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Physics 1A8 Questions - Part 1
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Total marks available: 37
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Questions
Q1.
Answer the question with a cross in the box you think is correct . If you change your mind about
an answer, put a line through the box and then mark your new answer with a cross .
A ball rolls off a table with a horizontal velocity of 1.2 m s −1. The ball takes 0.9 s to reach
the ground and lands a distance s from the table as shown.
Which of the following expressions could be used to determine the value of s in metres?
(Total for question = 1 mark)
Q2.
A firework is launched into the air and explodes once it reaches a maximum height.
(a) The firework is designed to explode at a maximum height of 350 m.
(i) Show that the vertical component of the velocity at launch is about 80 m s −1.
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(ii) The vertical component of the velocity at launch depends on both the initial velocity of
the firework and θ, the angle between the initial velocity and the horizontal.
Sketch a graph showing how the initial velocity required for the firework to reach
the maximum height of 350 m varies with θ for the firework.
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(b) A student wanted to estimate the maximum diameter of the firework after exploding.
The student estimated:
· the time taken between seeing the firework explode and hearing the firework explode
· the angle from the top to the bottom of the firework
Describe how the student could determine the maximum diameter of the exploded
firework using the estimated data.
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(Total for question = 8 marks)
Q3.
The photograph shows an area of land where golfers can practise their golf shots.
Distances are marked out along the land in front of where the golfer stands, to measure the distance
travelled by the ball.
Two levels are available. If the lower level is used, the ball lands at the same height from which it was hit.
If the higher level is used, this enables the ball to be hit further.
(a) A ball is given an initial velocity of 33 m s−1 at an angle of 28° to the horizontal.
When hit from the lower level, this ball travels a horizontal distance of 92 m before landing. Use of the
higher level increases the horizontal distance travelled before landing by 10 m.
Deduce whether an upper level at a height of 4.5 m would be sufficient to produce this increase. You
should ignore air resistance.
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* (b) Your answer to part (a) did not consider the effect of air resistance.
The trajectories of the motion of the golf ball with air resistance and without air resistance are shown.
Explain the differences between the two paths.
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(Total for question = 11 marks)
Q4.
A ball falls through a vertical height of 0.60 m before bouncing at point A on a ramp, as shown.
(a) Show that the velocity of the ball immediately before the bounce is about 3 m s−1.
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(b) Kinetic energy is conserved as the ball bounces off the ramp. The ball bounces at an angle of 70° to
the vertical.
State expressions for the horizontal and vertical components of velocity of the ball immediately after
the bounce.
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Horizontal component = ...........................................................
Vertical component = ...........................................................
(c) Point A is 0.86 m vertically above the ground and 1.23 m horizontally from the end of the ramp as
shown.
Deduce whether the ball will bounce a second time on the ramp.
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(Total for question = 8 marks)
Q5.
A distress flare may be launched from a boat, to signal for help.
(a) A flare was launched from a stationary boat at an angle of 30° to the horizontal.
(i) The flare was launched to the right from the launch position marked × on the boat in the diagram
below.
Complete the diagram to show the path taken by the flare before it hit the sea.
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(ii) The maximum height of the flare above the launch position was 42 m.
Show that the flare was launched at a speed of about 60 m s −1.
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(iii) The flare was visible from a maximum distance of 8 km. A rescue boat was 8.2 km from the boat
in distress.
Determine whether the flare travelled a sufficient distance to be visible from the rescue boat. You
should assume that the flare was launched in the direction of the rescue boat.
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(b) State one assumption you made in (a)(iii).
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(Total for question = 9 marks)
