1. A student holds a golf ball and a table tennis ball out of an upper window of a tall building.

ng. The balls are released at the same

time. Both balls have the same size. The golf ball has a greater mass than the tennis ball. One of the balls reaches a greater
terminal velocity.

i. State and explain the acceleration of the golf ball immediately after it is released.

[2]

ii. By referring to the forces acting on the golf ball, explain what is meant by terminal velocity.

[1]

iii. Explain which of the two balls reaches the greater terminal velocity.

[3]

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2. A group of civil engineers are assessing whether or not to use solid concrete pillars or hollow metal tubes to support a
building. One such tube is shown below. The tube is placed on a horizontal surface. The tube is made of metal of thickness
t. The tube has height h and a mean internal radius R. The radius R >> thickness t.

A heavy metal block of mass m is placed on top of the tube.

What is the approximate pressure p acting on the tube?

Your answer
[1]

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3. An object of mass 7.0 kg is pulled vertically upwards by a rope. The acceleration of the object is 2.0 m s . −2

What is the tension in the rope?

A. 14 N
B. 55 N
C. 69 N
D. 83 N

Your answer

[1]

4. An object is placed on a smooth horizontal surface. Two horizontal forces act on this object.
Fig. 21.3 shows the magnitudes and the directions of these two forces.

The mass of the object is 320 g.

Calculate the magnitude of the acceleration of the object.

acceleration = ........................................................... m s [3]

−2

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5. A man of mass M is standing on a set of scales in a lift. The lift is accelerating vertically upwards at a constant acceleration a.

The scales show the normal contact force experienced by the man.
What is the reading shown on the scales?

A. Mg
B. M (g − a)
C. M (a + g)

D.

Your answer
[1]

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6(a). Fig. 3 shows a swimmer of mass 65 kg, weight 640 N, being lifted vertically upwards from the sea by a cable of negligible
mass compared to the swimmer.

The tension T in the cable from the time that she leaves the water at t = 0 until t = 1.5 s is 670 N.
At t = 1.5 s T reduces to and remains constant at 640 N.

i. Use Newton's laws to describe qualitatively the motion of the swimmer for the first 4.0 s of her ascent.

[2]

ii. Show that at t = 4.0 s her height h above the water is more than 2 m and that she is rising at about 0.7 m s . −1

speed = .......................................... m s −1

h = .......................................... m [4]

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7. A block of wood is at rest on a ramp.
The weight of the block is W and the frictional force on the block is F.

A triangle of forces diagram can be used to determine the magnitude and the direction of the normal contact force N.

Which is the correct diagram for this triangle?

Your answer
[1]

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8. A canal boat is pulled by a single rope.
The tension in the rope is 220 N. The rope makes an angle of 30° to the direction of travel.
The speed of the boat is 1.8 m s .
−1

What is the work done per second by the 220 N force in the direction of travel?

A 61 J s−1

B 200 J s −1

C 340 J s −1

D 400 J s −1

Your answer
[1]

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9. The wooden sign is then hung on the screw at point A.
The forces acting on the screw are shown in Fig. 22.2.

Fig. 22.2

The inside section of the wall exerts a maximum downwards force of 31 N at a distance of 3.0 × 10−2 m from the outer edge
of the wall.
The hanging wooden sign exerts a force F at a distance 7.0 × 10−3 m from the outer edge of the wall.
There is a force R acting on the screw at the outer edge of the wall.
The mass of the screw is negligible.

Use the principle of moments to calculate the maximum mass of the wooden sign.

mass = ..................................................... kg [3]

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