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Science 8 - Reviewer
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I. Multiple choice. Encircle the letter of the correct answer.
1. It is defined as the product of the force applied to move an object and the displacement in the
direction of that force.
a. Power b. Force c. Mass d. Energy
2. What is the capacity to do work?
a. Energy b. Power c. Force d. Energy
3. If an object is at rest, it has _________ motion.
a. zero b. twice c. thrice d. more
4. It is the energy of motion.
a. Kinetic energy b. Potential energy c. Speed d. Acceleration
5. It is the rate of doing work or the rate of converting energy. It is given by the equation:
P=W. a. Power b. Energy c. Pressure d. Mass
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6. A sack of feathers weighing 10 N falls from a height of 2 m. How much work does the gravitational
force do?
a. 5 J b. 20 J c. 40 J c. 200 J
7. The average force needed to stretch a resistance band by 40 cm is 100 N. If the resistance band is
compressed by 10 cm, what elastic potential energy is stored in it?
a. 8 J b. 1.25 J c. 2500 J d. 4000 J
8. What is the kinetic energy of a 67.5 – kg marathon runner who crosses the finish line at a speed of
3.33 m/s?
a. 38.2 J b. 112 J c. 374 J d. 3670 J
9. In which of the following situations is the force doing work?
a. A backpaper is hiking along a flat path carrying a heavy backpack.
b. An elephant is pushing another another elephant; neither elephant is moving.
c. A taho vendor is walking around the neighborhood carrying two heavy buckets of taho.
d. The gravitational force pulls down on the rock that freely falling.
10. Superman flies Lois Lane to the top of a hill where they are met by Wonder Woman who got there
by hitching a ride in Batman’s car. Which of the four has or have the greatest gravitational potential
energy?
a. No one they all have equal potential energy.
b. Superman because he flew while carrying Lois Lane
c. Batman and Wonder Woman
d. Lois Lane
11. Output of a truck is 4500 J and its efficiency is 50%, input energy provided to truck
is
a. 5000 J b. 900 J c. 9000 J d. 500 J
12. Potential energy and kinetic energy are types of
a. Electrical energy b. Magnetic energy c. Thermal energy d. Mechanical
energy
13. In a typical power station, amid a series of energy transfers and conversions, about
70% of energy input gets wasted in form of thermal energy, efficiency of such a power
station is about
a. 0.3 b. 0.4 c. 0.7 d. 1
14. A car uses total energy of 2500 J and output is 750 J. efficiency of car is
a. 50% b. 30% c. 25% d. 80%
15. In order to do work, energy is
a.transferred or convertedb. used up c. lost a. transferr
II. Solve the following.
Show all work for the following questions, including the equation and substitution with units.
1. An 80 N force has been applied to a block and move it 20 m along the direction of the force. How
much work has been done to the block?
2. Calculate the work done when a 20-N force pushes a cart 3.5 m?
3. How much work is required to lift a 360 kilogram piano to a window whose height is 10 meters from
the ground?
4. A box rests on a horizontal, frictionless surface. A girl pushes on the box with a force of 18 N to the
right and a boy pushes on the box with a force of 12 N to the left. The box moves 4.0 m to the right.
Find the work done by (a) the girl, (b) the boy, and (c) the net force.
5. If 100 N force has 30 angle pulling on 15 kg block for 5 m. What’s the work?
6. Calculate the power expended when a 500 N barbell is lifted 2.2 m in 2 s.
7. An escalator is used to move 20 passengers every minute from the first floor of a department store
to the second. The second floor is located 5-meters above the first floor.The average passenger's
mass is 60 kg. Determine the power requirement of the escalator in order to move this number of
passengers in this amount of time.
8. A 500N force is applied to an object. If the object travels with a constant velocity of 20 meters per
second, calculate the power expended on the object.
9. An elevator must lift 1000 kg a distance of 100 m at a velocity of 4 m/s. What is the average power
the elevator exerts during this trip?
10.The floor of the basement of a house is 3.0 m below ground level, and the floor of the attic is 5.0 m
above ground level. What is the change in potential energy if a 2.0 kg object in the attic is brought to
the basement?
11.A box has a mass of 5.8kg. The box is lifted from the garage floor and placed on a shelf. If the box
gains 145J of Potential Energy (PE), how high is the shelf?
12.A man climbs on to a wall that is 3.6m high and gains 2268J of potential energy. What is the mass
of the man?
