Model question for teacher innovation

Subject: Physics
Class 8

Paper 1 20 Marks

1 What is the most accurate and precise method to measure the thickness of a

coin? A Use a micrometer screw gauge.

B Use a ruler and look at the scale perpendicularly.

C Use a top pan balance.
D Use the displacement method with water in a measuring cylinder.
2 A measuring cylinder containing only water is placed on an electronic balance. A small,
irregularly shaped stone is now completely immersed in the water.

The diagrams show the equipment before and after the stone is immersed.

measuring cm3 cm3

cylinder 100 100
90 90
80 80
70 70
60 60
50 50
40 40 stone
water 30 30
20 20
10 10

balance

g g

before the stone after the stone

is immersed is immersed

What is the density of the material of the stone?

A 1.7 g / cm3 B 3.3 g / cm3 C 4.5 g / cm3 D 8.7 g / cm3
 3 A student determines the average speed of a bubble rising through a liquid at constant

speed. When the student starts the stopwatch the bubble is at position P.

After 2.0 s the bubble is at position Q.

bubble

18 Q
Q

19

20

21

22

23

24

25
P
26
cm
27
bubble

What is the speed of the bubble between P and Q?

A 3.2 cm / s B 3.7 cm / s C 6.4 cm / s D 7.4 cm / s

4. A pendulum is swinging. Five students each measure the time it takes to swing through
ten complete swings.

Three students measure the time as 17.2 s. Another student measures it as 16.9 s, and
the fifth student measures it as 17.0 s.

What is the average period of the pendulum?

A 1.69 s B 1.70 s C 1.71 s D 1.72 s

5 Which distance-time graph represents a body whose speed is decreasing?

A B

distance

time 0Time
e

C D

distance

0 time 0 time

6 What are the units for mass, pressure and velocity?

mass velocity

A kg Pa

B kg m/s

C Ns m/s

D Pa m/s

7 A steel ball bearing has a mass of 24 g and a density of 8.0 g / cm3. It is lowered into a
measuring cylinder containing 12 cm3 of water.

What is the new water level in the cylinder?

A 3.0 cm3 B 4.0 cm3 C 15 cm3 D 16

cm3
 8 The graph shows how the distance travelled by a vehicle changes with time.

S
distance
Q R

0 P
0 time

Which row describes the speed of the vehicle in each section of the graph?

P to Q Q to R R to S

A constant zero constant

B constant zero decreasing
C increasing constant decreasing
D increasing zero constant

9 The diagram shows an enlarged drawing of the end of a metre rule. It is being used to
measure the length of a small feather.

10 20 3 0
mm
cm 1 2 3

What is the length of the

feather?
C 19 cm D 29 cm
A 19 mm B 29 mm
10 A train begins a journey from a station and travels 60 km in a time of 20 minutes.

What is the average speed of the train?

A 3.0 m / s B 5.0 m / s C 50 m / s D 60 m / s

11 Which quantity is measured

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in ⁄ 𝟑 ?
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A density

B energy

pressure

D weight

12 A measuring cylinder is used to measure the volume of a quantity of water.

Which measuring technique would not improve the accuracy of the measurement?

A making sure that the measuring cylinder is

vertical
B making sure that the water surface is at eye
level
C reading the top of the water meniscus
D using the smallest measuring cylinder available that will contain all the water

13 Which measurement can be made using a micrometer

screw gauge?
A the air pressure of a tyre
B the diameter of a wire

C the turning effect of a

spanner
D the wavelength of
microwaves
14 A candle burns evenly. It is used as a timer.
 The candle is lit and burns down to point X in 2 hours.

To which labelled point does the candle burn down after a further 30 minutes?

height of candle
before it is lit

15 A pendulum is swinging. Five students each measure the time it takes to swing
through
ten complete swings.

Three students measure the time as 17.2 s. Another student measures it as 16.9 s,
and the fifth student measures it as 17.0 s.

What is the average period of the pendulum?

A 1.69 s B 1.70 s C 1.71 s D 1.72 s

16 A shopkeeper pours rice into a dish that hangs from a spring balance. He records the
reading.

spring balance
6 0 1
5
2

4
 3

rice

dish

A customer buys some pasta. The shopkeeper notices that the reading on the spring
balance,
with just pasta in the dish, is the same as it was with just rice in the dish.

Which quantity must be the same for the rice and for the pasta?

A density
B temperature
C volume
D weight

17 A student is asked to investigate the extension of a spring using the apparatus

shown in the diagram.

known
weights

Which other piece of equipment is needed?

A measuring cylinder
B metre rule
C stopwatch
 D protractor

18 Which device is used to measure the time it takes for a 10 cm3 block of ice to melt
in a laboratory at room temperature?
A measuring
cylinder B ruler
C

stopwatch

thermome

ter

19 A stopwatch is used to time a runner in a race. The diagrams show the stopwatch
at the start and at the end of the race.

start end

1 / s 1/
min s 100 min s 100 s

How long did the runner take to run the race?

A 70.00 seconds
B 110.00 seconds
C 115.20Seconds
D) 155.20Seconds

20 The masses of a measuring cylinder before and after pouring some liquid into
it are shown in the diagram.

cm3 cm3
200 200
 100 100
liquid

mass = 80 g mass = 180 g

What is the density of the liquid?

A)100g/ B)120cm C)100g/cm D)140

1. Water is stored ia reservoir at an average vertical height of 350 m above the turbines of a
hydroelectric power station.
During a 7.0 hour period, 1.8 × 106 m3 of water flows down from the reservoir to the turbines.
The density of water is 1000 kg / m3.
For this 7.0 hour period,
1Calculate the mass of water that flows from the reservoir to the turbines (3)

2. Find the volume of a cylinder with height 4m and radius 2m (4)

3. Convert the following ( 6)
a) 2cm^3 to m^3

b) 96 kg/m^3 to g/cm^3

c) 1000m to mm

4. A pendulum is timed , first for 20 swings and then for 50 swings (2)
a) Time for 20 swings= 17.4s

b) Time for 50 swings= 43.2s

Calculate the average time per swing in each case
5. A student is measuring the density of a liquid. He placed a measuring cylinder on a balance and
records it’s mass.he then pours liquid into the cylinder and records the new reading on the balance.
He also records the volume of the liquid.
Mass of the empty cylinder = 147g
Mass of the cylinder + liquid = 203 g
Volume of the liquid = 59cubic centimetre
Using the results shown calculate the density of the liquid (5)