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1 A student has a measuring cylinder and a small, irregularly shaped piece of metal. The piece of
metal can easily fit into the measuring cylinder.

Describe how the student can use the measuring cylinder and some water to find the volume of
the metal.

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[Total: 4]

2 A student has an object with a mass of 5.0 kg.

Calculate the weight of the object.

weight of object = ....................................................... N [2]

[Total: 2]

3 The weight of a skydiver is 750 N.

Calculate the mass of the skydiver.

mass = ........................................................ kg [3]

[Total: 3]

4 A force is a vector quantity.

State two features of a vector quantity.

1. ..............................................................................................................................................

2. .............................................................................................................................................. [2]
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[Total: 2]

5 A force is a vector quantity.

State the names of two other quantities that are vectors.

1. ..............................................................................................................................................

2. .............................................................................................................................................. [2]

[Total: 2]

6 A car takes 12.8 s to travel 200 m.

Calculate the average speed of the car for this 200 m.

average speed = ..................................... m / s [3]

[Total: 3]

7 The diagram shows the horizontal forces acting on a car.

900 N 1200 N

(not to scale)

Calculate the resultant horizontal force on the car.

size of force = .............................................. N

direction ........................................................... [3]

[Total: 3]
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8 A student uses a digital stop-watch to measure the time for a car to travel 100 m.

The diagram shows the time reading on the stop-watch.

1 s
min s 100

0 : 07 20

Using the information in the diagram, state the time taken to travel 100 m.

time to travel 100 m = .................................................. s [1]

[Total: 1]

9 The diagram shows a measuring cylinder containing some water.

25
cm3
20

15

10

(a) State the volume of the water in the measuring cylinder.

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volume = ....................................... cm [1]
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(b) A student adds 20 drops of water to the water that is in the measuring cylinder in the diagram.
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The new volume of water in the measuring cylinder is 25 cm .

Calculate the average volume of one drop of water.

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average volume of one drop = ......................................... cm [4]

[Total: 5]