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A & O Centre of Excellence Term 2 Examination 2013
Name : Physics Paper 1 Year 10
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS [TOTAL 40 MARKS]
1. Which of this is a unit for a base quantity?
A. JouleB. MinuteC. NewtonD. Ampere
2. A technician needs to measure the internal diameter of a water pipe as accurately as
possible. Which instrument should be used?
A. Metre ruleB. Measuring tapeC. Vernier callipersD. Micrometer screw gauge
3. A car accelerates from rest. The graph in Diagram 1 shows how the cars speed
changes with time.
Diagram 1
How far does the car travel before it reaches a steady speed?
A 100 m
B 200 m
C 300 m
D 400 m
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4. Diagram 2 shows a man falling from a motorcycle.
Diagram 2
What property responsible for his fall?
A Inertia
B Principle of conservation of energyC Principle of conservation of momentum
D Principle of impulse
5 Diagram 3 shows a tug-tag match between team A and Team B. Both teams are pulling in
opposite direction on a rope.
Diagram 3
What is the resultant force acting on the rope?
A 150 N acting to the left.
B 150 N acting to the right.
C 350 N acting to the left.
D 350 N acting to the right.
6 A ball of mass 0.5 kg is being kicked by a force of 10 N. If the force is exerted in 0.2 s, what is
the impulse experienced by the ball ?
A 0.8 N s
B 2.0 N s
C 10.2 N s
D 30.0 N s
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7 Diagram 4 shows the horizontal forces acting on the motorcycle when it is accelerating.
Diagram 4
Which statement is true?
A A resultant force is equal to zero
B A resultant force is not equal to zero
C Forward thrust is equal to resistant forces
D Forward thrust is less than resistant forces
8 Which object moves with the largest acceleration?
A C.
B D.
9 Diagram 5 shows two steel ball bearings, P and Q, being dropped near the surface of the earth.
Diagram 5
2 kg
4 N
3 N
6 N 11 N2 kg
3 kg9 N 4 N
1 kg
2 N
1 N
P Q
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Which are the correct velocity-time graphs for the motion of P and Q?
A C
B D
10. Diagram 6.1 shows a girl standing on a weighing scale with her hands on a table. The reading
of the scale is W.
Diagram 6.1 Diagram 6.2
What would be the reading of the scale if she were to press the table with a force F
downwards as shown in Diagram 6.2?
A W
B F
C W+ F
D W- F
v
t0
v
t0
v
t0
v
t0
Q
P Q
P
P
QQ
P
F
Weighing scale
Reading = W
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11 Diagram 7 shows a manometer is connected to a gas tank.
Diagram 7
Based on the levels of the mercury, which statement is true ?
A. Pressure in the gas tank = atmospheric pressure.
B. Pressure in the gas tank > atmospheric pressure.C. Pressure in the gas tank < atmospheric pressure.
D. Pressure in the gas tank atmospheric pressure
12. Diagram 8 shows a cylinder containing water.
Diagram 8
If the pressure at point P is 12 000 N m-2
, the height of h is
[The density of the water = 1000 kg m-3
]
A 0.8 m C 1.2 mB 1.0 m D 2.0 m
13. A leaking rubber suction pump is pressed against a smooth wall as shown in Diagram
9(a).When released; the suction pump does not stick to the wall, as shown in Diagram 9(b)
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Diagram 9(a) Diagram 9(b)
The suction pump does not stick to the wall because
A the atmospheric pressure is equal to the pressure inside the pump
B the atmospheric pressure is less than the pressure inside the pump
C the atmospheric pressure is more than the pressure inside the pump
14. Diagram 10 shows a school bag.
Diagram 10
What is the function of x?
A to increase weight and to increase pressureB to increase surface area and to decrease pressure
C to decrease weight and to decrease pressure
D to decrease surface area and to increase weight
15.Diagram 11 shows an object floating on the surface of water. Which statement is true?
Diagram 11
A The density of the object is greater than the density of the water.
B The volume of water displaced is equal to the volume of the object.
C The weight of water displaced is equal to the weight of the object.
D The mass of the object is equal to the buoyant force on the object.
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16.The diagram 12 shows the Fantastic Submarine drifting along from a narrow
region to a wider region because of
Diagram 12
A Equilibrium of forces
B Bernoullis principle
C Archimedes principle
D Conservation of momentum
17. Diagram 13 shows a water reservoir.
Diagram 13
The base of the wall is thicker because
A it will be more stable.
B the density of water is high
C Pressure of the water is highest at the surface
D Pressure of the water is highest at the base
18. The diagram 13 shows a measuring cylinder.
Which unit would be most suitable for its scale?A mm
2B mm
3C cm
2D cm
3
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19. A piece of cotton is measured between two points on a ruler.
What is the distance once round the pen?
A 2.2cm B 2.6cm C 13.2cm D 15.6cm
20. The diagram shows the speed-time graph for an object moving at constant speed.
What is the distance travelled by the object in the first 3 s?
A 1.5m B 2.0m C 3.0m D 6.0m
21. A small steel ball is dropped from a low balcony.
Ignoring air resistance, which statement describes its motion?
A It falls with constant acceleration.
B It falls with constant speed.
C It falls with decreasing acceleration.
D It falls with decreasing speed.
22. Which statement about the mass of a falling object is correct?
A It decreases as the object falls.
B It is equal to the weight of the object.
C It is measured in new tons.
D It stays the same as the object falls.
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23. The weights of four objects, 1 to 4, are compared using a balance.
Which object is the lightest?
A object 1 B object 2 C object 3 D object 4
24. Which of the following is a unit of density?
A cm3/ g B g/cm
2C g/cm
3D kg /m
2
25. A piece of card has its centre of mass at M.
Which diagram shows how it hangs when suspended by a thread?
26. An experiment is carried out to measure the extension of a rubber band for different loads.
The results are shown below.
Which figure is missing from the table?
A 16.5 B 17.3 C 17.4 D 18.3
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27. The diagram shows a man diving into water.
Which form of energy is increasing as he falls?
A chemical B gravitational C kinetic D strain
28. A boy and a girl run up a hill in the same time.
The boy weighs more than the girl. Which statement is true about the power produced?
A The boy produces more power.
B The girl produces more power.
C They both produce the same power.
D It is impossible to tell who produces more power.
29. The diagram shows a simple mercury barometer. The barometer reading is h cm of mercury.
What is the pressure at S?
A approximately zero
B atmospheric pressure
C atmospheric pressure + hcm of mercury
D hcm of mercury
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30. Two boys X and Y each have the same total weight and are standing on soft ground.
Which boy is more likely to sink into the soft ground and why?
31. A student places his thumb firmly on the outlet of a bicycle pump, to stop the air coming out.
What happens to the pressure and to the volume of the trapped air as the pump handle is pushed
in?
pressure volume
A decreases decreases
B decreases remains the same
C increases decreases
D increases remains the same
32. A balloon is inflated in a cold room. When the room becomes much warmer, the balloon
becomes larger.
How does the behaviour of the air molecules in the balloon explain this?
A The molecules become larger.
B The molecules evaporate.
C The molecules move more quickly.
D The molecules repel each other.
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33. Which speed / time graph applies to an object at rest?
34. A racing car is fitted with an on-board computer. Every time the car passes the starting line, the
computer records the distance travelled in the next 2 seconds.
Which set of data shows that the car is increasing in speed during the 2 seconds?
35. A student carries out an experiment to plot an extension / load graph for a spring. The diagrams
show the apparatus at the start of the experiment and with a load added.
What is the extension caused by the load?
A x B y C y + x D y x
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36. Three horizontal forces act on a car that is moving along a straight, level road.
Which combination of forces would result in the car moving at constant speed?
37. A child pushes a toy car along a level floor and then lets it go.
As the car slows down, what is the main energy change?
A from chemical to heat
B from chemical to kinetic
C from kinetic to gravitational (potential)
D from kinetic to heat
38. The diagram shows a cyclist riding along a hilly road.
At which position does the cyclist have the least gravitational (potential) energy?
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39. A pin is squeezed between finger and thumb.
Which statement is correct?
A The force of the pin is larger on the finger than on the thumb.
B The force of the pin is larger on the thumb than on the finger.
C The pressure of the pin is larger on the finger than on the thumb.
D The pressure of the pin is larger on the thumb than on the finger.
40. Liquid X has a density of 1010 kg / m3. Liquid Y has a density of 950 kg / m3.
The liquids are poured into tubes as shown.
Which tube has the greatest pressure on its base?
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