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Physics Exam Questions

The document provides information to answer four multiple choice questions. It includes details about the motion of objects, speeds and distances traveled by a car during a journey, and measurements in diagrams. The key details are: - Question 1 asks about the length of a feather with answer choices of 19 mm, 29 mm, 19 cm, or 29 cm. - Question 2 shows graphs and details about the motion and speeds of objects. - Question 3 provides the distances and times a car traveled in different stages of a journey and asks which stages it was traveling at the same average speed. - Question 4 includes diagrams with measurements of blocks hanging from spring balances.

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Physics Exam Questions

The document provides information to answer four multiple choice questions. It includes details about the motion of objects, speeds and distances traveled by a car during a journey, and measurements in diagrams. The key details are: - Question 1 asks about the length of a feather with answer choices of 19 mm, 29 mm, 19 cm, or 29 cm. - Question 2 shows graphs and details about the motion and speeds of objects. - Question 3 provides the distances and times a car traveled in different stages of a journey and asks which stages it was traveling at the same average speed. - Question 4 includes diagrams with measurements of blocks hanging from spring balances.

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What is the length of the feather?

A 19 mm B 29 mm C 19 cm D 29 cm

1. 2 An object moves initially with constant speed and then with constant acceleration.

Which graph shows this motion?

A B

speed speed

1 A cylindrical can is rolled along the ruler shown in the diagram.


0 0
starting
0 position 0 final position
time time
can rolled
mark on C D
can
speed speed
0 cm 5 10 15 20 25 30 cm

The can rolls over twice.

What is the0circumference (distance all round) of the can?


0
0 time 0 time
A 13 cm B 14 cm C 26 cm D 28 cm

2.
2 A car is moving downhill along a road at a constant speed.

Which graph is the speed / time graph for the car?

A B

speed speed
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0 0
0 time 0 time

C D

speed speed

0 0
0 time 0 time

3 In a race, a car travels 60 times around a 3.6 km track. This takes 2.4 hours.
water 3 3 metal cube
2
How many drops in total will have been collected when 2
the measuring cylinder reads 10 cm3?
1 1
A 48 B 60 C 180 D 300

before 2 after
3. 3 In a race, a car travels 60 times around a 3.6 km track. This takes 2.4 hours.
3
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50 cm3. The water forms a meniscus where it touches the glass.
A 1 km / h
A 1.5 B
B 902 km / h CC 1443 km / h DD 216
4 km / h

4. 2 Which person is experiencing an acceleration?


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meniscus
A a driver of a car that is braking to stop at traffic lights
B a passenger in a train that is stationary in a railway station
C a shopper in a large store ascending an escalator (moving stairs) at a uniform rate
bottom of
D meniscus
a skydiver falling at constant speed towards
3 the Earth

5. 3 A car travels at various speeds during a short journey.


3 A car travels at various speeds during a short journey.
Which cylinder should the student use and which water level should she use to ensure an
The tableresult?
accurate shows the distances travelled and the times taken during each of four stages
P,The
Q, Rtable
and [Link] the distances travelled and the times taken during each of four stages
P, Q, R and S.
cylinder water level
stage P Q R S
stage P Q R S
A larger one bottom of meniscus
distance travelled / km 1.8 3.6 2.7 2.7
B distance travelled / kmtop of meniscus
larger one 1.8 3.6 2.7 2.7
time taken / minutes 2 2 4 3
C time taken
smaller one/ minutesbottom of meniscus
2 2 4 3
During which two stages is the car travelling at the same average speed?
D
During smaller
which two one
stages is thetop
carof meniscus
travelling at the same average speed?
A P and Q B P and S C Q and R D R and S
A P and Q B P and S C Q and R D R and S
6. 2 Which distance / time graph represents the motion of an object moving at constant speed?
4 Two blocks of metal X and Y hang from spring balances, as shown in the diagrams.
A B

distance N distance
N
0 0
1 1
2 2
0 3 03
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0 time
4 4
5 5
C D

distance distance

X
0 Y0
0 time 0 time

What does the diagram show about X and Y?

A They have the same mass and the same volume but different weights.
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have the same mass and the same weight but different volumes.
cm

What is the length of the nail?


3
A 2.2 cm B 2.7 cm C 3.2 cm D 3.7 cm
7. 3 The graph shows how the speed of a car changes with time.

2 speed the motion of an object moving at constant speed?


Which distance / time graph represents
m/s 14
A B

distance distance

0
0 24 time / s
0 0
timetravelled by the car in024 seconds?
0 the distance
Which calculation gives time

⎛ 14 ⎞
A ⎜ ⎟m
⎝ 24 ⎠ C D

⎛ 24 ⎞ distance distance
B ⎜ ⎟m
⎝ 14 ⎠

⎛ 24 × 14 ⎞ 2
C ⎜ ⎟m
⎝ 2 ⎠
1 Which option contains only apparatus that could be used to determine the volume of a small
block 0 0
D of(24
unknown
× 14 ) m material?
0 time 0 time
A measuring cylinder, metre rule

8. 3 4 BA car
Which instrument
measuring
takes is used
15 cylinder,
minutes to compare
stopwatch
to travel along a the
roadmasses of objects?
that is 20 km long.
CWhat
Ametre rule,
isa the
balancebalance
average speed of the car?
D Bmetre rule, stopwatch
a barometer
A 0.75 km / h B 5.0 km / h C 80 km / h D 300 km / h
C a manometer
9. 2 The graph represents the motion of a car.
D a measuring cylinder

20
A liquid has a volume of 100 cm3 and a mass of 85 g.
speed
5
m /water
The density of s is 1.0 g / cm3.

10
How does the density of the liquid compare with the density of water?

A Its density is higher than that of water.

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0 5 10 15 20 25 30
time / s
C Its density is the same as that of water.
D It is impossible to say with only this data.
What is the distance travelled by the car while it is moving at a constant speed?

A 100 m B 150 m C 250 m D 300 m

3 A car travels along the route PQRST in 30 minutes.

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5 km

Q 10 km
What is the distance travelled by the car while it is moving at a constant speed?

A 100 m B 150 m C 250 m D 300 m

10. 3 A car travels along the route PQRST in 30 minutes.

5 km

Q 2 10 km

1 T of water.
A student uses a measuring cylinder to measure the volume of a quantity
5 km
10 km
Which action would make her result less accurate?

Amaking sure her eye is level with the water surface


R
B making sure P the cylinder is vertical
2
C reading the bottom of the meniscus
1 What is the average
A student speed of the
uses a measuring car? to measure the volume of some water. The diagram shows
cylinder
D of
part using
the the largest measuring
measuring cylinder. Thecylinder
top andpossible
bottom of the meniscus are labelled.
A 10 km / hour B 20 km / hour C 30 km / hour D 60 km / hour

cm3
11. 2 The diagram shows the distance-time graph for a car.50

At which labelled point is the cartop of with constant speed?


moving
meniscus
45
distance B
bottom D
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40
A
What is the volume of the water?

A 47.0 cm3 B 0 47.5 cm3 C C cm3


49.0 D 49.5 cm3
0 time
12. 2 The graph represents the motion of a train travelling between two stations.
3 A car travels along the route PQRST in 30 minutes.
20
S
speed
m/s
5 km
10
Q 10 km

T
5 km
0 10 km
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900
time / s
R
P
Which statement about the train is correct?
What
A Itsisacceleration
the averagetakes
speeda of the car?
longer time than its deceleration.
A
B km / hour
It10travels B 20
at constant km / for
speed hour C half
less than 30 km
of /its
hour
journeyDtime.
60 km / hour
C It travels 2000 m in the first 100 s.
D It travels 10 000 m at constant speed.
0 0 0 0
0 time 0 time 0 time 0 time
2

1 A cook wants to prepare some food to be cooked by 1.15 p.m. He uses an oven with an
automatic
car travelstimer thatThe
canjourney
be settakes
to switch on and
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speedtimes.
of the The
car isoven
80 kmneeds
/ h, andto be
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100 km. two hours. highest
the loweston for 2ishours
speed 40 km10
/ [Link].
At which
What time
is the does speed
average the oven
for need to switch on?
the journey?
A
A 40 km /a.m.
11.05 h BB 5011.25
km / ha.m. C C 603.05
km / hp.m. D D1203.25
km / p.m.
h

14. 42 The speed-time


Diagram 1 showsgraph shows
a piece therubber
of foam motionthat
of acontains
car. many pockets of air. Diagram 2 shows the
same piece of foam rubber after it has been compressed so that its volume decreases.
Q R
speed

diagram 1 diagram 2
P
(before compression) (after compression)
0
0 time
What happens to the mass and to the weight of the foam rubber when it is compressed?
Which row describes the motion?
mass weight

A between P andincreases
increases Q between Q and R
B
A increases
acceleratingno change moving at constant speed
C
B no change
acceleratingincreases not moving
D
C no change
moving at constantnospeed
change decelerating
D moving at constant speed not moving
3

15. 3 3A car travels


A man stands km.a The
100 by journey
railway [Link] two hours. The highest speed of the car is 80 km / h, and
the lowest speed is 40 km / h.

What is the average speed for the journey?

A 40 km / h B 50 km / h C 60 km / h D 120 km / h

A train travelling at 40 m / s takes 2.00625/11/M/J/15


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4 Weight is an example of which quantity?
What is the length of the train?
A acceleration
A 20 m B 38 m C 40 m D 80 m
B force
C mass
4 The mass of an astronaut is 70 kg on the Moon.
D pressure
What is the mass of the astronaut on the Earth?

A 7 kg B 70 kg C 80 kg D 700 kg

5 The weight of an object is found using the balance shown in the diagram. The object is put in the
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put in the right-hand pan.
1 A student uses a ruler to measure the length and the width of a small rectangular metal plate.

metal
3 plate

16. 3 An aeroplane flies from town X to town Z, stopping for 1 hour at town Y to pick up more
passengers. The distances between the towns are shown in the diagram.

300 km 200 km Z
length width
X 2

1 The
A cyclist 0rides 1round2a track
3 three
4 times.
5 0 1 2 3 4 5
total time taken between leaving X and arriving at Z is 3 hours.
cm cm
What is the average speed of the aeroplane in the air?
What is the area of the plate?
A 500 km / h B 500 km / h C 500 km / h D 500 km / h
2 2 2
4
A 14.0 cm 3
B 14.7 cm 2
C 16.0 cm D 116.8 cm2

17. 4 2 The
Themass of anshows
diagram astronaut is 70 kg/ time
the speed on the Moon.
graph for a train as it travels along a track.
What
Her is the mass
friend uses of the astronaut
a stopwatch on the the
to record Earth?
time at the start of the ride, after one circuit, and at the
R stopwatch are shown.
speed
end of the three circuits. The readings from the
A 7 kg B 70 kg C 80 kg D 700 kg
P
Q
5 The weight of an object is found using the balanceSshown in the diagram. T The object is put in the
left-hand pan and various weights are put in the right-hand pan.
at the 0 after at the end of
start 0 one circuit three circuits
time
What is the average time for one circuit of the track?
For which part of the graph is the train’s speed changing at the greatest rate?
A 174object
s B 180 s C 198 s D 200 s weights
A PQ B QR C RS D ST

18. 2 The graph shows how the distance travelled by a vehicle changes with time.
3 These aresteel
A small the results.
ball is dropped from a low balcony.

Ignoring
weights distance
air resistance,
in the which pan
right-hand statement describes its motion?
effect
A It 0.1
fallsN,with
0.1 constant 0.02 N Q balance tips down slightly
N, 0.05 N,acceleration. R on the left-hand side
B It falls0.2
with
N, constant speed.
0.1 N, 0.01 N balance tips down slightly on the right-hand side
C It falls with decreasing speed.
What is the best estimate of the weight of the object?
D It falls with increasing acceleration.
P S
A 0.27 N B 0.29 N C 0.31 N D 0.58 N
0
0 time

Which row describes the speed of the vehicle in each section of the graph?

P to Q Q to R R to S

A2013
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D increasing zero decreasing


C the heavier stone hits the floor first acceleration increases with weight
D the heavier stone hits the floor first speed increases with weight

19.
3 The speed-time graph shown is for a bus travelling between stops.

Where on the graph is the acceleration of the bus greatest?


2
C
1 A child is standing on the platform of a station.
speed

A train travelling at 30 m / s takes 3.0 s to pass the child.

What is the lengthAof the train? D

A 10 m B 27 m C 30 m D 90 m time

20. 2 The graph shows how the speed of a car changes with time.

speed

0
U V W X Y time

Between which two times is the car stationary?

A U and V B V and W C W and X D X and Y

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