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Length & Time IGCSE

This document contains 20 multiple choice questions about measuring various quantities using tools like rulers, measuring cylinders, stopwatches, and thermometers. The questions test concepts like measuring lengths, volumes, temperatures, and timing experiments. They provide practice applying tools and units of measurement to solve physics problems involving quantities like distance, volume, mass, and time.

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Length & Time IGCSE

This document contains 20 multiple choice questions about measuring various quantities using tools like rulers, measuring cylinders, stopwatches, and thermometers. The questions test concepts like measuring lengths, volumes, temperatures, and timing experiments. They provide practice applying tools and units of measurement to solve physics problems involving quantities like distance, volume, mass, and time.

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Fsica 11 de secundaria

01. Which quantity is measured in newtons?


A) density

B) energy

C) pressure

D weight

02. The diagram shows a thick walled tube. The thickness of the wall is 3 mm.
What is the internal diameter d of the tube?
A) 2.8 cm
B) 3.1 cm
C) 3.4 cm
D) 7.4 cm

03. A girl uses a rule to measure the length of a metal rod. Because the end of the rule is
damaged, she places one end of the rod at the 1 cm mark as shown.

How long is the metal rod?


A) 43 mm

B) 46 mm

C) 53 mm

D) 56 mm

04. A piece of cotton is measured between two points on a ruler.

When the length of cotton is wound closely around a pen, it goes round six times.

What is the distance once round the pen?


A) 2.2 cm

B) 2.6 cm

C) 13.2 cm

D) 15.6 cm
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Profesor: Javier Trigoso T.

Fsica 11 de secundaria

05. A cylindrical can is rolled along the ruler shown in the diagram.

The can rolls over twice. What is the circumference (distance all round) of the can?
A) 13 cm

B) 14 cm

C) 26 cm

D) 28 cm

06. A ruler is used to measure the length of a nail.

What is the length of the nail?


A) 1.3 cm
B) 2.9cm

C) 5.2cm

D) 8.1cm

07. 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.

What is the length of the feather?


A) 19 mm

B) 29 mm

C) 19cm

D) 29cm

08. A ruler is used to measure the length of an object.

What is the length of the object?


A) 3.0 cm

B) 4.0 cm

C) 5.0 cm

D) 6.5 cm
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Fsica 11 de secundaria

09. Some liquid is heated in a flask. The diagrams


show the height of the liquid in the tube when the
liquid is cold and when it is hot.
What is the difference in the heights?
A) 1.7 cm
B) 2.8 cm
C) 3.2 cm
D) 4.5 cm
10. The mass of a full bottle of cooking oil is
1.30 kg. When exactly half of the oil has
been used, the mass of the bottle plus the
remaining oil is 0.90Kg
What is the mass of the empty bottle?
A) 0.40 kg
C) 0.65 kg

B) 0.50 kg
D) 0.80 kg

11. The diagram shows the level of liquid in a measuring


cylinder. What is the volume of the liquid?
A) 24 cm3
B) 28 cm3
C) 29 cm3
D) 32 cm3
12. A measuring cylinder is used to measure the volume of a liquid. What is the volume
of the liquid?

A) 43 cm3

B) 46 cm3

C) 48 cm3

D) 54cm3

13. A measuring cylinder contains some water. When a


stone is put in the water, the level rises. What is the
volume of the stone?
A) 50 cm3
B) 70 cm3
C) 75 cm3
D) 125 cm3
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14. The diagram shows a stopwatch, originally set at 00:00. When a car was first seen,
the stop-start button was pressed. When the car passed the observer, the
stopwatch showed 01:06. How long did the car take to reach the observer?
A) 1.06 seconds
B) 6 seconds
C) 66 seconds
D) 106 seconds
15. The diagrams show the times on a stop
clock at the beginning and at the end of
an experiment.
How long did the experiment take?
A) 10 s
B) 25 s
C) 35 s
D) 45 s
16. The diagram shows the image of a clockface in a plane mirror.
Which of these times is shown?
A) 02.25
C) 09.25

B) 02.35
D) 09.35

17. A stopwatch is used to time an athlete running 100 m. The timekeeper forgets to
reset the watch to zero before using it to time another athlete running 100 m.

How long does the second athlete take to run 100 m?


A) 11.2 s

B) 11.4 s

C) 12.4 s

D) 23.8 s

18. Two digital stopwatches X and Y, which record in minutes and seconds, are used to
time a race. The readings of the two stopwatches, at the start and at the end of the
race, are shown.

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Which statement about the time of the race is correct?


A)
B)
C)
D)

Both stopwatches record the same time interval.


Stopwatch X recorded 10s longer than stopwatch Y.
Stopwatch Y recorded 10s longer than stopwatch X.
Stopwatch Y recorded 50s longer than stopwatch X.

19. A student uses a stopwatch to time a runner running around a circular track. The
runner runs two laps (twice around the track). The diagrams show the reading on
the stopwatch when the runner starts running, at the end of the first lap, and at the
end of the second lap.

What is the time taken for the runner to run the second lap?
A) 0 min 50 s
B) 1 min 10 s
C) 1min 13 s
D) 2 min 03 s
20. When he stops the stopwatch as the winner crosses the finishing line, the
appearance of the stopwatch is as shown in figure

How long did the winner actually take to run the race?
time = .............................................. s
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