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TOPIC4:Mass,Weight&Density(Chapter4)
Date:______________
WORKSHEET4.1&4.2
(A)MULTIPLECHOICEQUESTIONS(5marks)
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1. AloadisplacedonbalanceXandthenonbalanceY.
Whatismeasuredbyeachbalance?(1mark)
balanceX
balanceY
Amass
density
Bmassweight
Cweightdensity
Dweightmass
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2. Acoinisplacedonacardontopofabeaker,asshown.Ifthecardispuledawayquickly,the
coindoesnotmovesidewaysbutfallsintothebeaker.
Whichpropertyofthecoinmakesthispossible?
AdensityBinertia Cvolume
Dthickness
3. Whichstatementcorrectlydescribestheweightofanobject?
ATheamountofspacetakenupbytheobject.
BTheamountofsubstancetheobjectcontains.
CTheresistancetochangesinmotion.
DThepullofgravityontheobject.
Worksheet4.1
Preparedby:MrHongKK
4. ThegravitationalfieldstrengthonthesurfaceoftheMoonis1.6N/kg.
WhichvaluesofmassandweightapplytoanobjectplacedontheMoon'ssurface?
mass/kgweight/N
A
10
0
B
101.6
C
1016
D
16
10
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5. AsatelliteislaunchedfromEarthintoorbit.
Whathappenstothemassandweightofthesatellite?(1marks)
mass
weight
Adecreases
staysconstant
Bstaysconstantdecreases
Cstaysconstantincreases
Dincreasesdecreases
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(B)STRUCTUREDQUESTIONS(7marks)
6. Statethreedifferencesbetweenmassandweight.
(3marks)
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7. Thevalueofthegravitationalfieldstrengthgis10N/kgonEarthand1.5N/kgontheMoon.
Anastronaut,whohasamassof90kgontheEarth,goestotheMoon.Showbycalculationsor
otherwise,howyoudetermine:
(a) hisweightontheEarth,(2marks)
(b) hismassontheMoon,(1mark)
(c) hisweightontheMoon?(1mark)
Worksheet4.1
Preparedby:MrHongKK