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Date: 3 July 2009

RIVER VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL 2009 YEAR 3 PHYSICS ASSIGNMENT 8 Deadline of submission: 7 July 2009,Tuesday Topic : Kinematics (III) Vertical motion Take acceleration due to gravity near the surface of the Earth to be 10 m s-2.

Section A: Structured Questions

1. A stone of 1.0 kg is dropped from the top of a cliff that is 180 m above the beach as shown in Fig. 1.1. Neglecting air resistance, (a) (i) state the change in velocity in 1 second interval,

(ii) calculate the time at which the stone hits the beach,

(iii) calculate the velocity at 50 m above the surface of the beach,

(iv) calculate the velocity just before the stone hits the beach.

(b) Describe the motion of the stone.

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(c) On the axes given in Fig. 1.2, draw a velocity against time graph of the falling stone.

Fig. 1.2

(d)

The acceleration of free fall near the surface of the Moon is 1.6 m s-2. (i) If the same stone of 1.0 kg is dropped from the same height of 180 m above the surface of the Moon, calculate the time taken for it to reach the ground.

(ii) On the same axes in Fig. 1.2, draw the velocity against time graph of the falling stone. Label this graph M. (iii) If the stone has mass of 2.5 kg, state whether the time taken for it to reach the ground be larger than, smaller than or the same as that calculated in (d)(i). Explain your answer.

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2.

Fig 2.1 shows the velocity against time graph of a bird flying vertically from the ground floor to the top of a building and then descending to height y from the ground and stop flying at the ledge of the building. Ignore the effects of the air resistance.

velocity / m s-1

8.0

4.0 Fig 2.1 0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

t/s

-4.0

-8.0

Using the graph in Fig. 2.1, determine (a) (i) the height of the building,

(ii)

the height y from the ground where the bird stops descending

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(b) On the axes given in Fig. 2.2, draw the acceleration against time graph of the bird until it stops its flight.

Fig. 2.2

3.

(a) A rock is thrown vertically upwards on the surface of the earth with an initial speed of 12.0 m s-1 from the tall structure that is 60.0 m above the ground. Ignore the effects of the air resistance. (i) Calculate the time taken, after being thrown, for the rock to strike the ground.

(ii) Calculate the maximum height above the ground reached by the rock.

(iii) Calculate the velocity of the rock just before it strikes the ground.

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(b) If the same rock were thrown in the same way on the moon where the acceleration of free fall near to the surface of the moon is 1.6 m s-2, calculate (i) the maximum height reached by the rock,

(ii)

how much longer the rock would be in motion on the moon than on earth.

4.

A boy throws a ball vertically upwards and reaches a maximum height of 28.8 m from his hands. Ignore the effects of air resistance. (a) Calculate the initial velocity of the ball.

(b) Calculate the time taken for the ball to return back to the hands of the boy.

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5.

The graph in Fig. 5.1 shows the variation of acceleration a of a ball with time t from the moment it is thrown with upwards with a speed of 15.0 m s-1 and hit the ground at 4.4 s. a / m s-2

10.0

5.0 Fig. 5.1 (0,0)

1.0

2.0

3.0

4.0

5.0

6.0

t/s

-5.0

-10

(a) In which direction is the velocity taken as positive?

(b) Calculate the time taken for the ball to reach the greatest height.

(c) Calculate the velocity when the ball reaches the point of release again.

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(d)

On Fig 5.2, draw the velocity against time graph for the motion from t =0 s to 4.0 s. Indicate clearly the values of the velocity.

Fig. 5.2

From the graph, determine (i) the velocity of the ball just before it reaches the ground,

(ii)

the height at which the ball is being thrown.

6.

The graph in Fig. 6.1 below shows how the vertical velocity of a ball, falling from a window of a tall building, varies with time.

velocity/m s-1
30 20 Fig. 6.1 10 0.0 -10 -20 -30

A
3.0

C B 4.0
5.0 7.0 6.0 8.0

1.0

2.0

time/s

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(a) Describe and explain the motion of the ball, (i) from 0.0 s to 3.0 s

(ii) from 3.0 s to 5.0 s

(iii) from 5.0 s to 7.0 s

(b) Calculate (i) the maximum height reached by the ball after the first rebound and mark the time as M on the graph in Fig. 6.1,

(ii)

the acceleration of the ball.

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(c) Mark on the graph in Fig. 6.1. the time S when the ball hits the floor the second time. (d) Explain the difference in the size of triangle A and B in the graph.

(e) Explain why the size of the triangle B and C in the graph are the same.

7.

A feather is allowed to be released from rest in two different environments: in one without air (i.e. a vacuum) and then in the presence of air. (a) Describe and explain the motion of the feather falling in vacuum.

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(b) Describe and explain the motion of the feather falling in air.

(c) On the same axes in Fig. 7.1, draw the velocity against time graph of the motion of the feather in both environments, assuming that the distance it falls is sufficiently great.

Fig. 7.1

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Section B: Contextual-based question (ASK assessment)

Investigation of fraud case at Draconic Fun Fair

Case Number 1240: Your team is to investigate a fraud case brought up by Mrs Lim Wan Ling as she lodged a complaint on game stall 61 Grab n Win for cheating at the Draconic Fun Fair. The mechanism of the game stall is as follow: Each customer is to use two fingers to clip on a $10 dollar note with the note being held by the stall owner. The stall owner will release the note without any notice. If the customer is able to clip onto the note with his 2 fingers, the customer will win the note. 2 illustrations of the position of your fingers are shown below:
3 cm 6 cm $10 dollar note

$10 dollar note

fingers fingers

Side view Each customer is to pay $1 dollar to play this game.

Top view

Your team is supposed to come up a detailed report (in terms of calculation and analysis*) on the validity of the game whether the customers have any chance of winning the game. This report is to be submitted to the Criminal Investigation Department. (*Hint--- You have to consider the human reaction time in this problem Take the value of g to be 9806 65 m s-2 )

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