Chapter 6 Past paper

Paper 1
1. A child stands on a horizontal rotating platform that is moving at constant
angular speed. The centripetal force on the child is provided by
A. the gravitational force on the child.
she friction
0 B. the friction on the child’s feet. → same as
the clothes of
C. the tension in the child’s muscles. between
the People on she rife
D. the normal reaction of the platform on the child.
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shown in the book

Answer: B

2. Which is the definition of gravitational field strength at a point?

A. The sum of the gravitational fields created by all masses around the point

0B. The gravitational force per unit mass experienced by a small point mass at
that point
C. G M/r2 , where M is the mass of a planet and r is the distance from the
planet to the point
D. The resultant force of gravitational attraction on a mass at that point
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Answer: B
3. A sphere is suspended from the end of a string and rotates in a horizontal
circle. Which free body diagram, to the correct scale, shows the forces acting
on the sphere?

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It
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because
more
the fall upwards
pull

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Answer: D

4. Mass M is attached to one end of a string. The string is passed through a

hollow tube and mass m is attached to the other end. Friction between the
tube and string is negligible.
 Mass m travels at constant speed v in a horizontal circle of radius r. What is
mass M?

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Answer: D

5. Planet X has a gravitational field strength of 18 N kg–1 at its surface. Planet Y

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has the same density as X but three times the radius of X. What is the
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gravitational field strength at the surface of Y?

A. 6 ms–2
B. 18 ms–2
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C. 54 ms–2
D. 162 ms–2 ¥
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Answer: C
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6. An object hangs from a light string and moves in a

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horizontal circle of radius r.

The string makes an angle θ with the vertical. The angular

speed of the object is ω. What is tan θ? Tsing .

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Answer: A

7. An object of mass m makes n revolutions per second around a circle of radius

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r at a constant speed. What is the kinetic energy of the object?
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we
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Answer: C mrÑn
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2
= 2 Ñmn 2g
8. A satellite travels around the Earth in a circular orbit. What is true about the
forces acting in this situation?

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A. The resultant force is the same direction as the satellite’s acceleration.
B. The gravitational force acting on the satellite is negligible.
C. There is no resultant force on the satellite relative to the Earth.
D. The satellite does not exert any force on the Earth.

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Answer: A

9. A motorcyclist is cornering on a curved race track. Which combination of

changes of banking angle θ and coefficient of friction µ between the tyres
and road allows the motorcyclist to travel around the corner at greater
speed?
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Answer: A

10.Satellite X orbits a planet with orbital radius R. Satellite Y orbits the same
planet with orbital radius 2R. Satellites X and Y have the same mass.
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Answer: D
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11.A particle of mass 0.02kg moves in a horizontal circle of diameter 1 m with
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an angular velocity of 3π rad s-1. What is the magnitude and direction of the
force responsible for
this motion?

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Answer: D

12.Which graph shows the relationship between gravitational force F between

two point masses and their separation r?

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Answer: D
13.The mass at the end of a pendulum is made to move in a horizontal circle of
radius r at constant speed. The magnitude of the net force on the mass is F.
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What is the direction of F and the work done by F

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during half a revolution?

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work
kero
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by
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Answer: A
14.A particle moving in a circle completes 5 revolutions in 3  s. What is the
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frequency?

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Answer: B

15.An object of mass m at the end of a string of length r moves in a vertical circle
at a constant angular speed ω. What is the tension in the string when the
object is at the bottom of the circle?
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Answer: A

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16.Newton’s law of gravitation
A. is equivalent to Newton’s second law of motion.
B. explains the origin of gravitation.

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C. is used to make predictions.
D. is not valid in a vacuum.
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Answer: C

17.A mass at the end of a string is swung in a horizontal circle at increasing speed
until the string breaks
The subsequent path taken by the mass is a

A. line along a radius of the circle.

B. horizontal circle.
C. curve in a horizontal plane.
D. curve in a vertical plane.
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Answer: D

18.An object is positioned in a gravitational field. The measurement of

gravitational force acting on the object has an uncertainty of 3% and the
uncertainty in the mass of the object is 9%. What is the uncertainty in the
gravitational field strength of the field?
 A. 3%
B. 6%
3%+91--121
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C. 12%
D. 27%

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Answer: C

19.A mass attached to a string rotates in a gravitational field with a constant

period in a vertical plane.
Q
kinetic energyis more on

as it has more chance of getting 0

ripped
0
.

How do the tension in the string and the kinetic energy of

the mass compare at P and Q?

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Answer: B
 20.A satellite X of mass m orbits the Earth with a period T. What will be the
orbital period of satellite Y of mass 2m occupying the same orbit as X?
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Sesame
Tremors
the
0 same
the

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Answer: B

21.A horizontal disc rotates uniformly at a constant angular velocity about a

central axis normal to the plane of the disc.

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Point X is a distance 2L from the centre of the disc. Point Y is a distance L from
the centre of the disc. Point Y has a linear speed v and a centripetal acceleration

¥ *¥É¥ ¥ ¥q a. What is the linear speed and centripetal acceleration of point X?

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Answer: B

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22.Two satellites of mass m and 2m orbit a planet at the same orbit radius. If F
is the force exerted on the satellite of mass m by the planet and a is the
centripetal acceleration of this satellite, what is the force and acceleration of
the satellite with mass 2m?
because we need double
the force to Pau the object

as it has double the mass

of the object number I

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Answer: A

23.The gravitational field strength at the surface of Earth is g. Another planet

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has double the radius of Earth and the same density as Earth. What is the
gravitational field strength at the surface of this planet?
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gravitational
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strength
Answer: C
Paper 2
24.A planet is in a circular orbit around a star. The speed of the planet is
constant.
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(a) (i) Explain why a centripetal force is needed for the planet to be in a
circular orbit. [2] without the cent☒is coal force the object would
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line the sun

(ii) State the nature of this centripetal force. [1] → force gravity →

ant Carr has an pulling thee

rot

(b) Determine the gravitational field of the planet. [2] of gravity

force .

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Mass of planet = 8.0 × 10 kg .

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Radius of the planet = 9.1 × 106 m.
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25.The Rotor is an amusement park ride that can be modelled as a vertical
cylinder of inner radius R rotating about its axis. When the cylinder rotates
sufficiently fast, the floor drops out and the passengers stay motionless
against the inner surface of the cylinder. The diagram shows a person taking
the Rotor ride. The floor of the Rotor has been lowered away from the
person.

(a) Draw and label the free-body F

Taa
diagram for the person. [2]
(b) The person must not slide down
the wall. Show that
minimum angular velocity ω of
the cylinder for this situation is
the

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MY
Feng -→kn=mg

① NsmuiRKMW-R.mg Muir -2
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WE
where µ is the coefficient of static friction between the person and the
,
cylinder. [2]
(c) The coefficient of static friction between the person and the cylinder is
w
0.40. The radius of the cylinder is 3.5m. The cylinder makes 28 revolutions
per minute. Deduce whether the person will slide down the inner surface
of the cylinder. [2] kio.4R-3.sn 77¥;
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26.(a) A small ball of mass m is moving in a horizontal circle on the inside surface
of a frictionless hemispherical bowl.

N sina.mg

;jÉ→•s
&
②- R
µ cos

mg
The normal reaction force N makes an angle θ to the horizontal.
the
State the direction of the resultant force on the ball. [1] towards
center
(i)
(ii)
of the
On the diagram, construct an arrow of the correct length to represent circled
centripetal
the weight of the ball. [2] force

i.

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 (iii) Show that the magnitude of the net force F on the ball is given by the

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following equation. [3]

tan -0

(b) The radius of the bowl is 8.0  m and θ = 22˚. Determine

a
the speed of the
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ball. [4] D=
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=

1-an 22

(c) Outline whether this ball can move on a horizontal circular path of

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radius equal to the radius of the bowl. [2]

(d) A second identical ball is placed at the bottom of the bowl and the first
ball is displaced so that its height from the horizontal is equal to 8.0  m.

←
¥-9.8 p
= 12.5 MK d.
d
that the
first ball hits the second .

the speed
2
2

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. u } -2g ✗ - Vo ✗= +

2×9.81 {↳
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 The first ball is released and eventually strikes the second ball. The two
balls remain in contact. Determine, in m, the maximum height reached by
the two balls. [3]

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