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work and power

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the formula for calculating work?

a)
  • Work = Force / Displacement

b)
  • Work = Force × Displacement

c)
  • Work = Displacement / Force

d)
  • Work = Force - Displacement

2.

Which of the following situations involves zero work?

a)
  • Pushing a car that moves

b)
  • Lifting a box upwards

c)

push a wall

d)
  • Dropping a stone

3.

What is the SI unit for power?

a)
  • Joule

b)
  • Newton

c)
  • Watt

d)
  • Meter per second

4.

Which type of work occurs when force and displacement are in the same direction?

a)
  • Positive work

b)
  • Negative work

c)
  • Zero work

d)
  • Opposing work

5.

If a person does 40 J of work in 4 seconds, what is the power used?

a)
  • 10 W

b)

20 W

c)
  • 8 W

d)
  • 160 W

6.

Which of these situations represents negative work?

a)
  • Pulling a sled forward

b)
  • Slowing down a car with brakes

c)
  • Lifting a box

d)
  • Holding an object still

7.

If a person pushes a box with 15 N force but it doesn’t move, the work done is:

a)
  • 15 J

b)
  • Zero

c)
  • 30 J

d)
  • 45 J

8.
  • The force applied to lift a box results in 200 J of work. If the box was lifted 2 meters, what force was applied?

a)
  • 400 N

b)
  • 200 N

c)
  • 100 N

d)
  • 50 N

9.

Which formula represents power if work and time are known?

a)
  • Power = Work × Time

b)
  • Power = Work ÷ Time

c)
  • Power = Time ÷ Work

d)
  • Power = Work + Time

10.

If a machine does 600 J of work in 3 seconds, what is the power output of the machine?

a)
  • 200 W

b)
  • 600 W

c)
  • 900 W

d)
  • 1800 W

11.
  1. If a car exerts a force of 500 N to move 10 meters, how much work is done?

a)
  • 500 J

b)
  • 5000 J

c)
  • 50 J

d)
  • 250 J

12.
  1. A 60 W light bulb runs for 2 hours. How much energy does it use? (Hint: Energy = Power × Time)

a)
  • 120 J

b)
  • 7.200 J

c)
  • 432.000 J

d)
  • 6.000 J

13.
  1. If you carry a 10 kg object horizontally without lifting or lowering it, how much work is done on the object? (Assume gravitational acceleration = 9.8 m/s²)

a)
  • 98 J

b)
  • 0 J

c)
  • 10 J

d)
  • 9.8 J

14.
  1. A person does 250 J of work by pushing a box for 5 meters. What force was applied?

a)
  • 50 N

b)
  • 25 N

c)
  • 5 N

d)
  • 1250 N

15.
  1. What happens to the power required if the same amount of work is done in a shorter time?

a)
  • Power increases

b)
  • Power decreases

c)
  • Power stays the same

d)
  • It depends on the force applied