Grade 10 Physics (2020)

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Haque Academy Mock‐Exam March 2020

1. The diagram shows arrows representing two vector quantities.
2. Newton’s third law involves two quantities which are equal in size and opposite in
direction.
What is the unit for these two quantities?
A J
B m / s2
C N
D W
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3. The diagram shows a stopwatch.
What is the reading on the stopwatch?

A 30.6 s B 33.0 s C 36.0 s D 36.6 s
4. Which device can be used to measure the thickness of a single sheet of paper?
A a metre rule
B a micrometer
C a plastic ruler
D a measuring tape
5. In a test, four students linked the quantities on the left with their units on the right.
Which student matched them all correctly?


6. A lorry takes 15 minutes to travel along the path PQRS.
7. At time t 1, a stone is dropped from a stationary balloon. The stone reaches terminal
velocity at time t 2.
Which row gives the acceleration of the stone at time t 1 and at time t 2?
8. The graph shows how the speed of a car travelling in a straight line changes with time.
Which section shows the largest acceleration?


9. The speed-time graph represents a short journey.
Which distance-time graph represents the same journey?
10. A piece of uniform card is suspended freely from a horizontal pin.

Which point is its centre of mass?


11. A uniform plank is pivoted at its mid-point. Two weights are added to the plank, one
weight on each side of the pivot in the positions shown.
A vertical force is applied at point X to balance the plank.

What is the size and direction of this force?
12. Two stretched springs X and Y are attached to one end of a metre rule as shown. A
weight W is hung from the other end. A pivot is at the centre of the rule.

The weight W is moved towards the pivot. How does the extension of each spring
change?


13. Four objects of equal mass rest on a table. The centre of mass of each object is labelled
G.
Which object is the least stable?
14. A car moves in a circle at constant speed.

What is the direction of the resultant force acting on the car?
15. A metal ball of mass 0.30 kg and weight 3.0 N is held so that it is below the surface of
oil. It experiences an upwards force of 0.30 N.


16. Which object has the largest resultant force?
17. In which situation is the resultant force on the body equal to zero?
A a car turning a corner at constant speed

B a rock falling freely on the Moon
C a train going up a straight hill at constant speed in a straight line
D an aircraft accelerating along a runway in a straight line

18. The mass and volume of four different objects are plotted as shown.
Which object has the smallest density?
19. A student produces some revision notes on gravity, mass and weight.
Which statement is not correct?
A A gravitational field is a region in which a mass experiences a gravitational force.

B Gravitational field strength has the unit of N / kg.
C Mass is a measure of the amount of matter.
D Mass is equal to weight multiplied by gravitational field strength.


20. Four objects are situated in places with different gravitational field strengths.
Which object has the greatest weight?
21. A stone has a mass of 390 g and a density of 2.7 g / cm3.

Cooking oil has a density of 0.90 g / cm3.
Which mass of oil has the same volume as the stone?
A 130 g B 160 g C 900 g D 1200 g

22. A scientist places a rock on a spring balance. She then places the same rock on a beam
balance.
At the North Pole, the gravitational field strength is greater than at the Equator. She performs the
experiment at the North Pole and at the Equator. How do the readings at the North Pole compare with
those at the Equator?


23. Two identical beakers contain the same mass of liquid. There is a different liquid in each
beaker.
24. Some students plan to use a spring to make a spring balance with a linear scale.
The graph shows how the extension of their spring changes with the load on it.
What is the total range of a balance with a linear scale using this spring?
A 0 N to 10 N B 0 N to 12 N C 10 N to 12 N D 10 N to 14 N
25. A force is applied to a body.

Which property of the body cannot be changed by the force?
A its mass
B its shape
C its size
D its velocity


26. The graph shows the extension of a piece of copper wire as the load on it is increased.
What does the graph show?
A At a certain load the wire becomes easier to extend.
B At a certain load the wire becomes harder to extend.
C The load and extension are directly proportional for all loads.
D The load and extension are inversely proportional for all loads.
27. The graph shows extension-load curves for four fibres.

Which fibre is the hardest to stretch over the range of loads shown?
28. Four beakers contain the same liquid.

At which point is the pressure the greatest?


29. A block of weight W rests on a side of area A. The gravitational field strength is g.
What is the pressure exerted on the ground due to the block?
30. A child slides down a slide.
The weight of the child is 250 N. The height of the slide is 7.0 m. The work done against
friction as the child travels down the slide is 1300 J.
What is the change in gravitational potential energy and what is the final kinetic energy
of the child?
31. What uses non-renewable energy?
A a geothermal heating system

B a nuclear power station
C a solar panel
D a wind turbine



32. Light passes from air into a block of glass, as shown.
33. A ray of light travels from X to Y along an optical fibre. The angle of incidence at Y is
greater than the critical angle.
In which direction does the ray of light travel after reaching point Y?
34. An object is viewed through a converging lens.

The diagram shows the paths of two rays from the top of the object to an eye.


35. Which statement about red light and blue light is correct?
A Red light has a higher frequency than blue light.

B Red light has a longer wavelength than blue light.
C Red light has the same speed in glass as blue light.
D Red light is refracted by a glass prism more than blue light.

36. A longitudinal wave passes along a spring. The coils of the spring vibrate from side to
side.
The diagram shows the positions of the coils at one particular time.
37. A ball floating in a ripple tank begins to move vertically up and down as a wave passes
beneath it. The ball does not move horizontally.



38. A fixed mass of gas in a syringe at 0 °C is heated at constant pressure.

Which graph shows the variation of volume V with temperature T, measured in °C?
39. Thermal energy of 12 000 J is supplied to a 2.0 kg mass of copper.

The specific heat capacity of copper is 400 J / (kg °C).
What is the rise in temperature?

A 15 °C B 30 °C C 60 °C D 100 °C

40. A hot liquid is allowed to cool. The graph shows the cooling curve.


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 There aree forty quesstions on thhis paper. Answer

1. The diagram shows arrows representing two vector quantities.

3. The diagram shows a stopwatch.

What is the reading on the stopwatch?

6. A lorry takes 15 minutes to travel along the path PQRS.

9. The speed-time graph represents a short journey.

Which distance-time graph represents the same journey?

10. A piece of uniform card is suspended freely from a horizontal pin.

A vertical force is applied at point X to balance the plank.

14. A car moves in a circle at constant speed.

16. Which object has the largest resultant force?

A a car turning a corner at constant speed

A A gravitational field is a region in which a mass experiences a gravitational force.

21. A stone has a mass of 390 g and a density of 2.7 g / cm3.

Which mass of oil has the same volume as the stone?

A 130 g B 160 g C 900 g D 1200 g

25. A force is applied to a body.

What does the graph show?

A At a certain load the wire becomes easier to extend.

B At a certain load the wire becomes harder to extend.

27. The graph shows extension-load curves for four fibres.

28. Four beakers contain the same liquid.

30. A child slides down a slide.

31. What uses non-renewable energy?

A a geothermal heating system

32. Light passes from air into a block of glass, as shown.

34. An object is viewed through a converging lens.

A Red light has a higher frequency than blue light.

38. A fixed mass of gas in a syringe at 0 °C is heated at constant pressure.

39. Thermal energy of 12 000 J is supplied to a 2.0 kg mass of copper.

What is the rise in temperature?

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