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PHYSICS YEAR 10
MID-TERM 1 2 HOUR
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Student Name : ______________________________________________________

Class : ___________________________ Teacher : _____________________

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

1. Write in dark blue or black pen in the spaces provided on the question paper.

2. You may use a pencil for any diagrams or graphs. Do not use staples, paper clips,
highlighter, glue or correction liquid.

3. The number of marks is given in bracket ( ) at the end of each question or part of
question. Total marks for this paper is 60.

For Examiners Use

Section A

Section B

Section C

Total
Section A (20 marks)
Question 1 to Question 15 are followed by four options A, B, C or D. Choose the
best option for each question.

1. Figure shows the path travelled by a van from P to S via Q, R and T.

What is the displacement of the van?

A 6 km
B 8 km
C 10 km
D 18 km

2. An object with a velocity of 1 m/s accelerates with an acceleration of 1 m/s 2. What

is its velocity after moving 1 m?
A 1.4 m/s
B 1.7 m/s
C 2.0 m/s
D 3.0 m/s

3. Ali walks 20 m to the right in the 20 s whereas Farid walks 60 m to the left in 40 s.
What are the velocities of Ali and Farid?

Ali Farid
A + 1.0 m/s + 1.5 m/s
B + 1.0 m/s - 1.5 m/s
C - 1.0 m/s - 1.0 m/s
D + 1.5 m/s - 1.0 m/s

4. Mr. Ali and Mr. Tan runs from the same position simultaneously. Mr. Ali runs
towards east at a speed if 1.5 m/s while Mr. Tan towards south at a speed of 2 m/s.
What is the displacement of Mr. Ali from Mr. Tan after 10 seconds?
A 5 m to the east
B 25 m at N48.6o E
C 25 m at S48.60W
D 35 m at N41.40E
5. Figure shows the displacement-time (d-t) graph for an object starting from rest.
What is the average speed of the object?

A 0 m/s
B 0.4 m/s
C 0.8 m/s
D 1.0 m/s

6. Figure shows the velocity-time (v-t) graphs for car P and Q.

Which of the following comparisons about the distance travelled by car P, Sp and
distance travelled by car Q, SQ is correct?
A Sp > 2 SQ
B Sp = 2 SQ
C Sp < 2 SQ

7. Which of the following quantity is measured with a Vernier caliper?

A Height of a table.
B Length of hair.
C Thickness of a connecting wire.
D Diameter of a 100ml beaker.
8. Figure shows the velocity-time (v - t) graph of a car.

What is the ratio of acceleration to deceleration?

A 1:2
B 1:3
C 2:1
D 3:1

9. Figure shows two students skating towards P.

What will be observed after the boy releases his friends hand?
A The girl moves towards P.
B The girl stays stationary.
C The girl moves towards Q.

10. The readings on a Vernier caliper with and without measuring the diameter of a rod
is b cm and -a cm respectively. What is the radius of the rod?
A b-a
B b/2 - a
C (b - a)/2
D (b + a)/2

11. The velocity of an aeroplane is 600 km/h. What is its velocity in m/s?
A 200
B 167
C 150
D 133
12. A cannon shell is fired at a velocity of v from cannon horizontally from the side of
a cliff.

If the mass of the shell is 1% of the total mass of the cannon before the shell is
fired, find to recoil velocity, VR of the cannon.
A

13. A force acts on an object of mass 2 kg produces an acceleration of 6 m/s 2.What

is the acceleration for another object of mass 3 kg when the same force acts on
it? Assume there is no frictional force.
A 1.0 m/s2
B 3.0 m/s2
C 4.0 m/s2
D 4.5 m/s2

14. A boy pushes a toy car of mass 3 kg with a force of 10 N.

What is the acceleration of the toy car if the frictional force between the toy car
and the floor is 2 N?
A 16.8 m/s2
B 4.0 m/s2
C 3.2 m/s2
D 2.7 m/s2
15. Two forces act on a box as shown in Figure 14.The box remains at rest.

What is the magnitude and direction of the frictional force?

Frictional force Direction

A 2N To the left
B 2N To the right
C 4N To the left
D 8N To the right

16. Impulse is the product of

A Mass and time
B Force and time
C Force and displacement
D Force and acceleration

17. A player spikes an incoming volleyball moving at a speed of 5 m/s. The ball
reverses and moves with a speed of 20 m/s. If the mass of the ball is 0.36 kg and
the time of impact is 0.03 s, find the average force on the ball.
A 90 N
B 300 N
C 450 N
D 600 N

18. A player throws a ball upwards. If the maximum height reached is 20 m, what is
the initial velocity of the ball in m/s?
A 10
B 15
C 20
D 25

19. When an object is in equilibrium under the action of two forces, it means
A It is at rest
B It is moving with a constant velocity
C It is either at rest or moves with a
constant velocity

20. The following are examples where the forces acting on an object are in equilibrium
expect
A A lamp hanging at rest
B A car moving up a hill at a constant velocity
C An apple falling from a tree
D A boat floating at rest in the sea
Section B (25 marks)
Answer all questions in this section.

1. The table shows three measuring instruments used to measure the length of an
aluminium rod.

Instrument Measurement
X 2.31 cm
Y 2.3 cm
Z 2.312 cm

(a) Name the instrument X, Y and Z. (3 marks)

(i) X: ____________________________

(ii) Y: ____________________________

(iii) Z: ____________________________

(b) The rod is then heated and its temperature increases by 20 (2 marks)
oC. Which of the three instruments would you use to measure

the increase in the length of the rod? Explain your answer.

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2. Johnson intends to obtain the difference between the diameters of two steel rods
A and B. First, he uses micrometer screw gauge X to measure rod A and
micrometer screw gauge Y to measure rod B. Diagram (a) and (b) below show the
measurements.

(a) If Johnson uses micrometer screw gauge X to measure both (1 mark)

rods, does he need to include the zero error of the micrometer
screw gauge to determine the difference in diameter?

YES / NO (Circle the correct answer)

 (b) Determine the difference in thickness between the two rods. (2 marks)

3. Diagram below shows the velocity-time graph of a motorcyclist starting from rest
and traveling towards the north.

(a) Calculate the acceleration for the first 6 s. (1 mark)

(b) Find the distance travelled by the motorcyclist while he is (2 marks)

moving towards the north.
(c) Find the distance travelled by the motorcyclist while he is (1 mark)
moving towards the south.

(d) At t = 30 s, how far and in what direction is the motorcyclist (2 marks)

from the original position?

(e) Find the average velocity of the motorcyclist for the whole (2 marks)
journey.

(f) The motorcyclist passes through the original position at time t (3 marks)
= T s. Determine the value of T.

(g) Explain the motion of the motorcyclist for RS. (1 mark)

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4. Figure below shows Mr. Ramli jumping out of a boat onto the jetty. The boat moves
in the opposite direction as he jumps.

(a) What is the principle involved as described? (1 mark)

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(b) Explain why the boat moves in the opposite direction when (1 marks)
Mr. Ramli jumps.

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(c) The mass of Mr. Ramli is 60 kg. He jumps at the velocity of (2 marks)
3 m/s. Calculate the velocity of the boat of mass 20 kg as
Mr. Ramli jumps.

(d) Name one application of the physics principle involved. (1 mark)

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Section C (15 marks)
Answer all questions in this section.

1. A student carries out an experiment to investigate the relationship between the

thickness, L, of a stack of coins and the number of coins, n. Vernier calipers are
used to measure the thickness, L, of the stack of coins.
Figure (a) shows the zero error, X on the vernier calipers.
Figure (b) shows the reading, l, when the number of coins, n = 5.
The student repeats the procedure of measurement with the number of coins, n =
10, n = 15, n = 20 and n = 25. The readings are shown in Figure (c), (d), (e) and
(f).

(a)

(b)
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(d)

(e)
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(a) For the experiment, identify (3 marks)

(i) The manipulated variable

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(ii) The responding variable

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(iii) The constant variable

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(b) Based on Figure (a), determine the zero error, X. (1 mark)

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(c) Based on Figures (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f), determine the (6 marks)
thickness, l of the stack of coins. The actual thickness of the
stack of coins, L are determined by using the relationship:

L=lX

where X is the zero error on the vernier calipers.

Tabulate your data results for all values of n, l and L.
(d) Plot a graph of L against n. (4 marks)

(e) Based on your graph, state the relationship between L and n. (1 mark)

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