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Paul College San Rafael

Pantubig, San Rafael, Bulacan
Final Examination 2021 – 2022
SCIENCE 9

Name/ Section: __________________________________________________________ Score:_____________

Objectives: The students should be able to analyse and apply the concepts on free falling motion, projectile
motion, energy and momentum & impulse.

Set A: Multiple Choice Questions (20 points)

Instructions: There are twenty questions on this Set. Answer all questions. For each question there are four
possible answers A, B, C and D. Choose the one you consider correct and write your answer on the space
provided.

______1 An object moves at a constant speed for some time, then begins to accelerate.
Which distance-time graph shows this motion?
A B

C D

______2 A heavy object is released near the surface of the Earth and falls freely. Air resistance can be
ignored.
Which statement about the acceleration of the object due to gravity is correct?
A The acceleration depends on the mass of the object.
B The acceleration depends on the mass of the object.
C The acceleration is constant.
D The acceleration is initially zero and increases as the object falls.

______3 An object is released from rest and falls to earth. During its fall, the object is affected by air
resistance. The air resistance eventually reaches a constant value.
Which description about successive stages on the motion of the object is correct?
A constant acceleration, then constant deceleration
B constant deceleration, then zero acceleration
C decreasing acceleration, then constant deceleration
D decreasing acceleration, then zero acceleration

______4 A car travels 100 km. The journey takes two hours. The highest speed of the car is 80 km/h, and the
lowest speed is 40 km/h.
What is the average speed for the journey?
A 40 km/h B 50 km/h C 60 km/h D 120 km/h

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_______5 The graph represents the motion of a car.

What is the distance travelled by the car while it is moving at a constant speed?
A 100 m B 150 m C 250 m D 300 m

_______6 At time t1, a stone is dropped from a stationary balloon. The stone reaches terminal velocity time t2.
Which row gives the acceleration of the stone at t1 and the time t2?
acceleration at t1/m s-2 acceleration at t2/ m s-2
A 0 0
B 9.8 0
C 0 9.8
D 9.8 9.8

_______7 When a heavy coin falls a short distance towards the ground it does not reach terminal velocity.
Why is this?
A The coin has not hit the ground.
B The weight of the coin equals the air resistance.
C The weight of the coin increases as air resistance increases.
D The weight of the coin is always more than air resistance.

_______8 The graph shows how the height of an object above the ground changes with time.

What is the terminal velocity?

A 1.0 m/s B 1.3 m/s C 1.6 m/s D 2.0 m/s

_________9 A projectile is launched at 45o to the horizontal with initial kinetic energy E.
Assuming air resistance to be negligible, what will be the kinetic energy of the projectile when it
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 reaches its highest point?
A 0.50 E B 0.71 E C 0.87 E D E

________10 Describe the vertical component of velocity of a projectile.

A decreases during upward motion and increases during downward motion
B increases during upward motion and decreases during downward motion
C increases during both upward and downward motions
D decreases during both upward and downward motions

________11 A stone is projected horizontally with a velocity 9.8 m/s from the tower of height 100 m. What is
the speed of the stone 1 second after projection?
A 9.8 m/s B 4.9 m/s C 13. 9 m/s D 6.93 m/s

________12 A fisherman lifts a fish of mass 250 g from rest through a vertical height of 1.8 m. The fish gains
a speed of 1.1 m/s.
What is the energy gained by the fish?
A 0.15 J B 4.3 J C 4.4 J D 4.6 J

SET B: STRUCTURED QUESTIONS

Direction: Answer all questions. You may lose marks if you do not show your working or if you do not use
appropriate units. Box your final answer.
1 A plastic ball is dropped from the balcony of a tall building and falls towards the ground in a straight line.
Fig. 1.1 is the speed-time graph for the falling ball.

Fig. 1.1
2 State and explain, in terms of forces, what is happening to the speed of the ball between time
t = 2.0 s and t = 3.0 s.
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3. On Fig. 1.1, mark a point P on the line where the acceleration of the ball is not constant.

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 4. Using Fig. 1.1,
calculate the acceleration of the ball between t = 0 s and t = 0.25 s,

acceleration = ________________
estimate the distance that the ball falls in the first 3.0 s.

distance = ________________

5. Little Tammy lines up to tackle Jackson to (unsuccessfully) prove the law of conservation of
momentum. Tammy’s mass is 34.0 kg and Jackson’s is 54.0 kg. Jackson is running at a velocity of
3.0 m/s. What must Tammy’s minimum velocity be in order to stop Jackson’s forward momentum?

6. A 15.0 kg medicine ball is thrown at a velocity of 10.0 m/s to a 60.0 kg person who is a rest on
ice. The person catches the ball and immediately slides across the ice. Assume that momentum
is conserved and there is no friction. Calculate the velocity of the person AND THE BALL.

7. Compare the momentums of a 50 kg dolphin swimming at 16.4 m/s and a 4100 kg elephant
walking 0.20 m/s.

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 8. An object has a momentum of 55 kg·m/s and hits a stationary object making the second
object starts to move. If the first object ends with a momentum of 13 kg·m/s, what is the
momentum of the second object?

9. Sloan is running with a momentum of 1850 kg m/s and has a mass of 58 kg. What is her velocity?

10. A 2 g penny is dropped from the top of a building, what is the momentum of the penny?

11. A 1200 kg truck is going 55 m/s. What is its momentum?

12. Which has more momentum (if either) and why?

a. A freight train (10 Million kg) at rest or an insect (0.00001kg) at rest?

b. A 100 kg linebacker moving at 2 m/s or an 80 Kg running back moving at 3 m/s?

13. A bicycle has a momentum of 36 kg•m/s. What momentum would the bicycle have if it had …

a. … twice the mass and was moving at the same speed?

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 b. … the same mass and was moving with twice the speed?

c. … one-half the mass and was moving with twice the speed?

d. … the same mass and was moving with one-half the speed?

e. … three times the mass and was moving with one-half the speed?

f. … three times the mass and was moving with twice the speed?

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