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Energy, Work and Power

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is kinetic energy?
a)
stored energy
b)
energy of motion
c)
energy of friction
d)
energy stored in chemical bonds
2.

When a roller coaster cart falls towards the ground, what happens to the amount of its potential energy?

a)

Increases

b)

Decreases

c)

Stays the same

d)

Nothing

3.
When a rollercoaster cart moves towards the ground, what happens to the PE that it has?
a)
It transforms into KE
b)
It leaves the system
c)
Nothing
d)
It stays PE
4.
What is the kinetic energy of a ball sitting on top of a hill?
a)
0 J
b)
less than 0 J
c)
more than 0 J
5.
The Law of Conservation of Energy states that total amount of energy in a closed system will always
a)
stay the same
b)
increase
c)
decrease
d)
cannot be determined
6.
Based on the formula for potential energy, what 2 variables influence PE the most?
a)
mass and height
b)
mass and velocity
c)
velocity and height
d)
velocity and mass
7.

What is always changing as work is done?

a)

Kinetic Energy

b)

Heat

c)

Power

d)

Gravitational Potential Energy

8.
How do we calculate work?
a)

W = Fd cos θ\theta

b)

w = f D

c)

W = F D

d)

w = f d

9.

Henry and Bob have the same mass. They race their 4-wheelers. Bob wins. Whose 4-wheeler has more power?

a)

Bob's because it did the same work faster

b)

Henry's because it did the same work slower

c)

Bob's because it does more work in the same time.

d)

Both have the same power because they carry the same mass through the same distance.

10.
The SI unit of work is?
a)
Joules
b)
Watts
c)
Newtons
d)
meters
11.

Which has more total energy, an ant on a fallen log or a spider on the ceiling. They are moving with the same speed and have the same mass.

a)

The spider

b)

The ant

c)

They have the same total energy

d)

The log

12.

A semi truck and motorcycle are traveling on the same road with the same speed. Which has more energy?

a)

The truck

b)

The motorcycle

c)

They have the same energy

d)

It depends on the direction they are traveling

13.

If the velocity of a car triples, what happens to its kinetic energy?

a)

Increases by 9 times

b)

increases by 3 times

c)

Is decreased to 1/3

d)

Increases by 3 Joules

14.

Why do you speed up as you roll down a hill?

a)

K is transferring to Ug

b)

Ug is transferring to K

c)

Us is transferring to Ug

d)

Total Energy is increasing

15.

If you use 30 J of energy to move an object, you have done ____ J of work.

a)

3

b)

10

c)

30

d)

0

16.

If you lift a box that is twice as heavy as your friend you are doing

a)

the same amount of work.

b)

two times more work than your friend.

c)

half as much work as your friend.

d)

Cannot be determined.

17.

Work is done only if

a)

a force is applied.

b)

the force applied causes the object's motion.

c)

an object is in motion.

18.

What kind of energy(ies) does the car have at position A? The ground is h=0.

a)

KE

b)

KE + PE

c)

PE

d)

KE - PE

19.

What is the mass of an object?

a)

m=U/gh

b)

m=Ugh

c)

m= 2gh\sqrt[]{2gh}

d)

240 kg