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Energy

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

If the amount a spring is stretched doubles, the elastic potential energy stored will …

a)

halve

b)

stay the same

c)

double

d)

quadruple

2.

Which of these is NOT a definition of power?

a)

Rate of doing work

b)

Rate of energy transfer

c)

Rate of change of velocity

d)

Joules transferred per second

3.

Which of these units is the equivalent to thousands of joules?

a)

millijoules

b)

megajoules

c)

microjoules

d)

kilojoules

4.

A spring with spring constant 25N/m is stretched 10cm.

Using the equation Eek e2, the stored elastic potential energy is …

a)

0.125 J

b)

12.5 J

c)

25 J

d)

1250 J

5.

Elastic potential energy is stored when an object is …

a)

heated

b)

stretched

c)

lifted

d)

accelerated

6.

A kettle rated as 2200W takes 2 minutes to boil.

The energy transferred equals …

a)

4400 W

b)

264 000 W

c)

4400 J

d)

264 000 J

7.

If a material has a high thermal conductivity it will be …

a)

a good insulator

b)

a poor insulator

c)

a poor conductor

d)

a good reflector

8.

An object is dropped freely and loses 500J of gravitational potential energy.

As a result, there is …

a)

a 500 J gain in thermal energy

b)

a 500 J gain in kinetic energy plus an additional gain in thermal energy

c)

a 500 J gain in kinetic energy and thermal energy combined

d)

a 500 J loss of kinetic energy

9.

A car of mass 800kg accelerates from rest to 20m/s.

Using the equation Ekm v2, the gain in kinetic energy is …

a)

8000 J

b)

16 000 J

c)

160 000 J

d)

320 000 J

10.

A 5kg bag falls a vertical height of 10m before hitting the ground.

Ekmv2 and Ep = m g h (assume g = 9.8N/kg).

Using these two equations, calculate the speed the bag reaches just before it hits the ground.

a)

5 m/s

b)

10 m/s

c)

14 m/s

d)

28 m/s

11.

Elastic potential energy can be calculated using the equation Eeke2

In this equation 'k' is …

a)

extension

b)

energy

c)

gravitational field strength

d)

spring constant

12.

A sprinter of mass 70 kg accelerates from 2 m/s to 9 m/s.

Using the equation E = ½ m v2 , their gain in kinetic energy equals …

a)

5390 J

b)

2695 J

c)

2835 J

d)

1715 J

13.

Which of these values is NOT the same as 50 000 000J

a)

50 MJ

b)

50 000 kJ

c)

0.05 GJ

d)

50 GJ

14.

Which of the following gives the best description of the energy transfers that occur when a ball has been thrown vertically upwards?

a)

Energy is transferred from the kinetic energy store of the ball to its gravitational potential energy store. Energy is also transferred from the kinetic energy store to the thermal energy store of the ball and the air as work is done by air resistance to slow it down.

b)

Energy is transferred from the gravitational potential energy store of the ball to its kinetic energy store. Energy is also transferred from the gravitational potential energy store to the thermal energy store of the ball and the air as work is done by air resistance to slow it down.

c)

Energy is transferred from the kinetic energy store of the ball to its gravitational potential energy store. Energy is also transferred from the thermal energy store of the ball to the thermal energy store of the air as work is done by air resistance to slow it down.

d)

Energy is transferred from the gravitational potential energy store of the ball to its kinetic energy store. Energy is also transferred from the thermal energy store of the ball to the thermal energy store of the air as work is done by air resistance to slow it down.