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Total questions: 87
Worksheet time: 3hrs 28mins
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
Lilly's cat ran through your yard. The cat has a mass of 5 kg. He is running at a speed of 3 m/s. What is the kinetic energy of the cat as he runs?
8.5 J
45 J
7.5 J
22.5 J
What is the mass of a ball that has a kinetic energy of 115 J and is traveling at 9 m/s?
1035 kg
23.5 kg
12.8 kg
2.84 kg
A exercise ball is on a table 2.5 m above the ground. What is the mass of the ball if it has a GPE of 56.8 J?
71 kg
22.72 kg
142 kg
2.32 kg
Ty lifts a set of 1250kg weights a vertical distance of 2m in a weight lifting contest. What Potential Energy do the weights now possess?
12,789 Joules
24,500 Joules
4,500 Joules
A car is sitting on top of a ramp. As the car rolls down the ramp, the potential energy of the car decreases. What happens to the potential energy as the car moves?
It is lost as gravitational energy
It is converted to kinetic energy
It is destroyed as the car moves
It is used to make the car slow down
If you have two objects with different masses about to fall from the same height, which one will have the greatest potential energy?
SMALLEST MASS
LARGEST MASS
MOST ROUND
MOST FLAT
An object falling from 100m will have ___________ potential than an object falling from 200m.
MORE
LESS
THE SAME
ALL OF THESE
What is the kinetic energy of a zorb and human with a total mass of 90Kg rolling at 10m/s?
3,700J
900J
4,500J
6,500J
What is the kinetic energy of a soccer ball which has a mass of 0.8 kg and is kicked with a velocity of 10 m/s?
40 J
41 J
4 J
80 J
Calculate the kinetic energy of a running back that has a mass of 80 kg and is running as a velocity of 8 m/s.
320 J
2650 J
2560 J
5120 J
There is a clock at the top of a tower that is 45m high. The clock weighs 20 kg. Calculate its potential energy. Remember g=9.8 m/s
8100 J
9.8 m/s
900 J
8820 J
What is the GPE of a 0.3 kg apple on top of a 1 m tree?
0 J
2.94 J
0.3 J
2.96 J
A 5 Kg body is having a Kinetic energy of 250 J. What is the velocity of the body?
10 m/s
15 m/s
20 m/s
40 m/s
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
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? (KE = 1/2mv2)
567 J
900 J
945 J
30 J
If the 0.3 kg marble was moving at 6 m/s at the bottom of the ramp, how much kinetic energy did the marble have? (KE = 1/2mv2)
5.4 J
1.8 J
3 J
6 J
A exercise ball is on a table 2.5 m above the ground. What is the mass of the ball if it has a GPE of 56.8 J?
71 kg
22.72 kg
142 kg
2.32 kg
This panda is 832 kg and is 0.31m off the ground. How much gravitational potential energy have they got?
1341.9 J
268387 J
2579.2 J
257.92 J
How much gravitational potential energy has Nathan got 4 m off the ground with a weight of 380 N.
152 J
15.2 J
15200 J
1520 J
Bob (45 kg) is moving at 55 ms-1 Calculate the kinetic energy that bob has.
2475 J
1237.5 J
68062.5 J
136125 J
Total energy = 200J
Useful energy = 20J
Workout the efficiency of this lightbulb.
efficiency = total energy inuseful enegy ×100
100%
80%
40%
10%
Total energy = 350J
Useful energy = 70J
Workout the efficiency of this iphoneX.
efficiency = total energy inuseful energy ×100%
100%
80%
40%
20%
Total energy = 1000J
Useful energy = 1000J
Workout the efficiency of this hairdryer.
efficiency = total energy in useful energy ×100%
100%
50%
40%
20%
Total energy = 34000J
Useful energy = 340J
Workout the efficiency of this vintage VW Beetle.
efficiency = total energy inuseful energy ×100%
100%
10%
40%
20%
Total energy = 1000000J
Useful energy = 850000J
Workout the efficiency of this airplane. efficiency = total energy inuseful energy ×100%
85%
10%
40%
20%
Total energy = 250J
Useful energy = 50J
Workout the efficiency of these fairy lights. efficiency = total energy inuseful energy ×100%
13.33%
14%
20%
21%
This car needs 8600J of energy to power it. If 5000J is changed into useful energy, how much energy is wasted?
13600J
3600J
5000J
8600J
Useful energy: 3600J
Total energy: 4700J
Calculate the efficiency of this fancy Ferrari car. efficiency = total energy inuseful energy ×100%
77J
77%
77cm
77s
Energy is measured in?
kilograms
grams
joules
litres
what are the two main forms of energy?
potential and gravitational
potential and moving
potential and kinetic
kinetic and elastic
A team of university students test a new car they are designing. They find out that only 3,500 J of the energy is transferred to movement (kinetic) energy and 9,000 J is transferred as heat energy. How efficient is the car?
(note : round your answer to whole number!)
(a)
Calculate the efficiency of an engine that transforms 2000 J of chemical potential energy into 700 J of kinetic energy, and 1300 J into wasted heat and sound energy.
(a)
Calculate the efficiency of a torch that transforms 500 J of chemical potential energy into 475 J of light, and 25 J of wasted heat and sound energy.
(Note : round your answer to whole number)
(a)
What type of energy transformation occurs, when a hawk eats a mouse and then uses the energy from the mouse to fly?
mechanical energy to chemical energy
thermal energy to mechanical energy
chemical energy to mechanical energy
mechanical energy to thermal energy
What is the energy transformation that occurs in an electric pencil sharpener?
mechanical energy to electrical energy
electrical energy to mechanical energy
radiant energy to sound energy
chemical energy to mechanical energy
Which object shows an energy transformation from electrical to mechanical?
When a car burns gasoline it creates hot air to move the pistons in the engine, which causes the car to move. What energy transformation occur from the fuel to the movement of a car?
thermal energy to mechanical energy
thermal energy to chemical energy to mechanical energy
chemical energy to thermal energy to mechanical energy
chemical energy to electrical energy
The roller coaster cart has the most kinetic energy at position-
W
X
Y
Z
Where is the kinetic energy the greatest?
A
B
C
D
Which items would have this energy transformation: chemical energy -> thermal and light energy?
tanning bed
candle burning
wind turbine turning
solar calculator
Which items would have this energy transformation: mechanical energy -> sound energy?
turning on a flashlight
nuclear power plant
wind turbine turning
playing a violin
Which items would have this energy transformation: mechanical energy -> electrical energy?
turning on a flashlight
nuclear power plant
wind turbine turning
tanning bed
What kind of energy is represented in the picture?
Thermal
Chemical
Sound
Kinetic
What energy transformation occurs as howler monkeys loudly call to each other in the forest?
Chemical --> Mechanical --> Sound
Chemical --> Sound --> Thermal
Sound --> Chemical --> Radiant
Mechanical --> Chemical --> Sound
What energy transformation occurs in the chameleon as it quickly launches its tongue to catch an insect?
Radiant --> Chemical
Thermal --> Chemical
Chemical --> Mechanical
Mechanical --> Chemical
What energy transformation occurs as as an elephant walks through the savanna?
Thermal --> Chemical + Mechanical
Mechanical --> Chemical + Thermal
Radiant --> Chemical + Mechanical
Chemical --> Mechanical + Thermal
What energy transformation occurs during photosynthesis?
Chemical --> Radiant
Thermal --> Chemical
Radiant --> Chemical
Mechanical --> Thermal
What do sound energy, radiant energy, and thermal energy all have in common?
They're all forms of kinetic energy
They're all made of similar atoms and molecules
They're all made by plants during photosynthesis
All of these choices
As an object falls its __________ energy decreases and its kinetic energy increases
potential
chemical
thermal
electric
What kind of energy in the sun transforms into electromagnetic energy?
nuclear
thermal
electric
chemical
Which of the following is a correct example of energy transformation of chemical energy into electrical energy?
An oil lamp lighting up a room
A car battery making headlights shine
Sunlight providing power to a solar calculator
A blowtorch melting two pieces of metal together
