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This document contains two physics questions about work, energy and power. The first question discusses the importance of two alternative energy sources and their uses in the Caribbean. It also describes the energy changes that occur in a kicked football as it travels in an arc over a goalkeeper's head. The second question defines the law of conservation of energy and the difference between potential and kinetic energy. It then calculates work done against gravity climbing a mountain on a bicycle and the increase in speed from descending, taking into account friction losses. It finishes by calculating the average rate of energy conversion during the descent.

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Work Energy Power

This document contains two physics questions about work, energy and power. The first question discusses the importance of two alternative energy sources and their uses in the Caribbean. It also describes the energy changes that occur in a kicked football as it travels in an arc over a goalkeeper's head. The second question defines the law of conservation of energy and the difference between potential and kinetic energy. It then calculates work done against gravity climbing a mountain on a bicycle and the increase in speed from descending, taking into account friction losses. It finishes by calculating the average rate of energy conversion during the descent.

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Work Energy Power

Jan 2013 Q6
(a) Discuss the importance of alternative energy in the Caribbean with reference
to two sources and their uses.
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(b) A football is kicked from rest looping over the head of a goalkeeper who is
40m away.

40m

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

Describe the energy changes taking place in the ball from when it was
kicked to when it hit the ground behind the goalkeeper. (Assume no
energy losses)
[4]
After 1s, the ball of mass m kg and velocity v ms-1 is located h m from the
ground.
Derive an expression in terms of m, h and v for the difference between
potential and kinetic energy of the ball.
[2]
During a game, the ball of mass 0.43kg hit the head of one of the players
of height 1.5m. The player was standing vertically. If the velocity of the
ball at the point of contact with the players head was 7ms -1, what
momentum was transferred to the player?
[3]

June 2009 Q4
(a) (i) State the law of conservation of energy.
(ii) What is the difference between potential energy and kinetic energy?
(iii) Does the fact that heat is lost when work is done against friction violate the
law of conservation of energy? Justify your answer.
[6]
(b) The three week long cycling race, the Tour de France, is said to be one of the
most grueling sporting events in the world.

(i) If a cyclist of mass 70kg uses a bicycle of 7kg, how much work must the cyclist
do against gravity in order to ascend to 2100m from sea level (0m)?
(ii) One particular descent goes from 2100m to 1600m. Assuming the work done
against friction is 90% of the potential energy change in the cyclist and the
cycle, what increase in speed in km/h can a rider attain by the end of the
descent?
(iii)What is the average rate of energy conversion of the cyclist and cycle if the descent
in part (iii) takes 1 minute at constant speed?
[9]

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