DP Physics (last assessment 2024)

Test builder »

Question 18M.2.HL.TZ2.1a.i

Select a Test
Date May 2018 Marks available [Maximum mark: 1] Reference code 18M.2.HL.TZ2.1a.i
Level HL Paper 2 Time zone TZ2
Command term State Question number a.i Adapted from N/A
a.i.
[Maximum mark: 1]
18M.2.HL.TZ2.1a.i

A small ball of mass m is moving in a horizontal circle on the inside surface of a frictionless hemispherical bowl.

M18/4/PHYSI/SP2/ENG/TZ2/01.a

The normal reaction force N makes an angle θ to the horizontal.

(a.i)

State the direction of the resultant force on the ball.

[1]

Markscheme

towards the centre «of the circle» / horizontally to the right

 

Do not accept towards the centre of the bowl

[1 mark]

Syllabus sections