PAKISTAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL (ES), JEDDAH

Grade Y9
Student
Name

Student ID Class

PHYSICS 0625/21
Paper 4 Theory (Extended) March 2024

45 minutes

You must answer on the question paper.

No additional materials are needed.

INSTRUCTIONS
● Answer all questions.
● Use a black or dark blue pen. You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams
or graphs.
● Write your name, student ID and class in the boxes at the top of the page.
● Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
● Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
● You may use a calculator.
● You should show all your working and use appropriate units.
● Take the weight of 1.0 kg to be 9.8 N (acceleration of free fall = 9.8 m / s2).

INFORMATION
● The total mark for this paper is 80.
● The number of marks for each question or part question
is shown in brackets [ ].

P2 Practice - Review
Pack

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1 A student investigates a pendulum.

He measures the time for the pendulum to complete 20 oscillations.

He repeats the experiment three more times.

The readings are shown.

time for
experiment
20 oscillations / s

1 17.6
2 19.8
3 17.6
4 18.6

What is the average period of the pendulum?

A 0.88 s B 0.92 s C 17.6 s D 18.4 s

2 A tennis ball falls from the upstairs window of a house.

What can be said about the acceleration of the ball if air resistance is ignored?

A It depends on the density of the ball.

B It depends on the mass of the ball.
C It increases as the ball falls.
D It stays the same as the ball falls.

3 A car joins a road at a speed of 14 m / s and accelerates at 4.0 m / s2 for 5.0 seconds.

What is the final speed of the car?

A 18 m / s B 20 m / s C 32 m / s D 34 m / s

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4 The gravitational field strength is 8.8 N / kg on Venus and 3.8 N / kg on Mars.

An object has a weight of 42 N on Venus.

What are the mass and the weight of the object on Mars?

mass / kg weight / N

A 4.8 18
B 4.8 42
C 11 42
D 11 97

5 A student carries out an experiment to find the density of a rock.

measuring
cylinder

liquid

rock

200 g balance 264 g

Which two measurements does the student need to make to determine the density of the rock?

measurement 1 measurement 2

A increase in mass increase in volume of liquid

B final mass increase in depth of liquid
C increase in mass increase in depth of liquid
D final mass increase in volume of liquid

6 A car has a mass of 1500 kg. A constant resultant force acts on the car and the car accelerates
from 15 m / s to 20 m / s in 4.0 seconds.

What is the magnitude of the resultant force acting on the car?

A 300 N B 1200 N C 1900 N D 7500 N

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7 A metal wire is loaded up to the limit of proportionality.

Which statement is correct?

A Hooke’s law is not obeyed when the load is increased from zero to this point.
B When the load is increased beyond the limit of proportionality, the diameter of the wire will
increase.
C When the load is removed, the wire returns to its original length.
D Up to the limit of proportionality, there is no change in the shape of the wire.

8 The diagram shows a uniform metre rule, MN, pivoted at its midpoint P.

M P N

W1 W2

Two weights, W1 and W2, are hung either side of the pivot.

The rule remains balanced.

Which row is correct?

direction of resultant direction of resultant

moment about point M force on the rule

A clockwise downwards
B clockwise zero
C zero downwards
D zero zero

9 Which physical quantity is a vector?

A mass
B density
C temperature
D velocity

10 A resultant force of 500 N acts for 10 s on a car of mass 1000 kg. This causes the velocity of the
car to double.

What is the final velocity of the car?

A 5m/s B 10 m / s C 20 m / s D 50 m / s

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11 A child pushes a toy car along a horizontal surface and then releases it.

As the car slows down, what is the main energy transfer?

A from chemical to thermal

B from chemical to kinetic
C from kinetic to gravitational (potential)
D from kinetic to thermal

12 At time = 0, a cannonball is stationary inside a cannon. The cannonball is then fired from the
cannon.

At time = t, the cannonball moves forwards and the cannon moves backwards.

What happens to the total kinetic energy and the total momentum of the cannon and the
cannonball between time = 0 and time = t ?

total kinetic energy of total momentum of

cannon and cannonball cannon and cannonball

A changes changes
B changes remains the same
C remains the same changes
D remains the same remains the same

13 In a small hydroelectric power scheme, 800 kg of water drops through a vertical height of 2.2 m
every second. The electrical output is 10.6 kW.

What is the efficiency of the scheme?

A 0.60% B 17% C 60% D 75%

14 An object is at rest on a horizontal surface.

Which equation is used to calculate the pressure that the object exerts?
mass of the object
A
area of contact
weight of the object
B
area of contact
C mass of the object  area of contact

D weight of the object  area of contact

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16 A student has a measuring cylinder containing water and also has a balance.

Which of these could she use to find the volume of a small metal sphere?

She has no other apparatus.

A either the measuring cylinder containing water or the balance

B the measuring cylinder containing water only
C the balance only
D neither the measuring cylinder nor the balance

17 A ball hits a bat with a velocity of 30 m / s, and leaves the bat travelling with a velocity of 20 m / s in
the opposite direction. The ball is in contact with the bat for 0.10 s.

What is the magnitude of the acceleration of the ball whilst it is in contact with the bat?

A 1.0 m / s2 B 5.0 m / s2 C 100 m / s2 D 500 m / s2

18 A train begins a journey from a station and travels 60 km in a time of 20 minutes.

What is the average speed of the train?

A 3.0 m / s B 5.0 m / s C 50 m / s D 60 m / s

19 Which statement about mass is correct?

A A mass of 10 kg weighs 1 N near the Earth’s surface.

B Mass is a gravitational force.
C Mass increases when the gravitational field strength increases.
D The greater the mass of a body, the more it resists a change in its motion.

20 A small bottle has a mass of 20 g when empty. The volume of the bottle is 10 cm3.

When full of liquid, the total mass is 150 g.

What is the density of the liquid?

A 0.50 g / cm3 B 2.0 g / cm3 C 13 g / cm3 D 15 g / cm3

21 An object of mass 0.80 kg is moving in a straight line at a velocity of 2.0 m / s. A force is exerted
on the object, in the direction of motion, for a period of 1.0 minute and the velocity of the object
increases to 6.0 m / s.

What force is exerted on the object?

A 0.053 N B 0.080 N C 3.2 N D 4.8 N

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22 An object moves at constant speed in the circular path shown.

P
Z X

Which statement about the acceleration of the object when it is at point P is correct?

A The acceleration is in the direction of arrow X.

B The acceleration is in the direction of arrow Y.
C The acceleration is in the direction of arrow Z.
D The object is not accelerating.

23 An object is pivoted at point P. A student ties a length of string to a peg on the object. He pulls
the string with a force F.

string

s t
peg
r
q P

object

What is the moment of the force F about the point P?

A Fq B Fr C Fs D Ft

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24 A gas molecule strikes the wall of a container. The molecule rebounds with the same speed.

wall wall
gas molecule gas molecule

before hitting the wall after hitting the wall

What happens to the kinetic energy and what happens to the momentum of the molecule?

kinetic energy momentum

A changes changes
B changes stays the same
C stays the same changes
D stays the same stays the same

25 A horizontal force pulls a box along a horizontal surface.

The box gains 30 J of kinetic energy and 10 J of thermal energy is produced by the friction
between the box and the surface.

How much work is done by the force?

A 10 J B 20 J C 30 J D 40 J

26 A crane is used to lift loads vertically.

The output power of the crane to lift a car is P.

The crane then lifts a lorry, which has 3.0 times the weight of the car, through 0.25 of the distance
in 0.50 of the time.

What is the output power of the crane now?

A 3P B 3P C 8P D 6P
8 2 3

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27 The diagram shows a rectangular metal sheet close to two rulers.

30

metal sheet
20

10

cm
0

0 cm 10 20 30 40 50

What is the area of the metal sheet?

A 700 cm2 B 875 cm2 C 900 cm2 D 1125 cm2

28 A ball falls from rest through the air towards the ground. The diagram shows two forces acting on
the ball.

air resistance

gravitational force

As the ball falls, the air resistance increases.

Which statement is correct?

A The acceleration of the ball decreases.

B The acceleration of the ball increases.
C The speed of the ball decreases.
D The gravitational force on the ball decreases.

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29 A compressed spring projects a ball horizontally in a vacuum chamber.

On the Earth, the ball reaches the chamber floor 4.0 m in front of the spring.

An identical experiment is done on the Moon. The gravitational field strength is lower on the
Moon than on the Earth.

The experimental results on the Moon are compared with those on the Earth.

Which statement is correct?

A The horizontal speed is greater on the Moon and the ball hits the floor 4.0 m in front of the
spring.
B The horizontal speed is greater on the Moon and the ball hits the floor more than 4.0 m in
front of the spring.
C The horizontal speed is the same on the Moon and the ball hits the floor 4.0 m in front of the
spring.
D The horizontal speed is the same on the Moon and the ball hits the floor more than 4.0 m in
front of the spring.

30 Diagram 1 shows a piece of flexible material that contains many pockets of air. Diagram 2 shows
the same piece of flexible material after it has been compressed so that its volume decreases.

diagram 1 diagram 2
(before compression) (after compression)

What happens to the mass and to the weight of the flexible material when it is compressed?

mass weight

A increases increases
B increases no change
C no change increases
D no change no change

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31 The graph shows how the strength of the Earth’s gravitational field varies as the distance from
the Earth’s surface increases.

strength of
the Earth’s
gravitational
field

0
0 distance from the
surface of the Earth

Which row describes the effect that this has on the mass and on the weight of an object as it
moves further away from the Earth’s surface?

mass of object weight of object

A decreases decreases
B decreases unchanged
C unchanged decreases
D unchanged unchanged

32 A measuring cylinder contains 40 cm3 of water.

A solid metal ball is dropped into the water and the water level rises to 56 cm3.

The mass of the ball is 80 g.

What is the density of the metal from which the ball is made?

A 0.20 g / cm3 B 1.4 g / cm3 C 2.0 g / cm3 D 5.0 g / cm3

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33 A car travels along a horizontal road at constant speed. Three horizontal forces act on the car.
The diagram shows two of these forces.

direction of
motion forwards

air resistance force from engine

300 N 1500 N

What is the size and the direction of the third horizontal force acting on the car?

A 1200 N backwards
B 1200 N forwards
C 1800 N backwards
D 1800 N forwards

34 A car is driven round a bend in the road at a constant speed.

car
direction of the
motion of the car

What is the direction of the resultant force on the car when it is going round the bend?

A parallel to the motion and in the same direction as the motion

B parallel to the motion and in the opposite direction to the motion
C perpendicular to the motion and towards the inside of the bend
D perpendicular to the motion and towards the outside of the bend

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35 An athlete with mass 70 kg trains by performing press-ups with a load on his back. The diagram
shows the perpendicular distances involved.

The centre of mass of the athlete is CM and the centre of mass of the load he is carrying is CL.

0.1 m 0.3 m 0.9 m

load
CL

CM

The mass of the load is 6.0 kg.

What is the upward force exerted by his two arms?

A 54 N B 76 N C 540 N D 760 N

36 An air pistol fires a pellet forwards.

What is the motion of the air pistol?

A The air pistol moves backwards with speed greater than the pellet.
B The air pistol moves backwards with speed less than the pellet.
C The air pistol moves forward with speed greater than the pellet.
D The air pistol moves forward with speed less than the pellet.

37 Which row describes an advantage and a disadvantage of wind turbines?

advantage disadvantage

A no fuel needed harmful gases released

B variable supply fuel needed
C no harmful gases released variable supply
D constant supply noisy

38 An electric motor provides 900 J of useful output energy. The efficiency of the motor is 60 %.

How much electrical energy is supplied to the motor?

A 15 J B 540 J C 1500 J D 5400 J

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39 A crane takes 2.0 minutes to lift a 500 kg load to the top of a building that is 12 m high.

What is the useful power developed against gravity by the crane?

A 21 W B 50 W C 500 W D 30 000 W

40 A skier is standing still on a flat area of snow.

skis

The weight of the skier is 550 N. The total area of his skis in contact with the ground is 0.015 m2.

What is the pressure exerted on the ground by the skier?

A 0.83 N / m2 B 8.3 N / m2 C 3700 N / m2 D 37 000 N / m2

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