Physics 0625 · IGCSE · Motion

Motion — practice question

(a)[1]

Fig. 1.1 depicts a sealed weather balloon that is at rest in still air. The labels on the diagram are: weather balloon, instruments. State whether the overall density of the balloon and its instruments is greater than, less than, or the same as the density of the surrounding air.

(b(i))[1]

State whether the balloon rises, falls or stays stationary.

(b(ii))[2]

Explain why this happens.

(c(i))[3]

Using the axes in Fig. 1.2, sketch a speed-time graph to represent this motion. The axes show speed on the vertical axis and time on the horizontal axis, with 0 at the origin.

(c(ii))[2]

State the values of the initial acceleration and the final acceleration of the object.

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