1. Forces of 6.0 N and 8.0 N act as shown.

Which diagram shows the resultant R of these two forces?

2. The diagram shows the only two horizontal forces acting on a trolley that is accelerating at
0.12m/s2.

What is the mass of the trolley?

A 0.050kg B 0.13kg C 20kg D 80kg
3. A uniform horizontal beam, pivoted at its right-hand end, is in equilibrium. A force of 60N acts
vertically upwards on the beam as shown.

What is the weight of the beam?

A 36 N B 40 N C 90N D 100 N

4. A constant frictional force acts on a moving object for a short amount of time causing the pivot
momentum of the object to decrease. Which
expression is used to calculate the time for which the force acts?

5. A student investigates the motion of a ball falling through the air. Which quantity is a vector?

A the diameter of the ball

B the gravitational force on the ball
C the distance from which the ball is dropped
D the speed at which the ball hits the ground
6 A trolley of mass 4.0 kg traveling with a velocity of 4.0 m/s collides with a trolley of mass
2.0 kg traveling with a velocity of 2.0m/s in the same direction. After the collision, the
velocity of the 4.0 kg trolley is reduced to 3.0 m/s.

What is the velocity v of the 2.0 kg trolley after the collision?

A 0.25m/s B 4.0m/s C 5.0m/s D 16m/s

7 Which quantity is a vector?

A acceleration B distance C speed D mass

8 A rugby player of mass 94kg sprints to the line to score a try at 8ms-1.
What is the momentum of the rugby player?

A 750 kg.m/s B 752 kg.m/s C 740 kg.m/s D 720 kg.m/s

9 What is the momentum of a 3 kg ball moving at the velocity of 5 m/s east?

A 0 kg.m/s east B 3 kg.m/s east C 5 kg.m/s east D 15 kg.m/s east

10 A solid object, immersed in water, hangs from an elastic thread.

Three forces act on the object: its weight W, the tension in the thread T, and a force F from the
water. The force F acts upwards. Assume the forces follow the cartesian rule.

Which equation is correct when the object is stationary?

11 The graph is the extension–load graph for a light spring S.

Using information from the graph, what is the spring constant k of spring S?
A 0.20 N/cm B 0.37 N/cm C 0.53 N/cm D 0.75 N/cm

12 Using information from the graph on question 11, in which load the limit of proportionality is
reached?

A2N B4N C6N D8N

13 The value of g on the planet Mars is 3.71 m/s2. If you have a weight of 600 N on the Earth,
What would be your weight on the Mars? (consider g on the Earth = 10 m/s2)

A 600 N B 588 N C 223 N D 233 N

14 The extension–load graph for a spring is shown.
The unstretched length of the spring is 17.0 cm.

When an object is suspended from the spring, the length of the spring is 19.2 cm.
What is the weight of the object?

A 1.4 N B 1.6 N C 2.6 N D 3.0N

15 The diagrams show the forces acting on four moving objects. Which object is
moving at a constant speed?
1 A bus is traveling along a straight road. The bus and the driver have a combined mass of
54 000 kg when there are no passengers in it. The bus has 225 passengers. The
average mass of each of the passengers is 68 kg.
(a) Give 3 examples of force acting on the bus, other than the driving force of the bus.

……………………………………………………………………………………..[3]

(b) Calculate the total mass of the bus, the driver and the 225 passengers.

[1]

mass = ……………… [1]

(c) The fully loaded bus accelerates uniformly from a speed of 7 m/s to 15 m/s in 25

seconds.

(i) Calculate the acceleration of the bus.

acceleration = ……………… [2]

(ii) Calculate the resultant force on the bus during the acceleration.

resultant force = ……………… [2]

 (iii) During the acceleration, the bus engine provides the driving force of 4500 N.

Air resistance and friction are present.

Calculate the magnitude of air resistance and friction combined.

air resistance and friction = ……………… [1]

2 A 1100 kg car travelling at 30 m/s collides with another car 1100 kg at rest.

The two bumpers lock and the cars move forward together.

What is the final velocity of those 2 cars?

…………..……………………..……………………..……………………..……………………..………

……………..……………………..……………………..……………………..………………………..[3]
3 Fig. 3.1 shows the horizontal forces acting on a skateboarder.

Fig. 3.1

​ (a) Calculate the resultant force acting on the skateboarder.

​
​ resultant force = ............................................................ N

direction = ............................................................... [2]

​ (b) Describe the effect of the resultant force in (a) on the motion of the skateboarder.

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

​ (c) The skateboarder is moving along a horizontal path.

The backward force is 100 N. The forward force is 100 N.
Describe the motion of the skateboarder.
​
​ ..................................................................................................................................... [1]

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4 Fig. 3.1 shows a wooden trolley of mass 1.2 kg at rest on the rough surface of a bench.

Fig. 3.1

A ball of mass 0.52 g travels horizontally towards the trolley. The ball embeds itself in the wood
of the trolley. The trolley moves with an initial speed of 0.065 m / s.

(a) Define the term impulse

…………………………………………………………………………………………………[1]

(b) Calculate:
(i) the impulse exerted on the trolley

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

(ii) the speed of the ball as it hits the trolley.

speed = ......................................................... [2]

[Total: 5]