PHYSICS TEST – FORM 4 1

Work, Energy, Power, Machines, Efficiency

Name: __________________________________ Form: _____ Date: ______________

Instructions: Please write in the spaces provided. Where it is necessary, an additional sheet of
folder paper (that is, ONE SHEET ONLY) may be attached.

1 (a) Define:
(i) Work

(ii) Power

(iii) Gravitational Potential Energy

(3 marks)

(b) How is work done related to the applied force? (1 mark)

(c) By what factor does the kinetic energy of a moving body change when its speed is reduced?

(1 mark)

2 (a) (i) A machine raises a load of 750 N through a height of 16 m in 5 seconds. Calculate the
power at which the machine works.

(3 marks)
(ii) State the principle of conservation of energy.

(2 marks)

(b) (i) A cook uses a ‘fire tong’ of length 28 cm to lift a piece of burning coal of mass 250 g. If he
applies his effort at a distance of 7 cm from the fulcrum, what is the effort in SI unit? Take
g = 10m/s2.

(ii) State the SI unit of the momentum of a body.

(1 mark)

S. Barton March 19, 2010

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Work, Energy, Power, Machines, Efficiency

(iii) A trolley P of mass 4.0 kg moves at 3.0 m/s along a frictionless surface. Calculate its
momentum.

(3 marks)
3. The driver of a 1 000 kg car traveling at a speed of 16.7 m/s applies the car’s brakes when
he sees a child. The car’s brakes provide a frictional force of 8 000 N. Determine the
stopping distance of the car.

(6 marks)
[TOTAL = 20 marks]

S. Barton March 19, 2010