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Work & Power Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the transfer of energy that occurs when a force makes an object move?

a)

Work

b)

Power

2.

What is the rate at which energy is transferred or work is done?

a)

Work

b)

Power

3.

What is the transfer of energy to an object by a force applied over a distance?

a)

Work

b)

Power

4.

True or False: The force must be in the same direction as the motion for work to be done.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

What is WORK measured in?

a)

Joules

b)

Watts

6.

No motion means

a)

No work

b)

Work

7.

When lifting an object, the same amount of work is done regardless of the

a)

path taken

b)

distance

c)

time

8.

What is POWER measured in?

a)

Joules

b)

Watts

9.

With WORK, the STEEPER the ramp, the _____

Choose TWO.

a)

shorter the distance

b)

longer the distance

c)

greater the force required

d)

lesser the force required

10.

True or False: In the WORK lab, the WORK done to get the cart to the top of the table was THE SAME for all trials.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

In the POWER lab, more weight =

a)

More work

b)

Less work

12.

In the POWER lab, the amount of POWER displayed related both the person's _____ and _____.

a)

weight and time to get up the stairs

b)

mass and time to get up the stairs

c)

weight and distance of the stairs

d)

mass and distance of the stairs

13.

The SHORTER THE TIME, the

a)

GREATER the POWER

b)

LESSER the POWER

14.

In the lab on WORK, when you used a steep ramp, it required

a)

more force

b)

less force

15.

In the WORK lab, when you used a steep ramp, it required

a)

shorter distance

b)

longer distance

16.

In the WORK lab, when the ramp got steeper, the amount of force required to move the cart up the ramp

a)

increased

b)

decreased

c)

stayed the same

17.

In the WORK lab, when the ramp got steeper, the amount of distance that the car had to travel

a)

increased

b)

decreased

c)

stayed the same

18.

Assume we go the expected results from the WORK lab. When the ramp got steeper, the amount of work done

a)

increased

b)

decreased

c)

stayed the same

19.

If two people do the same work but Person A does it faster than Person B, who generates more power?

a)

Person A

b)

Person B

c)

Both do the same

20.

If Person A does more work in the same amount of time compared to Person B, who generates more power?

a)

Person A

b)

Person B

c)

Both do the same