TUTORIAL 5 : WORK,POWER AND ENERGY

1.Work done is the product of the applied force

2
and displacement in the direction of force. 2. Kinetic Energy = ½ mv

3. Gravitational potential energy =

mgh

4. Elastic potential energy= ½ Fx

5. Elastic potential energy= ½ Kx2

6. Power = energy / time

7.Efficiency=( P output)/ P input) x 100

Exercises. If the wooden block is pulled through a
distance of 5m, how much work is done
1. on the wooden block?

5.

A boy is pushing a box for a distance of

10m. Determine the work done by the
student.

2.Determine the work done if the box is
pulled for a distance of 20m
3. A boy pulled a 3.0kg of box for a
distance of 12m. Determine the work
done to move the box.
4.The diagram shows a wooden block
pulled by a force of 10N at an angle of
40o above the horizontal floor.
Diagram above shows a 10N force is
pulling a metal. The friction between the
block and the floor is 5N. If the distance
travelled by the metal block is 2m, find
the work done by the pulling force
a. the work done by the frictional force
6. Determine the kinetic energy of a 2000-
kg bus that is moving with a speed of 35.0
m/s.
7.A ball of 1kg mass is dropped from a
height of 4m. What is the maximum
kinetic energy possessed by the ball
before it reached the ground?

8.

Diagram above shows a spring with a load
of mass 0.5kg. The extension of the spring
is 6cm, find the energy stored in the
spring
8. A lift is powered by an electric motor.
The lift and its passengers have a
combined mass of 500kg and the lift
moves upwards with an average speed of
4m/s.
9. An electric motor is used to lift up a
mass of 2 kg in 7.5 seconds.
(a) Determine the weight of the load.
(b) Work done to lift up the load.
(c) Determine the gravitational
potential different gain by the load.
(d) Compared your answer in (b) and
(c) and explain your answer.
(e) Determine the power of the motor.
10. Diagram shows a worker a lifting a
load a mass 20 kg using a pulley system.
The worker applies of a force of 220N to
pull the rope down a distance of 0.5m.The
load is raised to a height of 0.5m.
a) What is meant by work.
b) Calculate the work done.
i) by the worker to pull the
rope down a distance of
0.5m
ii) on the load to raise at a
height of 0.5m.
c) Compare the work done in 4b(i)
and 4b(ii).
d) State why there is a different
between the work done.
11 . .Figure11.1 shows a steel spring with
a spring constant of 20 N m-1.
(i) What is meant by the term spring
constant?
(ii) Name two factors affecting the spring
constant.
(iii) With the aid of a sketched graph of
elongation versus applied force , explain a
spring’s behavior when a force is applied
to it
(iv) Calculate the elongation when a load
of 15N is hung from the spring.
12.The diagram shows a ball which is
released at P and rolls down a smooth
slope.
 Draw the graph of gravitational
potential energy versus distance.
13. Figure 7.1 shows the state of similar
springs before and after a load is put on it.
Diagram shows a weightlifter successfully
lifting a load of 60kg. Determine the work
done.
JAAPAN
14. Figure 7.1 shows the state of similar
springs before and after a load is put on it.
(i) Name the energy restored when
the spring has compressed.
(ii) (ii) What is the length of the spring
in figure 7.1 (b) if the 3.6 N load is
removed.
(iii) Find the spring constant, k
{iv) Find the length of l in figure 7.1 (c )
15. Diagram below shows an experiments
to determine the relationship between the
extension and force applied.
The result is shown by the graph below.
(a) Name the law involved in the relation
above.
(b) Mark 'X' on the graph above to show
the upper limit to which the law
mentioned in (a) is valid
(c) What physical quantity is represented
by the gradient of the graph?
(d) By using the area under the graph,
how much energy is stored when the
spring is acted upon by a load of
weight 0.5 N?
PRINCIPLE CONSERVATION ENERGY
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A ball is been released from a point A with
a height of 0.8 m and it moves on a
frictionless curve plane. Determine the
velocity of the ball when it reached point
B.
2.
A trolley is released from rest. Determine
the velocity when it reached the point Y?
4.
A ball is moving with a velocity of 6 ms-1
climbing a an inclined plane with a height
of 1.5 m. Determine the velocity when it
reached the point B.
5.
A spring with a length of 14 cm.
When a ball is used to compressed
with a force of 2N the length of the
spring is reduced to 10 cm. Determine
the velocity of the ball when it
released?
6.
The figure shows a steel ball moving from
P to T. The Q to R section is a rough
surface with a friction of 4N.
a) Calculate the total energy of the steel
ball at P
b) i) Total energy of the ball when it
reaches Q.
ii) Calculate the work done by the ball
to overcome the friction.
c) Calculate the Kinetic energy at S
d) Calculate the velocity of the ball at T