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1 The diagram shows children about to run a race. They have to run 25 m, pick up a small plastic
ring and run back to cross the base line.

hooter

base line

25 m

plastic rings

The teacher records the following information for one of the children.

The child starts to run at time = 0.

The child picks up the ring at time = 9.0 s.
The child finishes the race at time = 17.0 s.
The highest speed occurs as the child finishes the race.

Using this information, sketch a speed–time graph on the grid, suggesting how the speed of this
child varies during the race.

speed

0 5 10 15 20
time / s
[3]
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[Total: 3]

2 A car of mass m is travelling along a straight, horizontal road at a constant speed v.

At time t = 0, the driver of the car sees an obstruction in the road ahead of the car and applies the
brakes.

The car does not begin to decelerate at t = 0.

The diagram is the distance–time graph for the car from t = 0.

60

distance / m

40

20

0
0 1 2 3 4 5
time / s

(a) State the property of a distance–time graph that corresponds to speed.

........................................................................................................................................... [1]

(b) Using the distance–time graph, determine the initial speed v of the car.

v = .............................................. [2]

[Total: 3]
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3 A sailor uses a winch to raise a sail on a boat. Diagram A shows the sailor turning the winch.

sail

winch

Diagram A

The sailor applies a force of 200 N at a distance of 30 cm from the pivot in the winch, as shown in
diagram B.

200 N
winch

pivot
30 cm

Diagram B

Calculate the moment of this force about the pivot.

moment of force = ................................................. N cm [3]

[Total: 3]
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4 The diagram shows a box attached to a parachute. The box and the parachute are falling through
the air.

The diagram shows three vertical forces acting on the box and the parachute.

Calculate the resultant vertical force and state its direction.

resultant vertical force = .............................................. N

direction .............................................. [3]

[Total: 3]

5 The diagram shows a collision between two blocks A and B on a smooth, horizontal surface.

Before the collision, block A, of mass 2.4 kg, is moving at 3.0 m / s. Block B, of mass 1.2 kg, is at
rest.

After the collision, blocks A and B stick together and move with velocity v.
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(a) (i) Calculate the momentum of block A before the collision.

momentum = .......................................... [2]

(ii) Calculate the velocity v.

velocity = ................................................ [2]

(iii) Calculate the impulse experienced by block B during the collision.

impulse = ............................................... [2]

(b) Suggest why the total kinetic energy of blocks A and B after the collision is less than the kinetic
energy of block A before the collision.

...........................................................................................................................................

........................................................................................................................................... [1]

[Total: 7]