The BIG worksheet

1. A person holds onto an object for 2 minutes, but doesnt move the object. Is work
done on the object?

2. The same person holds the object at chest height and walks across the classroom.
How much work is done on the object?

3. In the following situations is energy added (gained) or subtracted (lost) by the

object?
A. _____An object is lifted up from the ground.
B. _____An object is lowered back to the ground.
C. _____Friction slows an object down.
D. _____A spring is compressed.
E. _____An object speeds up.

3. An object is 45 m above the ground when it is dropped. How fast is the object
going just before it hits the ground?

4. A 4 kg object is moving 2 m/s when it is pushed by a 5 N force for 7 m. How fast is

it going afterwards?
A) Conservation of B) Solve:
energy equation:

5. A 3 kg object is moving 2 m/s. It comes to rest by compressing a spring 0.8

meters.
Find the spring constant of the spring.
A) Conservation of B) Solve:
Energy

6. A 10 kg object is at rest on the ground. It is lifted up 8 m. How much work was

done to lift the object?
A) Conservation of B) Solve:
energy equation:

C) If it was lifted up in 4 seconds, how much power was used to lift it.
7. A 6 kg object is at rest on the ground. A 25 N force pushes on the object for 4 m.
The object ends up moving 5 m/s.
A) How much work was done on the object?

B) How much kinetic energy does it have afterwards?

C) How efficient was the energy transfer?

D) Where did the energy probably go?

E) What kind of energy did the lost energy probably turn into?

8. An object slides down a frictionless ramp shown at the right.

Identify the type of energy at each point.

A) Ebefore = _____ Is Work Done? = _____ By what
force? _____ Eafter = _____

B) Conservation of Energy Equation:

C) At what height does the object start at (vertical distance, remember)?

D) Solve for the velocity at the bottom of the ramp.

9. A spring is compressed 0.3 m and has a spring constant of 35 N/m. If it is released,

how fast will it launch a 4 kg object? (Use the same process as above.)
10. Two identical balls are at the top of a hill.
A. What kind of energy do they have at the top?

B What kind of energy will they have at the bottom?

C. If there is no friction on either path, will energy be lost from either ball?

D. If there is no friction on either path, which ball will have the greatest speed at the
bottom? Explain.

E. If there IS equal coefficient of friction on both sides, which ball will have the
greatest speed at the bottom? Explain.

11. A 4 kg object is 8 meters up a 30 ramp:

A. What kind of energy does it have at the top of the ramp?

B. What kind of energy does it have at the bottom of the ramp?

C. Over what distance does friction act on the object?

D. Friction does positive or negative work?

E. Will the object be going faster or slower at the bottom if there was no friction?

F. Win=? (write an expression or an equation)

G. Wout=?
F. Using Conservation of Energy, if it starts at rest how fast is it going at the bottom if
Fk = 6 N?

12. A spring with a spring constant of 0.25 N/m is compressed 1.5 meters. It releases and shoots a 2 kg
object.
A. What kind of energy compressed the spring to begin with?

B. What kind of energy does the spring have when compressed?

C. What kind of energy does the springs energy turn into?

D. Find the velocity of the object when it is shot.

13. A 3 kg object moving 4 m/s ends up going 6 m/s after a force pushes on it for 2 m.
A. What kind or kinds of energy did it have before?

B. What kind or kinds of energy did it have after?

C. Does before equal after?

D. Why or why not?

E. Solve for the magnitude of the force.

14. In order to lure Tarzan into a trap, Jane is captured by swarthy entrepreneurs.
Gallant, though a little torpid, Tarzan grabs a 25 m tall vine. If the vine is at an angle
of 35 to begin with and he pushes off going 2 m/s, A) how fast is he moving at the
very bottom of the swing?

B) In an unexpected spark of genius, Tarzan lets go of the vine at the very bottom of
the swing. If, at this point, he is 20 m above the ground, how far away does he land?
Hint: Its a projectile problem
15. Motor A has a rating of 300 W. Motor B has a rating of 200 W. (See back of Work and Energy.)
A. Which motor is more powerful?

B. How long would it take Motor A to do 6000 J of work?

C. How long would it take Motor B to do 6000 J of work?

D. Which motor did the work quicker?

E. Which motor did more work?

16. A 2 kg object is moving 6 m/s. Use the graph above to find out how fast it is
going afterward. Think about the dimensions of the quantities on the graph
above. How can you find work (Joules = Newtons * meters) from this
information?

17. A 2 kg object going 4.5 m/s stops when it compresses a spring (spring constant is 1.2 N/m). Find how
far the spring was compressed.
18. From the graph above, how much work is done on the object in the first 4
seconds?
19. The diagram above shows a mass-spring system sliding back and forth on a
frictionless surface. The spring is fully stretched at position A and fully compressed at
position C.
A) What kind of energy does it have at position A?

B) What kind of energy does it have at position B?

C) How does the amount of energy compare at B and C?

D) How does the amount of total energy compare at A, B, and C?

E) How does this system compare to a swinging pendulum?