BLUEWATERS ACADEMY

PHYSICS
YEAR
BLUEWATERS ACADEMY
9
PLOT4-5 ABEKE OGUNKOYA DRIVE, OFF BABATUNDE ANJOUS, OFF
ADMIRALTY WAY, LEKKI PHASE 1 LAGOS

Easter Term Examination (2022/2023 Session)

Objective& Theory
Duration: 2 hours

Do not open the booklet until you are told to do so. While you are waiting, write your name and examination is
the spaces provided below and thereafter. Read the following instruction carefully

Name: _____________________________________________

Examiner: _________________________________________

Examination number: ________________________________

Invigilator’s signature: ________________________________

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Answer all OBJECTIVE questions

2. READ the Theory instructions carefully
3. Use a soft pencil for any diagrams
4. Do NOT glue or USE correction fluid

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1. A ____________________ is a bar that can b. Pliers
turn when you exert a force on one end. c. Spanners
a. Machine d. Springs balance
b. Lever 9. ______________ can turn an object clockwise
c. Equipment or anticlockwise about a pivot
d. Appliance a. Forces
2. The force that you exert on the bar is called b. Distance
________________ c. Speed
a. Load d. Acceleration
b. Effort 10. _____________ can produce forces that are
c. Pivot much bigger than the effort, to lift a heavy
d. Fulcrum load
3. The weight of the object that you lift is called a. Machines
the __________________ b. Levers
a. Load c. Equipment’s
b. Effort d. Appliances
c. Pivot 11. What is the speed of an object that covered a
d. Fulcrum distance of 70 km in 5 hours?
4. The effort produces a turning effect and the a. 14km/hr
bar rotates about a __________________ b. 16km/hr
a. Load c. 15km/hr
b. Effort d. 24hr/km
c. Pivot 12. What is the time taken for an object with the
d. Fulcrum speed of 4km/h to fly a distance of 15km?
5. The lever is a ___________ a. 120 hours
a. Force multiplier b. 60 hours
b. Fulcrum multiplier c. 0.4 hours
c. Load multiplier d. 4 hours
d. Pivot multiplier 13. Calculate the average speed of a runner
6. Using a hammer to remove a nail is an who runs 100 m in 5 s.
example of a ________ a. 10 m/s
a. Force multiplier lever b. 20 m/s
b. Fulcrum multiplier lever c. 5 m/s
c. Load multiplier lever d. 8m/s
d. Pivot multiplier lever 14. A car travels 90 km in 2 hours. Calculate
7. In a chemistry laboratory you use _________ its average speed.
to hold a test tube or a beaker at a distance so a. 5 km/hr
you don’t get burnt. b. 10 km/hr
a. tongs c. 20 km/hr
b. Plies d. 45 km/hr
c. Spanner 15. Convert 500 cm to meters
d. Spring balance a. 0.5 m
8. The ________________ are distance b. 5.00 m
multiplier c. 0.005 m
a. tongs d. 500 m

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16. A truck travelling at an average speed of 90 a. the lower the weight of the air above
m/s in 20s. Calculate the distance covered. you
a. 1800 m b. the higher the weight of the air above
b. 180 m you
c. 18m c. the lower the weight of the air below
d. 1.8 m you
17. The product of a force and the perpendicular d. the higher the weight of the air below
distance from the pivot is called
you
a. Moment of a force
24. The pressure on a solid increase with increase
b. Gravity
in
c. Acceleration
a. Surface area
d. none of the above
b. Applied force
18. Which of the state of matter have particles
c. Friction
that are in a regular arrangement?
d. Gravity
a. Solids
25. The pressure in liquids increase with increase
b. Liquids
in
c. Gases
a. Surface area
d. none of the above
b. Height
19. The unit of pressure is
c. Gravity
a. Newton
d. Depths
b. Kilogram
26. The measure of mass of a substance by its
c. Pascal
volume is known as
d. Joules
a. Concentration
20. If you walk through snow, you usually sink
b. Pressure
into it, this is because your shoes have
c. Density
a. A small surface area
d. Force
b. A large surface area
27. The pressure in gases increases with increase
c. An equal surface area with the snow
in
d. None of the above
a. Surface area
21. Drawing pins have a round large end for your
b. Height
thumb to push. The round end has a large area
c. Gravity
so it
d. Depth
a. Exert a low pressure to your thumb
b. Exert a high pressure to your thumb
28. The pressure on a solid decrease with increase
c. Exert an equal pressure to your thumb
in
d. None of the above
a. Surface area
b. Applied force
22. Fluids exert pressure on surfaces, and this
c. Friction
pressure acts at
d. Gravity
a. 90° to those surfaces
29. A hammer hitting a nail on a surface does
b. 60° to those surfaces
a. Increases the pressure from the nail
c. 70° to those surfaces
b. Decreases the pressure from the nail
d. 45° to those surfaces
c. Increases the pressure from the
23. Atmospheric pressure changes with altitude.
hammer
The higher you go:

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d. Decreases the pressure from the d. 20P
hammer 35. Effects of pressure increases with
30. What is the pressure applied on a surface 5m2 a. Decreases in temperature
If force applied is 70N b. Increase in temperature
a. 350P c. None of the above
b. 75P d. Increase in surface area
c. 14P 36. Pressure is measured in the following except.
d. 65P a. Pascal
31. If the pressure 20P applied on a surface is b. Bar
5m2 , what is force applied? c. Atmosphere
a. 100N d. Hydrosphere
b. 25N 37. Instruments used in measuring pressure is
c. 15N a. Spring balance
d. 4N b. Barometer
32. The higher the temperature of a gas, the c. Screw gauge
a. Higher the average kinetic energy d. Wind vane
b. Lower the average kinetic energy 38. What is the density of a liquid with pressure
c. Lower the amount of heat energy of 250 Pa at 10 m depth
d. None of the above a. 2.5 kg/m3
33. According to Boyle’s law, for a fixed mass of b. 12.5 kg/m3
a gas, the volume is c. 10 kg/m3
a. Inversely proportional to the pressure d. 25kg/m3
b. Directly proportional to the pressure 39. ___________ tells you how much mass there
c. Inversely proportional to the is in a certain volume
temperature a. Force
d. Directly proportional to the b. Density
temperature c. Pressure
d. Velocity
40. You can find the volume of a liquid such as
water with a __________________
34. What is the pressure applied on a surface 6m2 a. Measuring tape
If force applied is 120N b. Measuring cylinder
a. 30P c. Spring balance
b. 5P d. Weighing balance
c. 4P
(40 Marks)

SECTION B
(Answer all questions from this part)
1. Jeremiah has two sound waves oscilloscope traces

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(a) Circle the correct answers.

Which trace has the higher pitch?

Trace A Trace B They have the same pitch

Which trace has the lower frequency?

Trace A Trace B They have the same frequency

Which trace is louder?

Trace A Trace B They have the same loudness

Which trace has the lower amplitude?

Trace A Trace B They have the same amplitude

(4 Marks)
(b) Sound waves are produced by a vibrating objects.
What does the vibrating objects do to the air particles around it?
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2. Akunna is a dancer.

The force she exerts on the floor is 500N.

(a) She stands with both feet flat on the floor.

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The area of her shoes in contact with the floor is 400cm3.

Calculate the pressure she exerts on the floor.

Pressure is …………………………………Nm2
(2 Marks)

(b) Akunna stands on the points of her feet.

Her new area in contact with the floor is 10cm2 rather than 400cm2.

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Describe what happens to the pressure she exerts on the floor.

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(c) Akunna balances on one point.

She cannot remain on one point for a long time because it may damage her toes.
Suggest why this may damage her toes.
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Session C
Answer all the questions from this section
1. a. Copy and complete this sentence by selecting the correct words.
You need to use bigger/smaller force to close a door if you push it near the hinges. This is because distance to the
pivot is bigger/smaller.

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b. A boy uses a force of 10N to close a large door. The handle is 3m from the hinge (pivot). What is the moment
of the force?
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2. a. Tom weighs 800N. He sits 3m from the pivot of a see-saw with his father 2m from the pivot on the other side.
His father weighs 1200N. Is the see-saw balanced?
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b. Calculate the moment of each of these forces.
i. a force of 10N acting 2m from a pivot.
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ii. a force of 2N acting 0.4m from the pivot.
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(3 Marks)
iii. a force of 0.1N acting 0.2m from the pivot.
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