Physics

Motion Work Sheet

1. A force of 420N is applied to an object of mass 10kg. A frictional force 34N acts on the
object
a) Calculate the acceleration of the object. [3]
b) If the object starts from rest, find its velocity after 4s. [3]
c) Determine the distance of the object after 4s. [3]

2. A boy catches a cricket ball of mass 0.6 kg which has a velocity of 20ms -1
a) Calculate the momentum of the ball. [2]
b) Calculate the average force used to stop the in 0.9 s [3]

3. A racing car accelerates uniformly at 4.5 ms-2 from rest to a velocity of 65km h-1.
a) Determine the distance travelled by the car. [4]
b) Calculate the time taken to reach a velocity of 55km h -1 [3]

4. A sprinter of mass 70 kg accelerates from rest. The speed-time graph of his motion is
shown below.

a) Calculate the acceleration of the sprinter after 4s. [3]

b) How far did the sprinter travel in 8,0 s? [3]
c) Find the kinetic energy of the sprinter after 4 s. [3]

5. An object of mass 6.0 kg is dropped from a height of 1 300 m from a helicopter. The air
resistance acting against the parachute exerts a steady upward force of 45 N. Calculate
the kinetic energy of the object when it reaches the ground and hence find its velocity.
Use g = 10Nkg - 1 . [6]

6. A car of mass 300 kg is pushed along a level road two men. If they use a force of 700 N
and the frictional forces acting against them are 420 N, calculate:

a) the work done by the men if they push the car for 10m, [3]
b) the kinetic energy gained by the car over the 10m distance [3]
c) the speed reached by the car, [3]
d) the momentum gained by the car if the men push for 10s. [3]

7. A railway truck travelling along a level track at 12 ms -1 collides with, and becomes
coupled to, a stationary truck. Find the velocity of the coupled trucks immediately
after the collision if the stationary truck has a mass which is:

a) equal to the mass of the moving truck [4]

b) twice the mass of the moving truck. [4]
8. Two planes of the same mass collide head-on and become tangled so that they move
on together. If the engines of both were stopped at the moment of impact and the
speeds of the planes at impact were 160 m s-1 and 240 m s-1, find the joint velocity
immediately after collision.
[5]

9. Calculate the momentum of an object if:

a) its mass is 5.0 kg and its velocity is 6.0 ms ' [2]
b) its mass is 700 g and its velocity is 2.5. km s ' [3]
c) a force of 30 N is applied to it for 4.0 s and it move from rest [3]
d) its mass is 3.0 kg and it falls from rest for 15 s (assume g = 10ms -2 or 10N kg-1). [4]