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4 Work, Energy and Power

This document contains 10 physics worksheet problems about work, energy and power. The problems cover topics like calculating work done by forces, kinetic energy, potential energy, conservation of mechanical energy, and power. They involve calculating things like work moving objects, stopping distances of cars, kinetic energy of objects, and power required to lift stage curtains.

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4 Work, Energy and Power

This document contains 10 physics worksheet problems about work, energy and power. The problems cover topics like calculating work done by forces, kinetic energy, potential energy, conservation of mechanical energy, and power. They involve calculating things like work moving objects, stopping distances of cars, kinetic energy of objects, and power required to lift stage curtains.

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4 Work, energy and power


Use g = 10 N/kg throughout 7 Calculate the stopping distance of a car, with
1 Define work done by a force. a mass of 750 kg travelling at 100 km/hr,
assuming that the brakes can apply a constant
2 What is the relationship between work done
braking force of 1000 N.
by a force on an object and kinetic energy of
that object? 8 How much potential energy does Jack, a boy
weighing 600 N, gain when he walks up a
3 a How much work is required to push a
200 m high hill?
piano 10 m across the room against a
frictional force of 100 N. 9 Using the conservation of mechanical energy
show that a 1 g marble and a 5 kg bowling
b By adding wheels to the bottom of the
ball both hit the ground at a speed of 14 m/s
piano the frictional force can be reduced
when dropped off a building 10 m high.
to 15 N. How much work is now required
to move the piano 10 m across the room? 10 At the beginning of a theatrical performance
the stage curtain needs to be raised quickly to
4 A mother pulls her child in a sledge across a
make a strong impact on the audience.
flat field covered in snow with a rope attached
to the front of the sledge. a What is the required power of an electric
motor used to raise a stage curtain, with a
a How much work does the mother do for
mass of 500 kg, over 15 m in 4 s?
every 100 m that the child travels if she
pulls with a force of 100 N at an angle of b If an electric motor with twice the power
45° to the horizontal? were installed, how long would that take
to raise the curtain?
b If the mother were to use a longer piece of
rope, such that the angle of the rope to the c Why, in practice, does it take more time
horizontal became 20°, how much force than calculated to raise the curtain?
would the mother need to apply to do the d What is the efficiency of the electric
same amount of work? motor if it consumes 187500 J to raise
5 What is the kinetic energy of a 50 g bird flying the curtain.
at 20 m/s?
6 How much work is required to increase the
speed of a car, with a mass of 1000 kg,
a from rest to 10 m/s
b from 10 m/s to 20 m/s?

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