DIVISIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOL & INTERMEDIATE COLLEDGE, MODEL

TOWN LAHORE.

PHYSICS ASSINGMENT FOR PCC NAME:………………………………..

1. A student wishes to find the density of a stone. He uses a measuring cylinder and a spring balance with a
scale marked in newtons. The measuring cylinder, spring balance and stone are shown in Fig. 1.1.

The student knows that the gravitational field strength is 10 N / kg.

(a) Describe how the student uses the spring balance to find the mass of the stone.

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(b) Describe how the student uses the measuring cylinder to find the volume of the stone.

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(c) The mass of the stone is 150 g and its volume is 70 cm3. Calculate the density of the stone.

density of stone = ...............................................[1]

(d) The stone is taken to another place, where the gravitational field strength is less than 10 N / kg. State how this
affects the mass and the weight of the stone.

mass .........................................................................................................................................

weight ....................................................................................................................................... [1]

2. Fig. 2.1 shows an ice cube at 0 °C

The sides of the cube are of length 0.040 m. Ice at 0 °C has a density of 920 kg / m3.

(a) Calculate (i) the mass of the ice cube,

mass = ....................................................[3]
(b) (ii) the weight of the ice cube.

weight = .................................................[2]

3. Fig. 3.1 shows apparatus used to obtain the readings for a graph of force against extension for a spring.

The masses added to the pan produce a force that stretches the spring.
(a) (i) State what is meant by the mass of a body.

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 (ii) Describe how the scale is used to find the extension of the spring.

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4. Fig. 4.1 shows a boy moving a water container in a wheelbarrow

The container has a volume of 0.15 m3 and is filled with water of density 1000 kg / m3.

(a) Calculate the mass of water in the container when it is full.

mass = ..................................................[2]
(b) It is harder to stop the wheelbarrow when the container is full than when it is empty. Explain this.

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6. The apparatus shown in Fig. 6.1 is used to measure the extension of a spring.

(a) Explain how the mass causes a force on the spring.

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(b) The force on the spring is a vector quantity. State what is meant by a vector quantity.

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7. (a) (i) State the difference between a scalar quantity and a vector quantity.

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(ii) State two examples of each type of quantity.

scalar quantity 1 ...................................................... 2 ......................................................

vector quantity 1 ...................................................... 2 ...................................................... [2]

(b)Fig. 7.1 shows the direction and size of two vectors P and Q
In the space next to Fig. 1.1, draw a labelled vector diagram to show the resultant vector obtained by
adding vector P to vector Q.
Draw vector P, vector Q and the resultant vector to the same scale as in Fig. 1.1. [2]

8. A student records the mass and volume of two irregular objects, one made of iron and the other of
copper. The student uses the equipment shown in Fig. 8.1.

Table 8.1 shows the results obtained.

(a) Describe how to determine the volume of an irregular object with the measuring cylinder.

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(b) Calculate the density of iron.

density = ......................................................... [2]

(c) A third object, which is also made of copper, has the same volume as the iron object.

Calculate the mass of this copper object.

mass = ......................................................... [2]

(d) State and explain what happens to the density of the iron object when it is heated.

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