2nd Form Revision Questions – all topics Name ……………………………………….

1. A car travels 1.7km in 87 seconds. Calculate the car’s average speed, making clear what equation you have
used to find the answer, giving your answer to 2 significant figures and including the correct unit. (4)

2. The time taken for a ball to fall 2.33m is measured using a stopwatch. 3 repeat readings are taken.

Time /seconds
0.70
0.69
0.72

a) Calculate the average value for the time taken for the fall. (1)

b) Hence calculate a value for the average speed for the fall (1)

c) Complete the following sentence with one of the words or phrases in bold. (2)

The ………………………………………………………………..speed of the ball at the end of its fall

is …………………………………………………… the average speed.

average, instantaneous, slower than, faster than, the same as,

d) The reason for taking repeat readings in an experiment are best described by which of the following
statements? (circle the correct one) (1)

A. Science is fun, so more experiment is just better

B. Repeat readings help to reduce the effect of random uncertainty in the readings, increasing
confidence in the measured quantity.

C. Repeat readings allow you to use a calculator.

3. Here is a shape.

Use a ruler to measure the shape and hence make a

calculation of the area of the shape. Make sure you include
correct units and write the answer to an appropriate
number of significant figures. (5)

Length =

Height =

Area =

4. Here is a graph showing the distance travelled by a sprinter running a 100m race against time. (He wasn’t
running the race against “time”, more likely there were some other people running too.)

a) What is the runner’s time for the 100m race? (1)

b) Calculate the runner’s average speed for the first 100m travelled. (1)

c) At what point is the runner moving fastest? (circle the correct answer) (1)

A B C D
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ii) Complete the following passage describing an experiment to find the centre of gravity of a card shape
using some of the words in bold beneath the passage. (5)

To find the centre of gravity of an ……………………………. shape made of card, a pin is used to make a

hole in three different places, spaced out around the edge of the shape. Then a clamp stand, boss and

clamp are set up to support the pin, held horizontally. The card shape is now hung from the pin so that it

can swing …………………………… from each of the holes in turn. A plumbline is also hung from the pin,

so that it forms a ………………………………. line next to the card shape. A …………………………….. is

used to mark in the position of the plumbline for each hole that the card shape is hung from. The centre of

gravity of the card is the point at which the three lines drawn along the

plumbline …………………………………...

vertical, cross, freely, pencil, irregular, moment, friction, asparagus, shoe,

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6. Here is a coconut. It is falling from a very, very tall tree.

The coconut is falling at a steady speed. What does this tell you about the forces acting on the coconut? (1)

7. An experiment was carried out to investigate the force of friction between a wooden block and a desk.

Weights were added to the wooden block to see how they changed the force required to drag the block at
a constant speed across the desk.

The results are shown in the following table:

Weight added to block / Newtons Force required / Newtons

0.0 0.9
1.0 1.2
2.0 1.4
3.0 1.7
4.0 1.9
5.0 2.1

a) Plot the data with Weight added to the block on the x axis and Force required on the y axis. Add a
straight line of best fit, drawn with a ruler. Label both axes correctly. (4)
b) Write a sentence fully describing the relationship shown by the graph. (2)

c) Using the data or the graph, try to guess the weight of the wooden block with no added weights. (1)
 d) A student finds that the doing the experiment on a wet desk causes the forces required to drag the
block to be much smaller. What word is used to describe adding a liquid between solid surfaces to
reduce friction? (1)

8. A boy’s bedroom has a yellow carpet, green walls and a cyan ceiling. He decides to put a magenta filter
over his bedroom light, which normally emits white light. What colour do the three surfaces now look?

Carpet -

Walls -

Ceiling -

9. Two teams are due to compete in a game of rollerhockey. One team plays in magenta and yellow stripes,
and the other plays in red and blue stripes. To jazz things up, the match will be played under flashing
coloured lights alternating red, then blue. Explain why this might cause a problem by determining what
colour each team's shirt will appear in red and blue light. (3)

10. Here is a ray diagram showing a pinhole camera.

a) State two effects that making the pinhole larger would have on the image. (2)
 b) Make a series of two drawings to show why the image of the tree, as viewed through a pinhole camera,
would get smaller as the camera is moved away from the object. (2)

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