Cambridge International AS Level Physics Answers to self-assessment questions

Answers to SAQs
Chapter 1 11 OA: constant speed.
AB: stationary.
10000 = 6.34ms1
1 average speed = 1577.53 BC: reduced constant speed.
CD: running back to gate.
2 a mms1 s
b mph C

c kms1 A B
d ms1
e kmh1

3 distance = 12cm = 120mm, so D

average speed = 120
60 = 2.0mms
1 0
0 t

4 average speed = 0.050m 1

0.40s =10.125ms 12
a 85ms1

0.13ms
b Graph is a straight line through the origin,
5 a Constant speed with gradient = 85ms1.
b Increasing speed (accelerating)
13

a Graph is a straight line for the first 3h; then
6 For example, attach a card to a weight and less steep for the last hour.
drop it through a light gate. Alternatively, b Cars speed in first three hours = 23kmh1
attach ticker-tape to the falling mass. c Cars average speed in first four hours
= 84
4 =21kmh
1

7 a Displacement
b Speed 14

a Total distance travelled = 3.0+4.0 = 7.0km
c Velocity b, c The two parts of the journey are at 90 to
d Distance each other, so the resultant displacement is
given by Pythagoras theorem.
8 Distance d = vt = 15000.2 = 300m. displacement2 = 3.02+4.02 = 25.0, so
(Remember the 0.4s total time is that taken displacement = 5.0km
for the sound waves to travel out and be angle = tan1(4.0
3.0) = 53E ofN (or 37N of E)
reflected back from the surface of the water.)
15
a, b
8.5km; 48W of S
9 Time taken for orbit is one year
=1365.25246060 = 31557600s. A

Distance travelled = circumference of orbit

=21.51011 = 9.4251011m. 48 45
8.5 km 8.0 km
So the Earths speed = 29.9kms1 30kms1.
As the Earth orbits the Sun, its direction of
motion keeps changing. Hence its velocity
keeps changing. In the course of one year, its
W SE
displacement is zero, so its average velocity 12.0 km
is zero.

10 Sloping sections: bus moving. Horizontal

sections: bus stationary (e.g. at bus stops).

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 Cambridge International AS Level Physics Answers to self-assessment questions

16 Swimmer aims directly across river; river

flows at right angles to where she aims. So
resultant velocity is given by geometry:
magnitude2 = 2.02+0.82 = 4.64 so
magnitude = 4.64 = 2.154 2.2ms1
direction = tan1(0.8
2 ) 22 to the direct route
(68 to the river bank)

17

a
44

resultant
vertical 25 ms1
18 ms1

horizontal
17 ms1

b 17.3ms1 17ms1
c 43.944 to the vertical

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