Jan 2016:

1. A girl dropped a stone into an empty well. She heard the sound of the stone
hitting the bottom of the well after 4 seconds. The depth of the well is about
A20 m
B 40 m
C 80 m
D 160 m

2. The gravitational field strength on Jupiter is 2.6 times greater than the
gravitational field strength on Earth.
The weight of 10 kg of matter on Jupiter would be approximately

A 26 N
B 38 N
C 98 N
D 260 N

Jan 2015

3. A marble is dropped from the roof of a building and takes 3.2 s to reach the
ground. The approximate height of the building is
A 16 m
B 31 m
C 50 m
D 100 m
4. In which of the following is a vector fully described?
A car travels north.
B A crane moves a load 20 m east.
C A train travels at a rate of 35 m s.
D A lift moves upwards with a kinetic energy of 2.5 kJ.

5. A student is asked to solve the following problem:

An object is thrown upwards with a speed of 25 m s1. How high will it be when
the
speed is 12 m s1?
Which equation will allow the problem to be solved in a single calculation?
A s = ut + at2
B s = (u + v)t/2
 C v = u + at
D v2 = u2 + 2as
6. A stone dropped into a well takes 1.5 seconds to reach the water.
Ignoring the effects of air resistance, what distance did the stone fall through?
A 7m
B 11 m
C 14 m
D 22 m
7. A trolley rolls down a slope from
rest. The trolley moves through a
vertical height h while rolling a
distance s along the slope.
The maximum possible speed is
given by

A 2gs
B 2gh
C (2gs)
D (2gh)
8. Which pair of quantities does not contain a vector and a scalar?
A acceleration and time
B force and displacement
C mass and acceleration
D velocity and time
9. The acceleration of free fall on Mars is 3.7 m s2. f an object on Mars is
launched vertically upwards with an initial speed of 40 m s1, its speed
after 3.0 s will be
A 11 m s1
B 29 m s1
C 36 m s1
D 51 m s1