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Energy Multiple Choice Questions Set 4

This document contains a set of multiple choice questions related to energy concepts, including types of energy, calculations for gravitational potential energy, specific heat capacity, and energy efficiency. It also addresses energy resources and public opposition to certain energy sources. The questions cover various topics such as elastic potential energy, power calculations, and kinetic energy.

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Energy Multiple Choice Questions Set 4

This document contains a set of multiple choice questions related to energy concepts, including types of energy, calculations for gravitational potential energy, specific heat capacity, and energy efficiency. It also addresses energy resources and public opposition to certain energy sources. The questions cover various topics such as elastic potential energy, power calculations, and kinetic energy.

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Energy Multiple Choice Questions – Set 4

Tick one box.

1. What name is given to the energy stored in bonds between molecules?


A. chemical potential energy
B. elastic potential energy
C. gravitational potential energy
D. thermal energy

2. What is the equation used to calculate gravitational potential energy?


A. gravitational potential energy = mass × gravitational field strength
B. gravitational potential energy = mass × (height)2
C. gravitational potential energy = mass
height
D. gravitational potential energy = mass × gravitational field strength × height

3. What is specific heat capacity?


A. the temperature change when 100J of energy is transferred to 1kg of a substance
B. the amount of energy required to change the state of 1kg of a substance with no
change in temperature
C. the mass of a substance that can store 1kJ of energy with no change in temperature
D. the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1kg of a substance by 1°C

4. An elastic band with a spring constant of 40N/m is extended by 15cm. How much elastic
potential energy is stored in the elastic band? Use the equation Ee = 1 k e2.
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A. 300J
B. 4500J
C. 9000J
D. 12 000J

5. A drill transfers 450 000J of energy in 1 minute. What is the power of the drill?
A. 7500W
B. 450 000W
C. 4.5kW
D. 270kW

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6. Which of the following energy resources is ‘carbon neutral’?
A. bio-fuel
B. coal
C. gas
D. oil

7. Why are some people opposed to the use of wind as an energy resource?
A. wind turbines take up large areas of land that could be used for farming
B. wind turbines are very reliable
C. wind is renewable
D. wind is a store of kinetic energy

8. Which pathway describes the change in the way energy is stored when a vehicle slows
down?
A. elastic potential energy  internal energy
B. chemical potential energy  kinetic energy
C. kinetic energy  thermal energy
D. gravitational potential energy  kinetic energy

9. The energy supplied to a microwave is 2000J. The microwave is 67% efficient. How much
energy is usefully transferred by the microwave?
A. 67J
B. 1340J
C. 660J
D. 2000J

10. A car travelling at 20m/s has a kinetic energy store of 300 000J. What is the mass of the
car?
A. 750kg
B. 1200kg
C. 1500kg
D. 3000kg

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