LENGTH AND TIME EXERCISE

1 Which of the following is an SI unit of length?

A centimetre
B kilometre
C metre
D millimetre

2 The diagram shows part of a rule.

What is the accuracy of the rule?

A 0.001 cm
B 0.01 cm
C 0.1 cm
D 1.0 cm

3 The diagrams show part of the scales of some instruments used to measure length.

Which of the four instruments, A, B, C or D would give the most accurate reading?

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4 A student uses a 30 cm rule to measure the length of an eraser as shown.

eraser

2 3 4 5
cm

What is the length of the eraser?

A 2.1 cm
B 3.2 cm
C 5.3 cm
D 5.4 cm

5 The diagram shows a section of a 30 cm rule to measure the length of an eraser.

What is the length of the eraser?

A 39 mm
B 39.5 mm
C 134.4 mm
D 170.3 mm

6 The diagram shows a broken rule.

What is the maximum length of an object which can fit within the scale of the rule?

A 3.5 cm B 3.9 cm C 4.9 cm D 8.5 cm

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7 The diagram shows part of a vernier caliper scale when measuring the length of a
wooden block.

What is the length of the wooden block?

A 8.50 cm B 8.55 cm C 9.00 cm D 9.45 cm

8 What is the reading on the scale of the vernier caliper shown below?

A 10.6 mm B 16.0 mm C 16.4 mm D 20.4 mm

9 The diagram shows part of a micrometer screw gauge that was used to measure the
thickness of an iron rod.

What is the thickness of the rod?

A 2.58 mm B 12.58 mm C 13.30 mm D 20.50 mm

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10 The diagram shows the scale of a micrometer screw gauge.

What is the reading shown?

A 4.17 mm
B 2.72 mm
C 2.28 mm
D 2.22 mm

11 A micrometer screw gauge can measure a length of 7.96 mm.

What is the smallest division on the micrometer screw gauge?

A 1.0 mm
B 0.1 mm
C 0.01 mm
D 0.001 mm

12 The diagram shows a student measuring the height of another student using a rule.

Which type of error may be caused by the height differences of students?

A parallax
B reaction
C systematic
D zero

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13 An athlete finished a race in 65.42 seconds.

Which diagram shows the display of the time on a stopwatch at the end of the race?

14 A ball fell from a tall building. Two students used accurate stop watches to measure the
time taken by the ball to reach the ground. Their times differed by 1.06 seconds.
Which type of error caused the difference?

A instrumental
B parallax
C reaction time
D zero

15 Fig.15.1 shows a vernier caliper being used to measure the length of a wooden block.

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 Fig.15.1

What is the length of the wooden block?

length = …………………………… [1]

16 Fig.16.1 shows a pair of vernier calipers with its jaws closed.

Fig.16.1

(a) What is the reading on the vernier calipers?

reading = …………………………… [1]

Fig.16.2 shows the same vernier calipers used to measure the diameter of a test tube.

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 Fig.16.2

(b) What is the reading on the vernier calipers?

reading = …………………………… [1]

(c) Determine the diameter of the test tube.

diameter = …………………………… [1]

17 Fig.17.1 shows a simple pendulum which is swinging between the extremities a and b.

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 Fig.17.1

It takes 0.2 s for the pendulum to swing from a to b.

(a) Calculate the period of the pendulum.

period = …………………………… [2]

(b) Calculate the frequency of the pendulum.

frequency = …………………………… [2]

18 Fig.18.1 shows a pendulum swinging to-and-fro about point A.

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 The pendulum bob swings from A to the right, back through A to the left and back to A
again.
It takes 2.00s complete this movement.

Fig.18.1
(a) (i) State the term used to describe one complete to-and-fro swing of the pendulum.

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

(ii) State the value of the period of the pendulum.

period = …………………………. [1]

(iii) Calculate the frequency of the pendulum.

frequency = …………………………. [2]

(b) State the effect of the following on the period of the pendulum.
(i) increasing the mass of the bob.

………………………………………………………………………………………….

(ii) decreasing the length of the string.

…………………………………………………………...………………………… [2]
19 Fig Fig.19.1 shows a pendulum clock.

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 Fig.19.1

A bob of mass 0.025 kg takes 1.0 second to complete one oscillation.

(a) Define an oscillation.

…………………………………………………………………………………………………

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

(b) Determine the time taken by the bob to move from A to B.

time taken = …………………………… [1]

(c) (i) Calculate the potential energy gained by the bob when it move from B to C.

potential energy = …………………………… [2]

(ii) Calculate the velocity of the bob when it passes point B.

velocity = …………………………… [2]

(i) State the assumption you make in answering (c) (ii)?

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

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