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1) Put a ring around the correct answer.

I. Which quantity is measured in Newtons?

A density
B energy
C Pressure
D Weight

II. Weight is an example of which quantity?

III. The mass of an object is measured on Earth. The mass is 5.0kg.


The object is taken to the Moon. The mass of the object is measured on the Moon.
What is the mass of the object on the Moon?

IV. What is the weight of an object?


V. Which is the unit for force and which is the unit for weight?

VI. A machine is very efficient.


What does this mean?

A It produces a large amount of power.


B It uses very little energy.
C It wastes very little energy.
D It works very quickly.

VII. The diagram shows the energy transferred in a lamp in one second.

Which type of wasted energy is produced by the lamp?


VIII. Which statement about an object moving in a straight line through air is correct?

A When it accelerates, the resultant force acting on it is zero.


B When it moves at a steady speed, the air resistance acting on it is zero.
C When it moves at a steady speed, the resultant force acting on it is zero.
D When it moves, there is a resultant force acting on it.

IX. A car travels along a horizontal road at a constant speed. Three horizontal forces
act on the car.
The diagram shows two of these three forces.

What is the size and the direction of the third horizontal force acting on the car?
X. A student hangs different loads on a spring.
The diagrams show the lengths of the spring with different loads.

Which row gives the correct extensions of the spring?

XI. A body is moved from place X to place Y where the gravitational field strength is
different. What happens to its mass and to its weight due to the move?
XII. Which of these is biofuel.

A Coal
B Oil
C Uranium
D Wood

XIII. The Sun is the original source of energy for many of our energy resources. Which
energy resource does not originate from the Sun?

A Geothermal
B Hydroelectric
C Waves
D Wind

XIV. A ball is dropped on to a hard surface and bounces. It does not bounce all the way
back to where it started, and so has not regained all of its original gravitational
potential energy.

Which statement accounts for the loss of gravitational potential energy?

A Energy was destroyed as the ball hit the ground.


B Energy was destroyed as the ball travelled through the air.
C The chemical energy and elastic energy of the ball have increased.
D The internal (heat) energy of the ball and its surroundings has increased.
XV. A cup contains hot liquid. Some of the liquid evaporates.
What happens to the mass and what happens to the weight of the liquid in the cup?

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2) What is the difference between balanced and unbalanced forces?

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3) Explain the difference between acceleration and deceleration

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4) What is the difference between solar cell and panel cell?

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5) On a moving car, which direction does friction act?

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6) Why is the weight of object on the moon is less than its weight on the Earth?

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7) A piece of metal has an irregular shape. The weight of the metal is 3.0 N.
Calculate the mass of the metal.

Mass = _________________ kg
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8) A person has a mass of 70kg. The gravitational field strength on Earth is 10 N/kg. What
is their weight?

Weight = ____________ N
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9) George listens to music on his headphones.


Complete the sentence below using words from the box.

The useful energy change in the headphones is from ______________ energy into
____________________ energy.
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10) Electrical appliances transfer energy in different ways. The following figure shows
a television.

Use the correct answer from the box to complete the sentence

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11) Complete the sentence by choosing the correct word from the box

A wind turbine transfers _____________ energy to electrical energy


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12) The Sun releases energy as a result of nuclear fusion. State the meaning of nuclear

fusion

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13) A person uses a stairlift to go upstairs. Stairlift is power by an electric motor.

The Sankey diagram shows the energy transfers for the electric motor

(a) Complete the following sentence.


The electric motor wastes energy as __________________ energy.

(b) Calculate efficiency of the electric motor.

Efficiency = _____________%
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14) The diagram shows an adult and a child pushing a loaded shopping trolley

(a) What is the total force on the trolley due to the adult and child?

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(b) Which one of the term in the box means the same as total force?
Draw a ring around your answer.

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15) Two sky divers jump from a plane. Each holds a different position in the air.

Complete the following sentence.


Skydiver _______________ will fall faster because _____________________________

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16) The diagram shows the direction of the forces acting on one the skydivers.

(a) In the following sentences, put a ring in each box around the line that is correct.

Air resistance
(i) Force X is caused by Friction
Gravity

Air resistance
(ii) Force Y is caused by Friction
Gravity

(iii) When the force X is bigger than force Y

Goes up
The skydiver will Stay the same
Goes down

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17) Figure on the left shows a stationary pole vaulter (athlete who vaults or leap by the pole)
holding a straight pole. Figure on the right shows him during the vault with the pole
bent.

a) Identify the energy changes that have taken place, for the pole vaulter and for the
pole, between the situations shown in the two figures. State the evidence for these
changes

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b) The pole vaulter releases the pole and clears the bar. Explain how the principle of
conservation of energy applies as he falls from his maximum height.

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18) The diagram below shows a girl skateboarding on a semi-circular ramp.

Not all of the G.P.E has been transferred to kinetic energy.


Which statement is correct? Tick a box.

Explain how lubricating the wheels of skateboard can increase the speed of the girl.
Use ideas about energy in your explanation.

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19) In an investigation, a student took a set of measurement of force and extension.
Her results are shown in the table.

Force in newtons 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0


Extension in cm 0.0 4.0 12.0 16.0 22.0 31.0

(a) Add the missing value in the table.

(b) Explain why you choose this value.

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(c) During the investigation the spring exceeding its limit of proportionality.
Suggest a value of force at which this happened.
Give a reason for your answer.

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20) Could a ball release from specific height to bounce forever? Give reason(s) for your
answer?

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21) Is there gravity in outer space? Give reason(s) for your answer?

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