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WorksheetsUnit 7 Review: Work, Power, Energy
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 4hrs 36mins
Calculate the potential energy of a car with a mass of 2,500 kg that is on a hill 100 meters above sea level.
250,000 J
2,450,000 J
2,451,663 J
248 J
A 250 kg island is floating 20 meters in the air. How much potential energy does the island have?
49,000 J
5,000 J
0.98 J
509.68 J
Alice kicks a soccer ball with a mass of 2.1 kg. The ball leaves the ground moving 30 meters per second. What is the kinetic energy of the soccer ball?
567 J
900 J
945 J
30 J
The rider coasts up the hill. Ignoring friction, at what height will the bike come to rest?
Energy lets us do work and is required to make anything happen. Energy is not a substance that you can see or touch but we can observe it effects. Energy is measured in _________.
Watts
Pascals
Joules
Amps
Energy exists in many forms and it can be transformed from one form to another. However it can not be ________ or ____________.
chemical or physical
potential or sound
eaten or felt
created or destroyed
Energy stored in objects due to their height above the ground is called?
Chemical Potential Energy
Heat Energy
Gravitational Potential Energy
Light Energy
This type of energy is stored in the bonds between atoms and if found in food and petrol.
Chemical potential energy
Heat energy
Gravitational potential energy
Electrical energy
This type of energy is found in electromagnetic waves like microwaves, X-rays and visible light.
Sound energy
Heat energy
Light energy
Chemical potential energy
When a car drives up a hill and stops at the top, what is the main energy transformation taking place?
chemical potential energy to heat energy
kinetic energy to gravitational potential energy
gravitational potential energy to chemical potential energy
chemical potential energy to sound energy
In most situations when an object is moving some energy is lost as friction causes some energy to be converted into ________ and _______.
heat and light
heat and sound
sound and light
electricity and heat
Work is done on an object when energy is transferred to that object. The amount of work done depends on the force applied to that object and the distance the object travels. Work is measure in _____________.
Watts
Metres
Pascals
Joules
The rate at which work is done is called power (P). This means a powerful machine will do a lot of work in a short period of time. Power is measured in __________.
Watts
Joules
Pascals
Metres
The 'g' in PE = mgh stands for
greater
graphite
grams
gravity
The amount of matter inside an object?
weight
atomic number
mass
gravity
The force exerted on a mass by gravity is called _________.
weight
atomic number
mass
gravity
A roller coaster whose average speed is 32 m/s is at the top of a 72m hill and weighs 966N. At the top of the hill the coaster car has ___________________ energy.
only kinetic energy
only potential energy
mostly kinetic energy
both kinetic and potential energy
What is the potential energy of a 3kg ball that is on the ground?
0 J
3 J
9.8 J
29.4 J
If the mass of the cart is 15kg, how much is the potential energy of the cart?
0J
1.2J
6J
58.8J
If the mass of the cart is 8.12kg, what is the kinetic energy of the cart?
0J
1.2J
6J
58.8J
How will you describe the energy at Point A?
mostly potential energy
mostly kinetic energy
losing PE, gaining KE
losing KE, gaining PE
What is the total mechanical energy of the object?
100J
75J
50J
25J
