Pakistan International School Jeddah, CCS

Subject: Physics (0625)

Name:________________________________ Grade : 10-
Question 1: Complete the below table with the basic Equations/formulas and
units (From done Chapter 1 – 12)
Basic /equation SI unit Given scenario values Notes/ comments
Formula
Force = mass Force = Mass and acceleration
*acceleration Newton given
Or
F=ma
Weight=Force = mg Weight = If mass is given.
Newton
Resultant force = Bigger If two opposing forces given
force – smaller force
Or FR= F2- F1
Resultant force = Change
in momentum
Or Resultant force =
∆p/∆t
Impulse = Find impulse if force and
time given
Momentum = Mass and velocity given,
find momentum
F x ∆t = mv => F= ∆mv/t
F = mvf - mvi / ∆t If final and initial velocity
given
acceleration = velocity If velocity and time given
/time
or a = v/t
Average acceleration = ? If initial and final velocity
given
If mass and force is given
Density = Mass /Volume If mass and volume given. If weight given then find m
by using equation m=w/g
If weight given ?
Density=m / (area * If area and height given
height)
Pressure ? At constant temperature , In Gases
relationship b/w P and
Volume
V2 = P1V1/P2 If initial, final pressure,
initial volume given
Conversion of Celsius
temperature to Kelvin
Pressure= In solids , when force
applied on specific area is
given
Pressure= In liquids, when depth and
density of liquid given,
gravity also known.
Spring constant = If load (Force) applied on
spring and extension (x) is
given
Efficiency(energy) = If useful energy and total
input energy values are
given
Percentage If useful energy and total
Efficiency(energy) = input energy values are
given
GPE = Find Change in
Gravitational Potential
energy, when weight and
change in height given.
Kinetic Energy = If mass and velocity or
speed is given
Work done = If force and distance
moved by force in
direction of force is given.
Power = If work done and time is
given
Power = when energy transfer and
time is given
Specific Heat capacity= When energy required,
mass and temperature
increase given
Energy required = ? When mass, temperature
increase and specific heat
capacity for object is
known.
Diameter = If radius is known

Radius = If diameter is known

Volume of cylinder =

Volume of object = If object length, width and

height given

Volume of sphere = If radius is known

P2(Multiple Choice - Extended)
1. The diagram shows the speed–time graph for a car.

Which row describes the motion of the car at point X and at point Y?

2. The momentum of a body is changed by a force acting on it for a period of time.

Which action increases the change in momentum?

A. doubling the force and halving the time

B. doubling the force for the same time
C. halving both the force and the time
D. halving the force and doubling the time

3. A machine has a power input of 200 W and a useful output energy of 1 kJ in 6

minutes.
What is the efficiency of the machine?

A 0.014% B 0.83% C 1.4% D 83%

4. A bar of metal, which is a good thermal conductor, is heated at one end.
What is the main method of transfer of thermal energy along the bar?

A. lattice vibration
B. movement of atoms of the metal along the bar
C. transfer by electrons
D. vibration of atoms of the metal bar
 5. An object is rising vertically at constant speed through water. There are three
vertical forces acting on it: the weight W, the drag force D, and the upward force
U.
Which diagram shows the magnitude and direction of the vertical forces acting on
the object?

P4(Theory Extended)
1.Fig. 1.1 and Fig. 1.2 show how a puddle of water changes on a warm windy day.

Fig 1.1 Fig 1.2

(a) Describe the process by which the volume of water in the puddle decreases.

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(b) State and explain one change in the weather that would cause the volume of water
in the puddle to decrease more slowly.

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explanation
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(c) Explain, in terms of molecules, how sweating helps to cool your body on a hot day.

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2. Fig. 2.1 shows a ship loaded with containers.

(a) The ship is made of steel.

The density of steel is 7800 kg / m3 and the density of water is 1000 kg / m3.

Explain why the ship floats in the water.

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(b) The containers with the greatest mass are loaded near the bottom of the ship.

State and explain the effect on the stability of the ship of loading the containers in this
way.

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(c) A crane lifts a container 48 m vertically upwards. The mass of the container is 30
000 kg.

Calculate the energy transferred to the gravitational potential energy stored in the
container.

energy = ......................................................... [2]

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P6(ATP)
1. A student investigates the balancing of a meter rule. Fig. 1.1 shows the set-up.

Fig 1.1

(a) The student places the meter rule on the pivot so that the meter rule is as
near as possible to being balanced. Fig. 1.2 shows the position of the pivot.

Fig 1.2

Record the scale reading S on the metre rule at the point where the rule
balances on the pivot.

S = ................................................... cm [1]
(b) The meter rule is 4 mm thick. The pivot is under the meter rule. The scale is
on the top of the meter rule. Suggest how you would obtain an accurate value
of the scale reading S.

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(d). Plot a graph of a / cm (y-axis) against 1 / P (x-axis). Start the y-axis at a / cm = 30.

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