Unit 1 & 2
PRACTICE
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A student is timing the rate of cooling of a beaker of water. On a repeat run of the
investigation, the student forgets to zero the stopwatch. The readings on the stopwatch at
the start time and the end time are shown in Fig. 1.1
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Identify the physical quantity that is not scalar.
A. Speed
B. time
C. Weight
D. energy
Identify the physical quantity that is scalar.
A. Weight
B. Distance
C. Velocity
D. acceleration
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I wish to roast a chicken for Sunday lunch. The chicken requires 1 hour and 20 minutes in the
oven to be properly cooked. The oven must be switched on 10 minutes before any food is put
in, in order to pre-heat, and reach the correct temperature for cooking. I wish the chicken to be
ready at 4:30pm. At what time must I switch the oven on?
A. 2:10pm
B. 3:10pm
C. 2:00pm
D. 3:00pm
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What is the volume of the pebble?
A. 11 cm3
B. 23 cm3
C. 6 cm3
D. 17 cm3
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What is the volume of each piece of the new
material?
A. 30.0cm3
B. 13.3 cm3
C. 16.7 cm3
D. 40.0
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Explain how a scalar quantity is different to a vector quantity.
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Calculate the magnitude of the resultant velocity of the components shown in Fig. 1.1.
Give your answer to 2 significant figures.
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Show that the pile of paper has a volume of 3000 cm3. Use the information shown in Fig.1.1.
The student measures the total mass of the paper in the pile. State the name of a device
used to measure mass.
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Two forces act at right angles to one another: a 35 N force acts to the right and a 42 N
force acts downward. Construct a scale diagram showing the effect of these two forces,
and label the resultant force as X. Use the scale 10 N=1cm
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