Copia de Ejercicios Energia

Physics Test – Y8 – Work and Energy
1. A ball is released from rest and rolls down a track from the position shown. What is the
furthest position that it is possible for the ball to reach?
2. Which row describes an advantage and a disadvantage of wind turbines?
Advantage Disadvantage
A no fuel needed harmful gases released
B variable supply fuel needed
C no harmful gases released variable supply
D constant supply noisy
3. A box of mass m and weight W is carried up some stairs of total height x and total width y.
On which quantities does the work done against gravity on the box depend?
a) m and y b) W and x c) W and y d) x and y
4. The diagram shows part of a rollercoaster ride with the car at different positions. The car
runs freely down from position X to position Y and up the hill on the other side.
What happens to the kinetic energy and to the gravitational potential energy of the car as it
moves from position X to position Y?
kinetic energy gravitational

potential energy
A decreases decreases
B decreases increases
C increases decreases
D increases increases
5. Student P uses a force of 35 N to push a box 3.0 m across the floor. Student Q uses a force
of 22 N to push another box 1.8 m across the floor.
Which statement gives a full explanation why student P uses more energy than student Q?
a) Student P pushes his box a greater distance than student Q.

b) Student P pushes his box a greater distance and uses a bigger force than student Q.
c) Student P uses a bigger force than student Q.
d) Student P pushes a heavier box than student Q.
6. Which energy resource does not have the Sun as the original source?
a) Coal b) geothermal c) hydroelectric d) wind
7. Which energy resource is not renewable?
a) geothermal b) nuclear c) solar d) wind

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8. A car of mass 500 kg is moving at 10 m / s. The engine does work on the car and the speed
increases to 16 m/s. How much work is done by the engine to increase the speed of the car?
a) 3000 J b) 9000 J c) 39 000 J d) 78 000 J
9.
a) A man lifts 40 blocks onto a platform, as shown in Fig. 3.1. He lifts 10 blocks at once
and does this four times. A machine can lift 40 blocks at once onto the same platform, as
shown in Fig. 3.2.
i. State the term used for energy gained by the blocks when they are lifted onto the
platform.
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ii. State how the energy gained by 40 blocks when lifted by the man compares with the
energy gained by 40 blocks when lifted by the machine.
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b) Here are descriptions of four situations. Indicate the situations in which work is done.
Put a tick (✓) in each correct box.
A child is sitting at the top of the stairs.

A picture is hanging on a wall.
A student is stretching a spring.
A person is moving a chair.
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c) Electrical appliances transfer energy. Some of the energy transferred is useful. Draw a
line from each electrical appliance to the correct useful energy output. Only draw three
lines.
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10. The list below contains the names of some energy stores.
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Copy and complete the table below by naming the energy stored in each one. Use word from
the list. Each word may be used once, more than once or not at all.
A bow about to fire an arrow

Water at the top of a waterfall
A birthday cake
[3]
11. A drop hammer is used to drive a hollow steel post into the ground. The hammer is placed
inside the post by a crane. The crane lifts the hammer and then drops it so that it falls onto
the baseplate of the post.
The hamer has a mass of 1800 kg. Its velocity is 5 m/s just before it hits the post.
a) Calculate the kinetic energt of the hammer just before ir hits the post
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b) How much gravitational potential energy is transferred from the hammer as it falls?
Assume that it falls freely.
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c) Calculate the distance the hammer has fallen. (Assume g = 10N/kg)
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Physics Test – Y8 – Work and Energy

2. Which row describes an advantage and a disadvantage of wind turbines?

a) m and y b) W and x c) W and y d) x and y

kinetic energy gravitational

a) Student P pushes his box a greater distance than student Q.

a) Coal b) geothermal c) hydroelectric d) wind

7. Which energy resource is not renewable?

a) geothermal b) nuclear c) solar d) wind

a) 3000 J b) 9000 J c) 39 000 J d) 78 000 J

A child is sitting at the top of the stairs.

chemical elastic gravitational nuclear

A bow about to fire an arrow

c) Calculate the distance the hammer has fallen. (Assume g = 10N/kg)

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