SEKOLAH SRI UTAMA

KUALA LUMPUR
PENILAIAN AKHIR TAHUN 2015
SCIENCE
FORM 2
Answer all questions.
[40 marks]
1. (a) Name the forces shown in Diagram 1.1.

(i) ..

(ii) ..

(iii) ..

(iv) ..

Diagram 1.1

[4 marks]

(b) Diagram 1.2 shows a girl playing hockey.

Diagram 1.2

State two effects of force on the ball when the girl hits the ball with a hockey stick.
(i)
.
(ii)
.
[2 marks]

2. A worker pushes a sack of rice using a trolley to the shop as shown in Diagram
2.1.

Diagram 2.1

(a) If the frictional force between the trolley and the ground is 500 N, calculate the
work done by the worker.

[2 marks]
(b) A boy tries to push the sack of rice but the sack is too heavy for him to move.
(i) Did the small boy do any work?

.
[1 mark]
(ii) Why?
.
[1 mark]

Diagram 2.2

(c) The worker carries a sack of rice weighing 50 kg upstairs. If the mass of the man
is 65 kg, calculate the work done in Diagram2.2.
(1 kg = 10 N)

[2 marks]
(d) The worker takes 5 minutes to complete the work in (c). Calculate his power.

[2 marks]

3. Diagram 3.1 shows a wooden block being pulled on a table top.

Wooden block

Spring balance

Smooth table top

Diagram 3.1

(a) Name the forces acting on the wooden block.

(i)
(ii)
[2 marks]
(b) Using , draw the direction of the frictional force acting on the wooden block in
the box provided in Diagram 3.1.
[1 mark]
(c) What will happen to the reading of the spring balance if the same wooden block
is pulled along a piece of sand paper?

[1 mark]

(d) Diagram 3.2 shows a man pushing a box towards the wall.
Wall
Box

5m
Diagram 3.2

(i) Suggest one way on how he can reduce the force needed to push the box.
..
[1 mark]
(ii) If the force needed to push the box is 300 N. Calculate the work done by the

man in pushing the box towards the wall.

[2 marks]

4. Diagram 4.1 shows some methods used to reduce friction.

P: ..

Q: ..

R: ..

Diagram 4.1

(a) Name method P, Q, and R on Diagram 4.1.

marks]

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(b) Diagram 4.2 shows some used tyres.

Diagram 4.2

(i) What has happened to the surfaces of the tyres?

.
[1 mark]
(ii) Explain your answer in (b)(i).
.
.

[1 mark]
(c) Diagram 4.3 shows two persons walking.

Diagram 4.3

(i) State one advantage of friction in this situation.

[1 mark]
(ii) State one disadvantage of friction in this situation.

[1 mark]

5. Diagram 5.1 (a) shows a boy using a straw to drink from a packet drink. Diagram 5.1
(b) shows the condition of the box after he finished drinking
.

Diagram 5.1(b)

Diagram 5.1(a)

(a) What causes the box to collapse as shown in Diagram 5.1(a)?

[1 mark]
(b) (i) What should the boy do to regain the shape of the box?
.
[1 mark]
(ii) Explain your answer in (b)(i).

[2 marks]

(c) Diagram 5.2 shows how medicine is being drawn into a syringe.

Diagram 5.2

(i) What can be observed when the piston is pulled upwards?

[1 mark]
(ii) What happens to the volume of air in the syringe when the piston is pulled
upwards?
.
[1 mark]
(iii) How does this affect the air pressure in the syringe?
.
[1 mark]
(iv) What pushes the medicine into the syringe?
.
[1 mark]

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6.

Diagram 6 shows a suction pump.

X
Y
Diagram 6

(a) What is the function of a suction pump?

.
[1 mark]
(b) What happens when the suction pump is pushed onto the surface of sink as
shown in Diagram 2?
.
[1 mark]
(c) What makes the suction pump to be attached firmly onto the surface of the sink?

[1 mark]
(d) What happens to the pressure in X and Y when the pump is pulled upwards
again?
.
.

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[1 mark]

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