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Data needed to answer questions can be found in the Data, formulae and relationships sheet.
1 Which of the following could be measured in the same units as force? [1]
A energy speed
B energy speed
C power speed
D power speed
2 Car P has twice the speed of car Q but car Q has four times the mass of car P.
Which statement is correct? [1]
A Car P has half the kinetic energy of car Q.
B Car P has one quarter of the kinetic energy of car Q.
C Car P has twice the kinetic energy of car Q.
D The two cars have the same kinetic energy.
3 A car travels at constant speed down a hill from P to Q.
Which statement is correct? [1]
A The change in the kinetic energy of the car is equal to the change in its potential energy.
B The change in the kinetic energy of the car is greater than the change in its potential energy.
C There is no change in the kinetic energy of the car.
D There is no change in the potential energy of the car.
4 A box is pushed along a horizontal floor by a horizontal force of 60 N. There is a frictional
force between the box and the floor of 50 N.
What is the gain in kinetic energy of the box when it moves a distance of 4.0 m? [1]
A 40 J
B 200 J
C 240 J
D 440 J
5 What involves the greatest mean power? [1]
A lifting a weight of 300 N at a speed of 20 m s
1
B lifting a weight of 4000 N at a speed of 1 m s
1
C pulling a car with a force of 2 kN at a constant speed of 2 m s
1
on a horizontal surface
D pulling a car with a force of 1.5 kN at a constant speed of 5 m s
1
on a horizontal surface
6 Which of the following has greater kinetic energy?
A 10 g meteor hurtling through the Earths atmosphere at 5.0 km s
1
.
A 65 kg jogger running at 5.0 m s
1
. [3]
7 A water pump lifts 9.0 kg of water through a vertical height of 3.5 m in 1.0 minute. Calculate:
a the gain in gravitational potential energy of the water [2]
b the power of the pump. [2]
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8 A ball of mass 800 g is dropped from a height of 5.0 m and rebounds to a height of 3.8 m.
The air resistance is negligible. Calculate:
a the kinetic energy of the ball just before impact [2]
b the initial rebound speed of the ball [3]
c the energy transferred to the ground during the impact. [1]
9 The diagram shows a child on a swing. The mass of the child is 35 kg. The child is raised to
point A and then released. She swings downwards through point B.
a Calculate the change in gravitational potential energy of the child between A and B. [2]
b Assuming that air resistance is negligible, calculate the speed of the child as she passes
through the equilibrium position B. [2]
c The rope stays taut throughout. Explain why the work done by the tension in the rope
is zero. [1]
10 A stunt person slides down a cable that is attached between a tall building and the ground.
The stunt person has a mass of 85 kg. The speed of the person when reaching the ground
is 20 m s
1
. Calculate:
a the change in gravitational potential energy of the person [2]
b the final kinetic energy of the person [2]
c the work done against friction [1]
d the average friction acting on the person. [2]
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11 The diagram shows an object of mass m falling towards the surface of the Earth.
Assuming that there is negligible air resistance and using the principle of conservation of
energy, show that:
v
2
= u
2
+ 2gh
where u is the initial speed of the object and v is the speed of the object after falling through a
vertical height h. [3]
12 A bullet of mass 30 g and travelling at a speed of 200 m s
1
embeds itself in a wooden block.
The bullet penetrates a distance of 12 cm into the wood. Using the concepts of work done by
a force and kinetic energy, determine the average resistive force acting on the bullet. [3]
13 The diagram shows a 50 kg crate being dragged by a cable up a ramp that makes an angle of
24 with the horizontal.
The crate moves up the ramp at a constant speed and travels a total distance of 20 m up the
ramp. Determine the magnitude of the friction between the crate and the surface of the ramp. [6]
Total:
42
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