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Bi-monthly Examination 2022

CANDIDATE
NAME

PHYSICS Date:
GRADE IX–SCIENCE Total Marks: 35 Time Allowed:
1 HOUR

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

Write your Section and Name on all the work you hand in.
Write in dark blue pen.
Do not use paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid.
During examination, borrowing stationery from other candidates is strictly forbidden.
Answer all questions.
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.
At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together.
Use of calculator is allowed.
You should show all your working and use appropriate units.

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Invigilator’s signature Examiner’s signature Re-checker’s signature

This document consists of 7 printed pages.

SECTION A
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Q. Choose the correct answer [10]

1. The diagram shows part of a ruler. The ruler is used to find the length of a nail.

What is the length of the nail?

2. A pendulum is set in motion and timed. The time measured for 10 complete swings is 25 s.
What is the time for one complete swing of the pendulum?

3. A stopwatch is used to time a runner in a race. The diagrams show the stopwatch at the start and at the
end of a lap of the race.

How long did the runner take to finish the lap of the race?
A. 50.00 seconds
B. 50.10 seconds
C. 90.00 seconds
D. 90.10 seconds

4. The diagram shows a micrometer scale.

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 Which reading is shown?

5. Is mass a scalar or a vector, and is acceleration a scalar or a vector?

6. The diagram shows the only three forces acting on an object.

What is the resultant force on the object?

A. 3.0 N to the left
B. 3.0 N to the right
C. 8.0 N to the left
D. 8.0 N to the right

7. A brick is placed on a newton meter and then on a beam balance.

What is measured by each instrument?

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8. Which statement is correct?
A. Mass is a gravitational force but weight is not a gravitational force.
B. Mass is not a gravitational force and weight is not a gravitational force.
C. The unit of mass is the kilogram and the unit of weight is the newton.
D. The unit of mass is the newton and the unit of weight is the kilogram

9. Diagram 1 shows a measuring cylinder containing some water.

Diagram 2 shows the same measuring cylinder after a piece of rock has been slowly submerged in the
water.

What is the volume of the piece of rock?

10. Which equation can be used to calculate the speed of a moving object?

SECTION B (25 marks)

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1. A physical quantity can be a scalar or a vector.

(a) State one difference between scalar and vector quantities.

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

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

(b) A table shows the names of some physical quantities below.

Place a tick mark in front of each of them to identify if they are scalar or vector.

Quantity Scalar Vector

Distance
Weight
Velocity
Time
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(c) A boat is moving due west at a speed of 7.0 m/s relative to the water. The water is moving due south
at 3.0 m/s.
In the space below, draw a scale diagram to determine the magnitude and direction of the resultant of
these two velocities. State the scale used.

scale ………………………………………….

magnitude of resultant velocity = ………………………………………….

direction of resultant …………………………………………….

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2. All the sides of a plastic cube are 8.0 cm long as shown in the figure.

The mass of the cube is 0.44 kg.

(a) Define mass.

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[1]

(b) (i) Calculate the volume of the cube.

volume = ……………………………… [2]

(ii) Calculate the density of the plastic from which the cube is made. Include unit in your answer.

density = …………………………………. [2]

(c) On the Moon, the weight of the cube is 0.70 N.

(i) Define weight.

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

(ii) Calculate the gravitational field strength on the Moon.

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 Gravitational field strength = ………………………………… [2]
3. Figure shows the path of a football as it is kicked along the ground between three players.
The distances between the players are shown on the figure.

The ball takes 1.2 s to travel from player A to player B.

(a) Calculate the average speed of the ball between A and B.

average speed = …………………………………. [2]

(b) Player B kicks the ball to player C.

It travels with the same average speed.
Calculate the time taken for the ball to travel from B to C.

Time = ……………………………….. [3]

(c) (i) Define velocity.

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

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[1]

(ii) State and explain whether the average velocities, from A to B and from B to C, are the same.

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[2]

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