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1. This document contains 20 physics worksheet questions covering topics like kinetic energy, collisions, rotational motion, torque, moments of inertia, and work-energy theorem. Questions involve calculating heights, velocities, energies, torques, angular accelerations, and more for various physical situations and objects. 2. Sample questions include calculating the height at which the kinetic energy of a body thrown vertically upward doubles, determining the kinetic energy and elasticity of a collision between pool balls, and deriving the three equations of rotational motion under constant angular acceleration. 3. The document provides the necessary equations and concepts for understanding and solving mechanics problems involving energy, momentum, torque, rotational kinematics, and more.

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Work Sheet 4

1. This document contains 20 physics worksheet questions covering topics like kinetic energy, collisions, rotational motion, torque, moments of inertia, and work-energy theorem. Questions involve calculating heights, velocities, energies, torques, angular accelerations, and more for various physical situations and objects. 2. Sample questions include calculating the height at which the kinetic energy of a body thrown vertically upward doubles, determining the kinetic energy and elasticity of a collision between pool balls, and deriving the three equations of rotational motion under constant angular acceleration. 3. The document provides the necessary equations and concepts for understanding and solving mechanics problems involving energy, momentum, torque, rotational kinematics, and more.

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Menelik II Secondary School Physics Work sheet 4 for Grade 11 In 2015 E.

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I. Show all necessary steps
1. A body of mass 2kg is thrown vertically upward with kinetic energy =245J. At what height the
kinetic energy of the body will become double.
2. A pool ball of mass1000g and velocity [45] m/s collides with a stationary pool balls have
velocities [23] m/s and [31] m/s.caculate kinetic energy of the ball. Is the collision elastic? Explain
your answer.
3. A pendulum bob of mass 10 -12kg is released up to a height of 5x10-2 m and then released at
the bottom of its swing it picks up a mass 10-3kg . To what length will the combined mass rise.

C A
B

4. A ball bounces to 80% of its original height. Calculate the mechanical energy lost in each
bounce.
5 A car of mass 2000kg is lifted up a distance of 30m by a crane in 1min. A second crane does
the same job in 2 minute. Do the cranes consume the same or different amount of fuel? What is
the power supplied by each crane?
6. 20J of work is required to stretch a spring through 0.1m. Find the force constant of the spring.
If the spring is further stretched through 0.1m. Calculate work done.
7. Calculate the power of the crane that lifts a 6kg mass 10m height in 6sec.
8. A ball of mass 500g is kicked in to the air at an angle of 450. It reaches a height of 12m. What
was its initial velocity?
9. A tap in a hospital has a rod attached to the top of it which is 0.25m long. The rod is
perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the tap. It takes a force of 25nquarter of a turn to turn the
tap on.
A) What is the torque exerted on the tap?
B) How much work is done in turning on the tap?
10. The moment of inertia of an object of mass 4kg is 15kgm2. Use the parallel axis theorem to
find the moment of inertia about an axis that has a displacement [512] m.
11.A hoop of radius 2m weighs 100kg. It rolls along a horizontal floor so that its Centre of mass
has a speed of 20cm/s. how much work has to be done to stop?
12. A solid cylinder rolls up an inclined plane of angle of inclination 30 degree. At the bottom of
the inclined plane the center of mass of the cylinder has a speed of 5m/s. how far will \the
cylinder go up the plane?
13. Derive the three equation of rotational motion under constant angular acceleration.
i) w= wo +at ii) w2= wo2 +2as iii) s = wot + 1/2 at2
14 If earth contracts to half of its present radius what would be the length of the day at equator?
15 A solid sphere is rolling on frictionless plane surface about its axis of symmetry. Find the ratio of its
rotational energy to its total energy.
16. Equal torques isapplied on a cylinder and sphere. Both have the same mass and radius. Cylinder
rotates about its axis and sphere rotates about one of its diameters. Which will acquire greater speed and
why?
17. Find the torque of a force 7i -3j-5k about the origin which acts on a particle whose position vector is
i+j-k.
18.The angular speed of a motor wheel increased from 1200rpm to 3120rpm in16se.
i) What is its angular acceleration (assume the acceleration to be uniform)
ii) How many revolutions does the wheel make during this time?
19. State and prove work-energy theorem
20. Define the conservative and non-conservative forces. Give examples of each.

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