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Mechanical Energy, Work and Power

Total questions: 56

Worksheet time: 1hrs 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What are the two types of Mechanical Energy? (ME)
a)
Kinetic and Potential Energy
b)
Kinetic and Nuclear Energy
c)
Potential and Chemical Energy
d)
Thermal and Kinetic Energy
2.

What is the sum of kinetic energy and potential energy of a system?

a)

mechanical energy

b)

electrical energy

c)

moving energy

d)

nuclear energy

3.

Where does the pendulum have the greatest kinetic energy?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

4.

Where does the pendulum have the least amount of potential energy?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

5.

Where does the pendulum have the greatest potential energy? (pick 2)

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

6.

Where is potential energy at its maximum?

a)

a

b)

b

c)

c

d)

d

7.

Where is kinetic energy at its maximum?

a)

a

b)

b

c)

c

d)

d

8.

What is the kinetic energy at W, where the car is stopped?

a)

0J

b)

10,000J

c)

20,000J

d)

can not be determined

9.

What is the mechanical energy of the system? (ignore friction)

a)

0J

b)

10,000J

c)

20,000J

d)

can not be determined

10.

What is the kinetic energy at position X? (ignore friction)

a)

0J

b)

1,000J

c)

19,000J

d)

can not be determined

11.

What is the kinetic energy at position Y? (ignore friction)

a)

0J

b)

10,000J

c)

20,000J

d)

can not be determined

12.

Q. What does the Law of Conservation of Energy state?

a)

Energy can be created but not destroyed.

b)

Energy can be created and destroyed.

c)

Energy cannot be created but can be destroyed

d)

Energy cannot be created or destroyed.

13.

Q. What has to be true about an object for it to have kinetic energy?

a)

it must be moving

b)

it must be experiencing a net force

c)

it must be elevated

d)

it must be accelerating

14.

When does an object have no kinetic energy?

a)

when it is moving very slowly

b)

when it has no electrical charge

c)

when the only force that is acting on it is gravity

d)

when it is at rest

15.

You calculated PE at 1960 J and your KE at 225 J. What is your Total Mechanical Energy? Select the Equation you should use.

a)

PE = mgh

b)

KE = 1/2 (m) (v^2)

c)

W=fd

d)

TME = KE + PE

16.

You calculated PE at 1960 J and your KE at 225 J. What is your Total Mechanical Energy?

a)

225 J

b)

3150 J

c)

2185 J

d)

1960 J

17.

Which of the is the equation for calculating work?

a)

W = Fd

b)

W = ma

c)

W = mv

d)

W = mc2

18.

Work is defined as applying a force on an object that displaces the object in the direction of the applied force. Which of the following IS NOT an an example of work being done on an object?

a)

A waiter walking with a tray of food that he is holding with his hand under the tray.

b)

A horse pulling a plow through a field.

c)

A shopper pushing a cart down the aisle of a grocery sture.

d)

A weightlifter lifting a barbell above his head.

19.

Which of the following is an instance where a force is in the opposite direction of the displacement.

a)

A car skidding to a stop on a roadway surface.

b)

A student rolling a bowling ball down a bowling lane alley.

c)

A pitcher throwing a baseball.

d)

a man pushing a crate across a loading dock.

20.

An instance where a force is appiled in the opposite direction of a displacement is called __________________ work.

a)

negative

b)

false

c)

faux

d)

opposite

21.

If a ball tossed into the air has a maximum gravitational potential energy of 5.75 joules, what is its maximum kinetic energy in the same toss?

a)

5.75 joules

b)

11.14 joules

c)

2.88 joules

d)

7.93 joules

22.

What is the mechanical energy of the roller coaster car?

a)

100 joules

b)

50 joules

c)

2500 joules

d)

1 joule

23.

This drawing illustrates which of the following?

a)

Conservation of Mechanical Energy

b)

Conservation of Mass

c)

Conservation of Momentum

d)

Universal Gravitation

24.

How much work is being done with 200 N of force to the right on object that moves 426 meters to the right? (assume the force and displacement are in the same direction)

a)

85,200 J

b)

45,620 J

c)

90,480 J

d)

62,329 J

25.
How do you calculate power?
a)
P = W/t
b)
P = E/t
c)
P = w * t
d)
P = bbq/chicken
26.
How do we calculate work?
a)
W = F * d
b)
w = f * D
c)
W = F * D
d)
w = f * d
27.
How much work is being done with 200 N of force over 426 meters?
a)
85,200 J
b)
45,620 J
c)
90,480 J
d)
62,329 J
28.
If 150 Joules of work is needed to move a box 10 meters, what force was used? 
a)
1500 N
b)
15 N
c)
1.5 N
d)
150 N
29.
If 68 Joules were necessary to move a 4 Newton crate, how far was the crate moved?
a)
272 m
b)
17 m
c)
4.05 m
d)
272 cm 
30.
Work is done when a weightlifter holds a barbell still above his head.
a)
True
b)
False
31.

You push against the back of your friends car that is stuck. You push and be become very tired, but the car does not move. Did you do work?

a)

Yes, work was done

b)

No, work wasn't done

32.

Person A and Person B are both using the same amount of work to lift something. Person A takes half as much time to do it. Who has greater power.

a)

Person A

b)

Person B

33.
How much work is done in holding a 15 N sack of potatoes while waiting in line at the grocery store for 3 minutes?
a)
15 J
b)
45 J
c)
0 J
d)
5 J
34.
If 68 W of power is produced in 18 seconds, how much work is done?
a)
1,224 J
b)
0.264 J
c)
3.77 J
d)
12.24 J
35.
How much time is needed to produce 720 Joules of work if 90 watts of power is used? 
a)
0.125 s
b)
8 s
c)
64800 s
d)
80 s
36.
If 68 Joules were necessary to move a 4 Newton crate, how far was the crate moved?
a)
272 m
b)
17 m
c)
4.05 m
d)
272 cm 
37.

Which of the following is the best example of work being done.

a)

doing homework

b)

lifting a box

c)

pushing a stationary box

d)

holding a box

38.
In which of these cases is work being done? 
a)
A student sleeps
b)
A student pushes a locked door that does not move
c)
a student carries his chair into another room
d)
A student sits on the carpet
39.
if you push a cart with a force of 60 N for 2 m... how much work have you done
a)
120 J
b)
30 J
c)
120 N 
d)
30 N
40.
A 5000N block is lifted 10 m. How much work was done?
a)
50000 J
b)
5000 J
c)
500 J
d)
50 J
41.
How much work is produced when 350 N is used to move a car 5 m?
a)
70 J
b)
1750 J
c)
355 J
d)
175 J
42.
P=25 watts 
W=5000 Joules 
t=???
a)
200 sec
b)
0.0005 s
c)
125000 s
d)
125 s
43.

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.

44.

A student carries a 10.5 kg book bag 15.3 m. 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

45.

An object of mass 6.8 kg is lifted to a height of 1.3 m. How much work is done on the object?

a)

8.84 J

b)

8.1 J

c)

5.23 J

d)

No work is done.

46.

If the direction an object is displaced is the same as the direction of a force applied to it:

a)

Positive work is done.

b)

Negative work is done.

c)

No work is done.

47.

If the direction of an applied force is anti-parallel (opposite) to the direction an object is moving:

a)

Negative work is done.

b)

Positive work is done.

c)

No work is done.

48.

If the direction an object is displaced is perpendicular to the direction of a force applied to it:

a)

No work is done.

b)

Positive work is done.

c)

Negative work is done.

49.

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

50.

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

51.

A force of 4.6 N moves a 2.7 kg box a distance of 3.3 m in 6.8 s. How much power is exerted?

a)

2.23 W

b)

6.03 W

c)

17.4 W

d)

278.7 W

52.

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.

53.

The roller coaster car has a mass of 500 kg. It is pulled from position 1 to 2 (30 m) by a motor. At the top of the ride the vertical distance top to bottom is 20 m. The motor pulls the car with a 4000 N force. Calculate the work done getting the car to the top of the ride.

a)

100 000J

b)

120 000J

c)

800 000J

d)

90 000J

54.
Is this an example of work? 
A waiter carries a tray full of meals above his head by one arm straight across the room at constant speed. 
a)
True
b)
False
55.

An 80 N rope tension force is used to slowly pull a wagon 50 m up a hill. Calculate the work done by the rope if it pulls parallel to the hill

a)

-4000 J

b)

4000 J

56.

How high up is a 3200-kg plane if it has 960000 J of potential energy?

a)

10 m

b)

30 m

c)

307200000 m

d)

300 m