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Dynamics Unit Test July 2021

This document contains a unit test on dynamics with multiple choice questions and free response problems. Part A has 5 true/false questions about concepts like the normal force and Newton's laws. Part B contains 5 multiple choice questions about inertia, Newton's third law, and how a sprinter accelerates. Part C includes 4 application problems involving calculating acceleration, forces, and distances using concepts like friction. The test assesses students' understanding of key dynamics concepts through calculations and drawing free body diagrams.

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Dynamics Unit Test July 2021

This document contains a unit test on dynamics with multiple choice questions and free response problems. Part A has 5 true/false questions about concepts like the normal force and Newton's laws. Part B contains 5 multiple choice questions about inertia, Newton's third law, and how a sprinter accelerates. Part C includes 4 application problems involving calculating acceleration, forces, and distances using concepts like friction. The test assesses students' understanding of key dynamics concepts through calculations and drawing free body diagrams.

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GRADE 11 DYNAMICS UNIT TEST K /10 A /22


Communication mark will be awarded for overall neatness and complete solution.
COMMUMNICATION L1 L2 L3 L4
PART A: TRUE/FALSE SECTION: Circle either true or false to indicate your answer for each statement.

1 The normal force is always perpendicular to the surface between two objects T rue False [5 marks]
in contact.
2 A student steps off a bathroom scale and correctly says “my weight is 60 kg.” True False
3 Once you know the net force acting on an object, you can use Newton’s First True False
Law of Motion to determine the acceleration
4 The force of kinetic friction is always greater than the force of static friction True False
5 A horizontal force of 42 N is used to move a 7.0 kg cart. The acceleration of True False
the cart is 2.0 m/s2 if there is a force of friction of 28 N?

PART B: Multiple choice questions: circle the write answer [5 marks]

1. Inertia is the property of matter


a. that causes an object to resist any changes to its state of motion.
b. that causes an object at rest to stay at rest unless a net force acts on it.
c. that causes an object in motion to stay at a constant velocity unless a net force acts on it.
d. all of these.

2. A car is pulling west on a trailer with a force of 1500 N. According to Newton’s Third Law, what other force must be
acting?
a. a force on the trailer of 1500 N [E]
b. a force on the trailer of 1500 N [W]
c. a force on the car of 1500 N [W]
d. a force on the car of 1500 N [E]

3. A mass of 5.0 kg is placed on a frictionless table. A massless string is attached to the mass and run over a frictionless
pulley to a hanging mass of 8.0 kg. If the hanging mass is released, what is the acceleration of the system?
a. 0 m/s2
b. 3.8 m/s2
c. 6.0 m/s2
d. 9.8 m/s2

4. A tugboat is attached to a barge of mass 5100 kg with cable #1. A second barge with a mass of 12 000 kg is attached to
the first barge with cable #2. The tugboat pulls the two barges with an acceleration of 0.030 m/s2. What are the tensions in
cables #1 and #2?

a. cable #1: 510 N; cable #2: 360 N


b. cable #1: 360 N; cable #2: 510 N
c. cable #1: 360 N; cable #2: 360 N
d. cable #1: 510 N; cable #2: 510 N

5. How does a sprinter accelerate?


a. by using the static friction between her shoes and the ground
b. by using the kinetic friction between her shoes and the ground
c. by using the normal force between her body and the ground
d. by using the force of gravity

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TRANSFER YOUR ANSWER HERE

PART A: WRITE TRUE/ FALSE IN WORD

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5

PART B: WRITE YOUR ANSWER IN CAPITAL LETTER

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5

PART C: APPLICATION PROBLEMS: [22 marks]

1. A 12- kg sled is pulled horizontally with a force of 82 N. The coefficient of kinetic friction of the sled is 0.42.

(a) Draw a free body diagram of the sled [2 marks]

(b) Calculate the force of friction action on the sled [2 marks]

(c) Calculate the acceleration of the sled [2 marks]

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2. What is the gravitational force between a 60.0 kg student and the Great Pyramid in Egypt with an estimated mass of
5.22 x 109 kg, 1.0 km away. [ G=6.67 x 10-11 Nm/kg2] [2 marks]

3. Martica pushed a saltshaker to make it slide across a cafeteria table. The initial velocity of the saltshaker is 1.2 m/s.
Eventually, the saltshaker slows down and comes to a stop. If the coefficient of friction between saltshaker and the
table is 0.20, calculate the distance the saltshaker travelled before it stopped. [4 marks]
[Don’t forget to draw the FBD]

4. John set up a dynamics cart with a mass of 875 g on lab desk. The cart is connected to a suspended 300 g mass by a
string that is threaded through a frictionless pulley. The coefficient of friction between the lab desk and the dynamics
cart is 0.25.

m =300 g

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a) Draw the FBD of the cart and the mass [2 marks]

b) Determine the acceleration of the dynamics cart when the 300 g mass is released. [4 marks]

c) If the dynamics cart takes 1.3 s to reach the pulley, what distance does it travel? [2 marks]

d) Will the acceleration of the cart increase or decrease if the surface is NOW frictionless? Support your answer with
evidence [ conceptual or calculation] [2 marks]

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