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The following tasks/activities are designed to review the work you have
covered so far in your GCSE Physics course.
Log onto the following link: - complete the revise and test activities
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zcw22nb
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Use the following checklist to make a revision mindmap on a double page in
your books.
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Use the formula relating force, mass and
acceleration.
Change the subject of the formula relating
force, mass and acceleration.
Now Try some past exam questions (answers included at the end)
(You can print these or complete in your book)
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Q1.
Figure 1 shows the velocity-time graph for a car driven along a straight road.
Figure 1
What word is used to describe the motion of an object that is slowing down?
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(d) Figure 2 shows how the stopping distance of a car depends on the speed of the
car.
Figure 2
Describe what happens to the stopping distance of the car when the speed of the
car doubles.
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(Total 6 marks)
Q2.
A number of different forces act on a moving vehicle.
(i) What is the value of the resistive force acting on the car?
Tick ( )
2000 N
3000 N
4000 N
(1)
Tick ( )
Air resistance
Faulty brakes
Poor condition of
tyres
(1)
(b) A car is moving along a road. The driver sees an obstacle in the road at time t = 0
and applies the brakes until the car stops.
The graph shows how the velocity of the car changes with time.
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(i) Which feature of the graph represents the negative acceleration of the car?
Tick ( )
(ii) Which feature of the graph represents the distance travelled by the car?
Tick ( )
The driver sees an obstacle in the road at time t = 0 and applies the brakes
until the car stops.
The driver’s reaction time and the braking distance are the same as shown the
graph above.
On the graph above draw another graph to show the motion of the car.
(3)
(c) In this question you will be assessed on using good English, organising
information clearly and using specialist terms where appropriate.
Explain how the factors that affect thinking distance and braking distance affect
stopping distance.
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(Total 13 marks)
Q3.
The figure below shows the horizontal forces acting on a car.
(a) Which one of the statements describes the motion of the car?
It will be stationary.
(1)
(b) During part of the journey the car is driven at a constant speed for five minutes.
Which one of the equations links distance travelled, speed and time?
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distance travelled = speed ÷ time
(1)
(c) During a different part of the journey the car accelerates from 9 m/s to 18 m/s in 6 s.
acceleration =
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(e) The mass of the car is 1120 kg. The mass of the driver is 80 kg.
Calculate the resultant force acting on the car and driver while accelerating.
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Distance = _________________________ m
(3)
(g) A car driver sees a fallen tree lying across the road ahead and makes an
emergency stop.
The braking distance of the car depends on the speed of the car.
For the same braking force, explain what happens to the braking distance if the
speed doubles.
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(Total 14 marks)
Q4.
(a) The diagram shows the horizontal forces acting on a swimmer.
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(1)
Calculate the size of the initial resultant force acting on the swimmer.
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(iii) Even though the swimmer keeps the force T constant at 140 N, the resultant
force on the swimmer decreases to zero.
Explain why.
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(b) A sports scientist investigated how the force exerted by a swimmer’s hands against
the water affects the swimmer’s speed.
The investigation involved 20 males and 20 females swimming a fixed distance.
Sensors placed on each swimmer’s hands measured the force 85 times every
second over the last 10 metres of the swim.
The measurements were used to calculate an average force.
The average speed of each swimmer over the last 10 metres of the swim was also
measured.
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(ii) Explain one advantage of measuring the force 85 times every second rather
than just once or twice every second.
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(iii) Give one way in which the data for the male swimmers is different from the
data for the female swimmers.
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(1)
(iv) Considering only the data from this investigation, what advice should a
swimming coach give to swimmers who want to increase their average speed?
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(Total 10 marks)
Q5.
(a) The diagram shows a steel ball-bearing falling through a tube of oil.
The forces, L and M, act on the ball-bearing.
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(b) The distance – time graph represents the motion of the ball-bearing as it falls
through the oil.
(i) Explain, in terms of the forces, L and M, why the ball-bearing accelerates at
first but then falls at constant speed.
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(ii) What name is given to the constant speed reached by the falling ball-bearing?
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Show clearly how you use the graph to work out your answer.
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Q6.
A sky-diver jumps from a plane.
(a) Arrows X and Y show two forces acting on the sky-diver as he falls.
X _____________________________
Y _____________________________
(2)
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(b) After some time the sky-diver pulls the rip cord and the parachute opens.
Force X has
Force Y has
(c) The graph below shows how the height of the sky-diver changes with time.
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(i) Which part of the graph, AB, BC or CD shows the sky-diver falling at a
constant speed?
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(1)
Distance _______________ m
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Time __________________ s
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(2)
(Total 14 marks)
Q7.
(a) The arrows in the diagram represent the size and direction of the forces on a space
shuttle, fuel tank and booster rockets one second after launch. The longer the arrow
the bigger the force.
Thrust force
(i) Describe the upward motion of the space shuttle one second after launch.
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(ii) By the time it moves out of the Earth’s atmosphere, the total weight of the
space shuttle, fuel tank and booster rockets has decreased and so has the air
resistance.
How does this change the motion of the space shuttle? (Assume the thrust
force does not change).
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(b) The space shuttle takes 9 minutes to reach its orbital velocity of 8100 m/s.
(i) Write down the equation that links acceleration, change in velocity and time
taken.
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(ii) Calculate, in m/s2, the average acceleration of the space shuttle during the first
9 minutes of its flight. Show clearly how you work out your answer.
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average acceleration = _______________________ m/s2
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(iii) How is the velocity of an object different from the speed of an object?
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(Total 6 marks)
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ANSWERS
Q1.
(a) equal to
1
(c)
1
3 (m/s2)
an answer of 3 (m/s2) scores 2 marks
allow other correct pairs of numbers taken from A
to B
1
Q2.
(a) (i) 3000 N
1
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1
(c) Marks awarded for this answer will be determined by the Quality of
Communication (QC) as well as the standard of the scientific
response. Examiners should also refer to the information on page 5
and apply a ‘best-fit’ approach to the marking.
0 marks
No relevant content.
the faster the car travels the greater the stopping distance
thinking distance is the distance travelled from when the driver sees
an obstacle to when the brakes are applied
braking distance is the distance travelled from when the brakes are
applied to when the car stops
thinking distance:
• tiredness increases thinking distance
• taking drugs increases thinking distance
• drinking alcohol increases thinking distance
• distractions in the car increase thinking distance.
braking distance:
• poor condition of brakes increases braking distance
• poor condition of tyres increases braking distance
• wet roads increase braking distance
• icy roads increase braking distance.
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Q3.
(a) It will have a constant speed.
1
(c) a = 18 − 9
6
1
a = 1.5
allow 1.5 with no working shown for 2 marks
1
F = 1800 (N)
allow 1800 with no working shown for 2 marks
1
accept their 10.3 × 1200 correctly calculated for 2
marks
s = 182 − 92 / 2 × 1.5
1
s = 81 (m)
1
allow 81 (m) with no working shown for 3 marks
accept answer using their 10.3 (if not 1.5) correctly
calculated for 3 marks
0 marks:
No relevant content.
Indicative content
• doubling speed increase the kinetic energy
• kinetic energy increases by a factor of 4
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• work done (by brakes) to stop the car increases
• work done increases by a factor of 4
• work done is force × distance and braking force is constant
• so if work done increases by 4 then the braking distance must
increase by 4
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Q4.
(a) (i) 120
1
(ii) 20
accept 140–their (a)(i) provided answer is not
negative
1
• more data
accept results for data
do not accept more accurate data
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do not accept all males swim faster
Q5.
(a) gravity
accept weight
do not accept mass
accept gravitational pull
1
(iii) 0.15
accept an answer between 0.14 – 0.16
an answer of 0.1 gains no credit
allow 1 mark for showing correct use of the graph
2
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Q6.
(a) (i) air resistance/drag/friction (or upthrust)
weight/gravitational pull/gravity
for 1 mark each
1
(iii) Y
1
(b) force X has increased force Y has stayed the same the speed of the sky-
diver
will stay the same
for 1 mark each
3
(c) (i) CD
1
or 500/50 or d/t
gets 1 mark
2
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Q7.
(a) (i) accelerating
accept getting faster
accept speed / velocity increasing
1
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accept a = or a =
do not accept a =
1
(ii) 15
allow 1 mark for an answer of 900 or for correct
use of 540 seconds
2
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