Al Noor International School Kingdom of Bahrain
British Middle Section
Class Test 1 - Revision Worksheet
Grade: 7………..
Name:………………………………………..
Physics
1. The figure shows the arrangement used for generating electricity from natural resources.
Analyse the figure carefully and choose correct answer from the following
questions. i. Which of the following explains the energy conversion in a windmill?
a) Electrical energy Wind energy
b) Electrical energy Heat energy
c) Wind energy Electrical energy
d) Electrical energy Sound energy
ii. Which of the following explains the energy conversion in a solar panel?
e) Light energy Electrical energy
f) Electrical energy Kinetic energy
g) Wind energy Sound energy
h) Wind/Kinetic energy Electrical energy
2. Joe weighs 70 kg. He climbs up a tree 12m tall. Calculate his GPE in kJ, giving your answer to
1 decimal place. Take the value of gravitational field strength (g) as 10m/s2.
3. In a thermal power station coal is burnt to heat water to produce steam which further runs the
turbine to generate electricity. Which words are used to describe the energy stored in the coal
and the energy of the moving generator?
a) Chemical, kinetic
b) Geothermal, electricity
c) Chemical, hydroelectric
d) Chemical, electricity
4. Draw the energy level diagram for the following cases.
a) Energy transfer in the case of battery powered radio.
b) The diagram shows a type of power station used to generate electricity.
c) Draw an energy transfer diagram for the television that starts with the Sun.
5. A diver weighing 72kg jumps from a height of 20 metres to ground level. What is the loss in
gravitational potential energy he experiences? (Assume the gravitational field strength g is
10m/s2, and that the effects of friction and air resistance are negligible).
6. (a) Figure 1 shows the forces acting on a model air-powered rocket just after it has been
launched vertically upwards.
The speed of the rocket just after being launched is 12 m / s. The mass of the rocket is 0.05
kg.
i. Calculate the kinetic energy of the rocket just after being launched.
ii. As the rocket moves upwards, it gains gravitational potential energy. State the
maximum gravitational potential energy gained by the rocket. Justify your
answer. Ignore the effect of air resistance.
Maximum gravitational potential energy = _____________________ J
iii. Calculate the maximum height the rocket will reach. Ignore the effect of air
resistance. Gravitational field strength = 10 N/kg.
7. The diagram below shows a cyclist riding along a flat road.
(a) Complete the sentence. Choose answers from the box
As the cyclist accelerates the …………………………….... energy store in the cyclist’s body
decreases and the ………………………………..…… energy of the cyclist increases.
(b) The mass of the cyclist is 80 kg. The speed of the cyclist is 12 m/s. Calculate the kinetic
energy of the cyclist.
8. The diagram shows a tennis ball thrown vertically into the air.
a) Calculate the height of the tennis ball above the tennis player's hand when at position B,
it has gravitational potential energy of 0.38 J. gravitational field strength = 9.8m/s 2 Mass is
given as 0.058 kg.
b) At position C, the ball has just left the tennis player's hand at a speed of 5.0 m/s and the
tennis ball has a mass of 0.058 kg. Calculate the kinetic energy of the tennis ball at position
C.
9. The diagram shows part of a rollercoaster ride with the car at different positions. The car
runs freely down from the position X to position Y and up the hill on the other side.
What happens to the kinetic energy and to the gravitational potential energy of the car as it
moves from position X to position Y?
10. Figure 1 shows part of a roller coaster ride seen from the side.
(a) The roller coaster car rolls down towards P. The car has mass, m kg and velocity v
m/s. Which of these is the correct equation for calculating the kinetic energy of the car?
(b) The mass of the car is 580kg.
The car gains 39000J of gravitational potential energy as it climbs from P to Q.
Calculate the height h, shown in Figure 1. (gravitational field strength, g = 10N/kg)
11. Match the following.
Energy Description
Nuclear produced when a rise in temperature causes atoms
and molecules to move faster and collide with each
other
Gravitational the energy stored in something when you push, pull, or
force it out of shape
Thermal the energy that is stored because of an object's position
or height above Earth's surface.
Kinetic the energy stored inside an atom by the forces that
hold together the nucleus of the atom
Elastic potential the energy of anything in motion like a car in motion or
a football when kicked.