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WorksheetsReview 1 Physics
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Which expression has the same SI base units as pressure?
length × speedforce
length × timeforce
length × (time)2mass
lengthmass × (time)2
What is an approximate value for the speed of sound in air?
30ms–1
300ms–1
30,000ms–1
300,000,000ms–1
A pendulum bob is held stationary by a horizontal force H. The three forces acting on the bob are
shown in the diagram.
The tension in the string of the pendulum is T. The weight of the pendulum bob is W. The string is held at an angle of 30° to the vertical.
Which statement is correct?
H = T cos 30
T = H sin30
W = T sin30
W = T cos 30
A student is investigating an electrical signal using a cathode-ray oscilloscope (c.r.o).
The frequency of the signal is 50kHz.
Which time-base setting on the oscilloscope should be used?
50mscm–1
1mscm–1
10µscm–1
0.5 µscm–1
A student wishes to measure a distance of about 10cm to a precision of 0.01cm.
Which measuring instrument should be used?
meter rule
micrometer
tape measure
vernier calipers
An aircraft, initially stationary on a runway, takes off with a speed of 85kmh–1 in a distance of no
more than 1.20km.
What is the minimum constant acceleration necessary for the aircraft?
0.23ms–2
0.46ms–2
3.0 ms–2
6.0 ms–2
The acceleration of free fall on Pluto is 0.66ms–2.
An object weighs 6.0N on Earth.
What would this object weigh on Pluto?
0.40N
0.93N
4.0 N
39N
A radio-controlled toy car travels along a straight line for a time of 15s.
The variation with time t of the velocity v of the car is shown.
What is the average velocity of the toy car for the journey shown by the graph?
–1.5ms–1
0.0ms–1
4.0ms–1
4.5ms–1
Water flows out of a pipe and hits a wall
When the jet of water hits the wall, it has horizontal velocity v and cross-sectional area A.
The density of the water is ρ. The water does not rebound from the wall.What is the force exerted on the wall by the water?
Aρv
Aρv2
ρAv
ρAv2
A stationary firework explodes into three pieces. The masses and the velocities of the three
pieces immediately after the explosion are shown.
What are speed v1 and speed v2 respectively?
4.0, 4.0
9.2, 9.2
14,14
16,16
A spherical object falls through water at constant speed. Three forces act on the object.
Which diagram, showing these three forces to scale, is correct?
A uniform metre rule of weight 2.0N is pivoted at the 60 cm mark. A 4.0N load is suspended from
one end, causing the rule to rotate about the pivot.
At the instant when the rule is horizontal, what is the resultant moment about the pivot?
0.0Nm
1.4 Nm
1.6 Nm
1.8 Nm
The vertical forces that the ground exerts on a stationary van are shown.
The van is 2.50m long with the wheels at a distance of 0.600m from the front of the van and
0.400m from the rear of the van.
What is the horizontal distance of the van’s centre of gravity from the front of the van?
0.540m
0.960m
1.14m
1.36m
An object hangs by means of two cords around two rods, as shown.
The object is held in equilibrium by the forces F1 and F2. The object weighs 10N. There is
negligible friction between the rods and cords. Angle θ is 90°.
Which row of the option gives the value of F1 and F2 respectively for an angle θ of 90°?
4.0, 6.0
6.0, 4.0
6.0, 8.0
8.0, 6.0
Which force is caused only by a pressure difference?
friction
upthrust
viscous force
weight
The total energy input Ein in a process is partly transferred to useful energy output U and partly
transfered to energy that is wasted W.
What is the efficiency of the process?
EinU×100%
EinW×100%
WU×100%
EinU+W×100%
A gas is enclosed inside a cylinder which is fitted with a frictionless piston.
Initially, the gas has a volume V1 and is in equilibrium with the external pressure p. The gas is
then heated slowly so that it expands at constant pressure, pushing the piston back until the
volume of the gas has increased to V2
p(V2 – V1)
21 p(V2 – V1)
p(V2 + V1)
21 p(V2 + V1)
A projectile is thrown at an angle to the ground.
At a certain time, the projectile has a horizontal velocity of 23.0ms–1 and a vertical velocity
of –10.1ms–1.
What is the speed of the projectile at this time?
12.9ms–1
20.7ms–1
25.1ms–1
33.1ms–1
A car of mass 1400 kg is travelling on a straight, horizontal road at a constant speed of 25ms–1.
The output power from the car’s engine is 30kW.
The car then travels up a slope at 2° to the horizontal, maintaining the same constant speed.
What is the output power of the car’s engine when travelling up the slope?
12kW
31kW
42kW
65kW
Two wires X and Y are made of different metals. The Young modulus of wire X is twice that ofwire Y. The diameter of wire X is half that of wire Y.The wires are extended with the same strain and obey Hooke’s law.What is the ratio tension in wire Y
tension in wire X ?
81
21
1
2
What is the globally-agreed system of measurement units formally named in 1960?
Imperial System
Metric System
International System of Units
Customary System
What is the measure of how close a reading is to the true value of a quantity?
Resolution
Precision
Magnitude
Accuracy
What is a physical quantity that has both magnitude and direction?
Scalar
Speed
Distance
Vector
What is the equation to find the area under a velocity-time graph for constant acceleration?
Area = height x base
Area = 1/2 (A + B) x base
Area = 1/2 (u + v) x time
Area = velocity x time
What is the acceleration due to gravity acting on a projectile?
-9.8 m/s^2
9.8 m/s^2
1 m/s^2
0 m/s^2
What is the measure of how close a set of values are to each other when measured multiple times?
Magnitude
Precision
Resolution
Accuracy
According to Newton's 1st law, an object will stay at rest or move with constant velocity unless acted upon by:
Friction
Unbalanced forces
Air resistance
Gravity
In an elastic collision, what happens to the relative speed of approach and separation?
They are zero
Separation speed is greater
Approach speed is greater
They are equal
What is the principle of moments in equilibrium?
Resultant force is zero
Resultant torque is zero
Resultant force and torque are zero
Resultant force is maximum
In a 2D collision, what is the condition for an elastic collision?
Objects have different masses
Objects collide head-on
Objects move along different planes
Objects have same mass
What is the formula for torque of a couple?
Velocity x Time
Mass x Acceleration
Force x Time
Force x Distance
A 9.5 kW heater in an electric shower heats water from 15 °C to 50 °C. Thermal energy transfer to the surroundings is negligible.
What volume of water can be heated by the shower in 1.0 minute when operating under these conditions?
specific heat capacity of water = 4.2 × 103 J kg–1 K–1
density of water = 1000 kg m–3
4.4 × 10–4 m3
2.7 × 10–3 m3
3.9 × 10–3 m3
2.3 × 10–1 m3
What is the unit of specific latent heat in fundamental (base) units?
J kg–1
m2 s–2 K–1
m2 s–2
kg m2 s–2
Which is the correct unit for U-value?
J m–2 K–1
J K–1
W m–2 K–1
W2 K–1
Which process would cause the internal energy of a gas to change by – 40 J?
The gas is cooled losing 120 J of energy and expands doing 80 J of work.
The gas is cooled losing 120 J of energy and 80 J of work is done on the gas by compressing it.
The gas is heated gaining 120 J of energy and expands doing 80 J of work.
The gas is heated gaining 120 J of energy and 80 J of work is done on the gas by compressing it.
An insulated tube of negligible heat capacity contains 100 identical lead pellets. The tube is turned upside down so that the pellets fall from the top to the bottom through the same vertical distance. It is found that after 220 turns of the tube the temperature of the pellets has increased by 5 °C.
The experiment is repeated with 400 of these lead pellets in the tube.
How many turns of the tube are needed to increase the temperature of 400 pellets by 5 °C?
55
220
440
880
An electrical shower has a power of 10.5 kW. Water of specific heat capacity 4200 J kg–1 K–1 passes through the shower at a rate of 9.3 × 10–2 kg s–1. The water enters the shower at 20 °C and leaves at 45 °C.
Some energy is wasted in heating the components of the shower.
How much energy is wasted in one second?
0.74 kJ
3.5 kJ
2.7 kJ
9.8 kJ
Two thermal insulation boards X and Y have the same dimensions.
Board X has U-value U.
Board Y has a rate of heat transfer that is 50% more than that of board X for the same temperature difference.
What is the U-value of board Y?
U/4
3U/2
2U
3U
The temperature of a hot liquid in a container falls at a rate of 2 K per minute just before it begins to solidify. The temperature then remains steady for 20 minutes by which time all the liquid has all solidified.
What is the quantity (Specific heat capacity of the liquid)/(Specific latent heat of fusion) ?
1/40
1/10
10
40
A car of mass M travelling at speed V comes to rest using its brakes. Energy is dissipated in the brake discs of total mass m and specific heat capacity c. The rise in temperature of the brake discs can be estimated from
(mV2)/(2Mc)
(2MV2)/(mc)
(MV2)/(2mc)
(2mc)/(MV2)
A raindrop of mass m falls to the ground at its terminal speed v. The specific heat capacity of water is c and the acceleration of free fall is g. Given that 25% of the energy is retained in the raindrop when it strikes the ground, what is the rise in temperature of the raindrop?
(mv2)/8c
v2/4mc
mg/(4c)
v2/8c
A liquid flows continuously through a chamber that contains an electric heater. When the steady state is reached, the liquid leaving the chamber is at a higher temperature than the liquid entering the chamber. The difference in temperature is Δt.
Which of the following will increase Δt with no other change?
Increasing the volume flow rate of the liquid
Changing the liquid to one with a lower specific heat capacity
Using a heating element with a higher resistance
Changing the liquid to one that has a higher density
What is the formula for work done when a force acts on an object and makes it move?
Work = mass x acceleration
Work = power x time
Work = force x distance
Work = energy x time
What is the principle of conservation of energy?
Energy in a system decreases over time
Energy is always created in a system
Energy can be destroyed in a system
Total energy in a system remains constant
What is the efficiency of a system?
The useful energy output of a system
The ratio of total energy output to useful energy input
The ratio of useful energy output to total energy input
The total energy output of a system
What is the formula for gravitational potential energy changes in a uniform gravitational field?
ΔEP = ma
ΔEP = mgΔh
ΔEP = mv^2
ΔEP = Fv
What is kinetic energy?
Energy from motion
Energy from position
Energy from charge
Energy from stress
What is the total energy equation when no work is done against friction and gravity is the only force present?
Total Initial Energy = 0
Total Initial Energy > Total Final Energy
Total Initial Energy < Total Final Energy
Total Initial Energy = Total Final Energy
What are the three constituents of an atom?
Protons, neutrons, and muons
Protons, neutrons, and electrons
Neutrons, electrons, and neutrinos
Protons, electrons, and positrons
What is the specific charge of a proton?
1.58 × 10^9 Ckg^-1
9 × 10^7 Ckg^-1
1.6 × 10^-19 C
0.67 × 10^-27 kg
What is an isotope?
Atoms with the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons
Atoms with different numbers of protons and neutrons
Atoms with different numbers of electrons
Atoms with the same mass but different charges
What force keeps nuclei stable?
Gravitational force
Strong nuclear force
Weak nuclear force
Electromagnetic force
What occurs during alpha decay?
Nucleon number stays the same
Proton number increases by 1
Nucleon number increases by 4
Proton number decreases by 2
What is the antiparticle of the electron?
Neutrino
Positron
Photon
Muon
What is the role of exchange particles?
To emit photons
To stabilize atomic nuclei
To create new particles
To carry energy and momentum between particles
What is the baryon number of a proton?
-1
1
2
0
What is the work function of a metal?
The maximum energy of emitted electrons
The minimum energy required for electrons to be emitted
The energy needed to excite an electron
The energy required to ionize an atom
What happens during pair production?
A neutron decays into a proton
An electron is emitted from a nucleus
A particle and antiparticle collide
A photon is converted into matter and antimatter
What is the threshold frequency?
The minimum frequency needed to emit photoelectrons
The maximum frequency of emitted photons
The frequency of the strongest light source
The frequency at which electrons are ionized
What is the main characteristic of leptons?
They are always stable
They have a baryon number of 1
They are made of quarks
They do not experience the strong nuclear force
What is the energy of a photon directly proportional to?
Charge
Mass
Frequency
Wavelength
What is the significance of the photoelectric equation?
It determines the charge of an electron
It calculates the energy of a photon based on its mass
It relates work function, maximum kinetic energy, and frequency
It describes the behavior of photons in a vacuum
What is the formula for density?
Density = Mass + Volume
Density = Mass / Volume
Density = Volume / Mass
Density = Mass x Volume
What is the equation for pressure in fluids?
Pressure = ρhg
Pressure = ρgΔh
Pressure = ρVg
Pressure = ρA
What principle states that an object immersed in a fluid experiences an upthrust equal to the weight of the fluid displaced?
Boyle's Law
Archimedes' Principle
Newton's Third Law
Pascal's Law
What is the formula to calculate the upthrust force using Archimedes' principle?
Upthrust = ρgA
Upthrust = ρgh
Upthrust = ρVg
Upthrust = ρgV
What is the relationship between the weight of an object and the upthrust force when fully submerged in a fluid?
Upthrust = Weight of object
Upthrust > Weight of object
Upthrust = 0
Upthrust < Weight of object
What is Energy?
The movement of a body because of a force
E = ft
E = 1/2mv^2
W = df
The ability for a body to do work
E = 1/2mv^2
W = fd
E = mgh
The velocity at which an object falls depends on its mass. (Providing that there is no air resistance)
True
False
What is the equation that would give you N?
(using opposite, adjacent, hypotenuse)
tan(a/h)
tan^-1(a/o)
hcos(θ)
hsin(θ)
If a ball is dropped from 10m, what is its velocity?
Cannot Calculate
10kms-1
14ms-1
10ms-2
What is the base unit for the Joule?
kg^2 m s^-1
kg m^2 s^-2
kg ms^-2
J
Which one of these is a base quanitity?
Force
Nm^-1
kg m^2 s^-2
Distance
Which one of these is a base unit?
Nm^-1
Kg m^2 s^-2
Weight
Distance
Which of these are the correct SUVAT equations?
s = (u+v)t/2
v = u + at
s = (u-v)t/2
v^2 = u^2 + 2as
s = ut + 1/2at^2
How do you calculate efficiency?
useful power out / total in
total power in - useful out / total in
unused power/total in
useful out - useless out / total in
How do you calculate power?
F x d
P = et
P = e / t
F /d
What is Resistivity?
the measurement of resistance in a circuit
the properties of a circuit that meaures how strongly it resists current
the properties of a wire that meaures how strongly it resists current
the physical properties of a wire that create potential difference
The component follows (a) law
What is this component likely to be?
(a)
A component that follows Ohm's law...
Has an exponential resistance curve
Has the same current in as out
Has a straight I vs V graph
Has a constant resistance at any changing temperature
What component has this I vs V graph?
(a)
A filament bulb follows Ohm's Law
True
False
What component is this?
(a)
What is a potential divider?
a circuit used to produce P.D
a circuit used to produce EMF
a circuit used to split P.D
a circuit used to split EMF
What is Kirchoff's 1st law?
Current into a junction is equal to current out in one wire
Current into a junction is equal to sum of the currents out
i1 = i2 + i3 + ...
1/it = 1/i1 + 1/i2 + ...
What is Kirchoff's second law?
i1 = i2 + i3
The P.d into the circuit must be equal to the sum of the P.d across the components in the circuit
The current into the circuit must be equal to the sum of the current across the components in the circuit
1/Rt = 1/R1 + 1/R2 + ....
What is the equation for resistors in series?
1/Rt = 1/R1 + 1/R2 + ...
Rt = R1 + R2 + ...
Which is the equation for resistors in parallel
1/Rt = 1/R1 + 1/R2 + ...
Rt = R1 + R2 + ...
What would be the P.d over the 4Ω resistor?
(a)
What is EMF?
Electromotive Force
Potential Difference
Chemical Energy into a circuit (per coulomb of charge)
Electrical energy out of a circuit (per coulomb of charge)
What is P.d?
Potential Difference
Electro Motive force
Electrical energy into a circuit (per coulomb of charge)
Electrical energy out of a circuit (per coulomb of charge)
What is Hookes law?
Extension is directly proportional to length
Extension is directly proportional to force applied
Extension is inversly proportional to force applied
Peter Pan isn't nice
Denisty it measured in what units?
kgm3
kg2m
kgm−3
inchyards
Tensile (a) is force applied per cross sectional area
Tensile (a) is a measure of how to material stretches
A brittle material is one which:
Doesn't deform plastically but breaks when the stress is too high
Deforms plastically
Deforms elastically and will return to its original shape
Deforms to a new shape with little force
The elastic limit is the force above which a material will (a) deform
Area under a force-extension graph represents
(a)
What is Young's Modulus?
StrainStress
StressStrain
ΔLAFL
∞
How do you find the Young's Modulus from a stress-strain graph?
Area under the line
Gradient of the line
Integral of the line
ΔyΔx
Which graph represents a wire which has plastically deformed?
Left graph
Right graph
How is the work done to stretch or compress a material stored?
(a)
Name a safety featurea of cars designed to plastically deform (I've only got limited answers, use the plural!)
(a)
Where is the ultimate tensile stress on a stress-strain graph?
The lowest point
The highest point
The furthest right
The furthest left
What is the ONLY factor that can be applied to the vertical and horizontal motion at the same time?
Initial Velocity
Final Velocity
Acceleration
Time
Distance
When an object falls towards the earth you will already know two things. . what are they?
Acceleration and vertical distance moved
Initial velocity at the top and final velocity at the bottom
Initial velocity at the top and acceleration
Final velocity at the bottom and vertical distance moved
What is the name given to the shape of motion that ball takes.
Parabolic
Sigmoidal
Bilateral
When an object moves vertically upwards away from the earth you will know two things. . what are they?
Final velocity at the top of the movement and Initial velocity
Initial velocity at the bottom and acceleration
Final velocity at the top and acceleration
Final velocity at the bottom and vertical distance moved
What is the only force that acts on an object undergoing projectile motion and in which direction does it act?
Friction acting horizontally against the direction of movement
Gravity acting upwards away from the earth
Thrust acting in direction of object moving
Gravity acting downwards towards the earth
The speed of the aircraft is 30 ms-1 and it is flying horizontally at 50 m above ground when it releases a life raft that lands next to the yacht. That is the horizontal velocity of the life raft when it is dropped?
30 ms-1
0 ms-1
50 ms-1
15 ms-1
The speed of the aircraft is 30 ms-1 and it is flying horizontally at 50 m above ground when it releases a life raft that lands next to the yacht. That is the initial vertical velocity of the life raft when it is dropped?
30 ms-1
0 ms-1
50 ms-1
15 ms-1
The speed of the aircraft is 30 ms-1 and it is flying horizontally at 50 m above ground when it releases a life raft that lands next to the yacht. Calculate the time it takes the life raft to reach the water?
5.1 s
3.19 s
30 s
1.5 s
The speed of the aircraft is 30 ms-1 and it is flying horizontally at 50 m above ground when it releases a life raft that lands next to the yacht. Calculate the velocity of the raft as it hits the water.
31.3 ms-1
15.1 ms-1
50 ms-1
25 ms-1
A catapult is used to throw a backpack across a river. The bag travels at a velocity of 8.2 ms-1 an angle of 50° to the horizontal as shown. Calculate the vertical component of the bags motion.
10.2 ms-1
9.7 ms-1
6.3 ms-1
6.8 ms-1
A catapult is used to throw a backpack across a river. The bag travels at a velocity of 8.2 ms-1 an angle of 50° to the horizontal as shown. Calculate the horizontal component of the bags motion.
10.2 ms-1
9.7 ms-1
6.3 ms-1
5.27 ms-1
The bag is catapulted at a velocity of 9.8 ms-1 an angle of 50° to the horizontal as shown. The vertical component of the bag is 7.51 ms-1 and the horizontal component is 6.3 ms-1. Calculate the time taken to reach maximum height.
0.45 s
0.6 s
1.532 s
0.766 s
A football is kicked at 10 m/s at 53o to the ground. Calculate the time it will take for the ball to reach it's maximum height.
0.21 s
1.6 s
0.56 s
0.81 s
A football is kicked at 10 m/s at 53o to the ground, it takes 0.8 s to reach maximum height. Calculate the total horizontal distance travelled.
7.21 m
2.54 m
9.62 m
4.87 m
Hank kicks the ball 67 o to the ground at 24 m/s. Calculate the total horizontal distance the ball will travel before hitting the ground.
9.53 m
16.63 m
23.32 m
42.49 m
