1. The diagram shows a part of a screw guage. What is the reading?

A. 7.0 mm
B. 38 mm
C. 7.38 mm
D. 43 mm

1. A serving of potato chips contains 2400 mg of sodium. How many significant figures are in the number?

A. 4
B. 2
C. 1
D. 3

1. What is the density (g/mL) of a sample of olive oil if 250 mL has a mass of 0.23 kg?

A. 0.00092 g/mL
B. 10.9 g/mL
C. 0.92 g/mL
D. 57.5 g/mL

1. A stunt driver starting from rest needs to achieve a speed of 27.9 m/s. If her vehicle accelerates at 8.37 m/s2,
what distance (in m) must she travel to achieve the desired speed?

A. 1.66 m
B. 46.5 m
C. 93 m
D. 467 m

1. The figure below shows the position of a car (black circles) at one second intervals. What is the velocity at the
time t = 4 s?

A. -12 m/s
B. -4 m/s
C. 8 m/s
D. 0 m/s

1. In this graph of distance vs. time, which of the following is true (chose one)?
A. The speed is negative.
B. The velocity is negative.
C. The acceleration is negative.
D. The acceleration is positive.

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1. Which statement about the movement of an object with zero acceleration is true?

A. The object may be slowing down.

B. The object may be in motion.
C. The object must be at rest.
D. The object may be speeding up.

1. A woman walks 5 m north then 5 m west. The resultant of these two vectors is approximately

A. 5 m northwest
B. 5 m southwest
C. 7 m southwest
D. 7 m northwest

1. A rectangular, steel block of mass M will be in static equilibrium only if

A. The net external force acting on the block is zero.

B. The net external torque acting on the block is zero.
C. The net external force and the net external torque both equal to zero.
D. Neither the net external force nor the net external torque equal to zero.

1. Two children sit in rubber tyres connected to a see-saw system. If Sally sits on the left, which children cannot
cause the see-saw to tip down on the right (clockwise)? (assume average distance from pivot or turning point,
to the centre of the people is the same)

child Joe Mary Fred Sally Mike

weight (N) 380 390 400 380 370

A. Only Mike.
B. Only Joe.
C. Joe or Mike.
D. Mary or Fred.

1. Which one of these would result in the most stable vehicle?

A. Low centre of mass and wide track.

B. High centre of mass and narrow track.
C. Low centre of mass and narrow track.
D. High centre of mass and wide track.

1. The value of g at the Earth,s pole is less than that at the equator because the distance between the

A. poles and equator is smaller.

B. poles and equator is greater.
C. poles and centre of the Earth is smaller.
D. equator and centre of the Earth is smaller.

1. The Earth and planets move around the Sun, due to a centripetal force which is provided by the gravitational
field of the

A. Sun.
B. Earth.
C. Moon.
D. Planets.

1. In the given picture calculate the work done by the waiter

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 A. W = zero
B. W = F x d
C. W = F/d
D. W = mgh

1. If a weightlifter lifts 2000 Newtons to a height of 2 metres in 4 seconds, how powerful is he?

A. 1 Watt.
B. 100 Watt.
C. 1 KiloWatt.
D. 1 horsepower.

1. A mass of 4 kg is raised through a vertical distance of 90 m. If the gravitational acceleration is 9.8 m s-2, then
the potential energy gained by the mass is

A. 882 J
B. 360 J
C. 3528 J
D. 39.2 J

1. If Nancy pushes an object with twice the force for half the distance, she does

A. the same work.

B. twice the work.
C. half the work.
D. four times the work.

1. Which of the following has no definite shape and no definite volume?

A. Liquid and gas

B. Gas and solid
C. Plasma and liquid
D. Gas and plasma

1. Which of the following is a characteristic of the plasma state?

A. Ionized gas molecule.

B. High velocity particles.
C. High intermolecular force strength.
D. Mixture of gases.

1. As an object is raised upward from the earth's surface, its potential energy

A. decreases.
B. becomes problematic.
C. increases.
D. remains the same.

1. The average kinetic energy of the molecules of a substance is

A. heat of fusion.
B. temperature.
C. heat of vaporization.
D. thermal energy.

1. Transfer of energy by a substance, without the substance itself moving is known as

A. Conduction
B. Insulation.
C. Convection.
D. Radiation.

1. Blids can be fitted to windowsto reflect the Sun’s rays on a hot day. Which of the following blinds would be
best for this?
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 A. Shiny black blinds.
B. Matt black blinds.
C. Shiny white blinds.
D. Transparent blinds.

1.

Which statement about the above figures is correct?

A. The force of stack A is greater than stack B.

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B. The force of stack B is greater than stack A.

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C. The pressure of stack A is greater than stack B.

D. The pressure of stack B is greater than stack A.

1. A drinkig straw, a syringe and a vacuum cleaner all work on

A. Pascal’s law.
B. Pressure law.
C. Archimedes’ principle.
D. Atmospheric pressure.

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