Revision Practice for Term-2

1 a.

Find the distance travelled by an object that moves at a speed of 120 m/s for 8 seconds.

A. 960 metres
B. 128 metres
C. 96 metres
D. 15 metres

1 b.

A plane travels at an average speed of 560 km/h. The plane travels 3640 kilometres.
Calculate how long the plane journey took.

A. 6 ½ hours
B. 6 1/ 4 hours
C. 6 hours
D. 5 ½ hours

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A cyclist takes 2 ½ hours to travel 45 miles. What is the cyclist’s speed?

A. 18 mph
B. 22 mph
C. 22 ½ mph
D. 27 mph

1 d. What are the units for mass?

A. Kilograms
B. Newtons
C. Newtons per kilogram

1 e. What is the formula for average speed?

A. Time taken ÷ distance moved
B. Distance moved ÷ time taken
C. Distance moved × time taken

1f. What is the vertical axis in a distance-time graph?

A. Distance travelled from the start
B. Time taken in seconds
C. Distance travelled in metres

1g. What does a steep line correspond to in a distance-time graph?

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B. An accelerating speed
C. A fast steady speed

1h. How is velocity different from speed?

A. Speed is velocity in a given direction
B. Velocity is speed in a given direction
C. They are the same

1i. What is the formula for acceleration?

A. Change in velocity × time taken
B. Time taken ÷ change in velocity
C. Change in velocity ÷ time taken
1j. What is the vertical axis in a speed-time graph?
A. Velocity of the object
B. Speed in metres per second
C. Distance travelled from the start
1k. What does a downwards line correspond to in a speed-time graph?
A. Constant acceleration
B. Constant deceleration
C. Returning to start
1 m. What does the area beneath a velocity-time graph represent?
A. The average speed
B. The average velocity
C. The distance travelled

1n. If a car increases in velocity from +5 m/s to +15 m/s in three seconds, what is its
acceleration?

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B. +3.3 m/s2
C. +10 m/s2

1 l. What is the correct equation for calculating weight?

A. W = m ÷ g
B. W = g ÷ m
C. W = m g
1 o. What is the relationship between the weight of a body and the gravitational field
strength?
A. Weight is directly proportional to gravitational field strength

B. Weight is inversely proportional to gravitational field strength

C. Weight is not proportional to gravitational field strength
1 p. What is the acceleration of a 420 g object subject to a 15 N resultant force?
A. 0.036 m/s2
B. 36 m/s2
C. 6,300 m/s2
1 q. What is the definition of inertial mass?
A. The ratio of force over acceleration
B. The effect of gravitational attraction on a weight
C. The weight of an object in deep space, very far from any gravitational fields
1 r. Which word describes an object that will return to its original shape when forces
are removed?
A. Plastic
B. Inelastic
C. Elastic

1 s. The speed-time graph shows the motion of a car.

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[Question 1 [a-t] -MCQ -20 marks]

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2 a (a) Figs. 1.1 and 1.2 show speed-time graphs for two objects, each moving in a
straight line.

(i) Describe the motion of the object shown by the graph in Fig. 1.1.
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(ii) Describe the motion of the object shown by the graph in Fig. 1.2.
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[3 marks]

2.b A train accelerates uniformly from rest to 24 m/s on a straight part of the track. It
travels 1.44 km. Calculate its acceleration.

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2c. State the Magnitude and direction of the resultant force

2d. A car salesman says that his best car has a mass of 900 kg and can accelerate from 0
to 27 m/s in 3 seconds. Calculate:
[7 marks]

a) The acceleration of the car in the first 3 seconds.

b) The force required to produce this acceleration.

2.e A passenger of mass 70 kg travels in a car at a speed of 20 m/s. The vehicle is

involved in a collision, which brings the car (and the passenger) to a halt in 0.1
seconds. [7 marks]
Calculate:
a) The deceleration of the car (and the passenger).

b) The decelerating force on the passenger.

3.a NASA's Artemis mission aims to send the first woman astronaut to the Moon.Isabelle
hopes to one day become an astronaut. She has a mass of 40 kg.Comment on the difference
between Isabelle's weight on Earth, and her weight on the Moon. Take the Earth's
gravitational field strength as 10 N/kg, and the Moon's gravitational field strength as 2
N/kg. [3 marks]
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3.b A small object falls out of an aircraft.Choose words from the list to complete the
sentences below:

Friction Gravity Air pressure

Accelerates Falls at a steady speed Slows down

(a) The weight of an object is the force of __________ which acts on it.

(b) When something falls, initially it ____________.

(c) The faster it falls, the larger the force of ______________ which acts on it.

(d) Eventually it ______________ when the force of friction equals the force of gravity
acting on it.

[2 marks]

3.c

[6 marks]

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