Lebu secondary school second semester grade 12 physics test 2 , 2016

Name………………………….Grade…………..Section…………NO…..
Choose the best answer from the given alternatives
1. When a load of 25-kg is hung from a vertical wire of length 8 m ad cross-sectional area 0.5 cm 2,
it stretches 4 mm. What is the force constant of the wire?
A. 3.125104 N/m B. 6.25105 N/m C. 5106 N/m D. 6.25104 N/m
2. A steel wire stretches by a certain amount when a load is hung from it. If another wire made of
the same material with twice the cross-sectional area but of the same length supports the same
load, then it will stretch __________.
A. the same amount C. twice as much
B. half as much D. one quarter as much
3. A wire whose cross-section is 4mm 2 is starched by 0.1 mm by a retain weight. How far will a
wire of the same material and length stretch if its cross-sectional area is 8mm 2 and the same
weight is attached? A. 0.1 mm B. 0.05 mm C. 0.025 mmD.
0.012mm
4. Steel has Young’s Modulus of 2  1011 N/m2 and strain of 0.15 at the breaking point. The stress
at the breaking point for steel is therefore
A. 1.33  1011N/m2 B.1.33  1012N/m2 C.7.5  10-3 N/m2D. 3  1010 N/m2
2 3
5. A certain block with a mass of 0.5 kg and a density of 8 x 10 kg/m is suspended from a string.
What is the tension in the string if the block is completely immersed in water?
A. 4.375 N B. 6N C. 5.245 N D. 6.275 N
6. The weight of a block having a density of 5 X 10 3 kg/m3 is 1.5 N in air. When the block is
completely immersed in a certain liquid, its weight is found to be 1.2 N. What is the density of
the liquid?A. 102 kg/m3 B. 103 kg/m3 C. 104 kg/m3D. 105 kgm3
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7. A Liquid of density 1200 kg/m is flowing steadily in a tube of varying cross-section. The cross-
section at a point A is 1cm2 and that at B is 20mm2. The points A and B are in the same horizontal
plane. The velocity of the liquid at A is 10 cm/s. The pressure difference between A and B is
A. 12PaB. 36Pa C. 144Pa D. 259pa
8. A horizontal pipe 10 cm in diameter has a smooth reduction to a pipe 5 cm in diameter. If the
pressure of the water in the larger pipe is
1.5 X 105 N/m2, and the pressure in the smaller pipe is 3 X 10 4 N/m2, what is the speed of the
water through the larger pipe?
A. 4 cm/s B. 8 cm/s C. 16 cm/sD. 20 cm/s
9. Water flows through a pipe with a diameter of 8 cm at a speed of 12cm/s. If the pipe is connected
to another pipe with a diameter of 4cm, what is the speed of the water in the smaller pipe?
A. 24 cm/s B. 48 cm/s C. 16 cm/s D. 32 cm/s
10. A fluid flows through the pipe shown below. It enters through the pipe of diameter d1 with a
velocity V0. At what velocity the fluid leaves the pipe if the diameter of the narrow pipe is

d2 =
A. 40V0 o
B. 30V0 d1 d2 V=?
V
C. 36V0
D. 24V0

11. An incompressible fluid is flowing in a tube constricted at the center as shown below. Which
statement is correct?
A C
A. Pressure is maximum at B
B
 B. Fluid flows faster at B
C. volume flux is maximum at A
D. volume flux is minimum at C

12. A-250 g aluminum (specific heat = 0.215 g oC) at 115oC is added to 430 g of water (specific heat
= 1 cal/goC) at 25oC. If heat is not lost to the environment, what is the temperature of the
aluminum and the water after thermal equilibrium is reached?
A. 20oC B. 35oC C. 30oCD. 40oC
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13. A steel wire is 2 m long at a temperature of 50 C. If the coefficient of linear expansion of the steel
is 1.210-5/C, what would be the length of the wire at a temperature of 150oC?
A. 2.24m B. 2.012 m C. 2.024 mD. 2.0024 m
14. A flat metal disc has small hole drilled in it. When heated,
A. the disc will expand, but the hole will shrink
B. the disc will expand and so will the hole
C. the disc will expand, but the hole will remain unchanged
D. the disc will remain unchanged, but the hole will enlarge.
15. A steel rod 20 cm long has a cross-sectional area of 1.2 X 10 -2 m2. What is the rate of heat
conduction through the rod if the opposite ends are mainted at 80 oC and 120oC? (Take the thermal
conductivity for steel to be 50 W/[Link])
A. 80 W B. 120 W C. 140 WD. 160 W

ANSWER SHEET

1. 4. 7. 10. 13.
2. 5. 8. 11. 14.
3. 6. 9. 12. 15.