Academic Year 2021/2022

End of Year Exam – July 2022

Grade 6 Subject : PHYSICS Paper : 2

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

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

STUDENT’S INFORMATION

Name :
Class :

EXAM AND CORRECTIONS

Subject Teacher :
Special comments by the exam supervisor:

Corrected by :

EXAM RESULTS

Full Marks : 70
Student’s Marks :
Special comments by the subject teacher:

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ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS.
1. MASS AND WEIGHT

The mass and weight of a school’s students in Grade 6 are given in the table below.

Student name Mass / (Unit X) Weight / (Unit Y)

Student A 40 400

Student B (i) ……….…. 320

Student C 33.5 (ii) ……….….

Student D 27 (iii) ……….….

Student E (iv) ……….…. 510

Student F 38.5 (v) ……….….

(a) Fill in the blanks for the missing masses and weights. Student A is already done for you. [5]

(b) Weight is a force and is calculated by using the following equation:

W= m x g

(i) Write the name of Unit X ……………………… ; its symbol ……………………… [2]
(ii) Write the name of Unit Y ……………………… ; its symbol ……………………… [2]

(c) Weight as a force has a quantity and a direction.

What is the direction of the weight on the box. Show it on the diagram below. [1]

box

floor

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 (d) There is an equal and opposite force acting from the floor on the box. What is it called?
………………………………………………………………………. [1]

2. ELECTRICITY

a) Circuits contain electrical components. Draw the following circuit diagrams which contain:
(i) open circuit: a bulb, two cells, wires and a switch. [2]

(ii) closed circuit: a bulb, one cell, wires and a switch. [2]

(iii) closed circuit: a bulb, two cells, wires and a switch. [2]

(iv) closed circuit: a bulb, three cells, wires and a switch. [2]

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b) (i) Draw the circuit diagram for the circuit below. [2]

Circuit diagram

(ii) The components are connected …………………………………………………….. . [1]

Choose the correct terms from (‘in series’ or ‘in parallel’) to fill the blank above.

b) (i) What is electric current?

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… [2]

(ii) What is the instrument that measures current?

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… [1]

(iii) What is voltage?

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… [2]

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 (iv) What is the voltage of one cell?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… [1]

c) (i) Which circuit can carry electric current faster? ………………………………… [1]

Circuit A Circuit B

(ii) Which circuit can carry electric current faster? ………………………………… [1]

Circuit C Circuit D

(iii) Look at the picture below. Which is the conductor and which is the insulator?

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B
 Insulator …………………. (fill in the correct part’s letter) [1]
Conductor …………………. (fill in the correct part’s letter) [1]
d) Calculate the following. [5]

i. An electric car works on 3 Volts. How many cells needs to be used in it?

ii. A battery-operated doll needs 9V to function. Calculate how many cells little Sarah
needs to make her doll work.

iii. Max needs 5 cells to operate his Walkman. What is the total voltage needed to make
the Walkman work?

iv. Cathy put 4 cells into her circuit which she made for her Physics experiment. If the
voltage needed is 5V, will the fan work?

v. A CD player does not work when 5 cells are attached to it. It worked only when 6
cells were attached. What is the voltage needed to make the CD player work?

3. FORCES AND MOTION

a) What is a ‘force’?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. [1]

b) List the ways that forces affect an object. (Write all the ways that you know)

 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
[4]

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c) How do forces act?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. [1]

d) Fill the table below.

Quantity Symbol of quantity Unit of quantity Symbol of unit

Force

Weight

Work done
[3]

e) (i) What is a ‘force diagram’?

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. [2]

(ii) How do you draw a ‘force’ in a force diagram? Make a drawing.

[2]

f) (i) Explain what is ‘weight’.

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. [2]

(ii) Draw an illustration that shows weight and its opposite force.

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 Name the opposite force and weight with labels.

[2]

g) What is the instrument we use to measure forces?

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. [1]

h) Solve the following problems. Draw a force diagram and show all your calculations. [8]
i. Sam pushes a box with a force of 2850 N to the right. His friend, James, pushes from the
opposite side to the left with a force of 1975 N. Calculate the resultant force.

ii. A man has a mass of 420 kg is standing on the pavement. What is the contact force, if he is not
moving? (g = 10 m/s2)

iii. Tess and Jess together are trying to move a car by pushing it. Tess pushes a car with a force of
12000 N and Jess pushes with a force of 12800 N (both are pushing in the same direction, but
friction does not make it move. Calculate the friction against the movement of the car.
(Friction = Force applied if there is no movement)

iv. Two teams are pulling a rope on opposite sides. Team A pulls with a force of 31950 N. The other
team pulls with a force of 31255N. Calculate the resultant force and write which team will win.

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4. WORK DONE
a) What is ‘work done’?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. [2]

b) What is the equation to calculate the work done? Write it in words and in symbols.

In words:
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. [1]

In symbols:
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. [1]

c) Solve the following problems. Show all your calculations. [8]

i. Sam moves a heavy piano a distance of 29 metres. Calculate the force he has applied if the work
done is 46 800 J.

ii. Peter and his twin pulled a box a distance of 50 metres. Both of them apply a total of 700 N on
the box. Calculate the work done by Peter.

iii. The work done by a truck pulling a large tree is 150 000 J. If the force applied by the truck is 2
500 N, calculate the distance the tree was moved.

iv. A child can push with a force of 190 N. His teacher needs to move a table a distance of 10
metres. She asks a group of students to push it (Teacher does not push). If the total work done is
9500 J, how many students are in the group?

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