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Physics Practice Question - 100612

This document contains 17 physics practice questions related to work, energy, power, and efficiency calculations. The questions cover topics like calculating the work done against gravity, kinetic energy, potential energy, velocity, power, and efficiency of motors, robots, and power stations. Sample calculations are provided for finding the speed of an object falling or rebounding off a surface, taking into account its mass and changes in kinetic and potential energy.

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Physics Practice Question - 100612

This document contains 17 physics practice questions related to work, energy, power, and efficiency calculations. The questions cover topics like calculating the work done against gravity, kinetic energy, potential energy, velocity, power, and efficiency of motors, robots, and power stations. Sample calculations are provided for finding the speed of an object falling or rebounding off a surface, taking into account its mass and changes in kinetic and potential energy.

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PHYSICS PRACTICE QUESTION

1. A boy of mass 50kg runs up a set of steps of total height 3.0m. Find the work done against gravity.
2. A body of mass 4kg is acted upon by a constant force of 12N for 2sec. Calculate the kinetic energy.
3. An express train of mass 600kg is moving with a velocity of 1800km per hour. Calculate its kinetic
energy.
4. A fruit from a tree of mass 2kg is 5m above the ground. Calculate the potential energy of the fruit
above the ground.
5. What is the velocity of an object of mass 1kg which has 200J of kinetic energy.
6. A football of mass 0.4kg rolls off a 30m high cliff. Calculate the speed of the football when it lands on
the beach. [neglecting air resistance]
7. A ball of mass 0.5kg is thrown vertically upwards with a kinetic energy of 100J. neglecting air resistance
, calculate : [a] the initial speed of the ball. [b] the potential energy of the ball at its highest point [c]
the maximum highest to which the ball rises.
8. A 100g steel ball falls from a height of 1.8m onto a metal plate and rebounds to a height of 1.25m.
neglecting air resistance, calculate the: [a] potential energy of the ball before the fall .[b] kinetic
energy of the ball as it hits the plate. [c] velocity of the ball on hitting the plate.[d] kinetic energy of
the ball as it leaves the plate on the rebound. [e] velocity of rebound.
9. A boy whose weight is 60N runs up a flight of stairs 10m high in 12seconds. What is his average
power?
10. Calculate the power of a lamp that transfers 2400J to thermal energy in 1minute.
11. An escalator carries 60 people of average mass 70kg to a height of 5m in one minute. Find the power
needed to do this.
12. The energy input to an electric motor is 400J when raising a load of 200N through a vertical distance of
1.5m. calculate the efficiency of the motor.

13. If the energy input to an electric drill is 300J/S and it transfers 100J/S of energy to thermal energy
when in use, calculate its efficiency.

14. A robot is used to lift a load. If the energy input to the robot is 800J in the time it takes to lift a load of
500N through 12m,calculate the efficiency of the robot.

15. If the energy input to an electric motor is 560J/S and 170J/S of energy is transferred to thermal energy
when in use, calculate its efficiency.

16. In loading a lorry, a man lifts boxes each of weight 100N through a height of 1.5m. [a] calculate the
work done in lifting one box.[b] calculate how much energy is transferred when one box is lifted. [c] if
he lifts boxes per minute, at what power is he working?

17. When the energy input to a gas-fired power station is 1000MJ, the useful energy output is 300MJ. [a]
Calculate the efficiency of the power station [b] calculate how energy is lost and identify the energy
store to which it is moved.[c] Describe where the lost energy goes.

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