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1.Considerastationaryboxatheightx.Theblockisliftedbyastudentsuchthatitcomestoa
restathigherheighty.

Considerthefollowingdiscussionbetweentwostudents:

Student1:Iexertanupwardforceonthebox,whichmovesupward,soIdopositiveworkon
thebox.TheEarthexertsadownwardforce,soitdoesnegativeworkonthebox.Thebox
beginsandendsatrest,soitskineticenergyhasn'tchanged.Thatmeansthatthenetworkonthe
boxiszero,sotheworkontheboxbymyhandandtheworkontheboxbytheEarthmusthave
thesameabsolutevalue.

Student2:Buttheboxhasmovedupward,soitspotentialenergyhasincreased.Thatmeans
thatthenetworkontheblockmustbepositive,sotheworkontheboxbyyourhandmustbe
greaterthantheworkontheboxbytheEarth.

Whatcanyousayaboutthereasoninggivenbythetwostudents?
Theyarebothincorrect.
Theyarebothcorrect.
Student2iscorrectandstudent1isincorrect.
Student1iscorrectandstudent2isincorrect.

2.Abulletstrikesafixedtargetandisbroughttorest.Themainenergychangeswhenthis
happensare:
kinetictopotentialandsound
potentialtosoundandheat
kinetictosoundandinternalenergy
potentialtosoundandinternalenergy

3.Aliusesa3kWheateranda100Wlamptogetherforacertainperiodoftime.Duringthis
time,thelampuses0.5kWhofenergy.Howmuchenergyisusedbytheheaterduringthissame
period?
30kWh
150kWh
3kWh
15kWh

4.Abuildercarryingsixbricksclimbsaladder.Eachbrickweighs25Nandthebuilderclimbs
averticaldistanceof4.0min8.0seconds.

Whatistheaveragepowerusedtoraisethebricks?
13W
75W
4800W
750W

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5.Whichstatementiscorrectaboutthepositionofthecentreofgravityofauniformsolid?

Thecentreofgravityofauniformsolid
isfixedandonthesoliditself.
dependsonthedensityofthesolid.
dependsonthemassofthesolid.
isfixedandmaybeoutsidethebody.

6.Apendulumisreleasedfromrestandundergoessimpleharmonicmotion(itsoscillating).
ThestartingpointofthependulumispointAandthelowestpointoftheoscillationispointB.
Bycomparingthependulum'sstateatthepointAandpointBoftheoscillation,whatcanyou
sayaboutthe
1.totalenergyoftheEarthpendulumsystemand
2.thetotalenergyofthesystemconsistingofthependulumonly

(Neglectairresistance)
ThetotalenergyoftheEarthpendulumsystemishigheratA.
Thetotalenergyofthesystemconsistingofthependulumisthe
sameatbothpoints.
ThetotalenergyoftheEarthpendulumsystemisthesameat
bothpoints.Thetotalenergyofthesystemconsistingofthe
pendulumishigheratB.
ThetotalenergyoftheEarthpendulumsystemisthesameat
bothpoints.Thetotalenergyofthesystemconsistingofthe
pendulumisthesameatbothpoints.
ThetotalenergyoftheEarthpendulumsystemisthesameat
bothpoints.Thetotalenergyofthesystemconsistingofthe
pendulumishigheratA.

7.Fourstudentsexerciseinagym.

Whichstudentdoesthemostwork?
EXERCISETIME(S) POWERDEVELOPED(W)

A 50 250

B 100 150

C 200 200

D 250 30

D
A
C
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8.AmasshangsonastringfixedatpointP.Itstartsfromposition1andswingstothefurthest
positionontheoppositeside,position2.Itthenoscillatesseveraltimeswithdecreasing
amplitudebeforeendingatposition3.

Wheredoestheballhavethemostkineticenergy?
Atposition1
Thelasttimeatposition3
Atposition2
Thefirsttimeatposition3

9.Aboy,whoweighs50N,runsupaflightofstairs6.5mhighin7seconds.

Howmuchpowerdoeshedevelop?
W
W
W
W

10.Anobjectthathasamassof15kgontheEarthistakentotheMoon.

ThegravitationalfieldstrengthontheEarthis andontheMoonis .

WhatarethemassandweightoftheobjectontheMoon?
MASS(KG) WEIGHT(N)

A 15 24

B 15 150

C 24 15

D 150 24
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A
B
C
D

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