Name: __________________________________________________ Date: _______________

SCIENCE 9
Q4:L1-Motion in Two Dimension

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A. Uniform Acceleration. Assume that you are riding a vehicle. Complete the table below by
observing the speedometer readings.
Elapsed Time Reading in the Speedometer
After 3 minutes 20 km/h
After 6 minutes 40 km/h
After 9 minutes __________________
After 12 minutes __________________
After 15 minutes __________________

B. Analysis. Analyze each scenario and write UAM if it exhibits Uniformly Accelerated Motion,
and NUAM if not.
_____________1. A car accelerating from a stoplight: A car starts from rest and steadily
increases its speed until it reaches the speed limit.
_____________2. A ball dropped from a height: A ball is released from a tall building and
falls towards the ground.
_____________3. A rocket launching into space: A rocket ignites its engines and accelerates
upwards, burning fuel and becoming lighter as it goes.
_____________4. A car driving on a winding road: A car maintains a constant speed but
changes direction as it navigates a series of curves.
_____________5. A pendulum swinging: A pendulum swings back and forth, slowing down as
it reaches its highest point and speeding up as it swings down.
_____________6. A person riding an elevator: An elevator starts from rest, accelerates to a
constant speed, travels at that speed, then decelerates to a stop.
_____________7. A leaf falling from a tree on a windy day: A leaf is blown by gusts of wind
as it falls to the ground.
_____________8. A train braking to a stop: A train traveling at a constant speed applies its
brakes and slows down at a constant rate until it stops.
_____________9. A satellite orbiting Earth: A satellite maintains a constant speed but changes
direction as it orbits the Earth in a circular path.
_____________10. A rubber ball bouncing on the floor: a rubber ball is dropped and bounces
multiple times, losing height on each bounce.
C. Problem Solving.

Problem: A drone is launched horizontally off the edge of a tall building with an initial velocity
of 5.50 m/s. It lands 20.0 meters horizontally from the base of the building. Find:

a. The height of the building.

b. The final velocity of the drone just before it hits the ground.
 Name: __________________________________________________ Date: _______________
SCIENCE 9
Q4:L2-Linear Momentum

CHECK-UP TEST

I. Identification. Write the term being described. Use the word bank below.

Word Bank: kg m/s, Law of Conservation of Linear Momentum, Elastic collision, Ns, Velocity,
Momentum, Mass, Impulse, Inelastic collision, Perfectly inelastic collision
1. The product of an object's mass and velocity.
____________________________________________
2. A measure of an object's resistance to changes in motion.
____________________________________________
3. The rate of change of an object's position with respect to time, including direction.
____________________________________________
4. The change in momentum of an object.
____________________________________________
5. A collision where both momentum and kinetic energy are conserved.
____________________________________________
6. A collision where momentum is conserved, but kinetic energy is not.
____________________________________________
7. A type of inelastic collision where objects stick together after impact.
____________________________________________
8. The principle stating that the total momentum of a closed system remains constant.
____________________________________________
9. The units for momentum. _______________
10. The units for impulse. _______________
B. True or False. Write T if the statement is true, F if false)

1. _____ Momentum is a scalar quantity.

2. _____ In an elastic collision, kinetic energy is lost.
3. _____ Impulse is equal to the change in momentum.
4. _____ Mass and velocity have an inverse relationship with momentum.
5. _____ In a closed system, total momentum always increases.
6. _____ The direction of momentum is always the same as the direction of velocity.
7. _____ A perfectly inelastic collision results in the objects bouncing apart.
8. _____ The Law of Conservation of Momentum only applies to elastic collisions.
9. _____ The unit for impulse is Newton-seconds (Ns).
10. _____ If no external force acts on a system, the momentum of the system remains the same.

C. Problem Solving. Show your complete solutions with proper units.

1. A 5 kg bowling ball rolls at 2 m/s towards a stationary 8 kg bowling pin. After the collision, the
bowling ball continues to roll in the same direction at 1 m/s. What is the velocity of the bowling
pin after the collision?

2. A 1000 kg car moving at 15 m/s collides head-on with a 2000 kg truck moving in the opposite
direction at 10 m/s. If the vehicles stick together after the collision, what is their combined
velocity?
3. A force of 20 N is applied to a 2 kg object for 0.5 seconds. What is the impulse experienced by
the object? What is the change in velocity of the object?

4. A 0.1 kg baseball is thrown towards a batter at a velocity of 30m/s. The batter hits the ball and it
travels in the opposite direction at a velocity of 40m/s. What is the change in momentum of the
baseball?

5. Two ice skaters push off from each other. Skater A has a mass of 60 kg and moves backward
with a velocity of 2 m/s. Skater B has a mass of 40 kg. What is the velocity of Skater B?
Name: __________________________________________________ Date: _______________
SCIENCE 9
Q4:L3-Conservation of Mechanical Energy

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Problem 1: Falling Object. A 3 kg rock is dropped from the top of a cliff that is 20 meters high.

a. What is the rock's potential energy at the top of the cliff?

b. What is the rock's kinetic energy just before it hits the ground? c. What is the rock's velocity
just before it hits the ground?

Problem 2: Roller Coaster. A roller coaster car with a mass of 800 kg starts from rest at the top
of a hill that is 30 meters high.

a. What is the roller coaster's potential energy at the top of the hill?

b. What is the roller coaster's kinetic energy at the bottom of the hill?

c. What is the roller coaster's velocity at the bottom of the hill?

Problem 3: Spring Launch. A spring with a spring constant (k) of 300 N/m is compressed by
0.4 meters. It launches a 0.5 kg ball.

a. What is the elastic potential energy stored in the compressed spring?

b. What is the kinetic energy of the ball as it leaves the spring?

c. What is the velocity of the ball as it leaves the spring?

Problem 4: Pendulum Swing. A pendulum bob with a mass of 1.5 kg is released from a height
of 1.2 meters above its lowest point.

a. What is the potential energy of the bob at its starting point?

b. What is the kinetic energy of the bob at its lowest point?

c. What is the velocity of the bob at its lowest point?

Problem 5: Ball on a Ramp

A 1 kg ball starts from rest at the top of a ramp that is 5 meters high. It rolls down the ramp.

a. What is the potential energy of the ball at the top of the ramp?

b. What is the kinetic energy of the ball at the bottom of the ramp?

c. What is the velocity of the ball at the bottom of the ramp?

 Name: __________________________________________________ Date: _______________
SCIENCE 9
Q4:L4-Heat, Work, Efficiency

CHECK-UP TEST

Instructions: Solve the following problems. Show your complete solutions and include units.

1. Work and Heat: A machine does 500 Joules of work and loses 200 Joules of heat to the
surroundings. What is the total energy input to the machine?

2. Efficiency: An engine uses 1000 Joules of energy to do 300 Joules of useful work. What is the
efficiency of the engine? (Express as a percentage)

3. Work: A force of 20 Newtons pushes a box a distance of 5 meters. How much work is done on
the box?

4. Heat Loss: A device uses 800 Joules of energy, and its efficiency is 60%. How much energy is
lost as heat?

5. Efficiency and Work: A machine has an efficiency of 40%. If the machine does 120 Joules of
work, how much energy was inputted?
 Name: __________________________________________________ Date: _______________
SCIENCE 9
Q4:L5-Electricity and Magnetism

CHECK-UP TEST

Instructions: Solve the following problems. Show your complete solutions and include units.

1. Ohm's Law: A light bulb has a resistance of 10 ohms and is connected to a 12-volt battery.
What is the current flowing through the light bulb?

2. Power: A heater uses a current of 2 amperes and has a voltage of 110 volts. What is the power
consumed by the heater?

3. Magnetic Force: A wire carrying a current is placed in a magnetic field. What happens to the
wire? (Describe in simple terms)

______________________________________________________________________________

4. Voltage: A device has a resistance of 5 ohms and a current of 3 amperes. What is the voltage
across the device?

5. Current: A circuit has a power of 60 watts and a voltage of 12 volts. What is the current flowing
in the circuit?