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Douay Martyrs GSO

1 (b) A fisherman pulls a boat towards land.

The forces acting on the boat are shown in Diagram 1.

The fisherman exerts a force of 300 N on the boat.


The sea exerts a resistive force of 250 N on the boat.

Diagram 1

(i) Describe the motion of the boat.


(2)
(ii) When the boat reaches land, the resistive force increases to 300 N.
The fisherman continues to exert a force of 300 N.

Describe the motion of the boat.

Tick (✓) one box.


  Accelerating to the
right

 Constant velocity to
the right

 Stationary
(iii) Explain your answer to part (b)(ii).
(2)

Q2.(a) The diagram shows two forces acting on an object.

What is the resultant force acting on the object?

Tick ( ) one box.


8 N to the right

8 N to the left

4 N to the right

4 N to the left
(1)

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(b) BASE jumpers jump from very high buildings and mountains for sport.

The diagram shows the forces acting on a BASE jumper in flight.


The BASE jumper is wearing a wingsuit.

(i) Draw a ring around the correct answer in the box to complete each sentence.

smaller
than

The BASE jumper accelerates forwards when force A is equal to force B.

bigger than

smaller
than

The BASE jumper falls with a constant speed when force C is equal to force D.

bigger
than

(ii) To land safely the BASE jumper opens a parachute.

What effect does opening the parachute have on the speed of the falling
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BASE jumper?, Give a reason for your answer

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