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Year 10 Science - Term Review

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 10hrs 0mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Lachie rode his bike point A - point B - point C. What distance did he travel?

a)

5

b)

4

c)

3

d)

7

2.

Lachie rode his bike point A - point B - point C. What is his displacement?

a)

4

b)

3

c)

5

d)

7

3.

Grant travels 240km in 6 hours. Calculate his average speed.

a)

40km/h

b)

24km/h

c)

64km/h

d)

53km/h

4.

Julia travels 3m/s for 3 minutes. Calculate the distance she traveled. Check the units.

a)

540m

b)

90m

c)

1200m

d)

120m

5.

Kate jogs 6km to the shops, if she is jogging at 8km/h, how long will it take her to get to the shops. Answer in minutes.

a)

0.75 hrs

b)

45 mins

c)

75 mins

d)

1.4 hrs

6.

Which of the following speed-time graphs represent increasing in speed?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

7.

Which of the following speed-time graphs represent decreasing in speed?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

8.

Which of the following speed-time graphs represent constant speed?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

9.

Use the gradient on the following distance-time graph, to calculate the average speed this individual is travelling at between 2-6 seconds.

a)

12.5m/s

b)

13m/s

c)

50m/s

d)

4m/s

10.

What is the distance traveled after 10 seconds?

a)

30m

b)

49m

c)

64m

d)

72m

11.

What is the displacement after 40 seconds?

a)

987m

b)

1256m

c)

1134m

d)

1350m

12.
a)

2km/h/s

b)

3km/h/s

c)

1.5km/h/s

d)

3.5km/h/s

13.

A snowboarder is sliding down the side of a mountain. He starts at rest and reaches a speed of 16m/s after 4 seconds. Calculate his acceleration in m/s^2.

a)

2m/s^2

b)

4m/s^2

c)

6m/s^2

d)

8m/s^2

14.

Acceleration due to gravity (friction not considered)

a)

9.8m/s^2

b)

9.6m/s^2

c)

10m/s^2

d)

8.8m/s^2

15.

The following graph shows a trip that Xander took on his bike. Calculate the acceleration in section A.

a)

1.5m/s^2

b)

3.5m/s^2

c)

2.5m/s^2

d)

4.5m/s^2

16.

The following graph shows a trip that Xander took on his bike. Calculate the acceleration in section B.

a)

0m/s^2

b)

1m/s^2

17.

The following graph shows a trip that Xander took on his bike. Calculate the acceleration in section C.

a)

1m/s^2

b)

-2m/s^2

c)

2m/s^2

d)

-1m/s^2

18.

Calculate the total distance that Xander traveled.

a)

120m

b)

130m

c)

140m

d)

150m

19.

Calculate the acceleration in the first 10 seconds.

a)

4m/s^2

b)

3m/s^2

c)

2m/s^2

d)

1m/s^2

20.

Calculate the acceleration in the last 5 seconds.

a)

-1m/s^2

b)

-2m/s^2

c)

-3m/s^2

d)

-4m/s^2

21.

Newton's First Law states that (2 answers):

a)

An object at rest will remain at rest until acted upon by an unbalanced force.

b)

An object at rest will remain at rest until acted upon by a balanced force.

c)

An object in motion will remain in motion until acted upon by a balanced force.

d)

An object in motion will remain in motion until acted upon by an unbalanced force.

22.

Inertia:

a)

the tendency to resist change in motion.

b)

the tendency to accept change in motion.

23.

Newton's Second Law:

a)

F = M x A

b)

M = F x A

c)

A = F x M

24.

Calculate the acceleration of the car shown. Don't forget to calculate the 'net force'

a)

1m/s^2

b)

2m/s^2

c)

3m/s^2

d)

4m/s^2

25.

If a 1200kg car is travelling at 3m/s^2. Calculate the force supplied by the engine.

a)

3500N

b)

3600N

c)

3700N

d)

3800N

26.

Newton's Third Law states:

a)

For every action, there is a balanced force.

b)

For every action, there is an equal and balanced reaction.

c)

For every action, there is an opposite and balanced reaction.

d)

For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

27.

A toy car uses a total of 13,000J of energy. Of that energy, only 9,800J is considered to be 'useful', the rest is wasted. Calculate the energy efficiency as a percentage, to the nearest whole number.

a)

74%

b)

76%

c)

75%

d)

73%

28.

Calculate the kinetic energy of a car that weighs 1300kg and is travelling at 16m/s.

a)

166721J

b)

166745J

c)

166441J

d)

166400J

29.

Little Jimmy weighs 30kg. Calculate his potential energy when he is at the top of a slide, 2m above the ground.

a)

588J

b)

589J

c)

590J

d)

591J

30.

Little Jimmy weighs 30kg. Calculate the kinetic energy when he is half way down the slide, which is 1m above the ground.

a)

588J

b)

300J

c)

294J

d)

0J

31.

Little Jimmy weighs 30kg. Calculate the kinetic energy when he is 0.5m above the ground.

a)

440J

b)

441J

c)

442J

d)

443J

32.

Little Jimmy weighs 30kg. Calculate the kinetic energy when he reaches the bottom of the slide.

a)

600J

b)

0J

c)

588J

d)

145J

33.

Little Jimmy weighs 30kg. The Kinetic Energy of Little Jimmy when he reaches the bottom of the slide is 588J. Calculate his speed, correct to 1d.p.

a)

7.0m/s

b)

7.3m/s

c)

6.3m/s

d)

6.0m/s

34.

A 1kg ball is dropped from a height of 2m. Calculate the potential energy before it is dropped.

a)

13.7J

b)

17.4J

c)

18.5J

d)

19.6J

35.

A 1kg ball is dropped from a height of 2m. Calculate the kinetic energy when it hits the ground.

a)

0J

b)

19.6J

c)

23.5J

d)

4.5J

36.

A 1kg ball is dropped from a height of 2m. The kinetic energy when it reaches the ground is 19.6J. Calculate the speed, correct to 1d.p.

a)

5.4m/s

b)

6.3m/s

c)

7.1m/s

d)

8.9m/s

37.

Calculate the acceleration.

a)

1.5m/s^2 to the right

b)

1.5m/s^2 to the left

c)

2.5m/s^2 to the right

d)

2.5m/s^2 to the left

38.

Calculate the average velocity in the first 5 seconds.

a)

3m/s

b)

2m/s

c)

1m/s

d)

4m/s

39.

Calculate the average velocity in the final 3 seconds.

a)

-3m/s

b)

-2.5m/s

c)

-1m/s

d)

-2m/s

40.

When the maximum displacement of the object.

a)

12 seconds

b)

11 seconds

c)

between 7-9 seconds

d)

between 5-10 seconds