(d) Is the collision between the bullet and the wooden block elastic?

3 Figure shows a cart of mass

PUSAT TUISYEN ALPHA DINAMIK Use relevant figures to prove your answer. 30 kg travelling at a velocity of
4 m s-1 along a straight line.
Form 4 Revision S2B Prepared by Alfred Lim
An impulse of 90 N s is
supplied to the cart in the direction of motion of the cart.
1 Figure shows a bullet
of 20 g mass being (a) What is the change in (c) What is the final velocity
fired from a pistol. The (e) What would be the (f) What is the frictional force that momentum of the cart? of the cart?
bullet, travelling with a acceleration of the bullet if it stops the bullet in the wooden
velocity of 200 m s-1, enters the wooden block block?
strike a wooden target in 0.2 s?
of 0.48 kg mass and
is embedded in it.
(a) (i) What happens to the pistol when the bullet is fired?
Explain how it can happen.
(b) What is the final momentum
of the cart?

2 Figure shows a man

standing on a stationary
trolley. He then jumps
out of the trolley onto
a platform.
(ii) Name the principle involved. (a) State the physics principle that is involved in the movement of
the trolley as the man jumps on to platform.
4 A car of total mass 900 kg travelling at 20 m s-1 collides with a truck
of mass 1500 kg which is initially at rest. The car stuck to the
truck after the collision and they move together
(b) Explain why the trolley moves away from the platform as the
(b) Before the bullet strikes the wooden block, calculate: man jumps. (a) Determine the velocity of (c) If the collision time is 0.75 s,
(i) the momentum of the (ii) the kinetic energy of the bullet. the combined vehicles calculate the impulsive force
bullet. after the collision. on the car during the collision.

(c) The mass of the man is 60 kg

and he jumps at a velocity of
(c) After the bullet is embedded inside the wooden block, calculate: 3 m s-1. The mass of the trolley
(i) the common velocity of (ii) the kinetic energy of the bullet is 20 kg. Calculate the velocity
the bullet and the and the wooden block. of the trolley as the man jumps. (b) Determine the impulse
wooden block to the truck during the
(d) Name one application of the physics principle stated in (a) in collision.
an exploration of outer space.
5 Figure (a) shows a feather and 6 In one of the activities at the National Service Camp, a participant of 7 Figure shows how the speed
a small plasticine ball are 55 kg is to climb up 2.5 m wall from ground level and jump down as of a car varied from the time
released from the same height. shown in the figure. driver saw an obstacle on the
The mass of the feather and (b) Based on the jump of the road to the time the car stopped.
plasticine ball are the same. participant, calculate (i) How long does it take the
The velocity-time graph for the two object are shown in figure below i. the speed of the participant driver to begin applying the
just before his legs touch brakes after seeing the
the ground. obstacle?

(a) (i) What is the potential

energy of the participant (ii) What is the time taken for the car to stop
before the jump? while the brakes were being applied?

(iii) Determine the retardation (iv) Calculate the total distance

(a) Name two forces acting on the the change in momentum of the of the car. travelled by car
feather and the plasticine ball. participant at this moment.

(b) Using figure (a), compare the surface area of the feather and
the plasticine ball.
ii. Calculate the power of
the participant if he
climb up the wall in 8 A customer pushes a 15 kg shopping cart,accelerating it from
(c) Using the graph in figure (b), compare the changes in the 14 seconds. rest to a speed of about 5m s-1 in 2 s.
velocity of the feather and the plasticine ball. iii. the impulse of the force a) Find the force exerted by b) How far does it move in 2 s?
on the participant if the the customer on the cart.
time of action between
his legs and the ground
is 0.03 seconds.

(d) Using your answers in (b) and (c), state the relationship
between the surface area and the final velocity. (c) i. The participant bends his
legs when he reaches the 9 Aaron receives a ball of mass 0.2 kg, decelerating from an
ground and stops in 0.08s. initial speed of 90 km/h to a stop in 0.5 m.
Determine the impulse of a) What force does the ball exert on him?
the force acting on the participant.

(e) The feather and the

plasticine ball are now ii. Why do long jump athletes bend their knees on landing on
dropped in a vacuum. the sand pit?
Sketch a velocity-time
graph in graph to show
the motion of both objects.