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WorksheetsPHYSICS 1 Revision Topic 1.1 to 1.5.3
Total questions: 65
Worksheet time: 3hrs 15mins
What is a scalar quantity?
What is a vector quantity?
Which of the following lists only vector quantities?
Energy, mass, force
Energy, mass, power
Velocity, force, acceleration
Velocity, power, acceleration
A plumber needs to measure the internal diameter of a water pipe as accurately as possible.
Which instrument should be used?
measuring tape
metre rule
micrometer
vernier calipers
The diagram shows a micrometer scale. Which reading is shown?
5.64 mm
7.14 mm
7.16 mm
7.64 mm
What is the length of the feather?
19 mm
29 mm
19 cm
29 cm
What is the volume of the water?
47.0 cm3
47.5 cm3
49.0 cm3
49.5 cm3
A cylindrical can is rolled along the ruler shown in the diagram.
The can rolls over twice.
What is the circumference (distance all round) of the can?
13 cm
14 cm
26 cm
28 cm
The diameter of a copper wire is thought to be approximately 0.3mm.
Which instrument should be used to obtain a more accurate measurement of the diameter of the wire?
Measuring tape
Metre rule
Which diagram shows the resultant vector R of these two forces?
Which arrow shows the resultant force on the object?
A
B
C
D
One oscillation of a swinging pendulum occurs when the bob moves from X to Y and back to X again.
Using a stopwatch, which would be the most accurate way to measure the time for one oscillation of the pendulum?
Time 20 oscillations and multiply by 20.
Time 20 oscillations and divide by 20.
Time one oscillation.
Time the motion from X to Y, and double it.
Acceleration can be calculated using
average speed x time
change in velocity / time
distance / time
force x mass
What must change when a body is accelerating?
the force acting on the body
the mass of the body
the speed of the body
the velocity of the body
A ball falls freely (with no air resistance) near the surface of the Earth.
Which quantity remains constant?
Speed
Distance travelled in 1 s
An object is falling under gravity with terminal velocity.
What is happening to its speed?
It is decreasing to a lower value.
It is decreasing to zero.
It is increasing.
It is staying constant.
A truck takes 20 s to travel the first 80 m, and another 10 s to travel a further 70 m.
What is the average speed?
0.2 m/s
2.3 m/s
4 m/s
5 m/s
Why does an object falling in the Earth's gravitational field reach a steady velocity?
Air resistance increases with increase of velocity
The Earth's gravitational field decreases as the object falls
The mass of the object remains constant
The weight of the object increases as it falls
The graph shows how the speed of a car varies with time.
Which statement about the acceleration of the car between 10 s and 20 s is correct?
The acceleration decreases.
The acceleration increases.
The acceleration is constant, but not zero.
The acceleration is zero.
The diagram shows a speed-time graph. In which region is the acceleration decreasing?
V to W
W to X
X to Y
Y to Z
A cyclist takes a ride lasting 25 s.
The diagram shows how her distance travelled from the starting position varies with time.
What is her average speed for the whole ride?
6 m/s
7.5 m/s
10 m/s
11 m/s
The graph shows how the speed of a car travelling in a straight line changes with time.
Which section shows the largest acceleration?
Which feature of the graph represents the distance travelled by the object whilst moving at a constant speed?
area S
area S + area T
area T
gradient at point X
A small stone is dropped from the top of a ladder, falls and hits the ground. It does not rebound.
Which speed-time graph is correct?
A car travels along a road. The driver stops the car by pushing his foot down on the brake pedal.
What does NOT change if he pushes harder on the brake pedal?
the braking distance
the braking force
the stopping distance
the thinking distance
An aircraft, flying at a constant height, is gaining speed.
Which combination of forces acting on the plane must be correct?
L = W &
T = R
L > W &
T > R
L = W &
T > R
L > W &
T = R
Four forces act at a point as shown.
What is the size of the resultant force?
0 N
4 N
6 N
8 N
A metal ball of mass 0.30 kg and weight 3.0 N is held so that it is below the surface of oil.
It experiences an upwards force of 0.30 N.
When the ball is released, what is its initial acceleration?
1.0 m/s2
9.0 m/s2
9.8 m/s2
0 m/s2
In which example does friction act in the direction of forward motion of the object on which it
acts?
on a suitcase accelerating on a conveyor belt
on sandpaper rubbing a wooden block
on the skis of a skier accelerating downhill on smooth snow
on the tyres of a braking car
Four of the gravitational forces that act between bodies in the Solar System are described below.
Which two forces are a Newton’s third law pair (action and reaction)?
P & Q
P & R
Q & S
R & S
In which situation is the resultant force on the body equal to zero?
a car turning a corner at constant speed
a rock falling freely on the Moon
a train going up a straight hill at constant speed in a straight line
an aircraft accelerating along a runway in a straight line
A body slides down a frictionless slope as shown.
As the body presses on the surface, the surface pushes back on the body. The force of the
surface on the body is sometimes called the reaction force.
In which direction does the REACTION FORCE act?
A
B
C
D
A student kicks a ball horizontally along the ground. As he does so, his foot applies a force to the
ball.
At the same time, the ball applies a force to his foot.
How do these forces compare?
The force on the foot is equal to the force on the ball and in the opposite direction.
The force on the foot is equal to the force on the ball and in the same direction.
The force on the foot is smaller than the force on the ball and in the opposite direction.
The force on the foot is smaller than the force on the ball and in the same direction.
A coin falls through the air from rest, and eventually reaches a constant speed.
A
B
C
D
The front wheel of a car is turned in a clockwise direction by the engine as the car accelerates
towards the right, as shown in the diagram. There is a force of friction between the wheel and the
road.
A
B
C
D
The diagram shows a firework rocket.
A
B
C
D
How is the motion of a body affected by balanced and unbalanced forces acting on it?
A
B
C
D
A car is travelling at constant speed along a road and drives over a large patch of oil. The driver
applies the brakes to stop the car.
Compared to braking on a dry road, what may happen?
The car slows down more quickly because of the greater friction between the tyres and the
road.
The car takes longer to slow down because of the reduced friction between the tyres and the
road.
The car speeds up at first because of the reduced friction between the tyres and the road.
The car takes longer to slow down because the thinking distance of the driver is greater.
1 m/s2
2 m/s2
3 m/s2
4 m/s2
Which diagram correctly shows the addition of a 4 N and a 3 N force?
What is measured by each instrument?
A
B
C
D
Which property of a body resists change from a state of rest or of motion?
density
mass
volume
weight
The table shows the weights and masses of four objects on different planets.
On which planet is the gravitational field strength the largest?
A
B
C
D
A student produces some revision notes on gravity, mass and weight.
Which statement is not correct?
A gravitational field is a region in which a mass experiences a gravitational force.
Gravitational field strength has the unit of N / kg.
Mass is a measure of the amount of matter.
Mass is equal to weight multiplied by gravitational field strength.
A boy stands on some bathroom scales. The reading on the scales is 50 kg.
What is the mass and what is the weight of the boy?
A
B
C
D
Two cylinders P and Q are made of copper.
The height of P is twice the height of Q. The diameter of P is half the diameter of Q.
Which statement is correct?
The density of cylinder P is four times that of cylinder Q.
The density of cylinder P is twice that of cylinder Q.
The density of cylinder P is equal to that of cylinder Q.
The density of cylinder P is half that of cylinder Q.
A spacecraft travels from the Earth to the Moon.
At a certain point in the journey, it has zero weight.
Why is the weight zero at this point?
The gravitational fields of the Earth and the Moon cancel each other.
The spacecraft leaves the Earth’s gravitational field.
The spacecraft stops moving.
There is no air resistance on the spacecraft.
The weight of a cylinder on the Moon is less than its weight on the Earth.
How do the gravitational field strength and the mass of the cylinder on the Moon compare with
their values on the Earth?
A
B
C
D
The mass of a paper-clip is 0.50 g and the density of its material is 8.0 g / cm3. The total volume of
a number of clips is 20 cm3.
How many paper-clips are there?
80
160
240
320
A student collects stones and finds their density.
Which apparatus is needed to measure the mass and the volume of the stones?
A
B
C
D
A room measures 4.0 m × 3.0 m × 2.0 m. The density of the air in the room is 1.3 kg / m3.
What is the mass of air in the room?
0.054 kg
18 kg
24 kg
31 kg
A lump of metal has a mass of 210 g. It is lowered into a measuring cylinder containing water.
The level of the water rises from 35 cm3 to 140 cm3.
What is the density of the metal?
0.67 g / cm3
1.5 g / cm3
2.0 g / cm3
6.0 g / cm3
A student does an experiment to estimate the DENSITY of an irregularly-shaped stone.
Which items of equipment are needed?
a balance and a measuring cylinder containing water
a balance and a ruler
a ruler and a measuring cylinder containing water
only a measuring cylinder containing water
Three objects are cut from the same sheet of steel. They are different shapes but they all have the same mass.
Which object has the greatest density?
the disc
the square
the L-shape
they all have the same density
Some students measure the masses and the volumes of different sized samples of a type of
wood.
Which graph shows their results?
Which relationship defines gravitational field strength?
mass x 10
mass x weight
mass / weight
weight / mass
What is the density of the material of the ball?
2.0 g / cm3
4.5 g / cm3
8.0 g / cm3
18 g / cm3
The mass and volume of four different objects are plotted as shown.
Which object has the smallest density?
A
B
C
D
A force acts on a body.
Which properties of the body may all be changed by the force?
mass, shape and size
mass, shape and velocity
mass, size and velocity
shape, size and velocity
The graph shows the extension of a piece of copper wire as the load on it is increased. What does the graph show?
At a certain load the wire becomes easier to extend
At a certain load the wire becomes harder to extend
The load and extension are directly proportional for all loads.
The load and extension are inversely proportional for all loads.
In which region of the graph is Hooke's Law obeyed?
at P only
at Q only
from O to P
from O to Q
The extension of a spring is measured as weights are added. The graph shows the results.
Which point is the spring’s limit of proportionality?
A
B
C
D
Between which two loads would you find the limit of proportionality?
0 N and 2 N
8 N and 10 N
10 N and 12 N
14 N and 16 N
Point P is the limit of proportionality of the spring. What will happen if more load is added to the spring?
The curve PX on the graph will be produced
The line PY on the graph will be produced
The curve PZ on the graph will be produced
The spring will stop
The diagram shows how the length of a spring changes when a load of 10 N is hung on it. The 10 N load is replaced by a 20 N load.
What is the new length of the spring?
6cm
11cm
14cm
16cm
