, Q and R have
a contact force? densities which differ. Q is denser than P
(A) electrostatic force but less dense than R. Which of the
following diagrams shows how the
(B) gravitational force
liquids settle in the measuring cylinder?
(C) magnetic force
(D) frictional force

18. A book of weight 12 N is resting on a

table. The force that the table exerts on
the book is
(A) greater than 12 N
(B) 12 N
(C) less than 12 N but greater than
zero N
(D) Zero N

19. Two forces of 8 N and 10 N CANNOT

give a resultant of
(A) 1 N (B) 2 N
(C) 9 N (D) 18 N 22. Figure 1 shows a measuring cylinder
containing a fixed volume of liquid.
20. Which arrangement gives the greatest Figure 2 shows a solid body submerged
resultant force acting on the block? in the liquid. In each case, the total mass
of the container and its contents is
indicated. The density of the solid is

(A) 0.30 g mL–1

(B) 0.33 g mL–1
(C) 3.00 g mL–1
(D) 3.20 g mL–1
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23. Six forces act on a ball as shown in the

diagram below. What is the direction of 24. What is the minimum amount of
the resultant force? tablecloth needed to cover a triangular
table top, if the base of the table top is 79
cm and the height is 60 cm? (Answer in
m2 )
(A) 0.474 m2
(B) 139 m2
(C) 278 m2
(D) 0.237 m2

25. If the volume of an object is increased

while keeping its mass constant, its
density will
(A) increase
(A) North (B) decrease
(B) South (C) remain the same
(C) East (D) increase then decrease
(D) West

Total 25 marks
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SECTION B – STRUCTURED QUESTIONS

Answer ALL questions in this section in the spaces provided.

1. As part of an experiment, a 27.5 kg block was taken from earth where the
gravitational field strength is 10.0 Nkg–1 to planet Q where the gravitational
field strength is only 2.5 Nkg–1.
(a) Determine the mass of the block
(i) on earth

(ii) on planet Q

(2 marks)
(b) Determine the weight of the block
(i) on earth

(ii) on planet Q

(6 marks)
(c) If the block is a cube of sides 0.284 m, calculate its density on earth.

(4 marks)
(d) Explain the effect, if any, that gravitational field strength has on the
density of a solid object. _______________________________________
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(2 marks)
Total 15 marks
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2. (a) Complete Table 1 which relates the physical quantities and their derived
SI units
(i) TABLE 1

Physical Quantity Derived SI Unit

Area

Volume

kg m–3

(3 marks)

(ii) State TWO fundamental quantities and their SI units.

TABLE 2

Fundamental Quantity SI Units

(4 marks)

(b) A student measures the mass and the volume of four samples of rock A, B, C
and D. The results are shown in Table 3.

TABLE 3
A B C D
mass / g 101 202 448 4508
volume / cm3 22 44 80 978

(i) Describe in detail how a measuring cylinder is used to find the volume of
rock A.
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(ii) Explain why the volume of rock D cannot be found with an ordinary
laboratory measuring cylinder.
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(iii)Calculate the density of rock A.

(2 marks)

(iv) Three of the rocks are made from the same material. State and explain
which of the rocks is made from a different material.
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Total 15 marks

3. (a) Complete Table 4 which shows physical quantities and the instruments
used to measure them.
TABLE 4

Quantity Instrument

Length of a pencil

Volume of a liquid

Thermometer

Spring balance

Time

(5 marks)
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(b) Determine the resultant force on each of the following blocks.

i)

(2 marks)

ii)

(2 marks)

iii)

(3 marks)
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iv)

(3 marks)

Total 15 marks

End of Test