THE WESTMINSTER SCHOOL, DUBAI

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS

Topic – Revision

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

starting position final position

can rolled
mark on
can

0 cm 5 10 15 20 25 30 cm

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

2 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.

stop-start button
min s
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

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3 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.

metal rod

damaged
end 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
cm

How long is the metal rod?

A 43 mm B 46 mm C 53 mm D 56 mm

4 A glass tank contains some water.

V
water
T
Q
U
S

The length QR and the width RS of the tank are known.

What other distance needs to be measured in order to be able to calculate the volume of the
water?

A ST B SV C TU D TV

5 A stopwatch is used to time a race. The diagrams show the watch at the start and at the end of the
race.

start end

55 5 55 5
6
50 10 50
4 1 4 1
4 2 5 5
second 4 secon 2
3 2 3 ds 2
3 3 5

How long did the race take?

A 45.7 s B 46.0 s C 46.5 s D 47.0 s

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6 A pendulum is set in motion and 20 complete swings are timed. The time measured is 30 s.

What is the time for one complete swing of the pendulum?

A 0.67 s B 0.75 s C 1.5 s D 3.0 s

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

5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0

cm

What is the length of the nail?

A 1.3 cm B 2.9 cm C 5.2 cm D 8.1 cm

8 The diagram shows a thick-walled tube. The thickness of the wall is 3 mm.

0 cm 1 10 11

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

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9 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.

cold hot

tube

scale
cm cm

liquid

flask

What is the difference in the heights?

A 1.7 cm B 2.8 cm C 3.2 cm D 4.5 cm

10 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.

start end

stopwatch X 00:00 00:40

start end

stopwatch Y 01:30 02:20

Which statement about the time of the race is correct?

A Both stopwatches record the same time interval.

B Stopwatch X recorded 10 s longer than stopwatch Y.
C Stopwatch Y recorded 10 s longer than stopwatch X.
D Stopwatch Y recorded 50 s longer than stopwatch X.

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11 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.

60 60
55 5 55 5

50 10 50 10

45 15 45 15

40 seconds 20 40 seconds 20

35 25 35 25
30 30

stopwatch at stopwatch at
end of first end of second
athlete’s run athlete’s run

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

12 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.

reading when reading at end reading at end

runner starts of first lap of second lap

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 What is the time taken for the runner to run the second lap?

A 0 min 50 s B 1 min 10 s C 1 min 13 s D 2 min 03 s

13 Four athletes run twice around a track. The table shows their times at the end of each lap.

Which athlete runs the second lap the fastest?

athlete time at end of first lap / s time at end of second lap / s

A 22.99 47.04
B 23.04 47.00
C 23.16 47.18
D 23.39 47.24

14. 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 30
cm

What is the length of the feather?

A 19 mm B 29 mm C 19 cm D 29 cm

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

object

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
cm

What is the length of the object?

A 3.0 cm B 4.0 cm C 5.0 cm D 6.5 cm

1. A

2. C

3. B

4. A

5. B

6. C

7. B

8. A

9. B

10. C

11. B

12. A

13. D

14. A

15. B