Section A [10 marks]

Instructions: Answer all the questions in this section.

1. The diagram shows the reading of a length veiwd from different positions at A, O and B.

a. (i) state the type of error involved

[1mark]
(ii) state the characterisitic of the error involved

[1 mark]
b. Which position gives the correct reading?

[1 mark]
c. State the type of error which may occur in the measurement of the diameter of a
wire and suggest a way to minimise it.

[2marks]

2. The figure shows a velocity-time graph for the motion of a car.

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 a. Based from the motion graph, sktetch another graph of

i. Displacement against time graph.

[2 marks]

ii. Acceleration against time graph.

[2 marks]

b. When the car stops at 34th second, the passengers in the car are pushed forward.
State the phennomenon.

[1 mark]
Section B [15 marks]
Instructions: Answer all the questions in this section.

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1. A 1500 kg van travelling at a speed of 15 ms-1 collides with a 100 kg car travelling in the
opposite direction with a speed of 20 ms -1. After the collision, both vehicles get stuck and
move together.

a. What is the total momentum of the van and the car before the collision?

[2 marks]

b. What is the total momentum of the van and the car after the collison?

[2 marks]

c. State the principle used in your answer in (b).

[ 1mark]
d. Calculate the velocity of the van and the car after the collision.

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2. A baseball with an initial velocity of 20 ms-1 is hit by a player and sent moving in the
opposite direction. After the ball is hit, it moves with a velocity of 36 ms -1. The ball has a
mass of 0.16 kg and the time of impact is 8.0 x 10-3 s. Calculate

a. The impulse applied to the ball

[2 marks]

b. The impulsive force exerted on the ball by the bat.

[2 marks]

3. A golfer hits a golf ball of mass 50 g and the ball leaves the club with a velocity of 75 ms -1.
The contact time between the ball and the club is 0.008 s. Find

a. The final momentum of the ball.

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b. The average force exerted on the ball by the club.

[2 marks]

Section C [10 marks]

Instructions: Answer either Question 1 or Question 2.

1.

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 a. Define the following terms:
i. Gravitational field
ii. Gravitational field acceleration
iii. Gravitational field strength
[3 marks]

b. Compare and contrast between mass and weight.

[3 marks]
c. A girl throws a stone vertically upward. The stone leaves her hand with a velocity
of 6 m s-1. The stone travels a height, h before falling downward again.

Calculate
i. The value of h
[2 marks]

ii. The time taken to reach the height, h

[2 marks]
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[Use g = 10.0 m s ]

2.
a. The forces acting on a body can eihter be balanced or unbalanced. Explain the
meaningof
i. Balanced forces

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[2 marks]

b. State Newtons First Law of Motion and Newtons Second Law of Motion.

[2 marks]

c. A car with mass of 1560 kg decelerates from a velocity of 22.5 m s -1 to a stop in

front of a traffic light. The time taken for the deceleration is 4.5 s.

i. Calculate the displacement from the car start decelerate until stop.
[4 marks]

ii. What is the net force needed to give this deceleration? [neglect friction
force].
[2 marks]