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This document contains a 10 question physics midterm exam covering topics like: 1) Measuring density by calculating the volume of an irregularly shaped object and wood using displacement of water. 2) Accuracy in measurement and calculating the best value and period of oscillation from multiple stopwatch readings of a swinging mass. 3) Calculating speed from the time a vehicle takes to pass between two buried road detectors spaced 1m apart. 4) Calculating acceleration, force, power, and defining terms like force, momentum, and conservation of momentum for problems involving a moving train and spacecraft.

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Grade 10 Physics

This document contains a 10 question physics midterm exam covering topics like: 1) Measuring density by calculating the volume of an irregularly shaped object and wood using displacement of water. 2) Accuracy in measurement and calculating the best value and period of oscillation from multiple stopwatch readings of a swinging mass. 3) Calculating speed from the time a vehicle takes to pass between two buried road detectors spaced 1m apart. 4) Calculating acceleration, force, power, and defining terms like force, momentum, and conservation of momentum for problems involving a moving train and spacecraft.

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Grade 10 - Physics - Mid Term 1 Exam

Question 1 - Measuring Density

a) A student wishes to find the volume of a piece of wood of irregular shape. Her experiment
requires the use of a small brass object of mass 200g. Calculate the volume of the brass
object. The density of brass is 8.4 g/cm3 [4]

b) Explain using a diagram how to calculate the density of an irregular object whose volume
can not be measured. [6]

c) To find the volume of the piece of wood, the student has a measuring cylinder, a supply of
water and the brass object in (a). The piece of wood and the brass object are small enough
to be placed in the measuring cylinder.
i. The piece of wood does not sink in water. Suggest why. [2]
ii. Describe what the student does to find the volume of the piece of wood, stating the
measurements that she makes and any calculations required. [3]

Question 2 - Accuracy

a) What is meant by the term accuracy? [2]

b) The period of the vertical oscillations of a mass hanging from a spring is known to be
constant.
i. A student times single oscillations with a stopwatch. In 10 separate measurements, the
stopwatch readings were:
1.8 s, 1.9 s, 1.7 s, 1.9 s, 1.8 s, 1.8 s, 1.9 s, 1.7 s, 1.8 s, 1.8 s.

What is the best value obtainable from these readings for the time of one oscillation?
Explain how you arrive at your answer. [3]
Best value =
explanation -

ii. Describe how, using the same stopwatch, the student can find the period of oscillation
more accurately. [5]

Question 3 - Speed, Distance and Time.

a) The speed of a vehicle is sometimes measured using detectors buried in the road. The two
detectors are about 1m apart. As a vehicles passes over the dictator, an electronic timer
starts. As it passes over the second detector, the time stops.
Explain how the vehicle’s speed can then be calculated . [5]

b) A train has a total mass of 7.5 × 105 kg. (a) The train accelerates from rest at a constant rate
along a straight, horizontal track. It reaches a speed of 24 m/s in 60 s.
Calculate
i. the train’s acceleration, acceleration [2]
ii. the resultant force acting on the train. force = [2]
iii. The train now travels with a constant speed of 24 m/s along a straight, horizontal
track. The total force opposing the motion due to friction and air resistance is 7.2 × 104
N. [3]
iv. By considering the work done by the train’s engine in 1.0 s, calculate its output power.
[3]
Question 4 - Forces and Motion

a) Define the following terms. [8]


i. A force?
ii. A resultant force?
iii. Momentum?
iv. The principle of conservation of momentum

b) State the two conditions required for the equilibrium of a body acted upon by a number of
forces. [4]

c) What is the relationship between force and mass? Write down the formula for force (F). [3]

d) One way to find the mass of an object id to apply a force to it and measure its acceleration.
An astronaut pushes a spacecraft with a force of 200N. The spacecraft accelerates at
0.12m/s². What is the mass of the spacecraft. [3]

e) Calculate the acceleration of a stone whose weight is 8.0N and mass is 0.8kg. [3]

f) An astronaut has a mass of 65 kg on Earth, where the gravitational field strength is 10N/kg.
[4]
i. Calculate the astronaut’s weight on Earth.
ii. Complete the following sentence.
The astronaut’s weight on Earth is the ................................................................... force
between the astronaut and ...................................................................

g) A bucket is full of oil. The total mass of the bucket of oil is 5.4 kg and the gravitational field
strength is 10 N / kg. [4]
i. Calculate the total weight of the bucket of oil.
ii. Explain, in terms of their molecules, why the density of the oil is greater than that of
air.

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