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    Edexcel IGCSE Physics

    Chapter-3 Force and movement


    Study question
    a) Determine the speed of the sky diver when she hit
    the ground.

    STUDY QUESTIONS b) Why is her acceleration over the part AB less than ¡t
    1. A student wrote ‘my weight ¡s 67 kg’. What is wrong was at the beginning of her fall?
    with this statement, and what do you think his weight
    really ¡s ? c) Use the graph to estimate roughly how far she fell
    during her dive. Was it nearer loo m, 1000 m, or 10 000
    2. A hammer has a mass of 1 kg. What is its weight m?
    a) on Earth, b) on the Moon, c) ¡n outer space ?
    d) Use the information ¡n the graph at point E to make a
    3 .Explain this observation: ‘when a sheet of paper is rough estimate of the acceleration on landing.
    dropped ¡t flutters down to the ground, but when the
    same sheet of paper is screwed up into a ball it 6. The graph (right) shows how the force of air
    accelerates rapidly downwards when dropped’. resistance on our sky diver’s parachute changes with
    her speed of fall.
    4. Refer to Figure 6.2 and explain the following.

    a) State the resistive force acting on her when she is


    a) Why is the red ball falling at a constant speed ? travelling at a constant speed of 5 m/s.
    b) Why does the blue ball fall with an acceleration of
    9 m/s2 ? b) Explain why your answer to part a) must be the same
    size as her weight.
    5. This question refers to the speed—time graph in
    Figure 6.4. c) Use the graph to predict the terminal velocity of the
    following people using the same parachute:
    j) a boy of weight 400 N
    ii) a man of weight 1000 N.

    d) Make a copy of the graph and add to ¡t a sketch to


    show how you think the air resistance force would vary
    on a parachute with twice the area of the one used by
    our sky diver.
    11. The diagram shows the stages in the descent of a
    7. List three features that affect: skydiver.
    a) The thinking distance for a driver a) Describe and explain the motion of the skydiver in
    b) The breaking distance of a car. each case. (4 marks)
    b) n stage 5 explain why the parachutist does not sink
    8 .Copy Table 1 and add to ¡t two further columns into the ground. (1 mark)
    headed ‘thinking distance’ and ‘stopping distance’.
    a) Calculate the thinking distances for the speeds listed,
    assuming your reaction time is 0.6 s.
    b) Now fill ¡n the stopping distances where you can.
    c) Plot a graph to show the stopping distances (y-axis)
    against the speed (x-axis).

    d) Use your graph to predict the stopping distance for a


    speed of 25 m/s. Now also fill ¡n the braking
    distance for a speed of 25 m/s.

    e) Calculate the maximum safe speed ¡f the visibility is


    limited to 50 m.

    9. A balance has 30 N on the left hand side and 50 N on


    the right hand side. What weight must be added so that
    the sides are balanced, and to which side ?

    10. The height that you can jump has an inverse


    relationship to gravitational field strength. So if the field
    strength doubles, the height halves. If the Olympic
    Games were held on Mars in a large dome to provide air to
    breathe, what would happen to the records for:
    a) weightlifting (weight in N) (2 marks)
    b) high jump (height) (2marks)
    c) pole vault (height) (2 marks)
    d) throwing the javelin (distance) (2 marks)
    e) the loo m race (time)? (2 marks)

    In every case, describe what is likely to happen to the


    record, choosing between:

    (i) increase, ii) stay similar or iii) decrease and explain


    your choice.

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