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YUAN CHING SECONDARY SCHOOL

SCIENCE (PHYSICS)
SECONDARY THREE EXPRESS
WEIGHTED ASSESSMENT 1 30
Name : ______________________ ( ) Date: ____________

Class : Duration: 40 mins

All answers for Section A should be written in the spaces below.

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2. [ ] 7. [ ]

3 [ ] 8. [ ]

4. [ ] 9. [ ]

5. [ ] 10. [ ]

Section A: MCQs [10 marks]

1 Which of the following is not a SI unit?

A s
B N
C m3
D km/h

2 The diagram below shows a simple pendulum swinging from X to Y. It is recorded that the
pendulum takes 0.20 s to swing from X to Y.

What is the period of the pendulum?

A 0.20 s B 0.40 s C 0.60 s D 0.80 s

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3 A stone on Mars was brought back to Earth. The stone has a weight of 40.7 N on Mars. The
gravitational field strength on Mars is 3.7 N/kg.

What is the mass of the stone on Earth?

A 3.70 kg B 4.07 kg C 10 kg D 11 kg

4 Which statement about a gravitational field is correct?

A A gravitational field is a region in which an object experiences a force because it is

charged.
B A gravitational field is a region in which an object experiences a force because of its
mass.
C The gravitational field of the Earth acts outwards from its surface.
D The strength of the Moon’s gravitational field is less than the Earth’s because it has no
atmosphere.

5 Planks of wood delivered to a building are all 15 cm wide and 5.0 cm thick but they have different
lengths. They are made of wood with a density of 0.90 g/cm3.

5.0 cm

length

The planks are lifted by a pulley system that cannot lift masses greater than 2700 g.

What is the length of the longest plank that can be lifted by this pulley system?

A 27 cm B 40 cm C 68 cm D 75 cm

6 What is the best description of non-uniform acceleration?

A acceleration of free-fall for a body near the Earth

B constant rate of change of velocity
C increasing rate of change of velocity
D zero rate of change of velocity
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7 The diagram below shows the distance-time graph of a toy car.

Which of the following correctly describes the motion of the car for the respective time intervals?

0 s to 5 s 5 s to 10 s
A constant speed at rest
B constant speed increasing speed
C increasing speed at rest
D increasing speed constant speed

8 Upon reaching a small lane, Mr Chin applied brakes to slow his car down. The velocity of his car
decreases from 40 m/s to 10 m/s in 5 s.

What is the acceleration of Mr Chin’s car?

A 6.0 m/s2 B ‒ 6.0 m/s2 C 30.0 m/s2 D ‒ 30.0 m/s2

9 The diagrams show the same object on a smooth table.

Which pair of forces acting on the object causes the greatest resultant force?

A B
40 N 80 N 40 N 80 N

C D
30 N 80 N 30 N 80 N
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10 A car is moving forward. Two forces act on the car as shown.

resistance force R forward force F

When force F equals to force R, which statement is correct?

A The car is stopping.

B The car will move at constant speed.
C The car will move faster.
D The car will move slower.
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Section B: Structured Questions [20 marks]

11 John was tasked to find the diameter of a boiling tube. He used a pair of vernier calipers to
measure the external diameter of a boiling-tube. The diagram below shows the reading on the
pair of vernier calipers.

3 cm 4 cm

0 5 10

(a) Determine the external diameter of the boiling tube.

external diameter = ……………………… cm [1]

(b) Given that the thickness of the boiling-tube is 1.0 mm.

Find the internal diameter of the boiling tube.

internal diameter = ……………………… cm [1]

(c) John took only one measurement of the external diameter of the boiling tube. His teacher,
Mr Tan told him that his measurement is likely to be inaccurate.

Explain why Mr Tan said so and suggest a precaution that John can take.

………………………………………………………………………………………………………...

………………………………………………………………………………………………………...

…………………………………………………………………………………………………….. [2]
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12 Scientists have investigated rocks that were brought back to Earth from the Moon.

The rocks were investigated on Earth. When testing one sample, the density of the rock was
found to be 5.5 g/cm 3. The volume of the rock was 1.2 m 3. The gravitational field strength on Earth
is 10 N/kg and on the Moon is 1.6 N/kg.

(a) Calculate the mass of the rock sample on the Earth.

mass = ……………………… kg [2]

(b) Calculate the weight of the same rock sample when it was on the Moon.

weight = ……………………… N [2]

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13 Peter drove his car from his house to a nearby coffee shop.

He accelerated at an increasing rate from rest to a speed of 12 m/s in 4.0 s. Then he kept a
constant speed for the next 8.0 s before applying the brakes and decelerating at a constant rate
to a stop in 8.0 s.

(a) Plot the speed-time graph for Peter’s car journey in the grid below. [2]

(b) Calculate the deceleration for Peter’s car in the last 8.0 s.

deceleration = ……………………… m/s2 [2]

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14 The diagram below shows the speed-time graph of a rocket taking off from Earth.

speed/ ms-1

time/ s

(a) Describe the motion of the rocket in the first 48 s.

…………………………………………………………………………………………………….. [1]

(b) Calculate

(i) the total distance travelled by the rocket in the first 108 s ,

total distance = …………………. m [2]

(ii) the average speed of the rocket in during the first 108 s.

average speed = …………………. m/s [2]

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15 A box remained at rest on a table with 2 forces, F and R, acting on it as shown in the diagram
below.

R F

table top

(a) F is given to be 5.0 N, state the magnitude of R.

R = …………………. N [1]

(b) The box was given a hard push and reached a speed of 2.5 m/s. Forces, F and R, are
applied on the box again. The forces are of equal magnitude and opposite in direction as
shown below.

2.5 m/s

R F

table top

Describe what will happen to the box when the forces are applied.

……………………………………………………………………………………………………...…

……………………………………………………………………………………………………...…

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

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Efforts Today Rewards Tomorrow
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Answers

Section A: MCQ
1 D 2 D 3 D 4 B 5 B
6 C 7 A 8 B 9 C 10 B

Section B:
Qn Answer Marks
11a 3.03 cm A1
11b 2.83 cm A1

Accept ecf from 11a

11c With only 1 measurement, there could be random errors. A1
(accept any relevant examples of random error. Such as
irregular diameter)

Take at least 3 measurements at different points along the A1

circumference of the boiling tube and find the average

12a M=DxV M1
= 5500 x 1.2
= 6600 kg A1

Allow one mark if student can write formula but made the
wrong substitution of 5.5 x 1.2.
12b W=mxg M1
= 6600 x 1.6
= 10560 N
= 10600 N (3sf) A1

Accept ECF from 12a

13a
A1 for 0 to 4 s

A1 for 4 to 20 s (ecf for

0 to 4 s)

13b 𝑣−𝑢 M1
𝑎=
𝑡
0 − 12
𝑎=
8
𝑎 = −1.5𝑚/𝑠 2

deceleration = 1.5 m/s2

A1
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14a Increasing speed at a constant rate A1

Or
Increasing speed, constant acceleration

14bi 0.5 x 48 x 1056 = 25344 m M1 for getting either

0.5 x (1056+1656) x 60 = 81360 m one

Total distance = 106 704 m

= 107 000 m (3sf) A1
14bii 𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 M1
𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 =
𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒
106704
𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 =
108

ave speed = 988 m/s A1

15a 5.0 N A1
15b Box will continue to move with constant speed A1
in the same direction as before (in a straight line) A1

Award full credit if students state “constant velocity”.