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Term 1 – Grade 8

Name of the Student: _____________________ Roll No: ___ Grade: _____ Date:___________

Subject: ___________________________ Topic: ____________________ Worksheet No: _____

Q1. Choose the correct option: [8]

a. The below figure shows a container filled with water. Which of the following statements is correct
about pressure of water?

A. Pressure at A > Pressure at B > Pressure at C

B. Pressure at A = Pressure at B = Pressure at C
C. Pressure at A < Pressure at B > Pressure at C
D. Pressure at A < Pressure at B < Pressure at C

b. A water tank has four taps fixed at points A, B, C, D as shown above

The water will flow out at the same pressure from taps at

A. B and C
B. C and D
C. A and B
D. A and C

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c. A brick is kept in two different ways on a table as shown below. The pressure exerted by the brick
on the table will be

A. Maximum in position A
B. Maximum in position B
C. Equal in both cases
D. Minimum in position A

d. The pressure on an object ________ with the increase in altitude from earth surface.

A. Increase
B. Decrease
C. Same
D. None

e. Two sharp nails and two blunt nails are held on a piece of wood. Each nail is hit with the same
hammer with the same amount of force.
When it is hit, which nail causes the greatest pressure on the wood?

A B C D

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f. What is upthrust?

A. The same as gravity

B. The force that water pushes floating objects up with
C. A type of energy
D. A force by friction

g. The diagram shows two divers at the bottom of four different swimming pools.
Two swimming pools contain fresh water and two contain salt water. Fresh water is less dense than
salt water. Which diver is facing the greatest pressure?

h. Which instrument is used to measure atmospheric pressure?

A. Wind vane
B. Pressure gauge
C. Barometer
D. Hygrometer

[Total: 8]

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2. (a) A gas exert pressure on the walls of container. Give reason.

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(b) Why do some people suffer from nose bleeding at high altitudes?

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(c) Complete the following two sentences.

i) At constant temperature, the pressure of a gas increases as its volume

……………………………………. .

ii) At constant volume, the pressure of a gas increases as its temperature

…………………………………… . [2]

[Total: 6]

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3. A young boy, skating on a frozen pond, has fallen through some thin ice about 10 m from the shore of the
pond. Figure 3.1 shows the situation.

A man, standing near the pond, hears the boy’s shouts for help.
The man weighs more than the boy.

(a) Why would it be unsafe for the man to walk on the ice to rescue the boy?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………[1]

(b) Wooden planks are kept under railway tracks. Why?

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………………………………………………………………………………………………………….[2]

(c) Figure 3.2 represents part of the hydraulic baking system of a car.

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The force F1 of the driver’s foot on the brake pedal moves piston X. the space between pistons X and Y
is filled with oil which cannot be compressed. The force F2 exerted by the oil moves piston Y. This force
is applied to the brake mechanism in the wheels of the car. The area of cross-section of piston X is
0.000400 m2.
The force F1 is 40 N. Calculate the pressure exerted on the oil by piston X.

……………….[2]

[Total: 5]

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4. Figure 4.1 shows a car and a snow tractor.

The car and the snow tractor have the same weight.
(a) Explain why the snow tractor can travel across soft snow without sinking, but the car cannot.
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………………………………………………………………………………………………………….[2]

(b) Why do deep sea divers wear special suits while diving?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

………………………………………………………………………………………………………….[1]

[Total: 3]

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5. An object exerts a force of 10 kN on an area of 0.02 𝑚2. What is the pressure the object exerts on the
surface? (1 kN = 1000 N)

………………………………[2]
[Total: 2]

6. The IGCSE class is investigating pressure.

A student places a rectangular block on a sheet of paper on the bench and draws the outline.
Fig 6.1 below shows the outline. (x = 7 cm and y = 3.3 cm)

Fig 6.1

(a) Calculate the area (A) of Fig 6.1 shown above.

…………………………….. m2 [2]

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(b) Fig. 6.2 shows the block being weighed using a forcemeter.

(i) Using Fig. 6.2, write down the weight W of the block.

W = ..................................................[1]

(ii) Calculate the pressure P that the block exerts on the bench. Use the equation
W
P= , where A is the area of the block in contact with the bench.
A

P = ...................................................... [2]

(c) The value calculated for P is slightly too small.

Suggest one practical source of inaccuracy that would account for this.

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[1]
[Total: 6]

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