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QUESTIONSHEET 1
A jet aircraft is taking off from an international airport. Its mass, including passengers and fuel is 150,000
kg.
Its take-off speed is 100 ms-1. The maximum thrust of its engines is 500,000 N.
(a) Using the equation Kinetic Energy (joules) = mv2 ,calculate the kinetic energy at the moment of
take-off.
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(b) Name the two main forces acting on the plane at take-
off.
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(c) We can assume there are no forces of resistance and the engines maintain maximum thrust.
Using the equation Work done (joules) = force distance, calculate the minimum length of runway
needed for
take-off.
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QUESTIONSHEET 2
Alice pulls per brother Simon on a sledge. She pulls with a force of 100 N and the friction force between
sledge
and ground is 20 N.
(a) What is the resultant force on the sledge?
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(b) How much work does she do in pulling the sledge 20m?
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3m
(i) If the sledge and Simon together weigh 100 N, use the
equation:
Potential Energy (joule) = force vertical height
to calculate their potential energy at the top of the
hill.
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(ii) Alice lets go of the sledge. Explain what happens in terms of the energy
changes.
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QUESTIONSHEET 3
The diagram below shows a skydiver during three stages of the parachute jump. Stage 1 and 2 shows the
skydiver during free fall long after the skydiver has left the plane. Stage 3 shows the skydiver after the
parachute has been open for some time.
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(b) State the names of the forces on the skydiver in stage
1.
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In Stage 2 the skydiver increases his speed by tilting
downwards.
(c) Explain how tilting downwards has altered the forces acting on the
skydiver.
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(d) The table below shows readings from the parachutists altimeter (an instrument for measuring the
height
above the ground) during the descent. The altimeter was later found to be inaccurate at times. At 15
seconds
into the jump the parachutist tilts downwards.
TIME HEIGHT
(SECS) (METRES)
0 2000
5 1860
10 1600
15 1300
20 770
25 580
30 500
35 420
40 450
45 300
50 250
55 200
60 175
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(ii) Use the graph to determine the average speed between 10-15
seconds.
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QUESTIONSHEET 4
Michael Johnson won the 200m at the 1996 Olympic Games in a new World record time of
19.32s.
(a) Write down the equation you could use to work out his average speed in the
race.
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(b) Calculate his average speed.
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(c) He reached a velocity of 7.5 m/s 2 seconds after the start of the race.
How far had he run in the first 2s? (You may assume he accelerates at a constant
rate.)
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(d) What was his average acceleration 2s after the start of the
race?
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QUESTIONSHEET 5
The graph below shows the distance travelled (m) against time (s) for Alecia and Dina who are riding
their bikes
to school .
Dina Alecia
2000
1500
P Q
1000
500
0
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800
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(b) Who sets off at the faster speed?
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(c) Explain what has happened at the section marked
PQ.
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(d) Work out Dinas speed for the first 400 seconds.
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(e) What happens at point X?
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(f) Who arrives at school first?
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(g) What is Alecias average speed for the whole journey?
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QUESTIONSHEET 6
27 m/s
speed m/s
0
1.2s 5.4s
time/s
The graph shows how the speed of the car changes from the moment the driver
sees
the child until the car safely stopped before the child was harmed.
(a) What is the driver's reaction time in seconds?
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(b) Calculate the deceleration of the car while the brakes are being
applied.
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(c) Calculate the distance travelled by the car from the moment the driver saw the
child.
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QUESTIONSHEET 7
The world's strongest man pulled a lorry along and crossed the finish line in
30s.
Speed Time s
m/s
0 0
0.5 5
0.75 10
1.25 15
2.0 20
3.0 30
(a) Plot a graph of speed (m/s) (vertical axis) against time (s) (horizontal [3]
axis).
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(ii) Calculate his average acceleration in the last 5s (between 25 and
30s).
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(iii) Explain why there is a difference.
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QUESTIONSHEET 8
In the 1996 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Linford Christie won the 100m race in
9.96s.
(a) Write down the equation for calculating his average
speed.
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(b) (i) Calculate Linford Christie's average speed for the 100m
race.
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(ii) In the 1896 Olympic Games in Athens, the 100m race was won by Thomas Burke in
12.0s.
Calculate his average speed.
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(iii) Suggest one reason why the winning time is less in 1996.
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(c) (i) The 100m freestyle swimming event in 1996 was won by Alexander Popov in
40.02s.
Calculate his average speed.
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(ii) Suggest why this time is greater than Linford Christie's time for running the 100m
race.
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QUESTIONSHEET 9
A bus leaves a bus stop, and its motion along a straight road is shown in the
graph.
b
X
20 s
Speed/
a c
d
10
e
Z
0 10 20 4050 60
30 70 80 90
Time/ s
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(b) Using the equation: acceleration = change in velocity , calculate the acceleration of the bus in
region a.
time taken
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(c) At point X, the bus driver sees slow moving traffic ahead. Explain what is happening in regions c, d
and e.
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(d) Suggest what is happening at point Z.
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QUESTIONSHEET 10
Shina dives from a diving board into a swimming pool. The vertical and horizontal displacements of her
centre
of mass are shown in the graph.
0.9
0.8
0.7
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0
Distance
/m
-0.1
-0.2
-0.3
-0.4
-0.5
-0.6
-0.7
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7
Time/ s
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QUESTIONSHEET 10 CONTINUED
(i) Find the maximum height of Shinas centre of mass above the
board.
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(ii) Find the time taken to reach this height.
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(iii) Find the vertical distance from the top of the dive to the water
surface.
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(b) Shinas mass is 40 kg. Using the equation Work Done (joule) = force distance, calculate the work
done
against gravity from the board to the highest point.
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QUESTIONSHEET 11
3 metres
QUESTIONSHEET 12
A bungee jumper falls from rest on a bridge. His speed over time is shown in the
table.
time (s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
speed (ms-1) 10 20 30 40 50 60 47 0
A B
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(ii) Calculate the average deceleration between points A and B.
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(ii) What is causing this deceleration?
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(c) (i) Calculate the acceleration between 2 and 4 seconds into the
jump.
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(ii) What is causing this acceleration?
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QUESTIONSHEET 13
Mary drives her car from Wyton to work in Inbury each day. Her journey is described in the
graph.
On the first day it follows the line marked 1.
Wyton
10
C
8
1 2
Distance
/s 6
4
A B
Inbury
0 2 4 6 8 10
Time/ s
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(b) Calculate the speed of the car between Wyton and Inbury on day
1.
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(c) On the second day, the motion of the car follows line 2.
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(ii) Calculate the new speed between B and C.
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(d) If a speed restriction of 60 kmh-1 was imposed, how long would it take for Mary to get to
work if
every day was like day 2?
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QUESTIONSHEET 14
(a) Plot a graph of speed m/s (vertical axis) against time s (horizontal [3]
axis).
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(b) How far does the car travel in the first 30s of its journey?
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(c) Describe the motion of the car for the rest of its journey (the next
30s).
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(d) At 60s, the driver starts to brake and the car stops after a further 15s (a total of
75s).
(i) Draw this deceleration on your graph. [1]
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QUESTIONSHEET 15
(a)(i) Plot a graph of speed in m/s (vertical axis) against time in s (horizontal [3]
axis).
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(ii) Calculate the acceleration of the car over the first 5 seconds.
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(iii) How far does the car travel in the first 5 seconds?
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Time
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QUESTIONSHEET 17
Kris and Joshua are racing their remote-controlled model cars down a flat road. Information on their
motion is
shown in the table.
Kris: distance (m) Kris: time (s) Joshua: distance (m) Joshua: time (s)
4 1 3 1
8 2 6 2
12 3 9 3
16 4 12 4
20 5 15 5
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(c) Joshuas car veers off course and collides with a wall. Describe the energy changes which
take
place during the collision.
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QUESTIONSHEET 18
(a) Plot a graph of speed (mph) (vertical axis) against stopping distance (m) (horizontal [3]
axis).
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(b) Karl has got one of the stopping distances wrong. At which speed has he made a
mistake?
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(c) At 30 mph, the thinking distance is 9m and the braking distance 14m. Explain carefully what is
meant by:
(i) thinking distance.
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(ii) braking distance.
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(d) These stopping distances are called the shortest distances in the Highway Code.
Suggest two things which may make the stopping distance at that speed longer than in Karl's table.
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QUESTIONSHEET 19
Bungee jumping is a very popular sport in New Zealand. People jump of high bridges with elastic cord
tied to
their feet. The diagram shows three stages of a bungee jump.
2. Bouncing
back up
1. Start
(moving 3. End
down) (stationary)
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(b) State the size of this force throughout the jump.
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At only some stages of the bungee jump there is a tension force in the elastic
cord.
(c) For each of the three questions you should describe whether the gravity and tension forces are
balanced
or unbalanced.
Cross out the wrong answer.
(ii) When bouncing upwards the forces are balanced/ unbalanced. [1]
(iii) When stationary at the end the forces are balanced/ [1]
unbalanced.
(d) Apart from making the object stay still describe one other effect balanced forces can have on an
object.
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(e) Describe the motion of the bungee jumper in stages 1 and 2. For each stage state in which
direction
the resultant force acts.
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QUESTIONSHEET 20
50
A B
40 x x
Speed
m/s 30
20
10
C
0 x
0 50 100 150 200 300
250
Time/ s
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(b) (i) Describe the movement of the train between points A and
B.
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(ii) Describe the movement of the train between points B and C.
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(c) Were the brakes applied at point A, B or C?
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(d) How far did the train travel between A and B?
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