SS2 Physics 1st Term

1. How far will a body move in 4 seconds if uniformly accelerated from rest at the rate of 2 ms^-2?

1993, Q10

2. Two forces, whose resultant is 100N, are perpendicular to each other. If one of them makes an angle of 60 . (Sin 60º  = 0.8660, Cos 60º  = 0.5000)

1991, Q4

3. The slope of a straight line displacement-time graph indicates the

1988, Q2

4. A bird flies at 10ms⁻¹ for 3s, 15ms⁻¹ for 3s and 20 ms⁻¹ for 4s. Calculate the bird’s average speed.  2012, Q8 

5. A ball of mass 0.5 kg moving at 10 ms^-1 collides with another ball of equal mass at rest. If the two balls move off together after the impact, calculate their common velocity.

1988, Q6

6. An object is dropped from the top of tower. If it takes 4 s for it to reach the ground, calculate the height of the tower. (g = 10 ms^-2, ignore air resistance).

2012, Q11

7. A particle starts from rest and moves with a constant acceleration of 0.5ms^-2. Calculate the time taken by the particle to cover a distance of 25m.

1993, Q7

8. A car takes off from rest and covers a distance of 80 m on a straight road in 10 s. Calculate the magnitude of its acceleration.

2002, Q9

9. A body accelerates uniformly from rest at the rate of 3 ms^-2 for 8 seconds. Calculate the distance covered by the body during the acceleration.

1992, Q5

10. Uniform speed occurs when there is equal change of — 2006, Q8