SPH3U0: ENERGY WORK AND POWER UNIT TEST

Communication mark will be awarded for overall neatness and complete solution.
COMMUMNICATION L1 L2 L3 L4

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PART A: TRUE/FALSE SECTION: Circle either true or false to indicate your answer for each statement.

1 Power is different from work because power is the amount of force done T rue False [8 marks]
per unit of time
2 Heat is a measure of the average kinetic energy of all the particles in an True False
object.
3 The sum of potential and kinetic energy in a system is called the total True False
energy.
4 A pure substance would freeze or solidify at its condensation point True False
5 In symbols, one watt is equal to 1 J s -1 True False
6 When a rubber band is compressed, type of energy possessed by rubber is True False
potential energy
7 When state is being changed from gas to liquid through process of True False
condensation, temperature remains constant
8 In a car engine, burning fuel produces heat, which causes gases to expand, True False
producing kinetic energy.
PART B: Multiple choice questions: Circle the right answer [11 marks]

1. A car stopped screeching to avoid crash with a van, change is involved in process is

a. Kinetic energy is converted into sound energy

b. Kinetic energy is converted into sound and thermal energy
c. Potential energy is converted into sound, heat and kinetic energy
d. Kinetic and potential energy is converted into thermal and sound energy

2. A person lifts a pail of water of mass of 1.50 kg from the ground to a deck, 1.00 m above the ground. How much
work was done by gravitational force on the pail of water?
a. –14.7 J d. +0.153 J
b. +1.50 J e. +14.7 J
c. –1.50 J

3. In a laboratory, Bunsen burner is used to increase temperature of lime from by 10 °C to 50 °C with thermal energy
of 80000 J. If mass of lime is 20 kg , specific heat capacity of lime would be

a. 25 J kg-1 0C-1 d. 100 J kg-1 0C-1

b. 50 J kg-1 0C-1 e. 60 J kg-1 0C-1
c. 75 J kg-1 0C-1

4. For two objects A and B, if mass of A is same as mass of B and speed of A is twice as much as that of B, statement
that is correct is
a. Kinetic energy of A = kinetic energy of B; because kinetic energy is independent of speed of object

b. Since kinetic energy is inversely proportional to speed of object, kinetic energy of A is less than kinetic
energy of B

c. Kinetic energy of A= ¼ x kinetic energy of B

d. Kinetic energy of A= 4 x kinetic energy of B

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5. A machine uses total energy of 5000 J and within process one-fourth of energy is lost to surroundings. The
efficiency of machine is
a. 25% d. 90%
b. 50% e. 60%
c. 75%

6. A fan keeps working for 30 minutes and uses energy of 90000 J, power consumed by fan is
a. 3000 W d. 300 W
b. 50 W e. 250 W
c. 500 W

7. If a descending parachutist has 8.00 kJ of kinetic energy and 225.00 kJ of mechanic energy, how many kJ of
gravitational potential energy does the parachutist have?

a. 233 b. 1800 c. 217 d. 28.125

8. In order to do work, energy is

a. transferred or converted b. used up c. lost d. lost or transferred.

9. Knocking a nail into a wooden block with a hammer involves conversion between different forms of energy,
which of following choices present this conversion in correct order.

a. chemical energy → gravitational potential energy → kinetic energy → (sound energy + heat energy)
b. chemical energy → kinetic energy → gravitational potential energy → (sound energy + heat energy)
c. chemical energy → (sound energy + heat energy) → kinetic energy → gravitational potential energy
d. (sound energy + heat energy) → chemical energy → kinetic energy → gravitational potential energy

10. A 16 kg object is dropped from a height of 25 m and strikes the ground with a speed of 18 m/s. How much heat
energy was produced during the fall?

a. 0 d. 3900 J
b. 1300 J e. 60 J
c. 2600 J

11. If the mass of a car is doubled and its speed is cut in half, then the kinetic energy changes by a factor of
a. 0.25 d. 2
b. 0.5 e. 4
c. 1

TRANSFER YOUR ANSWER HERE

PART A: WRITE TRUE/ FALSE IN WORD

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8

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PART B: WRITE YOUR ANSWER IN CAPITAL LETTER

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 Q11

PART C: APPLICATION: [20 marks]

1. Mahek was able to drag a 445kg refrigerator 35m in 48 seconds. The coefficient of friction between the
refrigerator and the surface was 0.15. If Mahek pulled the refrigerator at a constant speed (Fnet =0), what
was Mahek power output? [5 marks]

2. A system of 480 g of water is initially at 19 °C. The latent heat vaporization of water is 2260 kJ/kg, the
specific heat of water is 4180 J/(kg·°C), and the specific heat of steam is 2080 J/(kg·°C). Determine how
much energy is required if the final temperature of the system is to reach 195 °C. [5 marks]

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3. Vi = 0 m/s at height 15 m

A 0.15 kg ball is placed on a model roller coaster as shown in the diagram above.

a. What is the velocity of the ball at the bottom of the first hill? [4 marks]
b. What is the velocity of the ball at the top of the second hill? [4 marks]

4. A toboggan is being pulled through a snow with a force of 352N against a force of friction of 321 N. If
there are 61.3kJ of energy lost to heat and sound, how far was the toboggan pulled? [2 marks]

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