Fsica 11 de secundaria

01. A laborer on a building site lifts heav y concrete blocks onto a lorry.
Lighter blocks are now lifted the same distance in the same time.
What happens to the w ork done in lifting each block and the pow er
exerted by the laborer?
work done in
lifting each block

power exerted
by laborer

decreases

decreases

decreases

remains the same

increases

increases

remains the same

increases

02. A boy and a girl run up a hill in the same time.

The boy w eighs more than the girl.

Which statement is true about the pow er produced?
A.
B.
C.
D.

The boy produces more pow er.

The girl produces more pow er.
They both produce the same pow er.
I t is impossible to tell w ho produces more power.

03. Which of the follow ing is not a unit for pow er?
A. Joule second
C. New ton meter per second

B. Watt
D. Horsepower

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04. A laborer on a building site lifts a heav y concrete block onto a lorry. He
then lifts a light block the same distance in the same time.
Which of the follow ing is true?
work done in lifting
the blocks

power exerted
by laborer

less for the light block

less for the light block

less for the light block

the same for both blocks

more for the light block

more for the light block

the same for both blocks

more for the light block

05. A force F mov es a load from the bottom of a slope to the top.
The w ork done by the force depends on the size of the force, and on a
distance.
What is the distance?
A. p

B. q

C. r

D. p + q

06. The table show s the times taken for four children to run up a set of stairs.
Which childs pow er is greatest?
mass of child/kg

time/s

40

10

40

20

60

10

60

20

07. An electric pump is able to lift 200 kg of w ater v ertically up to a height of

30 m abov e the ground in 50 s. What is the pow er of the machine?
A. 0.12 kW

B. 6.0 W

C. 1.2 kW

D. 300 kW
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08. A 10 kg object experiences a horizontal force w hich causes it to

accelerate at 5 m/s2, mov ing it a distance of 20 m, horizontally. How
much w ork is done by the force?
A. 1 000 New tons
C. 1000 Watts

B. 1 000 Joules
D. 1 000 Kilograms

09. A w orker is lifting boxes of identical w eight from ground onto a mov ing
belt.
A first, it takes him 2 s to lift each box. Later in the day, it takes him 3 s
Which statement is correct?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Later in the day, less w ork is done in lifting each box

Later in the day, more w ork is done in lifting each box
Later in the day, less pow er is developed in lifting each box
Later in the day, more pow er is developed in lifting each box

10. A 10 kg w eight is suspended in the air by a strong cable. How much w ork
is done, per unit time, in suspending the w eight?
A. 10 J

B. 100 J

C. 1 J

D. 0 J

11. A person of mass 70 kg runs up a flight of stairs w ith a v ertical height of

5m. Of the trip takes 7s to complete, calculate the persons power.
A. 5 W

B. 50 W

C. 500 W

D. 5000 W

Questions 12-15
A lift motor has to mov e a fully laden lift 4m betw een floors in 1.5s.
The lift has a mass of 1 850 kg (ignore friction).
12. Calculate the w eight of the fully laden lift
A. 185 N

B. 1 850 N

C. 18 500 N

D. 185 000 N

13. What is the upw ard force in the cable w hen the lift is mov ing at a
constant speed?
A. 185 N

B. 1 850 N

C. 18 500 N

D. 185 000 N

C. 740 J

D. 74 J

14. What is the w ork done by the motor?

A. 74 000 J

B. 7 400 J

15. What is the minimum pow er of the motor to raise the lift at a steady
speed?
A. 49 333 W

B. 4 933 W

C. 4 933 W

D. 493 W

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Questions 16-19
Charlie takes 11 minutes to w alk up a hill meters high. His w eight is 550 N
16. How much w ork does he do in climbing the hill?
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17. How many seconds does he take to the climb the hill?
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18. What the pow er is dev eloped by his muscles as he climbs?
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19. I f he runs up the hill his muscles can dev elop 500 Watts. How long w ill it
take him to get to the top of the hill?
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20. A student w ith a w eight of 600 N runs up the flight of stairs show n in the
diagram in 4 seconds. Calculate the students pow er.

A. 600 W

B. 750 W

C. 1 500 W

D. 3 000 W

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Profesor: Javier Trigoso T.