oonzKe g = 10 ms? for all relevant questions from Q1 to Q30. 1. The readings of the vernier calipers when used to measure the intemal diameter and extemal diameter of copper ring are shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2 respectively. 2 3 4 om omaha | oO 5 10 os © Figure 1 Figue 2 What is the thickness of the ring? A. 0.69cm B. 0.84.cm Cc. 1.38. om D. 1.66. cm 2. What is the reading on the micrometer screw gauge shown in the figure below? A. 102mm ** B. 4.48 mm, ©. 1.52 mm ©. 1.98 mm 3. Which of the following set shows scalar quantities only? ‘A. mass, speed, density, force B. time, mass, volume, speed €. weight, velocity, acceleration, force D. mass, lime, volume, acceleration 4. An inventor makes a clock using a brass rod and a heavy mass as a pendulum. ‘What happens when the clock gets colder? ‘A. The pendulum would shorten and the clock will be ahead of actual time. B. The pendulum would lengthen and the clock will be ahead of actual time. €. The pendulum would shorten and the clock will be behind actual time. D. The pendulum would lengthen and the clock will be behind actual time. 5. Mick competes in an athletic race. He runs at a constant speed of 3.2 m/s. What is the distance he covered in 2 minutes? A 16m B. 6.4m c. 192m D. 384m Looking for Good private titer near you? Contact wav prvatetitorcom.q Now 26. Acar accelerates at a rate of 5 m/s? from rest for 10 s. What is its speed at the end of the 49131 10s? AL Onis B. 2mis Cc. Sms D. 50 mis 7. Tom throws a stone vertically up to Peter standing 20 m above Tom. If the stone is thrown up with a velocity of 7.0 m/s, what is the velocity of the stone at the instant when Peter catches it? AL 1.5 mis B. 30 mis Cc. 7.0 mis 0. 9.4mis 8. A car moving along a straight road undergoes a uniform deceleration of 2.0 mis* for a period of 5 s. Given that the initial velocity of the car is 10 mis, what is the distance travelled by the car for that period of 5 s? A. 25m B. 50m c. 60m D. 75m 9. Whi of the following statements describing the motion of an object is correct? ‘A. The acceleration and velocity of the object must always be in the same direction. B. The average velocity of the object is determined by dividing the total distance travelled by the total time taken. = C. The speed of the object is independent of its direction of motion. D. When the velocity of the object is zero, its acceleration must also be zero. 10. The figure below shows the'velocity-time graph for a truck travelling along a straight road. velocity R time In the part RS, the truck is moving with A. increasing acceleration. B. decreasing acceleration. . increasing deceleration. D. decreasing deceleration. Looking for Good private titer near you? Contact wav prvatetitorcom.q Now001341. A car driver takes a total of two hours to make a joumey of 80 km. He has a coffee break of half an hour and spends a quarter of an hour stationary in a traffic jam, ‘At what average speed must he travel during the rest of the time if he wants to complete the journey in the two hours? ‘A. 40 kmvh B. 64 km/h C. 75 km/h D. 80 krevh 12. A box of mass 2 kg is being pushed horizontally on a rough surface by a 10 N force. Given that the frictional force is 4 N, what is the acceleration of the box? A. 3mis? B. 7 mis? C. 12 mis? D. 28 m/s* 13. Kim's toy trolleys P and Q are joined by a stretched spring. Trolley P has twice the mass of trolley Q. P Q When the trolleys are released, the acceleration of P is 2 m/s* to the right. What is the initial acceleration of trolley Q to the left? A. 1 mis? B. 2mis? C. 3 mis? D. 4 mis? 14. A 2 kg wooden block is being pushed on a rough horizontal surface. The initial velocity of the block is 3.0 mis. Given that there is no resultant force on the block, which one of the following statements is correct? a ‘A. The block will stow down because of friction, B. The block will continue to move at a constant velocity of 3.0 mis. . The velocity of the block will increase. D. The deceleration of the block will increase. 15.A block of mass 6 kg is pulled across a rough surface by a 54 N force, against a friction force F. 6kg 54N The acceleration of the block is 6 m/s”. What is the value of F? AON B. 18N C. 36N D. S4N Lookitg fr Good private titer near you? Contact wav prvatetutor.com.sq Now 416. Two objects, A and B are stacked one on top of the other as shown in the figure below. The 99133 masses of objects are 3 kg and 2 kg respectively. ‘What is the acceleration of A when a force of 10 N pulls B after 1s? A. Omnis? B. 2.0 mis? C. 3.3 mis? D. 5.0 mis? 17. The total weight of a gas-filled balloon is 1500 N. The balloon rises at a constant speed of ‘3 m/s. What is the resultant force acting on the balloon while itis rising? AON B. 500N c. 1500 N D. 4500N 18. A submarine is accelerating through the water al a constant depth. It is being acted by four forces as shown below. - propellin; force water oe Tesistance ‘Which of the following statements is correct? A. Gravily has no effect on the submarine. B. The resultant force of the four forces is zero. C. The upthrust is balanced by the weight. D. The water resistance balanced the propetting force. 19, The weight of a rock on Earth is 20 N. What is the weight of the same rock on moon given that the gravitational field strength of Moon is 1/6 that of Earth? A. 20N B. 33N c.12N D. 20N Looking for Good private titer near you? Contact wav prvatetitorcom.q Now001390, Three objects are introduced into the same type of liquid as shown below. Which of the following is in descending order of density of the objects? gomP @o@> o>>o >o00 21. The figure below shows a simple pendulum hung from the ceiling of a stationary MRT train. a) {f the train starts to move from rest to right, which of the following figures shows how the simple pendulum will look like? A c 22. A cube with side 2 cm long is made from a material of density 8 g/cm®. What is the mass of the cube? A 4g B. 169 c. 329 D. 64g 23. Which property of a body cannot be changed if a force is applied to it? A. its mass B. its shape ©. its size D. its velocity Looking for Good private titer near you? Contact wav prvatetitorcom.q Now 624.A 100 kg rock is being hung freely on the Moon, When an astronaut pushes the rock no 135 upwards, he will feel that A. the rock is more dificult to be pushed as it is on Earth B. the rock requires as much as effort to be pushed as on Earth, . the rock is easier to be pushed than on Earth, D. the rock requires no effort to be pushed. 25. Three pieces of copper sheet X, Y and Z, are cut from a large copper sheet with uniform thickness. All three pieces have the same weight. ring-shaped X arrow-shaped Y _—_—cross-shaped Z ‘Which one of the above pieces has the largest density? AX BY cx D. They all have the same density. 26. The figure below shows a 0.6 N force acting on the wrench of the spanner and the length of the wrench is 15 cm, What is the moment created? force F= 0.6 N bolt line of action A. 0.045 Nm B. 0.09 Nm ©. 4.5Nm D. 90Nm Looking for Good private titer near you? Contact wav prvatetutor.com.q Now001397. in the figure below, the uniform metre rule is pivoted at the middle O. A fixed weight W is loaded on one side and variable weights Vs, V2 and V5 is loaded one after another on the ‘other side to balance th in each case ° = A —_v w vs (1) ° o—_*—_ tA 4 w Ve (2) © [Tq w Vs 3) ‘Arrange the magnitude of the weights in ascending order. AL Vs. Vay Ve B. V4, Va, Vo ©. V2,Vs, Vo D. Va, Va, Vi 28. Which of the following shows a sphere in stable equilibrium? A B c D : 29, Where the centre of mass of the bus if it does not tit over when travelling at an angle as shown in the diagram below?. Looking for Good private titer near you? Contact wav prvatetitorcom.q Now 830. A man uses a metal rod to raise a large stone, as shown below. 00137 Which force would raise the large stone most easily? large stone \ metal rod Looking fr Good private tutor near you? Contact wor pevatetutor.com sg Now00138 Pree kee Qi A Q21 B Q2 D | Q22 D Q3 B Q23 A a4 A Q24 c Qs D Q25 D a6 D Q26 B Q7 B Q27 c ae A Q28 D ag c Q23 A Q10 c Q30 c ai B Qi2 A Qi3 D Q14 B 215 B Qi6 B a7 A QB c aig B 20 B Looking for Good private titer near you? Contact wav prvatetitorcom.q Now 10Name: - Cc ) Class: Sec) Pasir Ris Crest Secondary School Mid-Year Examination 2012 Secondary Three Express Physics 5058/02 Paper2 Suestion 10 May 2012 Candidates answer on the Question Paper. 1 hour 30 minutes READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST ‘Write your name, class and register number in the spaces above, Write in dark blue or black pen. You may use a soft pencil for any diagrams, graphs, tables or rough working, ‘You may use a calculator Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction Muid. Section A Answer all the questions. ‘Write your answers in the spaces provided on the question paper. Section B ‘Answer all questions. ‘Write your answers on the spaces provided. ‘The number of marks is given in the brackéts {] at the end of each question or part question. For Examiner's Use Section A ‘Section B 70 7 TOTAL ‘This document consists of 15 printed pages. [Tum over Looking for Good private titer near you? Contact wav prvatetitorcom.q Now out00140 Section A [50 marks] Take g = 10 N’kg wherever necessary. 1. A5kg parcel is dropped off vertically from a helicopter 600 m above the ground at time f= 0 s, ‘After some time of falling through the air, its parachute is deployed by remote control The speed-time graph for the first 25 seconds of its journey through the air is shown in the figure below. Speed. v 20; 10. 0. Time, tis, 0 5 10 15 200 | 8 a. Is the object free-falling at any point during the first 25 seconds? Explain your answer clearly with evidence from the figure above. - Looking for Good private titer near you? Contact wav prvatetitorcom.q Now 2State the time at which the object first achieves terminal velocity oovar Terminal velocity = ) c. Explain clearly how the object achieves the first terminal velocity, . : (3) 4. Calculate the deceleration experienced by the parcel. Deceleration = (2) e. Draw a free-body diagram of the parcel at {= 15 s and state the resultant force acting on it Resultant force =... Looking fr Good private tutor near you? Contact wor pevatetutor.com sg Now00143. A Lamp with a mass of 500 g is hung from the ceiling as shown in the figure below. a. Find the tension T; in the wire that connects the lamp to the cé Tension, Ty = cceseenseeeeseeesssesseess QD b. Jeremy uses a rope to pull the lamp with a horizontal force of 3 N so as to position the lamp directly above the table. The wire is now at an angle, @, to the vertical as shown in the figure below. Looking for Good private titer near you? Contact wav prvatetitorcom.q Now 4By means of a scale diagram, determine the angle, 8, to the vertical ange tension in the wire 72, State the scale used clearly. Seale Angle, 8, to the vertical Tension in the wire Tz Looking fr Good private tutor near you? Contact wor pevatetutor.com sg Now00144 —_c._Kim suggests that the rope be attached to the ceiling as shown in the figure below. The length of the rope is the same as the length of the wire from the ceiling, The angle between the wire and the rope is 60° Write down the relationship between tension T; and T.. Explain your answer clearly. (2) 3. After winning a game, a pitcher throws a baseball vertically up with a velocity of 30 mis. Ignoring air resistance for the whole journey. ‘a. Whats the time taken for the ball to reach the maximum height? . Time taken = 2 b. Calculate the total distance travelled by the ball when it retums to his hands. Total distance = BI Looking for Good private titer near you? Contact wav prvatetutor.com.q Now 6c. Hence calculate the average speed of the ball when it returns to his hands, 0014s, Average speed = (21 d._ State the average velocity of the ball when it returns to his hands. Average velocity = a 4. A’box of mass 0.016 Mg is suspended from a spring balance hanging from the ceiling of ait. Kes ‘What is the reading on the spring balance if a. theliftis stationary? Reading on spring balance = ... oo fo} b._ the lift moves upwards at an acceleration of 2 mis’? Reading on spring balance a 7 Looking for Good private titer near you? Contact wav prvatetitorcom.q Now00146 c. the lift moves downwards at an acceleration of 3 mis”? Reading on spring balance = @ 5 ‘a. The mass of 600 spherical lead pellets is found to be 66 000 mg and the total volume of the pellets is found to be 5.7 cm’. i. Calculate the volume of one pellet. Volume of one pellet tt] ji, Calculate the density of the pellets in kg/m?, . 7 Density of the pellets in kg/m? 3} i. Calculate the number of pellets that has a mass of 1.1 kg. Number of pellets 2] Looking for Good private titer near you? Contact wav prvatetitorcom.q Nowb. Describe an experiment to demonstrate how the density of such pellets woulg, be, determined experimentally. In your account, i) draw a diagram of the apparatus, (i) describe the procedure, (ii) state how you would use your measurements to obiain a value for the density. Looking fr Good private tutor near you? Contact wor pevatetutor.com sg Now00148 c._A student placed an object X and held it in place in liquid Y at the position shown in the figure below. Both object X and liquid Y have the same density of 1200 kg/m? object X liquid Y Describe what the student would observe when object X is being released and is allowed to move in liquid Y. Explain your answer clearly. AZ) 6. a Define gravitational field strength and state its value on Earth. (2) . List two separate equipment used to measure mass and weight of an object respectively. Looking for Good private titer near you? Contact wav prvatetutorcom.sq Now 107. The figure below shows a wheel with a hole that is off-centre on a slope. 00149 a. Mark and label on the figure above the approximate position of the centre of gravity of the wheel with ‘x’ ty b. Describe what you would observe (if any) to the wheel at the next instant. Explain your answer clearly using centre of gravity. {2} iw Looking for Good private titer near you? Contact wav prvatetitorcom.q Now00150 Section B (20 marks] ‘Answer all the questions in this section 8. For the whole of this question, the acceleration due to gravity should be obtained from the data provided. The following table lists the data about some of the planets that orbit the Sun. Planet Radius? Massi 10°m 108 kg Earth 6.38 0.597 Taper 7S 780 Mars 340 0.064 Mercury 244 0.033 Neptune 248 102 ‘The gravitational field strength, g, depends on the mass of the planet (in kg) and the radius of the planet (in m), given by the formuta: a. Given that the mass of an astronaut is 65 kg, calculate his weight on Earth using the data provided. Weight on Earth 8 Looking for Good private titer near you? Contact wav prvatetitorcom.q Now 2b. Slate the change, if any, to the astronaut’s mass and weight respectively if the,jyg quantities are to be measured again on Neptune. Explain your answers clearly with worked calculation(s) wherever needed. (4) ropes, P and Q and R. The tension in P, Tp, is found to be 70 N. TR (1.8 m > Slate the principle of moments. {1} 13 Looking fr Good private tutor near you? Contact wor pevatetutor.com sg Now0152 ii. State the resultant force on the metal beam. Explain your answer clearly. 81 ii, Find 1. the sum of the anti-clockwise moments about R; ‘Sum of anti-clockwise moments 2] 2. the sum of clockwise moments about R. ‘Sum of clockwise moments iv. Calculate the tension, To, at Q. = Tension, T 2] Looking fr Good private tutor near you? Contact wor pevatetutor.com sg Now 4v. 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