1 CAPE Physics Tutorial December 2, 2011 1. (a) (i) A small cork floats in water, exactly half submerged, on Earth.

If the container, water and cork were all transferred to a place where the acceleration due to gravity is less than that on Earth, would the submerged proportion of the cork be greater, stay the same or become less? [1mark] (ii) Give TWO reasons for your answer [2 marks] (b) Consider the Figures 1 and 2 which show two identical, rectangular wooden blocks floating respectively in water and in a liquid L. (Density of water = 1000 kg m-3)

(i) Find the (a) weight of the block [4 marks] (b) density of liquid L. [2 marks] (ii) Explain why frictional forces between the blocks and the water should NOT be considered in your calculations. [1 mark] Total 10 marks 2. There has been a scare of a terrorist attack at the Grantley Adams International Airport in Barbados. An incoming flight as shown in Figure 3 has been asked to circle the airport at a steady height and an angle of to the horizontal for the next 20 minutes while checks are being made at the airport.

Figure 3 (a) On Figure 3 draw and label the actual forces acting on the aeroplane in the vertical plane. [2 marks] (b) The aeroplane travels at constants peed in a circular fashion. (i) Name and explain the origin of the horizontal force that keeps the plane in this circle. [2 marks] (ii) What force opposes the weight to keep the plane at a constant height? [1 mark] (c) The aeroplane circles the airport in a circle of radius I km at a speed of 340 km/hr. Find the angle at which the aeroplane moves to the horizontal. [5 marks] 3. Figure 4 shows a ball, P, of mass m, moving with speed u, which collides with another ball, Q, of mass M, which is stationary. After the collision, P is found to be moving with speed v, and Q with speed V. (u, v and V are all along the same line.)

Figure 4

2 (a) (i) If the collision is perfectly elastic show that (ii) Show also that (b) (i) [4 marks] [3 marks]

In an elastic collision such as this, if the mass of Q is half that of P and P's velocity before collision is 30 m s-1, what would Q's velocity be after the collision? [2 marks] (ii) What is the ratio of the masses if the bails move with the same velocity after collision? [1 mark]

5. A stone on a string is made to travel along a horizontal circular path, as shown in Fig. 5.1.

Fig. 5.1

3 The stone has a constant speed. (a) Define acceleration. [1 mark] (b) Use your definition to explain whether the stone is accelerating. [2 marks] (c) The stone has a weight of 5.0 N. When the string makes an angle of 35 to the vertical, the tension in the string is 6.1 N, as illustrated in Fig. 5.2.

Fig. 5.2 Determine the resultant force acting on the stone in the position shown.

[4 marks]

6. A deep-sea scuba diver lifts an old cannon from the seabed by means of an inflated balloon of fixed volume (figure 6.1). The cannon has a volume of 2.0 x l0-2 m3 and is made of metal of density 9000 kgm-3.

Figure 6.1 (a) Name and give the origin of the THREE forces acting on the cannon at the point of lift. [3 marks] (b) If the initial acceleration of the cannon is 2.0 ms-2, calculate magnitude of EACH of these three forces. (Density of sea water is 1030 kgm-3) [3marks] (c) At about halfway up to the surface, the acceleration has been reduced to zero. Give an explanation for this reduction in terms of the forces acting on the cannon. [2 marks] (d) Calculate the magnitude of any additional force on the cannon at this point in its motion. [1 mark] (e) Sketch a graph of velocity against time for the cannons motion as described above. [1 mark]

4 7. Figure 1 shows a box resting on the floor of a stationary lift. Figure 2 is a free-body force diagram showing the forces A and B that act on the box. In a copy of the table, for each of the situations shown, tick the appropriate boxes to show how the magnitude of the forces A and B change, if at all, compared with when the lift is stationary. (4)

8. A student performs an experiment to study the motion of a trolley on a horizontal bench. The trolley is pulled by a horizontal string which runs over a pulley to suspended mass. Initially the trolley is held at rest at position A. It is then released. When it has moved some distance, but before the suspended mass hits the floor, a card attached to the trolley passes through a light gate. A clock controlled by the gate records how long the card blocks the light beam. The card, which is 0.130 m long, takes 0.070 s to pass through the beam. Calculate the average velocity of the trolley as it passes through the light gate. (2) The light gate is 0.600 m from the start. Show that the acceleration of the trolley is approximately 3 m s -2 (3) The mass of the trolley is 0.950 kg. Calculate the tension in the string pulling it, stating any assumption which you make. (3) The tension in the string must be less than the weight of the 0.400 kg mass suspended from it. Explain why. (2)

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