2nd Term Exam – April 2022

Grade 06 Subject : PHYSICS Paper : 2

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1. Answer all the questions.
2. Write your name clearly.
3. At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together.

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QUESTION 1
MASS AND WEIGHT

Solve the problems below and show all your calculations.

Below is a list of the acceleration due to gravity.

Acceleration due to gravity (g) / m/s2

Space body
(approximately)
Mercury 4
Venus 9
Earth 10
Mars 4
Jupiter 26
Saturn 11
Neptune 13
Moon 2

1. Max has a mass of 72.5 kg. Calculate his weight on Earth.

2. Susan has a weight of 583 N on Saturn. What is her mass?

3. A box has a mass of 370 kg. It is taken to Mars. What will its weight be on Mars?

4. An elephant of mass 2800 kg is taken to the Moon. Calculate its weight on the Moon. What
is its weight on Earth?

5. Two boxes need to be taken in a lift which can carry only 15 000 N. Both boxes are equal in
mass, so one box has a mass of 450 kg. A supervisor has to go with the boxes and his mass is
135 kg. Can the man and both boxes be taken in the lift?

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QUESTION 2
BALANCED AND UNBALANCED FORCES

Solve the problems below and show all your calculations. Are the forces balanced? If not,
calculate the resultant force (also called net force).

37 N 69 N

44 N 48 N

325 N 259 N

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 345 N 782 N

1060 N 89 N

400 N 400 N

Solve the problems below and show all your calculations.

7. A boy pulls a wagon with a force of 16 N East as another boy pushes it with a force of 12 N
East. What is the resultant force on the box?

8. Mr. Smith and his wife were trying to move their new kitchen table. Mr. Smith pulls with a
force of 55 N to the right while Mrs. Smith pushes the table with a force of 35 N in the same
direction. Draw a diagram first. Then calculate the resultant force.

9. Two classes are playing tug-o-war. Teacher A’s class pulls with a force of 134 N in one
direction. Teacher B‘s class pulls with a force of 125 N in the opposite direction.
a) What is the resultant force?
b) Which class won the tug-o-war competition?

10. a) What are balanced forces?

b) What are unbalanced forces?

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QUESTION 3
WORK DONE

Solve the problems below and show all your calculations.

1. What is the equation to calculate work done?

2. John pushes a box with a force of 35 N a distance of 10 m. Calculate the work done.
(Don’t forget the units)

3. Max pulls a piano with a force of 225 N over a distance of 0.5 m. Calculate the work done
by his muscles.

4. Julia moves a bed with a force of 150 N. Her muscles uses 1200 J of energy. Calculate the
distance she moves the bed.

5. Samantha pushes a car. She pushes with a force of 1500 N over a distance of 1.5 m.
Calculate the work done by her muscles.