AMITY INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, NOIDA(2022-23)

CLASS IX, WORKSHEET-2

KINETIC ENERGY & POTENTIAL ENERGY

1. What happens to the kinetic and potential energy of a stone if it is thrown

upwards?
2. An object of mass 5kg is dropped from a height of 10m. Find its kinetic
energy, when it is half way down.
3. In an oscillating pendulum, at what position are the kinetic and potential
energy maximum?
4. What will cause greater change in kinetic energy of a body –changing its
mass or changing its velocity?
5. If the speed of a body is halved, what is the change in its kinetic energy?
6. A horse of mass 210kg and dog of mass 25kg are running at the same
speed. Which of the two possesses more kinetic energy? Why?
7. A body of mass 5kg is thrown vertically upwards with a speed of 10m/s.
What is its kinetic energy when it is thrown? Find its potential energy when
it reaches the highest point. Also find the maximum height attained by the
body. (g=10m/s2)
8. A slinky is (a) compressed (b) stretched. What happens to its potential
energy in each case?
9. Two balls of masses m each are raised to a height h and 2h respectively.
What will be the ratio of their potential energies?
10.A bag of wheat is dropped from a height h. What energy conversion takes
place as it reaches the ground?
11.A force of 10N acts on a body of 2kg for 3 seconds. Find the kinetic energy
acquired by the body in 3 seconds.
12.A car weighing 1200kg is uniformly accelerated from rest and covers a
distance of 40m in 5 seconds. Calculate the work done by the engine of the
car during this time. What is the final kinetic energy of the car?
13.(a) Define Kinetic energy.
(b) The masses of scooter and bike are in the ratio of 2:3, but both are
moving with the same speed of 108km/h. Compute the ratio of their kinetic
energies.
14.(a) A moving body of mass 20kg has 40 joules of kinetic energy. Calculate its
speed.
15.A body of mass 2kg is thrown up with a speed of 25m/s. Find the maximum
potential energy.
16.A body of mass 25g has a momentum of 0.40 kg m/s. Find its kinetic energy.
17. Consider the falling and rolling motion of the ball in the following two
resistance-free situations. In one situation, the ball falls off the top of the
platform to the floor. In the other situation, the ball rolls from the top of
the platform along the staircase-like pathway to the floor. For each
situation, indicate what types of forces are doing work upon the ball.
Indicate whether the energy of the ball is conserved and explain why.
Finally, fill in the blanks for the 2-kg ball.