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Cape Unit 1 - Motion Questions

This document contains 16 physics questions involving calculations of forces, accelerations, velocities, energies, and momentums in scenarios like braking a car, pulling a block, wind resistance on a runner, accelerating vehicles, bouncing balls, catching a ball, collisions between objects, and bumper cars. The questions require applying Newton's laws of motion, kinematics equations, work-energy theorem, and impulse-momentum theorem to solve for unknown values.

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Cape Unit 1 - Motion Questions

This document contains 16 physics questions involving calculations of forces, accelerations, velocities, energies, and momentums in scenarios like braking a car, pulling a block, wind resistance on a runner, accelerating vehicles, bouncing balls, catching a ball, collisions between objects, and bumper cars. The questions require applying Newton's laws of motion, kinematics equations, work-energy theorem, and impulse-momentum theorem to solve for unknown values.

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Question 1

A car of mass 900 kg traveling with a velocity of 30 m/s must stop in 6 sec. Calculate
the force applied by the brakes.

Question 2
A block of wood of mass m = 250 g is being pulled along a surface by a force F = 20N.
The force of friction between the block and the surface has a magnitude of 15N, see
diagram below. Calculate
(a) the acceleration of the block
(b) the distance moved, starting from rest, in 5s

Question 3
A runner decelerates as he runs into a windy exposed area, from a speed of 4 m/s to 2
m/s in 8 seconds. His mass is 60 kg. Assuming he also experiences a frictional force of
3 N, find the size of the force exerted by the wind on the runner.

Question 4
A car of mass 800kg accelerates from an initial speed of 8.0 m/s to a speed of 32 m/s in
16.0 s without change of direction. Calculate
(a) the acceleration the car
(b) the overall force on the car during the acceleration

Question 5
(a) Calculate the force needed to accelerate a ball of mass 0.25 kg from rest to a
speed of 20 m/s in a time of 0.1s.
(b) How far does the ball move when the force is acting?
(c) Work out the force needed to stop a ball of mass 0.25 kg moving at 20 m/s in a
distance of 0.10 m.

Question 6
An athlete of mass 65kg is capable of reaching a speed of 9.5 m/s in a distance of 8.0
m from a standstill. Calculate
(a) the time taken to reach this speed
(b) the acceleration of the athlete in this time
(c) the force needed to produce this acceleration.

Question 7
In a test of a car seat belt system, a dummy of mass 55 kg in a car seat is accelerated
by a speed of 35 m/s before it hits a brick wall. The seat belt allows the dummy to move
forward relative to the seat by a distance of 0.60 m. Calculate
(a) the deceleration of the dummy
(b) the force on the dummy due to the seat belt.

Question 8
What average force is needed to accelerate a 7g pellet from rest to 125 m/s over a
distance of 0.800 m along the barrel of a riffle?

Question 9
A car of mass 1.0 x 103 kg travelling at 72 km/h on a horizontal road is brought to rest in
a distance of 40 m by the action of brakes and frictional force. Find
(a) the average stopping force
(b) the time takes to stop the car.

Question 10
A vehicle has a mass of 600 kg. Its engine exerts a tractive force of 1500 N, but motion
is resisted by a constant frictional force of 300 N. Calculate
(a) the acceleration of the vehicle
(b) the momentum 10 s after starting to move
(c) its kinetic energy 15 s after it starts to move.

Question 11
A ball of mass 0.2 kg falls from a height of 45 m. On striking the ground it rebounds in
0.1s with2/3 of its velocity with which it struck the ground. Calculate
(a) the momentum change in hitting the ground
(b) the force on the ball due to the impact

Question 12
A ball of mass 0.05 kg strikes a smooth wall normally four times in 2 seconds with a
velocity of 10 m/s. Each time the ball rebounds with the same speed of 10 m/s.
Calculate the average force on the wall.

Question 13
A ball of mass 0.3 kg initially at rest is kicked with a force of 100 N, which is applied over
a time of 0.2 s. Calculate
(a) the impulse of the force
(b) the change in momentum
(c) the velocity with which the ball leave the ground.

Question 14
A cricketer catches a ball of mass 0.12 kg travelling at 20 m/s by applying a stopping
force over 0.1s. Calculate
(a) the impulse of the force
(b) the change in momentum
(c) the force exerted by the cricketers hands

Question 15
A 17 kg object moving with a velocity of 6 m/s is struck from behind by a moving 16 kg
object. They stick together, moving off with a mutual velocity of 32 m/s. What was the
original velocity of the 16 kg object before the collision?

Question 16
The diagram shows two cars at a fairground, before and after bumping into each other.
One car and driver has a total mass of 500 kg, while the other car and driver has a total
mass of 400 kg.
a) What is (i) the total kinetic energy before the
collision;
(ii) the total kinetic energy after the collision.
(iii) the total loss in kinetic energy.
(b) Is this an elastic collision? Explain your
answer

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