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PHYSICS Assessment Gravitational Potential Energy
PHYSICS Assessment Gravitational Potential Energy
PHYSICS Assessment Gravitational Potential Energy
ST KEVIN’S COLLEGE
TERM II
PHYSICS
ASSESSMENT #1
SECTION A: SPELLING
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SECTION B
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer all questions below.
1 A rock that weighs 12kg is thrown off a cliff that is 6 meters high. Find the Gravitational
Potential Energy of this rock.
2 Calculate the gravitational potential energy of a car (123kg) that falls from a precipice of 46
meters.
3 An airplane flying from Trinidad to St. Vincent experiencing engine trouble begins to falls
from a height of 500 meters. What is the gravitational potential energy if the plane weighs
200kg?
4 If a person that weighs 80 kg falls from a height of 175 meters, what will their gravitational
potential energy.
5 Find the gravitational potential energy of an object that weighs 24kg that is thrown from a
height of 32 meters.