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Grade 10 – Science Newton’s Laws of Motion Unit test

Name : ………………… Class : ……………. Marks : ………………

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Answer all the question. Time : 1 hour and 30 minutes.

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• Select the most suitable answer and underline.

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01. What will happen if two similar forces which are opposite in directions act on an object?
1. Object will be at rest.
2. Motion of the object (velocity) will be as it is.

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3. Object will accelerate.
4. Object will move with a uniform velocity
02. A child who is standing in the direction of the moving train jumps vertically upwards. What
will be his position when he returns back, if the train travels at a constant velocity?
1. To the initial position
2. Behind the initial position
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3. Infront of the initial position
4. Can’t state clearly as the velocity of the train is unknown
03. A person who is standing in a moving train is holding a coin vertically up from a certain mark
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which is on the floor of the train. If this person is standing in the direction of the motion of
the train and releases the coin at an instance where the train is accelerating. Coin will fall;
1. On to the mark 2. Infront of the mark
3. Behind the mark 4. As the given data is insufficient, it cannot be stated
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04. A parachute soldier accelerates in air because,

1. Friction exerted by the air is equal to his weight.
2. He doesn’t have any weight when falling down.
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3. No any external forces act on him

4. The airplane he flew was moving with a uniform velocity.
05. A bull cart is travelling at constant speed on a straight horizontal road. At this time the total
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resistive force that is against the cart is;

1. Lesser than the force exerted by the bull.
2. Greater than the force exerted by the bull.
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3. Equal to the force exerted by the bull.

4. Zero.
06. What will not happen if an unbalanced force was acted on an object which was moving at a
uniform velocity
1. Decelerate 2. Object will come to rest
3. Object will have the same velocity 4. Direction of motion will change

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 07. According to the diagram given, A force is applied on to
the window from the given points. Which point will give
the least force?
1. A 2. B
3. C 4. D
08. When a force of 5N is applied on an object, it accelerates 2ms-2. Mass of the object is,

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1. 10kg 2. 2.5kg 3. 5kg 4. 100kg
09. When the paper is pulled, the coin will drop in to the vessel.

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Which of the following law can be used to correctly explain this
incident.
1. Newton’s 1st law 2. Newton’s 2nd law

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3. Law of momentum 4. Newton’s 3rd law
10. What is the force acted on an object of mass 500g?
1. 0.5g 2. 0.5N 3. 5N 4. 50N

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11. According to Newton’s 1 law,st

1. Objects which are in motion will stop without an external force

2. An external force does not act on an object which accelerates uniformly.
3. Until an external unbalanced force is applied, the object at rest will be as it is.
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4. Object will come to rest because of a balanced force that is acting on the object.
12. What happens when a force is exerted to the direction of a moving object?
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1. Deceleration increases 2. Object will come to rest
3. Object will travel with a uniform velocity. 4. Direction of the object will change.
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13. When an object of mass 600kg is brought to the moon surface, its weight will be;
1. 600N 2. 100N 3. 60N 4. 10N
14. Weight of an object is the;
1. Amount of matter present in it. 2. Number of materials present
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3. Gravitational acceleration 4. Pull towards the ground

15. Units which are used to measure weight and mass respectively are;
1. Kg & N 2. N & kg 3. N & N 4. Kg & kg
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16. Statement – Weight = Mass × Gravitational acceleration.

Equation corresponding to the statement – F = ma
1. Statement is correct and it is and the equation is applicable to the statement
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2. Statement is correct but equation is incorrect

3. Both statement & equation is incorrect.
4. Statement is correct but the equation is applicable to the statement.
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17. When Velocity and momentum is considered,

1. Velocity is a vector quantity while momentum is a scaler quantity.
2. Both Velocity and momentum are scaler quantities.
3. Velocity is a scaler quantity while momentum is a vector quantity.
4. Both Velocity and momentum are vector quantities.

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 18. Select the correct statement out of the following.
1. When a vehicle is moving fast, its momentum increase.
2. The momentum of a moving vehicle is the measure of how difficulty to start a motion.
3. Momentum is the product of mass into velocity
4. Unit of momentum is kgms-2.
19. Mass of a man is 80kg. What is the weight of the man?

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1. 60N 2. 80kg 3. 800N 4. 800kg
20. The relationship that is stated by

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1. When acceleration increases, mass also increases
2. When mass increases, acceleration also decreases
3. When acceleration increases, mass decreases

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4. When mass decreases, acceleration also decreases
21. What is the force required to give an acceleration of 2ms-2 to a mass of 4kg?
1. 2N 2. 0.5 N 3. 8N 4. 4N

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22. What is the reason for using a seatbelt when going in a Motor vehicle?
1. Because the driver can be held to court cases
2. To get the ability to be in the motor vehicle without getting thrown out of the vehicle
when an accident occurs.
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3. To prevent from falling forward when brakes are applied
4. Seat belt exerts a force on the upper part of his body as well, the whole body remains at
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the velocity of the vehicle even when brakes are applied
23. In which instances does the wooden block will have the maximum acceleration?
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24. Select the correct statement regarding force

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1. A push or a pull is a force

2. Magnitude of the force is measured in Newton
3. Force is a scaler quantity
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4. Direction cannot be changed by applying a force

25. A - When moving up from the sea level, gravitational acceleration increases
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B – Mass of 600kg will be 100kg on Moon surface

Out of the statements A and B;
1. Only A is true 2. Only B is true
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3. Both A and B is true 4. Both A and B is false

26. Mass of a bullet is very low. But it cannot be caught by a hand. What is the reason for it?
1. Because It is very small.
2. Because it has a low speed
3. Because it has a high velocity
4. Because it has high weight and speed

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 27. The following diagram shows how a balloon is moved upwards by releasing air in it. Which
of the following answer shows the correct action and reaction?
1. a is the action and c is the reaction
2. b is the action and c is the reaction
3. a is the reaction and b is the reaction
4. a is the action and b is the reaction

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28. Which of the following is equal to 1N of force?
1. 1 kg 2. 100 g 3. 10 kg 4. 9.8 kg

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29. According to the figure shown, 2 forces are applied on an object. Find the correct
statement when the object is in motion.
1. Towards A with an unbalanced force of 10N

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2. Towards B with an unbalanced force of 12N
3. Towards A with an unbalanced force of 22N
4. Towards A with an unbalanced force of 2N

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30. 1N force is the,
1. Force that is required to produce an acceleration of 1ms-1 to an object of mass 1kg.
2. Force that is required to produce an acceleration of 1ms-2 to an object of mass 1kg.
3. Force that is required to produce an acceleration of 1ms-1 to an object of mass 10kg.
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4. Force that is required to produce an acceleration of 1ms-2 to an object of mass 10kg.
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Structured Essay
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01. A. Write the laws which explains each of the following instances clearly.
i. Falling forward of the passengers when brakes are applied suddenly in a moving bus.
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ii. Action that is occurred when rocket launches. ………………………………………………….

iii. Recoil of a gun when a bullet leaves the gun. ………………………………………………….
iv. When 2 equal forces are applied to 2 different masses, the larger mass moves with a low
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acceleration. ………………………………………………………………………………………..
v. Pushing of the passengers backward when a bus which was at rest starts to move suddenly.
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B. i. The above instance shows how two
different mass move with a same velocity.
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a. What is the momentum of 10kg mass?

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b. What is the momentum of 3kg mass?
……………………………………………………………………………………………… (M02)
c. i. Which mass have more momentum? ………………………………………………….. (M02)
ii. What is the conclusion that you can arrive? ……………………………...…………… (M02)

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 d. Define what is meant by 1N.
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02. This figure shows how a wooden block is kept on a table.

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i. Draw the forces which acts on the wooden block. (M02)

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ii. When a force was applied to this wooden block it fell down.
What is the force which cause it to fall down

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(M02)
iii. The mass of the wooden block is 200g. Find its weight.

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(M03)
iv. When a force 5N was applied, the wooden block started to move. Fid the acceleration at that
moment.

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(M03)
v. a. If the wooden block is at rest as shown in the figure, Will there be any external forces acted
on the block? …………………………………………………………………………... (M01)
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b. What is the law valid for that instance?

…………………………………………………………………………………………... (M02)
c. Write down that law.
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…………………………………………………………………………………………… (M02)
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Essay Questions
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03. A. A boat which was going to launch from a river bank is shown in the figure below.
i. Ferry man started to move the boat by applying
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a force horizontally to the river bank as shown in

the diagram. Briefly explain the action and
reaction forces at this instance (M03)
ii. Draw the forces which acts on the boat when
it is at rest. (M02)
iii. If the weight of the boat is 300N, Find the
force acted on the boat. (M02)

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 iv. The following graph shows how the velocity of the boat
changed with the time. Find the total displacement of the boat
using the graph. (M02)
v. Find the acceleration of the boat in first 4 seconds. (M02)
B. A car of mass of 1000kg which is at the foot of the

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mountain is moving upwards with a velocity of 6ms-1 & comes
to rest at the top of the mountain
i. a. What is the weight of the car? (M02)

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b. Calculate the initial momentum of the car? (M02)
c. Calculate the final momentum of the car? (M02)

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ii. What is the law of motion which can be used to describe the motion of the car? (M03)
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04. A. “The unbalanced force acting on an object is proportional to the mass of the object.”

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The above statement is belonging to one of the Newton’s laws.
i. What is that law? (M02)
ii. What is the equation that can be built by using that law? (M02)
iii. According to the forces acted on this object, Is it balanced force or an unbalanced force?
iv. What is the magnitude of that force? And what is (M01)
the direction? - (M03)
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v. Draw and label the forces that act by the tire of a
vehicle which is at rest. Mark the forces that act
towards the ground and the force by the ground as the
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reaction force. (M02)

vi. If a 250N force is applied instead of 100N force, what type of motion will the object take?
(M02)
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vii. What is the force required to give a ball of mass 500g & a 10ms acceleration?
(M02)
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B. A wooden block of mass 200g is kept on the top of an inclined plane.

i. At the initial instance, wooden block didn’t fall down even though gravitational force acted.
What is the reason for it? (M02)
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ii. What is the initial momentum of the wooden block? (M02)

iii. When a very small force was applied to the wooden block, it
fell down.
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a. Express 200g in Newtons. (M01)

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b. If the velocity acted on the wooden block is 2ms ,
Find the final momentum. (M01)
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(M20)

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