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    Hillcrest National Technical Secondary School Department of Natural Sciences As Revision Test

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    1. The document contains 9 multi-part physics problems related to forces, kinematics, energy, momentum, and springs. 2. Problem 1 defines an equation for resistive force on a metal ball falling in water and asks about the SI units of one of the terms. Problem 2 asks to show an equation for motion is homogeneous with respect to SI base units. 3. Problem 3 provides a diagram of forces on a swinging child and asks to determine the net force, tension in the rope, and angle of the rope. 4. The remaining problems involve calculating distances, accelerations, energies, momentums, forces, and spring properties using various kinematic, dynamic and energy equations and diagrams provided

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    1. The document contains 9 multi-part physics problems related to forces, kinematics, energy, momentum, and springs. 2. Problem 1 defines an equation for resistive force on a metal ball falling in water and asks about the SI units of one of the terms. Problem 2 asks to show an equation for motion is homogeneous with respect to SI base units. 3. Problem 3 provides a diagram of forces on a swinging child and asks to determine the net force, tension in the rope, and angle of the rope. 4. The remaining problems involve calculating distances, accelerations, energies, momentums, forces, and spring properties using various kinematic, dynamic and energy equations and diagrams provided

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    1. The document contains 9 multi-part physics problems related to forces, kinematics, energy, momentum, and springs. 2. Problem 1 defines an equation for resistive force on a metal ball falling in water and asks about the SI units of one of the terms. Problem 2 asks to show an equation for motion is homogeneous with respect to SI base units. 3. Problem 3 provides a diagram of forces on a swinging child and asks to determine the net force, tension in the rope, and angle of the rope. 4. The remaining problems involve calculating distances, accelerations, energies, momentums, forces, and spring properties using various kinematic, dynamic and energy equations and diagrams provided

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    Hillcrest National Technical Secondary School Department of Natural Sciences As Revision Test

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    1. The document contains 9 multi-part physics problems related to forces, kinematics, energy, momentum, and springs. 2. Problem 1 defines an equation for resistive force on a metal ball falling in water and asks about the SI units of one of the terms. Problem 2 asks to show an equation for motion is homogeneous with respect to SI base units. 3. Problem 3 provides a diagram of forces on a swinging child and asks to determine the net force, tension in the rope, and angle of the rope. 4. The remaining problems involve calculating distances, accelerations, energies, momentums, forces, and spring properties using various kinematic, dynamic and energy equations and diagrams provided

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    HILLCREST NATIONAL TECHNICAL SECONDARY SCHOOL

    DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL SCIENCES


    AS REVISION TEST
    1. The resistive force F on a metal ball falling at low speeds in water is given by the
    equation F = brv where r is the radius of the metal ball, v is its velocity and b is a
    constant. What are the base units of b in the SI system?[1]

    2. Show that the equation v2 = u2 + 2as is homogeneous with respect to base units
    in the SI system. [2]

    3. A child of mass 35 kg on a swing is pulled to one side. The diagram shows the
    forces acting on the seat of the swing when it is in equilibrium.

    a) What is the net force on the seat? [2]

    b) Draw a triangle of forces. Hence determine:


    i) The tension T in the rope [4]
    ii) the angle θ made by the rope with the vertical. [2]

    4. The graph shows the variation with time t of the velocity v of a car travelling
    along a straight road.
    a) Calculate the distance travelled by the car between 4.0 s and 8.0 s. [2]
    b) Calculate the acceleration of the car at 12.5 s. [3]
    c) Sketch a graph of acceleration against time for the car. [2]

    5. (a) (i) Define power.


    …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………[1]
    (ii) Use your definition in (i) to show that power may also be expressed as
    the product of force and velocity.

    [2]
    (b) A lorry moves up a road that is inclined at 9.0° to the horizontal, as show
    below

    The lorry has mass 2500 kg and is travelling at a constant speed of 8.5 m s −1. The force
    due to air resistance is negligible.
    (i) Calculate the useful power from the engine to move the lorry up the road.

    Power = …………………………….. kW [3]


    (ii) State two reasons why the rate of change of potential energy of the lorry is
    equal to the power calculated in (i).
    I. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
    ……….
    II. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
    ………[2]
    6. A ball is thrown against a vertical wall. The path of the ball is shown in the figure
    below

    The ball is thrown from S with an initial velocity of 15m/s at 60 o to the


    horizontal. Assume that air resistance is negligible.
    (a) For the ball at S, Calculate
    (i) its horizontal component of velocity [1]

    (ii) Its vertical component of velocity

    (b) The horizontal distance from S to the wall is 9.95m. The ball hits the wall at P
    with velocity at right angle to the wall. The ball rebounds to point F that is
    6.15m from the wall. Using your answers in (a)
    (i) Calculate the vertical height that the ball gains when it moves from S
    to P [1]

    (ii) Show that the time taken for the ball to travel from S to P is 1.33s [1]

    (iii) Show that the velocity of the ball immediately after rebounding fro the
    wall is about 4.6m/s[1]

    (c) Mass of the ball is 0.06kg.


    (i) Calculate the change in momentum as the ball rebounds from the wall
    [2]
    (ii) State and explain whether the collision is elastic or inelastic [1]
    …………………………………………………………………………………………………………
    …………………………………………………………………………………………………………
    …………………………………………………………………………………………………………
    …………………………………………………………………………………………………………
    …………………………..

    7. A uniform plank AB of length 5.0 m and weight 200 N is placed across a stream,
    as shown in Fig. 3.1.

    A man of weight 880 N stands a distance x from end A. The ground exerts a
    vertical force FA on the plank at end A and a vertical force FB on the plank at end
    B. As the man moves along the plank, the plank is always in equilibrium.
    (a) (i) Explain why the sum of the forces FA and FB is constant no matter where
    the man stands on the plank
    ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
    ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
    ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
    ……………………………..[2]
    (ii) The man stands a distance x = 0.50 m from end A. Use the principle of
    moment to calculate the magnitude of FB

    FB = ...................................................... N [4]
    (b) The variation with distance x of force FA is shown in Fig. 3.2.
    On the axes of Fig. 3.2, sketch a graph to show the variation with x of force
    FB. [3]
    8. A 45g ball with speed of 12m/s hits a wall at an angle of 30° as shown in the
    diagram below. The ball rebounds with the same speed and angle. The contact
    time of the ball with the wall is 15ms, Calculate:
    (a) The change in momentum of the ball. [1]

    (b) The impulse of the ball. [2]

    (c) The force exerted on the ball by the wall. [2]

    9. A metal ball of mass 40 g falls vertically onto a spring, as shown in Fig. 4.1.

    I. Show that the kinetic energy of the ball as it makes contact with the spring is
    0.16 J.

    [2]
    II. The variation of the force F acting on the spring with the compression x of the
    spring is shown in Fig. 4.2.
    The ball produces a maximum compression XB when it comes to rest. The
    spring has a spring constant of 800 N m−1.
    Use Fig. 4.2 to
    a) calculate the compression XB,

    XB = ...................................................... m [2]
    b) Show that not all the kinetic energy in 4(I) is converted into elastic
    potential energy in the spring. [2]

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