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PT 3.2 WORK AND POWER

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 4hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When you apply a force that displaces an object, you have:

a)

done work on that object.

b)

balanced the forces on the object.

c)

broken Newton's First Law of Motion.

d)

conserved the power used.

2.

A 8.6 kg box is pushed across a floor 3.2 m with a force of 5.5 N. How much work is done on the box?

a)

17.6 J

b)

8.7 J

c)

1.72 J

d)

No work is done.

3.

A student carries a 10.5 kg book in her bag. How much work is done on the book bag by the student?

a)

No work is done.

b)

160.65 J

c)

1.46 J

d)

25.8 J

4.

An object of mass 7.8 kg is lifted to a height of 3.3 m. How much work is done on the object?

a)

252.25 J

b)

8.1 J

c)

5.23 J

d)

No work is done.

5.

How much power is required to do 40.2 J of work in 3.3 s?

a)

12.18 W

b)

132.66 W

c)

43.5 W

d)

0.08 W

6.

In order to do 20.5 J of work in 0.46 s, how much power is required?

a)

44.57 W

b)

9.43 W

c)

32.35 W

d)

11.56 W

7.

How much work is done when 114 W of power is used over 0.62 s?

a)

70.68 J

b)

183.87 J

c)

57.62 J

d)

No work is done.

8.
Which of the following is a true statement about work?
a)
It measures how quickly an object accelerates 
b)
It measures how much effort is applied over a certain distance
c)
It measures the change in an object's rate of speed
d)
It measures how much time it takes to move a massive object
9.
A kid applies a force of 70 N to a ball over 1.1 meters. How much work did he do on the ball? 
a)
77 J
b)
7.7 J 
c)
0.7 J 
d)
770 J 
10.
A weightlifter lifts two 300 newton weights 1.5 meters off the ground. How much work has he done?
a)
600 J 
b)
660 J
c)
900 J 
d)
1200 J 
11.
You move a 12-newton box up a 6-meter ramp. In order to find out how much power you created, what would you need to know?
a)
The mass of the box
b)
The slope of the ramp 
c)
The direction the box moved
d)
How long the task took
12.
You do 90 joules of work in 30 seconds. How much power have you generated?
a)
30 watts
b)
3 watts
c)
120 watts
d)
270 watts
13.
You move an 8-newton weight five meters in 4 seconds. How much power have you generated?
a)
160 watts
b)
10 watts
c)
6.4 watts
d)
17 watts
14.
Which of the following would produce the most power?
a)
A mass of 10 kilograms lifted 10 meters in 10 seconds 
b)
A mass of 10 kilograms lifted 10 meters in 5 seconds
c)
A mass of 5 kilograms lifted 10 meters in 5 seconds
d)
A mass of 5 kilograms lifted 5 meters in 10 seconds
15.
Work divided by time equals...
a)
energy
b)
power
16.
The unit of work is the ...
a)
joule
b)
force
17.
The unit of power is the...
a)
work
b)
watt
18.
Force multiplied by distance equals...
a)
work
b)
power
19.
Work is done on an object when the object moves in the SAME direction in which the force is applied.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
The FARTHER you move an object, the more work you do.
a)
True
b)
False
21.

What is needed to calculate work? Check all correct answers.

a)

force

b)

distance

c)

time

d)

mass