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Grade 9 physics question
Unit 1 vectors
1. Which one of the following is not a vector quantity
A. Speed
B. momentum C. Velocity D. magnetic field
2. Which one of the following is a vector quantity
A. Time
B. Electric current C. mass
D. work E. none
3. The correct representation of a vector is by
A. Bold letter
C. Using small letter
B. Drawing the arrow over head of the letter D. all are correct except C.
4. A man walking 3m to N and then 4m to east. What would be his total displacement?
A. 7 m west B. 5 m N of E C. 1m South D. 7 m N of E
5. A man applied 6N force to push a box on frictionless surface and at mean time a boy
applied 3N force to oppose the motion of the box. So what would be the net force..
A. 9N due E B. 3N due W C. 3N due E D. 9N due W
6. The bus is moving north at 20 km/h and you get up and walk towards the front of the bus
at 5 km/h your resultant velocity is given by
A. 25km/h B. 20km/h N C. 25km/h N D. 20km/h S
7. Which method is best to solve for non-parallel and non-perpendicular vectors
A. Trigonometry method B. Parallelogram method C. Pythagoras method D. none
8. When there is no resultant force acting on an object it is said to be
A. State of Balance B. Equilibrium C. Stationary D. all of our answers
9. A velocity of magnitude 40 m/s is directed at an angle of 400 east of north. What is the
horizontal component of the vector?
A. 30.64 m/s B. 25.71 m/s
C.3.63 m/s
D. 2.5 m/s
10. In question 9, the vertical component of a vector will be ..
A. 25.71m/s B. 30.64 m/s C. 2.5 m/s D. 3.64 m/s
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an angle of 900 with each other. Find the resultant force of the two forces.
7. Two cars A and B are moving along a straight road in the same direction with velocities
of 25 km/h and 40 km/h, respectively. Find the velocity of car B relative to car A.
8. Describe the use of scale diagram.
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7. A car accelerates from 10 m/s to 28 m/s in 6 s. find the average acceleration.
A. -3m/s2 B. 6 m/s2 C. 3 m/s2
D. -6 m/s2
8. What about the same car braking to a stop? If it goes from 30m/s to 0m/s in 10 seconds.
What is its acceleration?
A. -3 m/s2
B. 6 m/s2
C. 3 m/s2
D. -6 m/s2
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9. An aircraft accelerates at 10m/s for 15 s. its final velocity is 320m/s. its initial velocity
before it accelerates will be.
A. 170m/s B. 150m/s C. 1.70m/s D. 1.50m/s
10. Two trains on parallel tracks. One train(a) is heading north at 30m/s the other train(b) is
heading south at 20m/s. what would be Relative velocity VRab in m/s.
A. 10m/s B. 50m/s C. -20m/s D. 20m/s
11. The leading runner is travelling a 5m/s but the athlete in second place is sprinting to catch up.
He is travelling at 7m/s.
A. -2m/s
B. 9m/s
C. 2m/s
D. -9m/s
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5. Two cars A and B are moving along a straight road in the same direction with velocities
of 25km/h and 40km/h , respectively. Find the velocity of car B relative to Car A.
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Unit 3
1. Which of the following forces are categorized as contact force?
A. Gravitational force B. Magnetic force C. trust D. none
2. Factors that affect the frictional force
A. Roughness B. weight of object C. slope D. all are correct
3. . Refers to that your weight is zero.
A. Real weightlessness B. Apparent weightlessness C. gravity D. all
4. Which one of the following is not describing about mass and weight
A. Mass is a scalar quantity and weight is a vector quantity
B. Mass is a measure of the quantity of matter and weight is a force experienced due to the
gravitational pull of the system
C. Mass is directed towards the center of the earth while weight is a measure of an objects
inertia.
D. All of are not correct.
5. The point up to which a spring will stretch elastically,
A. Elastic deformation B. plastic deformation C. elastic limit D. plastic limit
6. Which one of the following is not correct
A. All materials have elastic limit
B. All spring have same elastic limit
C. The limit of elasticity depends on shape, thickness, material, etc
D. All of the above except A.
7. The label described above point B in fig below considered as..
A. Elastic region C. turning point
B. Plastic region D. none
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8. From the following spring which one has higher spring(S) constant(K)
A. S2
S1
B. S1
C. S4
D.S3
S2
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S4
B. 1.6 N
C. 160 N
D. 20 N
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18. A 12 kg block of wood is stationary on a horizontal concrete slab. The maximum coefficient
of static friction between wood and concrete is 0.65. what force needs to be applied in order
to slide the block along.
A. 78 N
B. 120 N
C. 7.8 N
D. 12N
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Unit 3 continued
1. Which one the following is true statement
A. Linear momentum a measure of how hard it is to stop a moving object
B. Angular momentum the momentum of an object moving in a circle
C. Conservation of linear momentum states that a closed system, the total linear
momentum will remain constant
D. All of the above
2. A car of mass 1200 kg accelerates from 10 m/s to 15 m/s over 3 s. find the
average resultant force acting?
A. 2000N B. 200N
C.20 N
D.20,000
3. Imagine gently hitting a tennis ball of mass 10g with a force of 50 N. the tennis
racket and ball are in contact for just 0.02 s. calculate the change in momentum?
A. -2 kg m/s
B. 1 kg m/s
C. 3 kg m/s
D. -1 kg m/s
4. A footballer kicks a stationary ball of mass 1kg with a force of 90 N. the first time
his foot is in contact with the ball for just 0.01 s. the second time he follows
through and his foot is in contact with the ball for 0.1 s. find the impulse for t =
0.01 s.
A. 9 Ns
B. 0.9 Ns
C. 90 Ns
D. 0.09 Ns
5. In part 4, find the velocity of the ball after impact in case of 0.1 s.
A. 0.9 m/s
B. 9 m/s
C. 90 m/s
D. 19 m/s
SHORT ANSWER PROBLEMS
1. Explain what is meant by the term linear equilibrium and describe the condition required
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2. Three forces are acting on a hovering helicopter. Its weight (15000 N) acts vertically
downwards and there is a strong horizontal wind 300 N. In order to hover, the force from
the rotors must be directed slightly forward. Determine the magnitude of this force and its
angle to the horizontal?. Hint the helicopter is in equilibrium.
3. A runner of mass 60kg accelerates at 2 m/s2 at the start of a race. Calculate the force
provided from his leg
4. State the law of conservation of linear momentum and describe its consequence
5. A bullet of mass 200g is fried into sandbag of mass 0.5 kg hanging from a tree. The
sandbag, with the bullet embedded into it, swing away at 15 m/s. find the momentum
after collision
6. In part 5, calculate the momentum before collision
7. In part 5, calculate the velocity of the bullet
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ground.
A. 90 J B.900KJ C.900 J
D. 9000J
7. Calculate the energy stored in a spring when it is compressed 5mm by a 60 N force.
A. 0.3 J B. 75 J
C.30 J
D. 3 J
8. Determine the mechanical energy of a bird of mass 200g flying at 15 m/s at height of
50 m above the ground.
A. 22.5 J
B. 100 J
C.122.5 J
D.12.5 J
9. Which among the following one is not renewable energy
A. Hydroelectric B. Wind energy C. Geothermal energy D. None
10. Which one is true about Geothermal energy
A. Heat generated from inside the earth and used to turn water into steam
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B. Only small amount of greenhouse gases are released during the processes
C. Only certain locations are suitable for geothermal power plants
D. All of are correct
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11. How much work is done by a 50 W motor running for 30 minutes?
A. 900 kJ
B. 90 kJ
C. 9000 kJ
D. 90,000 kJ
12. A car to travel at 15 m/s against a force of 6000 N, the power from its engine needs to
be
A. 90 W B. 90,000kW
C. 90 kW
D. 900 W
13. A man rises 100kg from the floor to a height of 2m in 2.5 s. what is the power
developed?
A. 8000 W B. 800 W C. 0 W D. 80 W
14. Calculate the resistive forces acting on a sports car if it is travelling at a steady speed
of 25 m/s when the engine is providing 200 Kw.
A. 800 N
B.8 N
C. 8000N D. 80Kn
Give short answers
1. State the law of conservation of energy and explain why it is not correct to
describe energy as being lost?
2. Describe the energy changes as a pendulum swings. If the pendulum has a mass of
50 g and is lifted so that it has a GPE of 0.1 J calculate:
a) Its increase in height
b) The velocity of the bob as it passes through the bottom of the swing (assume
no energy losses).
3. Describe how hydroelectric power may be used to generate electricity. Include the
advantages and disadvantages of using this resource.
4. Explain what is meant by the term renewable energy resource and give three
examples.
5. Describing the energy changes in a mass- spring system that is oscillating
horizontally. Explain how this changes if the system is vibrating vertically?
6. A petrol engine raises 200kg of water in a well from a depth of 7m in 6 s. show
that the engine is developing about 2.33 kW of power.
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D. 75 kg/m3
SHORT ANSWER
1. Explain the cause of atmospheric pressure and why it changes with
altitude.
2. Calculate the pressure in Pa if the reading from a barometer is 820 mmHg.
3. Define pressure and states its units.
4. Calculate the pressure caused by sea water when diving to a depth of
100m. What is the total pressure acting on the diver?
5. State Pascals principle and describe one of its applications.
6. Describe the relationship between the buoyant force and the weight of an
object if the object
a) Is floating
b) Is sinking
c) Is rising up through the water
7. Explain why a heavily loaded boat sinks lower in water?
8. State Archimedes principle and explain how this leads to the law of
flotation.
9. A large ocean linear floating in the sea has a volume of 375,000 m2 and
displaces 50,000 m2 of sea water. Determine the density and mass of ship.
Unit 7: Temperature and Heat
1. Which one is true about first law of thermodynamics
A. The increase in size of a substance as a result of heating
B. The heat energy we added to the object will equal the decrease in internal energy
C. When the internal energy of the object increase as its temperature decrease
D. During heat transfer process, energy cannot be created or destroyed.
2. Which one is true about second law of thermodynamics
A. Heat energy can be removed from the hot object
B. Heat energy will flow from hot objects to colder objects, if work is not put in
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3. Sketch a cooling curve for bromine as bromine vapour is cooled from 100 0c to 20 0c. Bromine has a melting point = - 7 0c and a boiling point of 59 0c. Mark
clearly on your graph the melting and boiling point.
4. Calculate the increase in length of an iron pipeline that is 30.00m long at 20 0c
when it is warmed to 45 0c. iron = 1.1 * 10-5 K-1.
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