wheelbarrows


Diagram 5.1 and diagram 5.2 shows two different  situations of a farmer pushing wheelbarrows with different tyres .The masses in the two wheelbarrows are the same 





(a)
What is the force X acting on the wheelbarrow as shown in Diagram 5.1
Gravitational force/weight/ mg (clarify the symbols)
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[1 mark]
(b)
Based on Diagram 5.1 and Diagram 5.2 compare

(i)
The weight of the two wheelbarrows.
same
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(ii)
The depth the tyres sink into the soil.
Tyre in 5..2 sinks deeper into the soil / vice versa
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 (iii)
The surface areas of the tyres.
Tyre in 5.1 is broader/has a bigger surface area/ bigger area / reject tyre is bigger
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[1 mark]
 



(c)
Name the physics quantity that causes the two tyres to sink at different depths into the soil as in b(i).
pressure
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(d)
Based on your answers to (b)(iii) and (c), state the relationship between the two physics quantities.
The bigger the surface area the samller the pressure / pressure is indirectly prorpotional to surface area/ P = F/A clarify the symbols
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[1 mark]
(e)
A block of wood measuring 0.2 m x 0.3 m x 0.8 m of mass o 1.2 kg is placed on the surface of a table.
Calculate the maximum pressure exerted by the wood on the table.
Pressure  =    1.2 x 10      .
                      0.2 x 0.3
               =   200 N m-2



[2 marks]