THE AMERICAN FOUNDATION SCHOOL FOR A LEVEL STUDIES

MID TERM ASSESSMENTS

PRE-MOCK
SESSION 2020 – 2021

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PHYSICS 9702/04
Paper 4 A2 Structured Question

Candidates answer on the Question Paper.

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Question 01:
a) State Newton’s law of gravitation. [3]

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b) The gravitational forces of attraction between two bodies form an action-reaction pair as in Newton’s
Third law of motion. Explain. [2]

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c) While traveling from Earth to the Moon, calculate the distance of a space craft from the centre of
Earth when it experiences zero gravity. (Considering the gravitational forces due to Moon and Earth
only).
Mass of Earth = 6.0 x 1024 kg
Mass of Moon = 7.4 x 1022 kg
Distance between Centre of Earth and Centre of Moon = 3.8 x 10 8 m
G = 6.67 x -11 Nm 2kg-2

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