WORK, ENERGY, POWER.

1. What is the work done by the centripetal force in moving a body along a
circular path?
2. Can a body have energy without momentum?
3. Can a body have momentum without energy?
4. A light body and a heavy body have the same momentum. Which one will
have greater kinetic energy?
5. A light body and a heavy body both have same kinetic energy. Which one
will have the greater momentum?
6. How will the kinetic energy of a body change when its momentum is
doubled?
7. Is work done a scalar or a vector?
8. A spring is cut into two halves. How is the spring constant of each half
affected?
9. If two bodies stick together after collision, will the collision be elastic or
inelastic?
10. How much work a man will do in carrying a 10kg load over his head
horizontally on smooth surface for 25 metres?
11. What is the work done on a body by a force acting perpendicular to the
direction of motion of the body?
12. A spring kept on a horizontal table is having spring constant 250N/m. If
a mass of 5 kg moving with speed of 10m/s collides on the spring,
calculate the maximum compression of the spring.
13. Write any two examples for positive work.
14. Write any two examples for negative work.
15. What are conservative and non-conservative forces? Give an example for
each.
16. Define kinetic energy and derive the formula. (State and prove work –
kinetic energy theorem)
17. Define power and prove that P = F.v
18. Draw the variation of potential energy and kinetic energy of an
oscillating block attached to a spring, which obeys Hooke’s law.
19. Draw graph showing the variation of potential energy and kinetic energy
with respect to height of free fall under gravitational force.
20. What are the essential conditions for elastic and inelastic collision?
21. A force F=2i + 5j+7k acts on a particle and displaces it through S=6i+9k,
calculate the work done if the force is in Newton and displacement in m?
22. A gardener pushes s lawn roller through a distance of 30m. If he applies
a force of 15 N in the direction inclined at 60° to the ground, find the work
done by him.
23. An engine of 4.9 kW power is used to pump water from a well 50m deep.
Calculate the quantity of water in kiloliters which it can pump out in one
hour.
24. A particle moves along the x axis from x= 0 to x=5m under the influence
of a force given by F=7-2x+3x2. Find the work done in the process.
25. State work-energy theorem. Prove it for a variable force.
26. Derive the expression for potential energy of an elastic stretched spring.
27. Show that the total energy of the stretched spring remains conserved
when it is released. Find the expression for maximum speed.
28. Prove that in an elastic one-dimensional collision between two bodies,
the relative velocity of approach before collision is equal to the relative
velocity of separation after the collision. Hence derive the expression for
final velocities of two bodies.
29. Show that the elastic force of a spring is a conservative force. Hence
write an expression for the potential energy of an elastic stretched spring.
30. Draw a plot of spring force and displacement. Hence find an expression
for the potential energy of an elastic stretched spring.
31. Show that the total mechanical energy of a freely falling body remains
constant throughout its fall.