SMA KRISTEN 1 BPK PENABUR BANDUNG
JALAN DURSASANA 2-6 BANDUNG 40173
PHYSICS EXERCISE – ENERGY CALCULATIONS
Academic Year 2023/2024
Tuesday, 23 April 2024
Name / No.: ________________________________
1. a. Calculate the kinetic energy of a car of mass 600 kg traveling at 25 m/s.
b. The car slows down to a speed of 12 m/s. By how much has its kinetic energy decreased?
2. A walker carrying a 20-kg backpack climbs to the top of a mountain 2500 m high. Calculate the gain in gravitational
potential energy of the pack.
3. A girl throws a ball upwards.
The ball has a mass of 0.20 kg and it leaves her hand with a speed of 8.0 m/s. Determine how high it will rise.
4. In a game, a toy car, which is initially stationary, slides down a frictionless slope. The top of the slope is 2.0 m
higher than the foot of the slope. Determine how fast the car will be moving when it reaches the foot.
5. This diagram shows an amusement park roller coaster ride (not drawn to scale).
a. On what part of the ride is the car moving slowest?
b. On what part of the ride is the car moving fastest?
c. The car becomes stuck at point P, which is 50 metres above the ground. To the relief of the passengers, the
car eventually moves again and passes point R at 20 m/s. Approximately how high is point R?
The car and its passengers have a combined mass of 700 kg (though the question can be answered without
this information).
6. Scientists use a ballistic pendulum to work out the speed of a projectile that hits it. The block has a mass of 5 kg
and moves with an initial speed of 1 m/s when it is hit.
a. State the equation linking kinetic energy, mass and velocity.
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b. Calculate the kinetic energy of the block.
c. As the block swings, it gains g.p.e. What is the maximum g.p.e. that can be gained by the block?
d. Calculate the maximum height the block gains.
7. A light bulb is labelled with its power rating : 60 W.
a. How many joules of energy does it transfer in 1 s?
b. How many joules of energy does it transfer in 1 minute?
c. Why would it be incorrect to say that the bulb supplies 60 J of light each second?
8. A growing person needs a diet that supplies about 10 MJ of energy per day. Calculate the amount of energy
supplied by such a diet each second, and hence the person’s average power. Give your answer to the nearest 10
W.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
9. Statements below are about energy:
1. Kinetic energy when Amir is running is greater than his kinetic energy when he is walking.
2. In a waterfall used as an electricity generator, energy conversion happens from potential energy to kinetic
energy to electrical energy.
3. An object falls freely from a certain height (air resistance is negligible). Its potential energy at its falling point
will be the same as its kinetic energy just before it hits the ground.
The correct statements are:
A. 1,2,3 B. 1,2 C. 1,3 D. 2,3 E. none
10. An object is thrown vertically upwards with an initial velocity of 10 m/s. What is the height of the object when
its potential energy is four times its kinetic energy?
A. 1 m C. 2 m E. 4 m
B. 5 m D. 7.5 m
11. A roller coaster car on the track shown below starts its motion at A with a speed of 2 m/s. What is the value of
height hB so that the car’s speed at B = 4 m/s? (Neglect friction)
A
B A. 4.4 m
B. 6.4 m
15 m C. 7.2 m
hB D. 10.8 m
E. 14.4 m
12. The bob of a pendulum is pulled until it reaches position A (see figure), then it is released so that it
oscillates.
A C
B
Which of these statements is correct?
EP at A EK at C EP at B
A. Zero Zero Maximum
B. Maximum Maximum Zero
C. Zero Maximum Zero
D. Maximum Zero Zero
E. Maximum Zero Maximum
13. An object of mass 1 kg falls freely from the top of a building of height 80 m. The air resistance is negligible and
gravitational acceleration is 10 m/s2.
i. The kinetic energy of the object, when it is about to hit the ground, is 800 J.
ii. As it falls freely, there is a conversion from potential energy to kinetic energy.
iii. Just before the object hits the ground, all the potential energy is converted to kinetic energy.
iv.The velocity of the object when it is about to hit the ground is 40 m/s.
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The correct statement(s) ….
A. i, ii, iii
B. i, iii
C. ii, iv
D. iv only
E. i, ii, iii, iv
14. An object falls freely from point G, as shown in figure below.
G
The ratio between gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy at point W is ….
A. 16 : 9 5m
B. 9 : 16
W
C. 3:2
1,8 m
D. 2:3
E. Cannot be calculated because the mass of the object is unknown
