Practice MCQs For Mass, Weight and Density, Work, Energy and Power

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This quiz contains practice questions for GCE ‘O’ level topics: Mass, Weight and Density, Work, Energy and Power. There are explanations for some of the questions after you submit the quiz. If you could not figure out why a particular option is the answer, feel free to drop a comment below or ask a question in ‘O’ & ‘A’ Level Discussion section of the forum. If you wish to contribute questions to this quiz, please contact us.

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1. A rock on the Moon has a mass of 0.5 kg. It is brought to the Earth where the gravitational field is stronger. On the Earth, the rock will have _________ .
2. A box X full of large granite rocks is weighed. An identical box Y full of small granite chippings is then weighed.

Which box weighs more and why?
3. The mass of a paper-clip is 0.50 g and the density of its material is $8.0 \text{ g cm}^{-3}$. The total volume of a number of paper-clips is $20 \text{ cm}^{3}$.

How many paper-clips are there?
4. Which statement is correct about the position of the centre of gravity of a uniform solid?

The centre of gravity of a uniform solid
5. The diagram shows a material with dimensions 5 cm $ \times $ 4 cm $ \times $ 2 cm. It has a mass of 100g.

What is the density of the material?
6. A machine is able to lift 200 kg of bricks vertically up to a height of 30 m above the ground in 50 s. What is the power of the machine? (Take the acceleration due to gravity, $g$, to be $10 \text{ ms}^{-2}$.)
7. A brick of mass 0.8 kg accidentally dropped from a high scaffolding. It reaches the ground with a kinetic energy of 240 J. How high is the scaffolding? (Take acceleration due to gravity, $g$, to be $10 \text{ ms}^{-2}$.)
8. Consider a stationary box at height x. The block is lifted by a student such that it comes to a rest at higher height y.

Consider the following discussion between two students:

Student 1: I exert an upward force on the box, which moves upward, so I do positive work on the box. The Earth exerts a downward force, so it does negative work on the box. The box begins and ends at rest, so its kinetic energy hasn't changed. That means that the net work on the box is zero, so the work on the box by my hand and the work on the box by the Earth must have the same absolute value.

Student 2: But the box has moved upward, so its potential energy has increased. That means that the net work on the block must be positive, so the work on the box by your hand must be greater than the work on the box by the Earth.

What can you say about the reasoning given by the two students?
9. A man weighs 600 N. He runs up stars of total height 4 metres in 3 seconds. How much power is exerted by the man?
10. A mass hangs on a string fixed at point P. It starts from position 1 and swings to the furthest position on the opposite side, position 2. It then oscillates several times with decreasing amplitude before ending at position 3.

mass on a stringWhere does the ball have the most kinetic energy?

 

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  2. Consider a stationary box at height x. The block is lifted by a student such that it comes to a rest at higher height y.

    Consider the following discussion between two students:

    Student 1: I exert an upward force on the box, which moves upward, so I do positive work on the box. The Earth exerts a downward force, so it does negative work on the box. The box begins and ends at rest, so its kinetic energy hasn’t changed. That means that the net work on the box is zero, so the work on the box by my hand and the work on the box by the Earth must have the same absolute value.

    Student 2: But the box has moved upward, so its potential energy has increased. That means that the net work on the block must be positive, so the work on the box by your hand must be greater than the work on the box by the Earth.

    What can you say about the reasoning given by the two students?
    1. They are both incorrect.
    2. Student 2 is correct and student 1 is incorrect.
    3. They are both correct.
    4. Student 1 is correct and student 2 is incorrect.

    why is the answer 4

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  3. volume of ten steel balls =50-20=30
    volume of a steel ball=30/10=3 cm^3
    mass of a steel ball=27 g
    density=mass/volume=27g/3cm^3=9g/cm^3

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  4. I also have a question.
    Which of these have a greater refractive index and why?
    A) water
    B)ice

    1)water, since it has more density
    2) ice, since it has more density
    3) water, since it has less density
    4) ice, since it has less density

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  5. 1. Ten identical steel balls, each of mass 27 g, are immersed in a measuring cylinder containing 20 cm3cm3 of water.
    The reading of the water level rises to 50 cm3 .

    What is the density of the steel?

    a)8.1 g/cm3
    b)13.5 g/cm3
    c)9.0 g/cm3[correct]
    d)0.90 g/cm3
    The volume of the ten steel balls is 50 – 20 = 30 . Density is calculated using Density= mass/volume.

    Can someone explain to me why c is correct?
    But I think d is correct.

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  8. There is a problem with these tests….. I tick the correct answers but when they show the result, all the answers that I ticked are shown wrong. I mean, they do not check correctly what I ticked. e.g if I ticked the answer c, which is correct, then instead of giving me marks, they think I ticked something else for example d and them tell me the correct answer is c which I eventually did tick.!!!! I AM CONFUSED!

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