The City School

Mid-Year Examination 2022-23

Student’s Name: Student ID: Section:

Subject Teacher’s Name: School Name:

PHYSICS 5054/22
CLASS 9
Paper 2 – Theory 1 hour 45 minutes
You must answer on the question paper.
No additional materials are needed.

INSTRUCTIONS
 Answer all questions.
 Use a black or dark blue pen. You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams or graphs.
 Write your Full Name, Student ID, Section, Subject Teacher’s Name, and School Name in the
boxes above.
 Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
 Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
 You may use a calculator.
 You should show all your working and use appropriate units.
 Take the weight of 1.0 kg to be 9.8 N (acceleration of free fall = 9.8 m/s2).

INFORMATION
 The total mark for this paper is 80.
 The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].

Invigilated by: ___________ Marked by:____________ Marks tallied by: __________

This document has 14 pages. Any blank pages are indicated.

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1 A ball rolls down a slope, as shown in Fig. 1.1.
The metre rule shows the position of the ball at times t = 0, 1.0 s, 2.0 s and 3.0 s.

Fig 1.1

(a) Explain how Fig.1.1 shows that the ball is accelerating.

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(b) Calculate the average speed of the ball between t = 1.0 s and 3.0 s.

average speed = .............................. [2]

(c) Two of the forces that act on the ball are air resistance and weight.
State what, if anything, happens to these forces as the ball accelerates.

air resistance: ...............................................................................................................

weight: .................................................................................................................... [2]

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 (d) Explain why, if the slope is long enough, the ball eventually reaches a constant
speed.

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[Total: 6]

2 The apparatus shown in Fig. 2.1 is used to measure the extension of a spring.

Fig 2.1

(a) Explain how the mass causes a force on the spring.

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(b) The force on the spring is a vector quantity. State what is meant by a vector
quantity.

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 (c) Fig. 2.2 shows a graph of the length of the spring plotted against the force on the
spring, for forces between 0 and 10 N.

Fig. 2.2

(i) 1. State a formula that relates the unstretched length l0 of the spring, the
stretched length l of the spring and the extension e of the spring.

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2. A mass produces a force of 9.0 N on the spring. Determine the extension of

the spring caused by this mass.

extension = .............................. [2]

(ii) The limit of proportionality of the spring is reached when the force is 10 N. The
spring is easier to stretch after the limit of proportionality. On Fig. 2.2,
continue the line to suggest how the length changes when the force is greater
than 10 N. [1]
[Total: 6]

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3 Fig. 3.1 shows the speed-time graph for a car travelling along a horizontal road.

Fig. 3.1

(a) On Fig. 3.1, mark and label a point where the car has a non-uniform deceleration.
[1]

(b) Calculate the deceleration of the car at t = 3.0 seconds.

Deceleration = .............................. [3]

(c) Explain, in term of the horizontal forces that act on the car, why its speed is
constant at t = 1.0 sec.

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[Total: 7]

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4 Fig 4.1 shows the directions of four forces acting on a racing car as it travels in a
horizontal straight line.

Fig. 4.1

(a) Draw a line from each box on the left to the correct description of each force. [4]

Force A Driving force

Force B Contact or normal reaction force
Force C Air resistance and friction
Force D Force of gravity

(b) The table shows the sizes of the forces acting on the car at one time.

Force A/N Force B/N Force C/N Force D/N

8000 1000 8000 600

The gravitational field strength g is 10 N / kg.

Calculate
(i) the mass of the car.

mass = .............................. [2]

(ii) the resultant force on the car,

Resultant force = .............................. [2]

(iii) the acceleration of the car.

acceleration = .............................. [3]

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 (c) At another time, the car is travelling at speed u. It then accelerates for 5.0 sec with
an acceleration of 1.6 m/s2, and reaches a speed or 20 m/s.
Calculate the value of u.

u = .............................. [3]
[Total: 14]
5 A student drops a small metal object into a cylinder of oil. The object falls alongside a
vertical ruler and a camera records its position at 1.0 s intervals, as shown in Fig. 5.1.

Fig. 5.1
(a) On the grid in fig. 5.2, plot a distance-time graph for the object. [4]

Fig. 5.2

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 (b) The object has a constant speed for some of the time.
(i) State and explain how a distance-time graph shows that speed is constant.

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(ii) Explain, in terms of the forces acting on the object, how it is able to fall at a
constant speed.

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[Total: 10]
6 Fig. 6.1 shows the distance-time graph for a journey made by a cyclist between town A
and town B.

Fig. 6.1
The cyclist leaves town A at time t = 0 and arrives at town B at t = 4.0 hours.
(a) (i) Determine the distance between the two towns.

distance = .............................. [1]

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 (ii) Determine the time for which the cyclist rests during the journey, before he
reaches town B.

time = .............................. [1]

(b) The speed of the cyclist near the end of the journey is greater than the speed at the
beginning. State how the graph shows this.

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(c) Calculate the average speed of the cyclist for the journey from A to B.

average speed = .............................. [3]

[Total: 6]

7 Fig. 7.1 shows a parachutist falling vertically towards the ground.

Fig. 7.1

The mass of the parachutist is 60 kg and his weight is 600 N.

(a) State what is meant by:

(i) mass:

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 (ii) weight:

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(b) Calculate the acceleration of the parachutist when the air resistance is 200 N.

acceleration = .............................. [3]

(c) The parachutist falls from rest at time t = 0. He accelerates non-uniformly until he
reaches a terminal velocity of 44 m/s at t = 30 sec.
At t = 40 sec, the parachute opens. He decelerates for 4.0 s, reaching a smaller
terminal velocity of 5.0 m/s. He then falls at this speed until he lands on the ground
at t = 200 s.

(i) On fig. 7.2, draw the speed-time graph for the parachutist.

[4]

Fig. 7.2

(ii) Calculate the average deceleration of the parachutist between t = 40 s

and t = 44 s.

deceleration = .............................. [2]

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 (d) Explain, in terms of the forces involved, why;

(i) the parachutist reaches a terminal velocity at t = 30 s.

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(ii) the parachutist decelerates when the parachute opens.

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(iii) the second terminal velocity, when the parachute is open, is smaller than the
first.

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[Total: 15]

8 A student has a pile of A4 paper for his computer printer. Fig. 8.1 shows the dimension
of the pile of paper.

Fig. 8.1

(a) The pile contains 500 sheets of paper. Calculate the average thickness of one sheet
of paper.

average thickness = .............................. [2]

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 (b) Show that the pile of paper has a volume of 3000 cm3. Use the information shown
in Fig. 8.1.

[1]

(c) The student measures the total mass of the paper in the pile.
State the name of a device used to measure mass.

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(d) The mass of the paper in the pile is 2400 g. Calculate the density of the paper.

density = .............................. [3]

[Total: 7]

9 Some cyclists are racing around a track.

(a) Fig. 9.1 shows the speed-time graph for one cyclist.

Fig.9.1

(i) Tick the box that represents the cyclist travelling at constant speed. [1]

A B C D

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 (ii) Calculate the distance travelled by the cyclist in the first 5 seconds.

distance = .............................. [3]

(b) The length of the track is 250 m. Another cyclist goes around the track four times
(four laps). This takes 80.0 seconds.

(i) Calculate the average speed of this cyclist.

average speed = .............................. [3]

(ii) A friend of the cyclist starts a stopwatch at the beginning of the race.
Fig. 9.2. shows the reading on the stopwatch when the cyclist has gone around
the track once.
Fig. 9.3. shows the reading on the stopwatch when the cyclist has gone around
the track twice

Fig. 9.2 Fig. 9.3

Calculate the time taken for the cyclist to go around the track during the
second lap.

time = .............................. [2]

[Total: 9]

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