Question:
A certain household has consumed 250 units of energy during a month.How much energy is this in joules ?
Answer:
Energy consumed = 250 units = 250 kWh = 250 x 1000 Wh = 250 x (1000 W) (3600 s)
= 250 x 1000 x 3600 J (1 W = 1 J/s)
= J
Work and Energy
Q 1.
Fill in the blanks :
Work is a ______ (scalar/vector) quantity.
Q 2.
Fill in the blanks :
Work done on an object is _____ if displacement is zero.
Q 3.
A force of 10 N moves a body with a constant speed of 2 m/s. Calculate the power of the body.
Q 4.
A pair of bullocks exerts a force of 140 N on a plough. The field being ploughed is 15 m long. How much work is done in ploughing the length of the field?
Q 5.
Fill in the blanks :
Work done by gravity on a falling body is available as ______ (kinetic/potential) energy on reaching the ground.
Q 6.
An electric bulb of 60 W is used for 6 h per day.Calculate the ‘units’ of energy consumed in one day by the bulb
Q 7.
Fill in the blanks :
Work done is negative when the angle between force and displacement is ____ (acute/obtuse)
Q 8.
A man exerts a force of 200 N in pulling a cart at a constant speed of 16 m/s.Calculate the power spent by the man.
Q 9.
Fill in the blanks :
Work done is defined as the product of _____ and ______ in the direction of force.
Q 10.
Calculate potential energyof a person having 60 kg mass on the summit of Mt. Everest. Height of Mt. Everest is 8848 m from sea level. (g = 9.8 m/s
2)
Q 11.
What do you understand by the term energy ? Give its scientific conception.
Q 12.
Two bodies of masses m
1 and m
2 have equal kinetic energies. If p
1 and p
2 are their respective momentum, then ratio p
1 : p
2 is ___?
Q 13.
Write an expression for the kinetic energy of an object.
Q 14.
A mass of 10 kg is at a point A on a table.It is moved to a point B.If the line joining A and B is horizontal,what is the work done on the objjgft by the gravitational force ? Explain your answer.
Q 15.
Write an expression for the kinetic energy of an object in terms (i) velocity (
v) of an object (ii) in terms of momentum (
p) of an object.
Q 16.
What are other forms of energies apart from mechanical energy? Does Law of Conservation of Energy apply to all of them?
Q 17.
An object of mass 40 kg is raised to a height of 5 m above the ground. What is its potential energy? If the object is allowed to fall, find its kinetic energy when it is half-way down.
Q 18.
A battery lights a bulb.Describe the energy changes involved in the process
Q 19.
What is mechanical energy? What are its types?
Q 20.
A certain household has consumed 250 units of energy during a month. How much energy is this in joules?
Q 21.
Define 1 J of work.
Q 22.
What are the units of work and energy ?
Q 23.
Define kinetic energy.Give some examples of bodies possessing kinetic energy.
Q 24.
Does the work done on a load depend on the time taken to raise the load?
Q 25.
A man does 200 J of work in 10 s and a boy does 100 J of work in 4 s.(a) Who is delivering more power ?
(b) Find the ratio of the power delivered by the man to that delivered by the boy.
Q 26.
The kinetic energy of an object of mass,m moving with a velocity of 5 m/s is 25 J.What will be its kinetic energy when its velocity is doubled ? What will be its kinetic energy when its velocity increased three times ?
Q 27.
What is meant by the term potential energy ? Give its two examples.
Q 28.
Is it possible to havfc a situation where mechanical energy (E) - potential energy (
) Is negative,i.e.,(E-
)< 0.
Q 29.
Fill in the blanks :
Ability of a body to do work due to its position or configuration is known as _________ of the body.
Q 30.
Fill in the blanks :
Work done against a force is stored as _____.
Q 31.
Is it possible that a force acts on a body still the work done is zero? Explain with an example.
Q 32.
Fill in the blanks :
Kinetic Energy = ½ × _ × _
Q 33.
Can kinetic energy of an object be negative?
Q 34.
What is a conservative forces? Give an example.
Q 35.
If the momentum of a body is increased
n times, its kinetic energy increases (a) n times (b) 2n times (c) √n times (d) n
2 times
Q 37.
A bullet of mass 0.03 kg moving with a speed of 400 m/s penetrates 12 cm into fixed block of wood.Calculate the average force exerted by the wood on the bullet.
Q 38.
Two bodies of equal masses move with uniform velocities v and 3 v respectively.Find the ratio of their kinetic energies.
Q 39.
A bullet of mass 20 g is found to pass two points 30 m apart in 4 s ? Assuming the -speed to be constant,find its kinetic energy.
Q 40.
Write an expression for kinetic energy of an object
Q 42.
Define 1 W of power.
Q 43.
whether or not work is done in the light of your understanding of the term ‘work’.
(a) Suma is swimming in a pond.
(b) A donkey is carrying a load on its back.
(c) A wind-mill is lifting water from a well.
(d) A green plant is carrying out photosynthesis.
(e) An engine is pulling a train.
(f) Food grains are getting dried in the Sun.
(g) A sailboat is moving due to wind energy.
Q 44.
What are the various energy transformations that occur when you are riding a bicycle ?
Q 45.
When is work done by a force positive ?
Q 46.
Is work a scalar quantity or a vector quantity ?
Q 47.
Name the type of energy possessed by a raised hammer.
Q 48.
What do you mean by work ?Give its scientific conception.
Q 49.
What do you mean by the term potential energy ? Give some examples of bodies possessing potential energy ?
Q 50.
Name a few forms of energy and their transformation into each other.