NAME-……………………………………………………………… Grade Subject Sr.

No
ROLL NO-………………………………………………………….. 9 Science W.s 1

DATE-…………………………………………………………………

1. Which is the unit for force and what is the unit of weight?

Force Weight
A Kg Kg
B Kg N
C N Kg
D N N
2. The displacement of a moving object can be found from
A Area under displacement-time graph
B Slope
3. A ruler is used to measure the length of a nail, as shown.

What is the length of the nail?

A 2.1 cm
B 3.3 cm
C 5.4 cm
D 7.5 cm
4. A man takes 30 min to walk 4 km to a station. He then immediately gets on a train
that takes 60 minutes to travel 100km.
What is the average speed for the man’s complete journey?
A 1.2km/hour
B 1.8km/hour
C 54km/hour
D 69km/hour
5. Which change can not be caused by a force acting on an object?
A Change of mass
B Change of motion
C Change of shape
 D Change of size
2. A student determines the period T of a pendulum.

(a) She uses the apparatus shown in Fig. 3.1.

clamp

pendulum

bob

Fig. 3.1
The period T is the time it takes for the pendulum to complete one full oscillation (from S to P,
P to Q and then from Q back to S), as shown in Fig. 3.2.

P
Q S

Fig. 3.2
• The student pulls the pendulum a few centimetres to one side and releases it.
• She measures the time for 20 complete oscillations of the pendulum using a stop‑watch.
• She records, in Table 3.1, the time for 20 oscillations of the pendulum, to the nearest
0.01 s.
• She repeats this measurement two more times, recording the results in Table 3.1.

Table 3.1
time for 20 oscillations / s period T / s

26.72 1.34

26.61 1.33

(i) Explain why the student measures the time for 20 oscillations rather than just one
oscillation.

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Fig. 3.3 shows her final stop‑watch reading.

Read and record in Table 3.1 the time to the nearest 0.01 s for 20
oscillations of thependulum.

Fig. 3.3
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(b) (i) Calculate the period T of the pendulum

for this final result.Use the equation
shown.
time for 20 oscillations
T=
20

Record your answer in Table 3.1. Give your answer to the nearest 0.01 s. [1]

(ii) Calculate the average value of T from the student’s results.

average T =
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s
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1
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(c) Describe how the student can use a piece of white card with a thin black
line drawn on it toimprove the accuracy of the measurements made in this
experiment.

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