KS3 Science: Physics

Electricity (1)

1) A. Lamp one and two will light up when switch A is closed

B. Switch B and C needs to be close to light bulb 4.

Electricity (2)

1) A. Electric motor
B. Buzzer
C. Lamp

2) A. Turned into heat energy

B. Turned into sound energy.
C. Used for light energy
D. Turned into movement energy.

Electricity (3)

1) A.

B. The current through the ammeter should have increased

2) A. Compared to circuit A the brightness of the lamp would be dimmer

B. There will be no difference

Magnetism (1)

1)
Magnetism (2)

1) A

C. When the switch is opened the compass arrow will all point to the north.
D. + Increase the current in the coil
+ Place the iron as the core
E. The position of the magnet.

Forces and Motion (1)

1) Paul’s friend swam faster.

2) 10 miles per second
3) A. 5 meters per second
B. 100 meters
4) A. 40 mph
B. In a journey, the speed will vary therefore an average estimation are
used for calculations

Forces and Motion (2)

1) Mass is measured in kg
2) Newtons is used to measure weight.

Forces and Motion (3)

 1) Gravity provides the force that pressured it to be compressed
2) A. The force arrow that is bigger shows that it is accelerating.
B The car and the bicycle are moving at a steady speed.
C. The forces on tug-of-war is unpredictable. At times an abrupt change in
forces acting on both sides can occur and at times there are no movements at all.

Forces and Motion (4)

1) The friction force between the log and the ground is that they are rubbing against
each other which produce an act of motion in the opposite direction.
2) Parachute B is falling at a steady speed because parachute A reduces the air
resistance and changes in that will be at times abrupt.

Forces and Motion (5)

1) A. 30 Nm
B. He should apply force further down the spanner.
2) The long screwdriver was easier to use because it has a longer pivot, therefore
applying a much bigger force was achieved.

Forces and Motion (6)

1) A larger knife used made cutting an apple easier compared to a smaller knife
because the small knife smaller pressure applied onto the apple.
2) The skier used skates which had a larger surface area which reduces the amount
of pressure applied onto the snow.

Forces and Motion (7)

1) A. 20N/cm2
B. 20N/m2
C. The drawing pin has a larger head to allow pressure being applied on it
2) A. 1N/cm2
B. 20N/m2
C. He does not sink because the pressure applied on the ground reduced due to the
skies he wore.
Light (1)

1) Candle, lap, star and torch are luminous object

2) A.

B. If the lamp is closer to the puppet; the shadow will be come bigger.

Light (2)
1)

2)
The
reflection on the mirror changes because the reflected light reflects in the opposite
direction.

Light (3)

1) When a ray of light travels from the air into the glass it slows down. This makes it
chance direction. When it comes back into air it speeds up and changes direction
again. This is called refraction.

Light (4)

1)

Red

Violet
 2) Red light will appear
3) Blue light will appear
4) It will appear black because the blue has nothing to reflect upon.

Sound (1)

1)
• The vibration from the air enters the ear
• Travels into the ear
• The skin of eardrum detects the vibration
• Small bones inside makes the vibration a lot bigger
• The vibration then travel down a tube filled with liquid
• A nerve cell picks the vibration and convert them into electrical message
• The nerve carries the messages to the brain

2) Loud sounds can cause loud vibrations, therefore temporary damage or deafness
could occur.

Earth in space (1)

1)

3) The length of the day on January will be quite long but the length of the day will
be longer as the months pass by. Up until in the middle of August, where the
temperature and weather is the hottest, it will start to decline.

Earth in space (2)

1) Neptune is the furthest planet from the sun

2) Mercury will have the shortest orbit time.

Earth in space (3)

1) + To collect information around Earth

+ To collect information from outside Earth
+ To transmit television and radio signals
2) Gravity
3) Polar satellite because the polar satellite has more gravity on it.
Energy resources (1)

1) Plants need light to grow, animals need plants for food and humans need animals
to live.
2) The tress absorb the energy of the sun
3) The sun is an important figure in the water cycle, because without it the water
cannot evaporate.

Energy resources (2)

Renewable Energy Non-renewable energy

Source source
Energy comes directly Solar Energy Deep underground rocks
from the sun

Energy comes indirectly Wind energy Plants

from the sun

Energy does not Biomass Fossil fuels

originally come from
the sun

1)
Energy resources (3)

1) Hydroelectric power
2) Fossil fuels produce carbon dioxide which causes global warming
3) Wind power because we can get very high wind.

Energy resources (4)

1) Solar energy is stored in batteries before use because the heat may be too strong
and needs to convert into another form of energy for it to be used.
2) It’s portable and easy to use.
3) Transporting the coal will help to global warming

Energy transfer (1)

1) Temperature is measured in degrees Celsius; it tells us how warm something is.

Heat energy is measured in joules; it tells us how much energy is needed to warm
something up.
2) A. The difference between the surrounding temperature and the object varies
therefore the energy flow from high temperature to low temperature will cause the
surrounding to warm and the object to cool down.
B. The ice lolly will soon melt due to the difference between the temperatures of
its surrounding. The energy will flow from the high to low temperature thus
making the lolly melt and it’s surrounding to warm up.

Energy transfer (2)

1) A. The bubble wrap is a bad conductor therefore it uses to trap the heat energy
inside the greenhouse.
B. The element is place under the kettle because the warm particles travel
upwards, therefore if the object is above, it will warm up.
C. The heat particles from our body condensed and turned into sweat, because of
this our body is left with less heat particles therefore it will feel cooler.

Energy transfer (3)

1) Dark coloured object absorb radiation better.
2) ?
3) ?

Energy transfer (4)

1) A. Fuel
B. Turned into sound enery, thermal energy and light energy.

2) Two changes I could make to make sure I do not waste energy would be to make
sure anything the majority of the energy transferred is not waste and also use it
with care.