GENERAL PHYSICS 1

FIRST QUARTER
ANSWER SHEET
NAME: _____________________________ SECTION: ______________

Activity 1. ACCURACY AND PRECISION

1. James was assigned by his teacher to measure the distance from their classroom to the
school gymnasium from Monday to Friday. He used a meter tape and got the following
measurements: 10.11 m, 11.01 m, 9.99 m, 10.01 m, and 10.85 m. The actual distance
from his classroom to the gym is 10.20. Are his measurements accurate or precise?
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2. The true value of the diameter of a cylinder is 5.895 cm. In an experiment, the diameter was
measured and the following data was gathered:

Diameter of Cylinder
7. 723 cm
3.456 cm
4.893 cm
6.321 cm
Are the measurements accurate? Precise? Why or why not?
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Activity 2. Giving Examples

Directions: List down at least three (3) examples of Random and Systematic errors.
Random:
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Systematic:
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Activity 3: SCALARS OR VECTORS?
Directions: Classify the following quantities as scalars or vectors. Write S if it is a scalar
quantity and V if it is a vector quantity.

QUANTITY QUANTITY QUANTITY

1. Impulse ___________ 6. work ____________ 11. area ____________
2. energy ___________ 7. power ____________ 12. density ____________
3. volume ___________ 8. current ____________ 13. resistance ____________
4. speed ___________ 9. momentum ____________ 14. torque ____________
5. pressure____________10. potential difference________15.weight ____________
Activity 4: VECTORS IN LIFE
Directions: Explain how vectors are being applied in the following:
1. A roller coaster Explanation

1. Sports (Baseball) Explanation

Activity 5: COMPONENT METHOD

Directions: Calculate the resultant of each vector using component method. Show your complete
solution following the different steps involved in component method.(10 pts each)

1. A = 14 cm, 600N of E andB = 20 cm, 200 N of E

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 2. F1 = 12 N, -30 and F2= 20 N , 900

3. v1 = 4m/s, 00 v2 = 8m/s, 900 v3 = 12m/s ,1200

Activity 6 .AVERAGE SPEED AND AVERAGE VELOCITY

Directions: Read carefully each of the following problems, show your complete solution
1. Calculate the speed for a car that went a distance of 125 kilometres in 2 hours time.

2. An airplane flies 650 kilometres east in 1.2 hours. What is the airplane’s velocity?

3. A roller coasters velocity at the top of a hill is 8 m/s. 1.65 seconds later, it reaches the
bottom of the hill with a velocity of 33.45 /s. What was the acceleration of the
coaster?

4. The velocity of a train changes from 0 to 60 in 20 seconds. Assuming that it is

uniformly accelerated, what is the acceleration in ?

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Activity 7 – SOLVE FOR ME
Directions: Solve for what is asked using the given basic four formulas for solving
uniformly acceleration motion

BALL THROWN UPWARD. Zacky throws a ball upward into the air with an initial velocity
of 12.0 m/s . Calculate a.) how high it goes and b.) how long the ball is in the air before it
comes down to his hand.

Activity 8: POEM WRITING

Directions: Write a poem integrating words or phrases related to the concept of relative
velocities in one and two dimensions. Use the rubrics below as your basis on writing.

Scoring Rubric for Poem Writing

Criteria and 4 3 2 1
Rating

Content and Demonstrates an Demonstrates a Demonstrates Demonstrates a

Topic excellent good a fair limited
understanding of understanding of understanding understanding of the
the topic. the topic. the of topic. topic.
Word Choice Uses vivid words Uses vivid words Uses words Uses a limited
and phrases that and phrases that that vocabulary that does
linger or draw linger or draw communicate not communicate
pictures in the pictures in the clearly, but the strongly or capture
reader's mind, and reader's mind, writing lacks the reader's
the choice and but occasionally variety, punch, interest. Jargon may
placement of the the words are or flair. be present
words seems used and detract from the
accurate, natural inaccurately or meaning.
and not forced. seem overdone.
Creativity Contains many Contains a few Contains a few There is little
creative details creative details creative details evidence of
and/or and/or and/or creativity in the
descriptions descriptions descriptions, but poem. The author
that contribute to that contribute to they distract does not seem to
the reader's the reader's from the story. have used much
enjoyment. The enjoyment. The The author has imagination.
author has really author has used tried to use
used imagination. imagination. imagination.

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 Title Is creative, sparks Is related to the Is present, but No title.
interest and is poem and topic. does not appear
related to the poem to be related to
and topic. the
poem and topic.

Is essentially Contains a few Contains a Contains many

Grammar errorfree in errors in several errors errors in
and conventions, conventions, in conventions, conventions,
Mechanics grammar, and grammar, and grammar, and grammar, and
usage. usage. usage. usage that detract
from the meaning of
the poem.

Activity 9: Cross-word Puzzle

Across

3. in a vertically launched projectile, what increases on the way down?

6. which component changes due to gravity?
10. is there a vertical velocity at the top of the trajectory?
12. what is the value of the initial vertical velocity of a projectile that is launched
horizontally?
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 15. an object which projected by some means and continues to move due to its own
inertia
16. on a horizontal component what remains constant?
17. what changes in a vertical component?
19. what happens to the magnitude as the projectile moves up?
20. a component of a projectile

Down

1. does the horizontal "velocity" component change?

2. What remains constant in a horizontally launched projectile?
4. what happens to the magnitude as the projectile moves down?
5. how many components does a projectile have
7. in a horizontal component, does the direction change or remain constant?
8. a component of a projectile
9. what type of path is the trajectory?
11. what does not work horizontally to increase or decrease velocity
13. when launched at an angle, the velocity must be broken down into what?
14. in a vertically launched projectile, what decreases on the way upward?
18. what is y equal to when it begins and ends at ground level?

Activity 10. PROJECTILE MOTION IN SPORTS

Objective: Answer questions about Projectile Motion in sports.

Material: Paper and pen

Procedure: Answer the following questions:

1. How do the launch angle and initial speed help hit a target?
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2. Cite some examples of sports that involve projectile motion.
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3. How do you think can a player enhance his/her skills in sports that involve
projectile motion?
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Activity 11. Draw it!
Directions: Draw a free body diagram of the forces acting on paper rocket while it is
flying (label the names and direction of the forces, but not the magnitude).

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Activity 12. Problem Solving
Show your complete solution. Choose 5 items only.
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1. What force is needed to accelerate a 25kg ball object at 5 𝑚⁄𝑠 ?
2. The driver of a 1125kg dump truck exerts a sudden brake with a force of 2500N. Calculate the
acceleration of the truck upon sudden brake.
3. Henry’s backpack that is full of books weighs 30N. He lifts it from the floor to a table 1.2m high. How
much work is done on his backpack
4. A 6.2 N weight is lifted 2.2meters. How much work is done?
5. A boy weighing 150N runs (a) up and (b) down a flight of stairs. The vertical distance between the
floors is 5.5m. How much work is done by gravity?
6. A 1500kg jeepney is cruising at a speed of 30m/s. the driver suddenly steps on the brake. The jeepney
slides on the road until it comes to a stop.
a. What is the kinetic energy of the jeepney at the moment the driver stepped on the brake pedal?
b. How much work was done by the friction to slow down the jeepney to a stop?
c. Suppose the road has exerted a frictional force of 135 000 N, how far did the jeepney move before
coming to a stop?
7. How much gravitational potential energy does a 1kg mass lifted from 1 meter to 2m high?
8. Bruno loaded a sack of rice onto a truck. He exerted a force of 100N in pulling the sack of rice up the
4m board. How much gravitational work in joule was done by Bruno on the sack? How much is the
gravitational potential energy?
9. Find the power of a man who pulls a box 6m with a force of 25N in 8 seconds.
10. A boy whose mass is 45kg runs up 25 steps, each step 0.3m high in 50s. Find the power in watts
expended by the boy.
11. A 1kg ball moving at 12m/s collides centrally with a 2kg ball moving in opposite direction at 2m/s. Find
the velocity of each ball after impact if
a. They stuck together
b. The collision is perfectly elastic
c. The coefficient of restitution is 2/3
Activity 13
You belong to a group that will join a “brochure-making competition” sponsored by an amusement
park. Your group is composed of physicists, photojournalists, science writers, illustrators, graphic designers,
copy readers and a chief editor. Your task is to make a brochure that includes at least three pictures,
illustrations and explanations of the concepts of physics behind the rides in the amusement park, which
include the Ferris wheel, carousel, roller coaster and bump cars, among others. The judges will choose the
best brochure based on the following rubric.

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 Points
Criteria
5 4 3 2 1
Accuracy of Explanations of There was an There were two There were four Majority of the
physics the physics error in the to three errors to five errors in explanations
concepts concepts were explanations in the the were incorrect
all correct explanations explanations
Variety and Many of the There were There were There were There were no
richness of the physics many physics only some very limited physics
physics concepts were concepts physics physics concepts
principles richly explained
explained, but concepts concepts explained
shown in the
the discussions explained explained
discussions were limited to
some rides only
Clarity of Explanations A few Many Majority of the The
explanation of were easy to explanations explanations explanations explanations
the physics understand were difficult to were difficult to were difficult to could not be
principles understand understand understand understood at
all
Quality of Pictures and Pictures and Pictures and Pictures and There were no
pictures and illustrations illustrations illustrations illustrations pictures and
illustrations were of high were of good were of were of poor illustrations
quality quality mediocre quality
quality
Overall quality Very high High Very good Good Poor

Prepared by:
RACHELLE ANN B. ARANDA
Aritao National High School