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PHYSICS TEST

Note: Attempt all questions. Max. Marks: 30 marks

Total Time: 1 hour

1. A child slides down a slide. The weight of the child is 250N. The height of the slide is 7 m.
The work done against friction as the child travels down the slide is 1300 J.
What is the change in gravitational potential energy and what is the final kinetic energy
of the child? [2]

2. A 300 N force is applied to a box to move it up a ramp, as shown. How much work is
done by the force when moving the box from X to Y? [3]

A. 900 J B. 1200 J C. 1500 J D. 3000 J

3. A child of mass 30 Kg is moving at a speed of 4 m/s when she reaches the bottom of a
slide. What is her kinetic energy? [2]
A. 60 J B. 120 J C. 240 J D. 480 J
4. The diagram shows the energy transfer through a machine. The machine is 50% efficient.
Which equation is correct? [1]

A. Input energy = useful output energy


B. useful output energy = input energy + wasted energy
C. wasted energy = input energy + useful output energy
D. wasted energy = useful output energy
5. The diagram shows a girl lifting a box of weight 50 N from a low shelf to a high shelf.
How much work is done on the box? [2]

A. 30 J B. 60 J C. 90 J D. 120 J
6. The base of a rectangular storage tank is 2 m by 3 m. The tank is filled with paraffin to a
depth of 3 m. The density of paraffin is 800 Kg/m3 and the gravitational field strength is
10 N/Kg. What is the pressure at the bottom of the tank due to the paraffin? [2]

A. 2400 Pa B. 14,400 Pa C. 24,000 Pa D. 144,000 Pa


7. Objects of different weights are placed on a rigid, horizontal surface. Which row chows
the correct pressure acting on the surface? [2]

8. A crane lifts a weight of 1000 N through a vertical height of 30 m. It uses 60,000 J of


energy. What is the efficiency of the crane? [1]
A. 20 % B. 30 % C. 40 % D. 50 %
9. The diagram shows two cubes made from the same material. One cube has sides that
are twice as long as the sides of the other cube. The wight of the small cube is W. What
is the weight of the larger cube? [1]
A. 2 W B. 4 W C. 8 W D. 16 W
10.The diagram shows a mercury manometer connected to a gas container. The density of
mercury is 13,600 Kg/m3. The gravitational field strength g is 10 N/Kg. what is the
pressure difference between the gas in the container and the atmosphere? [2]

A. 27,200 Pa B. 40,800 Pa C. 54,400 Pa D. 81,600 Pa


11.The diagram shows a simple manometer that contains a liquid. Side X is connected to a
gas supply of pressure R. Side Y is open to the atmosphere at pressure S. Which pressure
is the length h used to measure? [1]

A. R B. S C. R-S D. R+S
12.Four solid blocs with flat surfaces are placed on some soft plasticine, in the positions
shown. Which block sinks the deepest into the plasticine? [1]
13.The system shown in the diagram contains a liquid. A downward force of 80 N is exerted
on piston K. What will be the upward force exerted by the liquid on piston L? [2]

A. 1 N B. 4 N C. 80 N D. 1600 N
14.The diagram shows the levels X and Y in a liquid manometer when the gas tap is opened.
What is the pressure of the gas in the cylinder? [1]

A. 18 cm of liquid below atmospheric pressure.


B. 9 cm of liquid below atmospheric pressure.
C. 9 cm of liquid above atmospheric pressure.
D. 18 cm of liquid above atmospheric pressure.
15.A constant force of 9 KN, parallel to an inclined plane, moves a body of weight 20 KN
through a distance of 40 m along the plane at constant speed. The body gains 12 m in
height, as shown. [3]
A. 120 KJ B. 240 KJ C. 360 KJ D. 600 KJ
16.A bullet of mass 2 g is fired horizontally into a block of wood of mass 600 g. The block is
suspended from strings so that it is free to move in a vertical plane. The bullet buries
itself in the block. The block and bullet rise together through a vertical distance of 8.6
cm. as shown.

i. Calculate the change in gravitational potential energy of the block and bullet. [2]

ii. Show that the initial speed of the block and the bullet, after they began to move
off together, was 1.3 ms-1. [2]

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