Addu High School DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE

Hithadhoo/ Addu PHYSICS

Topic: Mechanics (Revision) Worksheet No: 1

1. An athlete starts from rest and accelerates uniformly for 4.0s when she has
reached a velocity of 8m/s. Calculate
(a) her acceleration.
(b) the distance she travelled during this time.

2. A ball is thrown vertically upwards with an initial velocity of 8m/s.

Calculate:
(a) Using two labelled arrows, Show on the figure the direction of velocity
(a) The time taken for the ball to reach its maximum height
(b) The total upward displacement of the ball. v, and the acceleration, a, of the ball when it is at a point P
3. The An athlete starts from rest and accelerates uniformly for 4.0s when she (b) (i) Calculate the time taken from when the ball is thrown to when it
has reached a velocity of 8m/s. Calculate first hits the ground .Assume air resistance is negligible
(a) her acceleration (ii) The ball hits the ground 27 m from the base of the tower.
(b) the distance she travelled during this time
(c) total upward displacement of the ball. Calculate the speed at which the ball is thrown.
4. An athlete runs due east for 4km and then due south for a further 3km.The 7. Find the resultant of the vectors shown below.
run takes a total time of 20 minutes. Calculate:
(a) The distance travelled by the athlete
(b) Her displacement from start to finish
(c) Her average speed
(d) Her average velocity
5. A cricket ball is struck so that the ball leaves the bat at 60 0 to the ground
travelling at 25m/s. Calculate:
(a) The maximum height reached by the ball (assume it starts at ground
level).
(b) The total time the ball is in the air.
(c) The horizontal distance from the bat when the ball first hits the 8. (i) State two examples of scalar and vector quantity.
ground. (ii) The figure shows a ship fitted with a sail attached to a cable.The force
of the wind on the sail assists the driving force of the ships propellors.

6.

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(a) Calculate the horizontal and vertical component of this force.
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(b) The ship is moving at a constant velocity of 8.3m/s and the horizontal
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component of the force of the cableon the ship acts in the direction in
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which the ship is moving. Calculate the power provided by the wind to this 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
t / s
ship.
9. For each of the physical quantities in the table below add the missing (a) (i) Describe the motion shown by the graph
information. The first one has been done for you.
(ii) Show that during the final 10 s the motorbike travels a
Physical quantity Base units Vector or scalar distance of approximately 800 m.

2 11. The diagram shows part of a rollercoaster ride. The car begins its descent at P
force kg m s Vector where it has negligible speed. It reaches maximum speed at Q.
P
Displacement

gravitational potential
energy
C a r a n d p a sse n g e rs

power
60 m

Q
10. The graph below shows how the velocity of a motorbike varies with time
during the final 10 s of a race. 10 m

(a) If there were no forces opposing its motion, show that the speed of the

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car at Q would be approximately 30 m s .

(b) A braking system is used to prevent the car travelling faster than 27 m Type of force Example
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s .
Gravitational
(i) The car and passengers shown in the diagram have a total mass
of 750 kg. The length of track from P to Q is 80 m. Calculate
the average braking force that would be required if the speed Electromagnetic
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of the car is to be limited to 27 m s .
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(ii) In practice, the braking system would not have to produce this
magnitude of force. Suggest why.

(iii) Explain whether the braking force would have to change if the
car was carrying a heavier load of passengers. You may be 14. The diagram shows forces acting on the Sun and the Earth. These forces
awarded a mark for the clarity of your answer. form a Newtons third law pair.

12. A weightlifter raised a bar of mass of 110 kg through a height of 2.22 m. The
bar was then dropped and fell freely to the floor.

(i) Show that the work done in raising the bar was about 2400 J.
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(ii) It took 3.0 s to raise the bar. Calculate the average power used.

(iii) State the principle of conservation of energy. S un

(iv) Describe how the principle of conservation of energy applies to

(i) lifting the bar, State three properties of these forces which are necessary for them to be a
Newtons third law pair
(ii) the bar falling to the floor. Do not include the impact with the
floor

(v) Calculate the speed of the bar at the instant it reaches the floor.

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