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Energy Store HW 1

The document contains two physics questions about mechanical energy and motion. Question 1 describes a person sliding down a zip wire and asks about measuring the height of the tower, calculating the change in gravitational potential energy, and factors affecting kinetic energy. Question 2 shows a velocity-time graph of a ball being dropped and bouncing, and asks about describing the motion, direction of motion at points on the graph, defining what a system is, and how the graph shows energy transfer when the ball hits the ground.

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Energy Store HW 1

The document contains two physics questions about mechanical energy and motion. Question 1 describes a person sliding down a zip wire and asks about measuring the height of the tower, calculating the change in gravitational potential energy, and factors affecting kinetic energy. Question 2 shows a velocity-time graph of a ball being dropped and bouncing, and asks about describing the motion, direction of motion at points on the graph, defining what a system is, and how the graph shows energy transfer when the ball hits the ground.

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Q1.

The following figure shows a person sliding down a zip wire.

(a)  Describe how the vertical height of the tower could be measured accurately.

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(b)  When using the zip wire, the person moved through a vertical height of 2.0 m

The person has a mass of 45 kg

gravitational field strength = 9.8 N/kg

Calculate the change in gravitational potential energy of the person.

Use the equation:

gravitational potential energy = mass × gravitational field strength × height

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Change in gravitational potential energy = _______________________ J


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(c)  Give three factors that affected the kinetic energy of the person as she reached the
bottom of the zip wire.

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(Total 7 marks)

Q2.
A child drops a ball.

The ball hits the ground and bounces.

The graph below shows the velocity-time graph for the ball from when the ball is dropped
until when the ball reaches the top of its first bounce.

Air resistance has been ignored.

(a)  Describe the motion of the ball between points A and B on the graph above.

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(b)  What direction is the ball moving between points C and D on the graph above?

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(c)  The ball and the Earth form a system.

What is meant by ‘a system’?

Tick one box.


 

A group of objects that interact.

Objects with big differences in mass.

Objects with gravitational potential energy.

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(d)  When the ball hits the ground, energy is transferred from the ball to the Earth.

Explain how the data in the graph above shows this energy transfer.

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