Practice Worksheet - Mass, weight, Density, Pressure

1 The diagram shows two children sitting on a see-saw.

(not to scale)

The weight of child A is 125 N.

Calculate the mass of child A. Include the unit in your answer.

mass of child A = ................................... unit .............. [3]

[Total: 3]

2 A bus is travelling along a straight road. The bus and the driver have a combined mass of 16 000 kg
when there are no passengers in it. The bus has 73 passengers. The average mass of each of the
passengers is 65 kg.

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(a) Calculate the total mass of the bus, the driver and the 73 passengers.

mass = .............................................. [2]

(b) The fully loaded bus accelerates uniformly from rest to a speed of 14 m / s. The time taken to
reach a speed of 14 m / s is 20 s.

Calculate the resultant force on the bus during the acceleration.

force = .............................................. [2]

[Total: 4]

3 There is no atmosphere on the Moon.

A space probe is launched from the surface of the Moon. The graph is a speed-time graph of the
space probe.
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(a) Between time = 0 and time = 150 s, the acceleration of the space probe changes.

Without calculation, state how the graph shows this.

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(b) Between time = 0 and time = 150 s, the thrust exerted on the space probe by the motor remains
constant.

State one possible reason why the acceleration changes in the way shown in the speed-time
graph.

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[Total: 2]

4 The diagram shows a beaker containing liquid on a top pan balance.

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The mass of the empty beaker is 400 g.

(a) Using the information in the diagram, determine the mass of the liquid in the beaker.

mass = .............................................. g [1]

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(b) The beaker contains 750 cm of liquid.

Calculate the density of the liquid.

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density = .............................................. g / cm [3]

[Total: 4]
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5 The diagram shows a coil of wire.

(not to scale)
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The volume of the wire in the coil is 16.6 cm and its mass is 148 g.

Calculate the density of the metal used for the wire in the coil.

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density = .............................................. g / cm [3]

[Total: 3]

6 A scientist fills a container with sea water. The container has dimensions 30 cm × 30 cm × 40 cm.
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The density of sea water is 1020 kg / m .

Calculate the mass of the sea water in the container.

mass = .............................................. [3]

[Total: 3]
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7 The diagram shows a steel container fitted with a liquid manometer. There is a gas in the container.

Atmospheric pressure is equal to 760 mm of mercury (mm Hg).

Determine the pressure inside the container in mm Hg.

pressure = .............................................. mm Hg [2]

[Total: 2]

8 The diagram shows an archer pulling the string of a bow.

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(a) The archer uses a force of 120 N. The force acts on an area of 0.5 cm on the archer’s fingers.

Calculate the pressure on the archer’s fingers.

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pressure on fingers = .............................................. N / cm [3]

(b) The archer’s other hand is pushing the bow with the same force of 120 N. This force acts on
a larger area than the force in (a).

State whether the pressure on this hand is greater than, the same as or less than the pressure
on the fingers holding the string.

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[Total: 4]