Forces Homework Grids

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Science Teacher: ___________________

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Grid 1.1: Use KO 48 Due: _________

Use the correct answers from the box to complete the Complete the table below
sentence.
Quantity Scalar Vector
acceleration direction distance speed time
Momentum

Acceleration
Velocity is ................................................in a given
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Force

Time

What is the definition of a scalar quantity? Describe the difference between distance and displacement

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What is the definition of a vector quantity?
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Grid 1.2: Use KO 49 Due: _________

What does the length of an arrow in a force diagram show? A cat has a weight of 35N and is standing still on a table.

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What does the direction of an arrow in a force diagram
show? What is the name of the other force acting on the cat?

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Draw two arrows on the diagram to represent the two

Below shows part of the free body diagram for a
forces acting on the cat. Label your arrows with the name
stationary boat.
Complete the free body diagram for the boat. and size of the force they show.

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Calculate the acceleration in each of the following. Show
Calculate the force in each of the following. Show your your working
working
Force = 20N, mass = 5kg
a. mass = 4kg, acceleration = 2 m/s2
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Force = 7N, mass = 14kg
b. mass = 150kg, acceleration = 3 m/s2
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The arrow represents the force on the water produced by the engine propeller.
This force causes the boat to move.

Explain why.

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Grid 1.4 Use KO 49 Due: _________

The diagram shows an aircraft flying at a constant

velocity and at a constant height above the ground.
Complete the free body diagram in to show the other two
forces acting on the aircraft.

The diagrams shows the small aircraft being used to tow a

glider.

The tension force in the cable can be resolved into a horizontal component and a vertical component.
The tension in the cable is 2000 N
The cable makes an angle of 20° with the horizontal.
Draw a vector diagram to determine the magnitude of the two components of the tension force in the cable.
Draw this on the next blank page.
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State what is meant by the term ‘centre of mass’. Give two reasons why the tower B is less stable than tower
A
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On the diagram, the centre of the X marks the centre of

mass of the tractor. …..........................................................................................
Explain why the tractor has not toppled over. You may add
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to the diagram to help you to explain.
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Grid 1.6: Use KO 58 Due: _________

A bus is taking some children to school.

The bus has to stop a few times. The graph to the left
shows the distance–time graph for part of the journey.
Distance
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How far has the bus travelled in the first 20 seconds?
metres
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Using the graph in the top right. Describe the motion of Using the graph above. What is the speed of the bus at 45
the bus between 20 seconds and 30 seconds seconds?

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Describe the motion of the bus between 30 seconds
and 60 seconds.
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Show clearly on the figure above how you obtained your
answer.
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Grid 1.7: Use KO 57-58 Due: _________

Draw one line Calculate the acceleration. Show your working.

from each a) Δv = 20 m/s, t = 5 s
velocity−time
graph to the …...........................................................................................
statement
describing the b) Δv = 50 m/s, t = 25 s
motion shown by
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c) Δv = 15 m/s, t = 3 s

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An aircraft was travelling at a velocity of 250 m/s.
The aircraft then decelerated at 0.14 m/s2.
Calculate the time taken for the aircraft to decelerate
from 250 m/s to 68 m/s.
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A cyclist in the Tour de France accelerates down a hill
from 22 m/s to a speed of 37 m/s. This acceleration takes
him 2 seconds.
Calculate the acceleration.
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KO 57 KO 48: A skydiver wore a chest pack containing monitoring
Fill in the missing gaps in the sentences and tracking equipment.
The skydiver jumps out of the plane and the downward The weight of the chest pack was 54 N.

force of her …..........................pulls her down, her air The gravitational field strength is 10 N / kg.

resistance at the start is very ….................................and Calculate the mass of the chest pack.

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KO 57: The graph shows how the vertical velocity of a parachutist changes from the moment the parachutist jumps
from the aircraft until landing on the ground. Explain why the parachutist reaches a terminal velocity and why opening
the parachute reduces the terminal velocity

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Grid 1.9: Use KO 56 Due: _________

Calculate the momentum if: Calculate the velocity if:

a) m = 0.3 kg, v = 7 m/s a) p = 1.5 kg m/s, m = 0.3 kg

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b) m = 5 kg, v = 12 m/s
b) p = 17 kg m/s, m = 8.5 kg
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Cristiano Ronaldo kicks a football at a momentum of 50 A gun fires a paintball forwards at a velocity of 90 m / s.
kg m/s. If the mass of the football is 500g, what velocity
has he kicked the football at? The paintball has a mass of 0.0030 kg.

Calculate the momentum of the paintball just after the gun

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Grid 1.10: Use KO X -XDue: _________

Vehicle stopping distances are made up from the thinking The braking distance is how far the vehicle travels from
distance and the braking distance. when the brakes are first pressed to when the vehicle stops.
Explain the energy change that happens during this time.
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A car driver makes an emergency stop. Which one of the following would also increase the braking
The chart shows the ‘thinking distance’ and the ‘braking distance of the car? Put a tick ( ) in the box next to your
distance’ needed to stop the car. answer

Rain on the road

The driver having drunk alcohol

Calculate the total stopping distance of the car.

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Grid 1.11: Use KO X -X Due: _________

What is the equation that links force, spring constant and Calculate the force on a spring if:
extension? a) k = 10 N/m, e = 0.20 m.

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The student measured the extension of the spring using a range of

weights. The student’s data is shown plotted in the graph.

What range of weight did the student use?

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What relationship does the data show between weight and extension?

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