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IB Physics SL Practise Worksheet

This document contains two multi-part physics problems involving forces acting on downhill skiers and forces acting during car collisions. For the skiing problem, the document calculates the skier's velocity at one point on the course based on gravitational potential energy transfer and distinguishes between internal energy and temperature. It also diagrams the vertical forces acting on the skier at another point and determines if the skier will lose contact with the ground. Finally, it calculates the coefficient of dynamic friction that allows the skier to stop over a given distance. For the car collision problem, the document derives an expression relating average crush force to impact speed and crush distance. It provides crush distance data for different speeds and has students complete a table and plot a graph

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IB Physics SL Practise Worksheet

This document contains two multi-part physics problems involving forces acting on downhill skiers and forces acting during car collisions. For the skiing problem, the document calculates the skier's velocity at one point on the course based on gravitational potential energy transfer and distinguishes between internal energy and temperature. It also diagrams the vertical forces acting on the skier at another point and determines if the skier will lose contact with the ground. Finally, it calculates the coefficient of dynamic friction that allows the skier to stop over a given distance. For the car collision problem, the document derives an expression relating average crush force to impact speed and crush distance. It provides crush distance data for different speeds and has students complete a table and plot a graph

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4. The diagram below shows part of a downhill ski course which starts at point A, 50 m above level ground.
Point B is 20 m above level ground.

(a) A skier of mass 65 kg starts from rest at point A and during the ski course some of the gravitational
potential energy transferred to kinetic energy.

(i) From A to B, 24 % of the gravitational potential energy transferred to kinetic energy. Show that the

velocity at B is 12 ms-1. [2]

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(ii) Some of the gravitational potential energy transferred into internal energy of the skis, slightly increasing
their temperature. Distinguish between internal energy and temperature. [2]

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(b) (i) The dot on the following diagram represents the skier as she passes point B. Draw and label the
vertical forces acting on the skier. [2]
(ii) The hill at point B has a circular shape with a radius of 20 m. Determine whether the skier will lose
contact with the ground at point B. [3]

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(c) The skier reaches point C with a speed of 8.2 ms-1. She stops after a distance of 24 m at point D.
Determine the coefficient of dynamic friction between the base of the skis and the snow. Assume that the
frictional force is constant and that air resistance can be neglected. [3]

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5. This question is about finding the force that acts upon a car when it is in a head on collision.

In order to measure collision forces a car is crashed head-on into a flat, rigid barrier and the resulting crush
distance d is measured. The crush distance is the amount that the car collapses in coming to rest. In the
above diagram the crush distance d = L1 - L2 .

mv2
(a) Show that the average crush force exerted on a car of mass m with impact speed v is equal to . [2]
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(b) The table below gives values of the crush distance, d, for different impact speeds v, of cars of the same
make. (Uncertainties in measurement are not given.)

Complete the last column of the table. [1]


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(c) On the grid below plot a graph of against v. [4]
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(d) Consider the situation in which a car of mass 1200 kg has an impact speed of 12 ms−1 . Use
information from the graph you have drawn to find the average force exerted on the car during the collision
as it is brought to rest. [2]

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