DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL

SECUNDERABAD
NACHARAM
CONCEPT WISE WORKSHEET GRADE 9
PHYSICS
TOPIC: WORK AND ENERGY

1 mark Qs
1. In the case of negative work the angle between the force and displacement
is (1m,2010)
2. A student is writing a three-hour science paper. How much work is done by the
student? Give a reason for your answer. (1m, 2011)
3. A coolie is walking on a railway platform with a load of 30 kg on his head. How
much work is done by coolie. (1m,2011)
4. The moon is experiencing a gravitational force due to the earth and is revolving
around the Earth in a circular orbit. How much work is done by the moon? (1m,2011)

2 marks Qs

5. A porter lifts a luggage of 15 kg from the ground and puts it on his head 1.5 m above
the ground. Calculate the work done by him on the luggage. (2012)
6. An archer stretches a bow to release an arrow to hit the target at a distance of 10m.
Explain who does the work, and in which form is the energy possessed by the bow
and the arrow. (2012)

3 marks Qs

7. a) When is the work done by a body said to be negative? b) An object of mass 5 kg is

dropped from a height of 10m. Find its kinetic energy, when it is halfway down. (2012)

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8. A body of mass 5 kg is thrown vertically upwards with a speed of 10 m/s. What is its
kinetic energy when it is thrown? Find its potential energy when it reaches the highest point.
Also find the maximum height attained by the body. (g=10m/s2) (2012)
9.A force of 10 N acts on a body of 2 kg for 3 seconds. Find the kinetic energy acquired by
the body in 3 seconds? (2012)
10.A truck of mass 1800 kg is moving with a speed of 54km/h. When brakes are applied, it
stops with uniform negative acceleration at a distance of 200 m. Calculate the force applied
by the brakes of the truck and the work done before stopping. (2016)
11a) Define K.E. b) The masses of scooter and bike are in the ratio of 2:3, but both are
moving with the same speed of 108 km/h. Compute the ratio of kinetic energy. (2016)
12.With the help of an example explain the law of conservation of energy
OR
State the law of conservation of energy and express it in the form of an equation for a body of
mass m falling from a point A at height h, above the ground at A,B,C (2014)

13.a) A moving body of mass 20 kg has 40 J of kinetic energy. Calculate its speed.
b) A person carrying a load of 20 kg climbs 4m in 10 seconds. Calculate the work
done and his power. (g=10m/s2) (2015)

14.Water is falling on the blades of a turbine at the rate of 8x102 kg per minute, height of fall
is 50m. Calculate the power given to the turbine. (g=10m/s2)

15.Write the form of energy possessed by the body in the following situations
a) Coconut falling from tree b) an object raised to a certain height
c) blowing wind d) a child driving a bicycle on road (2012)

16. A body of mass 2 kg is thrown up with a speed of 25 m/s. Find its maximum potential
energy. (2012)

17. Distinguish between positive and negative work. When you lift an object up, two forces
act on it. Identify these forces. Which one of the two does: a) positive work b) negative
work. Justify your answer. (3m, 2012)

5 marks Qs

18. What do you mean by work? Give an example of negative work done. What is the work
to be done to increase the velocity of a car from 18 km/h to 90 km/h if the mass of the car is
2000 kg? (2011)

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19. a) Define work, Give SI unit of work. Write an expression for positive work done.
b) Calculate the work done pushing a cart through a distance of 50m against the
force of friction equal to 250 N. Also state the type of work done.
c) Sarita lives on the 3rd floor of a building at the height of 15 m. She carries her
school bag weighing 5.2 kg from the ground floor to her house.
Find the amount of work done by her and identify the force against which she
has done work (g=10m/s2) (2016)

20. a) List two conditions which need to be satisfied for the work to be done on an object.
b. Given below are a few situations, study them and state in which of the given cases
work is said to be done. Give reasons for your answer.
i) A person pushing hard a huge rock but the rock does not move.
ii) A bullock pulling a cart up to 1 km on road.
iii) A girl pulling a trolley for about 2m distance.
iv) A person standing with a heavy bad on his head. (2012)

1 mark Qs

1. Name the term used for the sum of kinetic energy and potential energy of a body.
(1m,2011)
2. Identify the kind of energy possessed by different objects due to their
motion. (1m,2011)
3. Name the type of energy possessed by a raised hammer. (1m,2011)
4. A horse of mass 210 kg and a dog of mass 25 kg are running at the same speed.
Which of the two possesses more kinetic energy? How? (2011)
5. At what speed a body of mass 1kg will have a kinetic energy of 1J (2011)?
6. If the speed of the body is halved, what is the change in kinetic energy? (2011)
2marks Qs

7. The potential energy of a freely falling object decreases progressively. Does this violate the
law of conservation of energy? Why?

8. How is work defined in science? When do we say that one-joule work has been done by
force on an object? (2m,2012)

3 marks Qs

9.(a) Derive the expression for potential energy of a body due to its height (b) A car weighing
1000 kg decelerates uniformly at 5m/s2 and stops at a distance of 50 m. Calculate the work
done by the brakes. (3m, 2018)

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10.(a) Name two forms of mechanical energy. Define the SI unit of energy. (b) A man of
mass 50 kg jumps from a height of 0.5 m. If g = 10 m/s2, what will be his energy at the
highest point? (c) Calculate the energy of a body of mass 20 kg moving with velocity of 0.1
m/s (3m,2019)

5 marks Qs
11. Define potential energy. Derive an expression for the gravitational potential energy of an
object of mass ‘m’ at a height ‘h’ above the earth’s surface. A ball of mass 0.25 kg is moving
horizontally with a uniform velocity of 25m/s. Calculate the kinetic energy possessed by the
ball. (5m,2012)

OR

Define kinetic energy. Derive an expression for the kinetic energy of an object of mass ‘m’
moving horizontally with a uniform velocity ‘v’.
Calculate the energy possessed by an object of mass 50 kg when it is at rest at a height of
10m above the earth’s surface. (given g=10m/s2)

12(a) Name two forms of mechanical energy. Define the SI unit of energy. (b) A man of mass
50 kg jumps from a height of 0.5 m. If g = 10 m/s2, what will be his energy at the highest
point? (c) Calculate the energy of a body of mass 20 kg moving with velocity of 0.1 m/s
(5m,2022)

13(a) Name two forms of mechanical energy. Define the SI unit of energy. (b) A man of mass
50 kg jumps from a height of 0.5 m. If g = 10 m/s2, what will be his energy at the highest
point? (c) Calculate the energy of a body of mass 20 kg moving with velocity of 0.1 m/s
(5m,2019)
14. a) Justify that ‘“a body at a greater height has larger energy”.
b) A body of mass 2 kg is thrown up at a velocity of 10 m/s. Find the kinetic energy of the
body at the same time of throw. Also, find the potential energy of the body at the highest
point. (g=10m/s2) (2012)

15.a) State the principle of conservation of energy. What are the various energy
transformations that occur when you are riding a bicycle?
b) A body of mass 25 g has a momentum of 0.40 kg m/s. Find its kinetic energy. (2012)
16. Read the graph depicting change in height of an object with time.
(a)Explain the changes in components of total mechanical energy with
reasons.

(b) Find the velocity with which the object is projected.

(C) Find the maximum height achieved by the stone if it takes 4 s to
reach that height.
(d) Find out the maximum P.E. of the stone if its mass is 200 g. (2013)

POWER
1 mark Qs
1.Define 1W of power. (2011)

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3 marks Qs
2.Define power. Write its SI unit. An electric bulb is rated 10 W. What does it mean? What is
the energy consumed in joules if it is used for 5 minutes? (3m,2012)

3.(a) Define Power. Write its SI unit. (b) Compute the power required by a man to move a 10
kg mass to change the speed from 10 m/s to 20 m/s in 5 sec (3m,2022)

4.a) Two bodies of equal masses move with uniform velocities v and 3v respectively. Find
the ratio of their kinetic energies.
b) Define power. An electric heater is rated 1500 W. How much energy does it use in 10 h?