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Name

Class

1 Mr Smith needs to put the paving stone down.

He does not want it to sink into the mud.
a Which side of the stone should he put
on the ground?

A
B

[1 mark]

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b Explain your answer to part a.

[2 marks]
2 A boy dives 10 metres deep for pearls.
a The boy can feel pressure from the water.
What causes this pressure?

[1 mark]
Five metres further down there is extra pressure
on the boy from the water.
b Explain what causes the extra pressure.

[1 mark]
c How will the pressure change if he goes deeper?
[1 mark]
d Draw four arrows on the boy in the drawing to show in which directions the
pressure is acting on him.
[2 marks]

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3 a Label the pivot on drawing A on the right.

b Wire cutters can cut through thin pieces of wire.
Bolt cutters can cut through much thicker pieces
of metal. Is tool B a pair of bolt cutters, or a pair
of wire cutters?
A

Explain your answer.

B

[3 marks]
4 This is a hydraulic lifting system.
a Calculate the pressure the small piston
puts on the fluid. (Hint: P = F/A.)

250 N
5 cm2
20 cm2

fluid

[1 mark]
b What is the pressure of the fluid on the large piston?

[1 mark]
c Calculate the size of the force that this pressure will put on the large piston.

[1 mark]
d If the small piston moves 4 cm, how far will the large piston move?

[1 mark]
e Why do hydraulic systems only work with liquids and not gases?

[1 mark]

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5 Mrs Jones is pumping up a tyre

on her car.
a What is happening to the number of
air particles in the tyre?

[1 mark]
b Explain why the pressure of air inside the tyre is increasing.

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[1 mark]
c What happens to the area of the tyre in contact with the ground? Explain your
answer by reference to P = F/A.

[2 marks]
6 A steelyard is used for weighing objects that can be suspended from it.
rider

pivot

load

a The rider weighs 100 N and is 0.5 m from the pivot.

What is the moment of the rider?

[1 mark]
b The steelyard is balanced. What is the moment of the load?

[1 mark]
7 The weight of a skier is 750 N. Each ski is 10 cm wide and 125 cm long.
Calculate the pressure he exerts on the snow when standing on two skis. Include
the units.

[3 marks]
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