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Assessment
If push came to shove
could we live on another
planet?
3-6
Name:
Teacher:
Class:
Instructions
Read this carefully.
You have 50 minutes for this examination
You will need: pens, pencil, rubber, ruler and
calculator.
Answers
Look for the mark indicator on the right hand side
of the page to see where you need to give an
answer
Check how many marks each answer is worth
and write an appropriate response.
Read the question carefully and make sure you
are answering the question that has been asked.
Answer all questions on the paper.
Check over your work at the end of the
examination.
Q1.
(a) Tasha puts a small block of wood
on a smooth surface.
forces on block
(i)
stays still
(ii)
stays still
stays still
(iii)
stays still
(iv)
stays still
(b)
(i)
Which piece of equipment
should Tasha use to measure the
forces on the block?
Tick the correct box.
C
(i)
Which arrow shows the direction of the
force of gravity on Nicola?
Give the letter.
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(ii) Which arrow shows the direction of the
force of the rope on Nicola?
Give the letter.
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1pm
East
sunrise 5am in
summer
West
C
sunset 9pm in
summer
(i)
On the curve, mark the position of the Sun
at 9 am.
Label this point A.
1000 N
ribbon
Team A
Team B
1000 N
ribbon
Team A
Team B
Team A
Team B
Q5.
(a) Alfie made a model of part of the
solar system.
He used metal balls for the Sun, the Moon
and the planets.
E goes around D.
B, C, D, F and G go around A.
1 mark
(iii) the model Moon;
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1 mark
(iv) the model planet with the largest orbit.
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1 mark
(b)
The bar chart shows the force of gravity on eight of the planets.
Gravity
(N/kg)
(i)
How can you tell from the path of the ball that
there is a force acting on the ball?
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(c) The drawing shows a trolley rolling along a
table from A to B.
B
A
Then another force acts on the trolley. This is
shown by the arrow on the drawing.
What effect does this force have?
D
C
(a) Which arrow represents air resistance?
Give the letter.
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(b) (i)
When the plane is flying at a constant
height, which two forces must be
balanced?
Give the letters.
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(ii) When the plane is flying at a constant
speed in the direction shown, which
two forces must be balanced?
Give the letters.
Q8.
Aristotle. lived in Greece over 2000
years ago.
Aristotle said that the heavier an object is, the
faster it will fall to the ground.
(a) The list below shows a bowling ball, a
cricket ball and a ping-pong ball.
Lila dropped them all at the same time from the
same height.
bowling ball
mass = 5 000 g
cricket ball
mass=160g
ping-pong
mass = 2.5 g
If Aristotle was correct, which of the three balls
would you expect to reach the ground first?
Give the reason for your answer.
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1 mark
cricket ball
mass = 160g
hollow plastic ball
mass = 56g
Why was Joe correct?
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(c) About 400 years ago in Italy, a man called
Galileo had a different idea. He said that all
objects dropped from the same height would
reach the ground at the same time.
(i)
Lila dropped a hammer and a feather at the
same time from the same height.
If Galileo was correct, which, if either, would
reach the ground first?
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Q9.
The diagram below shows the path of a meteor
as it gets closer to the Earth.
The meteor is shown in three positions: A, B and C.
A
B
Earths atmosphere
Q10.
The drawing below shows
an astronaut in space.
He has four small jets attached to
his space suit.
These jets produce forces on the
astronaut in the directions A, B, C
and D.
In which direction, A, B, C or D,
will the astronaut move?
Give the letter.
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1 mark
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1 mark
1 mark
maximum 4 marks
Q11.
In July 1994, fragments of the
comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 were
pulled into the planet Jupiter,
causing a series of enormous
collisions.
(a) The fragments of comet were
pulled towards Jupiter by gravity.
How did the gravitational force vary
with the mass of the fragment?
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1 mark
(b) As each fragment approached
Jupiter, the gravitational force on it
changed. Describe the change.
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(c) Tick the correct box to
complete the statement.
Between the different fragments of
the comet
there was an attractive force
there was a repulsive force
there was no force
The comet was in fragments
because, in July 1992, it had
passed very close to Jupiter and
had broken up.