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Work and Power Review

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 59mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How much work is being done with 200 N of force over 426 meters?

(a)  

2.

If 150 Joules of work is needed to move a box 10 meters, what force was used? 

(a)  

3.
Work is done when a weightlifter holds a barbell still above his head.
a)
True
b)
False
4.

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

5.
The amount of work done in a certain amount of time is known as 
a)
work
b)
effort force
c)
resistance force 
d)
power
6.

If you increase your work and decrease your time, you will have

a)

more power

b)

less power

c)

same amount of power

d)

power rating can not be determined

7.

If you perform the same work as someone else but in less time, you ...

a)

are more powerful

b)

are less powerful

c)

have the same power

8.

You are holding a 30 N sack of potatoes about 0.5 m above the ground while standing in line at the grocery store. You have been waiting for 2 minutes. How much power have you produced?

a)

30 Watts

b)

0.125 Joules

c)

0.125 Watts

d)

0 Watts

9.
The more POWER you use to move an object, the more work you do. 
a)
True
b)
False
10.

If 68 W of power is produced in 18 seconds, how much work is done?

(a)  

11.

How much time is needed to produce 720 Joules of work if 90 watts of power is used? 

(a)  

12.

If 68 Joules were necessary to move a 4 Newton crate, how far was the crate moved?

(a)  

13.
The unit used to measure power is the 
a)
Watt
b)
Newton
c)
Joule
d)
Newton*meter
14.
True or false
You do work only when you exert a force on an object and move it
a)
true
b)
false
15.
Two factors that determine work are
a)
size of the force, and distance
b)
size of the force, and type of force
c)
mass, and distance
16.

Work is a measurement of how much force is applied over a certain ______.

a)
distance
b)
velocity
c)
shape
d)
size
17.

The unit for work is . . .

a)
netwons
b)
joules
c)
meters
d)
seconds
18.

You push a cart with a force of 60 N a distance of 2 m. How much work have you done?

a)

120 N*m

b)
30 J
c)

120 W

d)

120 s

19.

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

20.

A 5000 N block is lifted 10 m. How much work was done?

(a)  

21.
 Work done = Force x _________
a)
a. distance
b)
b. acceleration
c)
c. velocity
d)
d. speed
22.

How much work is produced when 350 N is used to move a car 5 m?

(a)  

23.
P=25 watts 
W=5000 Joules 
t=???
a)
200 sec
b)
0.0005 s
c)
125000 s
d)
125 s
24.

What is an equivalent formula for force?

a)

F=d×tF=d\times t

b)

a=Fma=\frac{F}{m}

c)

F=WdF=\frac{W}{d}

d)

m=F×am=F\times a

25.

A force applied on a block accelerates across a horizontal, frictionless surface. The energy gained by the block is equal to which?

a)

the momentum given to the block

b)

the work done on the block

c)

the power applied to the block

d)

the impulse applied to the block

26.
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
27.
What does one newton exerted over a distance of one meter equal?
a)
One watt
b)
One hertz
c)
One volt 
d)
One joule 
28.
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 
29.

A weightlifter lifts two 300 newton weights 1.5 meters off the ground. How much work has he done?

(a)  

30.
Which of these is a measure of force?
a)
100 newtons
b)
100 meters per second
c)
100 joules
d)
100 watts
31.
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
32.

You do 90 joules of work in 30 seconds. How much power have you generated?

(a)  

33.
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
34.
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
35.

When force is used to move an object across a distance, this is called...

a)

effort

b)

power

c)

energy

d)

work

36.
In order for Work to happen, what 2 things must occur?
a)
Mass and Displacement
b)
Force and Mass
c)
Force and Work
d)
Force and displacement
37.
A student does 60. joules of work pushing a 3.0 kg box up the full length of a ramp that is 5.0 meters long. What is the magnitude of the force applied to the box to do this work?
a)
4.0 N
b)
15 N
c)
12 N
d)
20. N 
38.

What is the work done by a force of 10 N moving an object 5 meters in the direction of the force?

a)

2 J

b)

50 J

c)

15 J

d)

5 J

39.

A student walked up a flight of stairs. Later, the same student ran up the same flight of stairs in less time. What can be concluded about the relative amounts of work performed and power produced by the student in these instances?

a)

The work performed was the same in both instances. The power was greater when the student ran up the stairs.

b)

The work performed was greater when the student ran up the stairs. The power was the same in both instances.

c)

The work and power were the same in both instances because it was the same student on the same stairs.

d)

The work performed and the power produced were both less when the student was running up the stairs than when walking up the stairs.

40.

In 1984 in San Antonio, Texas, an entire hotel building was moved several blocks on 36 dollies. The mass of the building was about 1,450,000 kg. If 24,120,000 J of work was done with the applied force of 30,000 N, how far was the building moved?

(a)