Date | May 2017 | Marks available | 1 | Reference code | 17M.1.SL.TZ2.4 |
Level | Standard level | Paper | Paper 1 | Time zone | 2 |
Command term | Question number | 4 | Adapted from | N/A |
Question
A projectile is fired horizontally from the top of a cliff. The projectile hits the ground 4 s later at a distance of 2 km from the base of the cliff. What is the height of the cliff?
A. 40 m
B. 80 m
C. 120 m
D. 160 m
Markscheme
B
Examiners report
Syllabus sections
- 17N.1.SL.TZ0.5: An object is released from a stationary hot air balloon at height h above the ground. An...
- 17N.1.SL.TZ0.4: An object is thrown upwards. The graph shows the variation with time t of the velocity v...
- 17N.1.SL.TZ0.3: The variation of the displacement of an object with time is shown on a graph. What does...
- 22M.1.SL.TZ2.3: The road from city X to city Y is 1000 km long. The displacement is 800 km from X to...
- 22M.1.SL.TZ2.5: An object is sliding from rest down a frictionless inclined plane. The object slides 1.0 m...
- 22M.1.SL.TZ2.8: An object is pushed from rest by a constant net force of 100 N. When the object has travelled...
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22M.2.SL.TZ2.1b.i:
Show that a mass of about 240 kg of air moves through the fan every second.
- 22M.2.SL.TZ2.1c.i: Estimate the distance the airboat travels to reach its maximum speed.
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22M.2.SL.TZ1.1c.i:
Show that the speed of the load when it hits the floor is about 2.1 m s−1.
- 22M.2.HL.TZ2.1c.i: Explain why the airboat has a maximum speed under these conditions.
- 22M.2.HL.TZ2.1c.ii: Estimate the distance the airboat travels to reach its maximum speed.
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22M.1.SL.TZ1.5:
A stone is kicked horizontally at a speed of 1.5 m s−1 from the edge of a cliff on one of Jupiter’s moons. It hits the ground 2.0 s later. The height of the cliff is 4.0 m. Air resistance is negligible.
What is the magnitude of the displacement of the stone?
A. 7.0 m
B. 5.0 m
C. 4.0 m
D. 3.0 m
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19M.1.SL.TZ1.5:
A ball is thrown upwards at an angle to the horizontal. Air resistance is negligible. Which statement about the motion of the ball is correct?
A. The acceleration of the ball changes during its flight.
B. The velocity of the ball changes during its flight.
C. The acceleration of the ball is zero at the highest point.
D. The velocity of the ball is zero at the highest point.
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19M.1.HL.TZ1.5:
A girl throws an object horizontally at time t = 0. Air resistance can be ignored. At t = 0.50 s the object travels horizontally a distance in metres while it falls vertically through a distance in metres.
What is the initial velocity of the object and the vertical distance fallen at t = 1.0 s?
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18M.2.SL.TZ1.1a:
At position B the rope starts to extend. Calculate the speed of the block at position B.
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16N.1.HL.TZ0.4:
A mass is suspended from the ceiling of a train carriage by a string. The string makes an angle θ with the vertical when the train is accelerating along a straight horizontal track.
What is the acceleration of the train?
A. g sin θ
B. g cos θ
C. g tan θ
D.
- 16N.1.HL.TZ0.3: A student draws a graph to show the variation with time t of the acceleration a of an...
- 17M.1.SL.TZ1.15: Two pulses are travelling towards each other. What is a possible pulse shape when the...
- 17M.1.SL.TZ1.3: An object is released from rest in the gravitational field of the Earth. Air resistance is...
- 17M.1.SL.TZ1.4: The graph shows the variation of speed v of an object with time t. Which graph shows how...
- 18N.1.SL.TZ0.3: A truck has an initial speed of 20 m s–1. It decelerates at 4.0 m s–2. What is the distance...
- 18N.1.SL.TZ0.4: A projectile is fired at an angle to the horizontal. Air resistance is negligible. The path...
- 18N.1.SL.TZ0.5: A runner starts from rest and accelerates at a constant rate throughout a race. Which graph...
- 18N.1.HL.TZ0.4: A projectile is fired at an angle to the horizontal. The path of the projectile is...
- 19N.1.SL.TZ0.4: The variation with time t of the acceleration a of an object is shown. What is the change...
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19M.2.SL.TZ2.1bii:
Show that the tennis ball passes over the net.
- 18M.1.SL.TZ1.3: An object is projected vertically upwards at time t = 0. Air resistance is negligible. The...
- 21N.2.SL.TZ0.1b.i: Label the time and velocity graph, using the letter M, the point where the ball reaches the...
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17M.2.SL.TZ2.1a:
The glider reaches its launch speed of 27.0 m s–1 after accelerating for 11.0 s. Assume that the glider moves horizontally until it leaves the ground. Calculate the total distance travelled by the glider before it leaves the ground.
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22M.2.HL.TZ2.1b.i:
Show that a mass of about 240 kg of air moves through the fan every second.
- 19M.1.SL.TZ1.4: A stone is thrown downwards from the edge of a cliff with a speed of 5.0 m s–1. It hits the...
- 19M.1.SL.TZ1.3: A sky diver is falling at terminal speed when she opens her parachute. What are the direction...
- 19M.1.HL.TZ2.3: A boy throws a ball horizontally at a speed of 15 m s-1 from the top of a cliff that is 80 m...
- 19M.1.SL.TZ2.3: The graph shows the variation of velocity of a body with time along a straight line. What...
- 19N.2.SL.TZ0.1d: Draw a graph to show the variation with t of the horizontal speed v of the ball while it was...
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19N.2.SL.TZ0.2b(iii):
Comment on the magnitude of the force in (b)(ii).
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17N.2.SL.TZ0.1e.ii:
Calculate the distance along the slope at which the sledge stops moving. Assume that the coefficient of dynamic friction is constant.
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17N.2.SL.TZ0.1e.i:
Show that the acceleration of the sledge is about –2 m s–2.
- 21N.1.SL.TZ0.3: The graph shows the variation with time t of the velocity of an object. What is the...
- 18M.1.HL.TZ2.6: A ball starts from rest and moves horizontally. Six positions of the ball are shown at time...
- 17M.1.HL.TZ1.3: The graph shows the variation of the acceleration a of an object with time t. What is the...
- 21M.2.HL.TZ2.3c: The thread breaks. Explain the initial subsequent motion of the ball.
- 21M.2.SL.TZ2.1c: In practice, air resistance affects the ball. Outline the effect that air resistance has...
- 19N.1.HL.TZ0.3: A ball falls from rest in the absence of air resistance. The position of the centre of the...
- 19N.2.SL.TZ0.5b(ii): Describe the subsequent motion of the electron.
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19M.2.SL.TZ2.1bi:
Calculate the time it takes the tennis ball to reach the net.
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16N.1.SL.TZ0.4:
An object of weight W is falling vertically at a constant speed in a fluid. What is the magnitude of the drag force acting on the object?
A. 0
B.
C. W
D. 2W - 18M.1.SL.TZ2.9: Two balls X and Y with the same diameter are fired horizontally with the same initial...
- 19N.1.HL.TZ0.4: An object is thrown from a cliff at an angle to the horizontal. The ground below the cliff is...
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18M.2.HL.TZ1.1a:
At position B the rope starts to extend. Calculate the speed of the block at position B.
- 18M.1.SL.TZ2.7: A boy runs along a straight horizontal track. The graph shows how his speed v varies with...
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22M.1.SL.TZ2.4:
A car accelerates uniformly from rest to a velocity during time . It then continues at constant velocity from to time .
What is the total distance covered by the car in ?
A.
B.
C.
D. -
22M.2.SL.TZ2.1c.ii:
Deduce the mass of the airboat.
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22M.2.HL.TZ2.1c.iii:
Deduce the mass of the airboat.
- 22M.2.HL.TZ2.8c: Predict the changes to the graph when the magnet is dropped from a lower height above the coil.
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18N.2.HL.TZ0.1b.i:
(i) Estimate the maximum speed of the spacecraft.
(ii) Outline why the answer to (i) is an estimate.
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20N.1.SL.TZ0.6:
P and Q leave the same point, travelling in the same direction. The graphs show the variation with time of velocity for both P and Q.
What is the distance between P and Q when ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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21M.2.SL.TZ2.1b.ii:
The top of the wall is 2.4 m above the ground. Deduce whether the ball will hit the wall.
- 21M.2.SL.TZ1.1b: Sketch, on the axes, a graph showing the variation with time of the vertical component of...
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21M.2.SL.TZ1.1a:
Show that the time taken for the ball to reach the surface of the table is about 0.2 s.
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18N.2.SL.TZ0.1b.i:
Estimate the maximum speed of the spacecraft.
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21M.2.SL.TZ1.1c:
The net is stretched across the middle of the table. The table has a length of 2.74 m and the net has a height of 15.0 cm.
Show that the ball will go over the net.
- 21M.1.SL.TZ1.4: The graph shows how the position of an object varies with time in the interval from 0 to...
- 21M.1.SL.TZ1.3: A large stone is dropped from a tall building. What is correct about the speed of the stone...
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21M.1.SL.TZ2.3:
The minute hand of a clock hanging on a vertical wall has length
The minute hand is observed pointing at 12 and then again 30 minutes later when the minute hand is pointing at 6.
What is the average velocity and average speed of point P on the minute hand during this time interval?
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21M.1.HL.TZ2.4:
A projectile is launched at an angle above the horizontal with a horizontal component of velocity and a vertical component of velocity . Air resistance is negligible. Which graphs show the variation with time of and of ?
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21M.2.SL.TZ2.1b.i:
The ball leaves the ground at an angle of 22°. The horizontal distance from the initial position of the edge of the ball to the wall is 11 m. Calculate the time taken for the ball to reach the wall.
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17M.1.SL.TZ2.5:
A tennis ball is released from rest at a height h above the ground. At each bounce 50 % of its kinetic energy is lost to its surroundings. What is the height reached by the ball after its second bounce?
A.
B.
C.
D. zero
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20N.1.SL.TZ0.8:
A balloon rises at a steady vertical velocity of . An object is dropped from the balloon at a height of above the ground. Air resistance is negligible. What is the time taken for the object to hit the ground?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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20N.1.SL.TZ0.10:
A horizontal force acts on a sphere. A horizontal resistive force acts on the sphere where is the speed of the sphere and is a constant. What is the terminal velocity of the sphere?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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17M.2.HL.TZ2.4b.ii:
Estimate the speed of the train.
- 17M.1.SL.TZ2.3: A ball is tossed vertically upwards with a speed of 5.0 m s–1. After how many seconds will...
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17M.2.SL.TZ2.3b.ii:
Estimate the speed of the train.
- 18M.1.SL.TZ1.8: The distances between successive positions of a moving car, measured at equal time intervals,...
- 18M.1.HL.TZ1.6: A parachutist of total mass 70 kg is falling vertically through the air at a constant speed...
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19M.2.HL.TZ2.1bi:
Calculate the time it takes the tennis ball to reach the net.
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19M.2.HL.TZ2.1bii:
Show that the tennis ball passes over the net.
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19M.1.HL.TZ1.4:
A sports car is accelerated from 0 to 100 km per hour in 3 s. What is the acceleration of the car?
A. 0.1 g
B. 0.3 g
C. 0.9 g
D. 3 g
- 21N.1.SL.TZ0.4: A ball is thrown vertically downwards with an initial speed of 4.0 m s−1. The ball hits the...
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21N.2.SL.TZ0.1a:
Determine H.
- 21N.2.SL.TZ0.1b.ii: State the acceleration of the ball at the maximum rebound height.
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21N.2.SL.TZ0.1b.iii:
Draw, on the axes, a graph to show the variation with time of the height of the ball from the instant it rebounds from the floor until the instant it reaches the maximum rebound height. No numbers are required on the axes.
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21N.2.HL.TZ0.2b:
Determine, for particle P, the magnitude and direction of the acceleration at t = 2.0 m s.
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22M.1.SL.TZ1.8:
A cart travels from rest along a horizontal surface with a constant acceleration. What is the variation of the kinetic energy Ek of the cart with its distance s travelled? Air resistance is negligible.
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22M.1.SL.TZ1.4:
A block moving with initial speed is brought to rest, after travelling a distance d, by a frictional force . A second identical block moving with initial speed u is brought to rest in the same distance d by a frictional force . What is u?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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22M.1.HL.TZ2.4:
A ball is thrown upwards at time t = 0. The graph shows the variation with time of the height of the ball. The ball returns to the initial height at time T.
What is the height h at time t ?
A.
B.
C.
D.