Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Physical Science Study Guide Unit 5

Unit 5 Work, Power, and Efficiency Study Guide

Name:__________________                                                              Date:________

  1. In science – _________ is the result of a force causing something to move.
  2. If the distance is 0m was any work done?
  3. You do work on an object that you move? True or False
  4. Work =
  5. The unit of measurement for work is______
  6. Power = Work/_______
  7. The more time you take the (more or less) power you use?
  8. Which was the most power?
A. You ran up the stairs in 10 seconds.
                  B. You ran up the stairs in 7 seconds.
Which was the most work? 
  1. If I lift a 50N barbell 10 times in 2 minutes and you lift a 50 N barbell 10 times in 30s, who did more work?  Used more power?
  2. The motor of an electric fan exerts a force of 24,000 N to move a distance of 1m in 60s.  What is the power?
  3. If you have two forces acting upon each other at an equal strength, what are the forces said to be? (neutral, balanced, even, strong)
  4. How is force illustrated?  Does the length of the arrow indicate anything?
  5. What are the six simple machines?
    1. ___________
    2. ___________
    3. ___________
    4. ___________
    5. ___________
    6. ___________
  6. A compound machine is a series of _______ ________
  7. What can I do to a ramp to decrease the amount of force used?
  8. What can I do to a see-saw to increase the downward force to one side? 
  9. What is the center of a see-saw called?  What type of simple machine is a see-saw an example of?
  10. Which types of simple machines lift?  Move things on the ground?
  11. The force you exert on a machine is ______ _______
  12. The force the machine exerts is ________ ________
  13. How is efficiency expressed?
  14. Efficiency =
  15. Can you every have an efficiency greater than 100%?  Why or why not?
  16. How is friction decreased?  What causes friction?
  17. A toy crane moved a 20 N tub from the ground to the top of a ledge 5 m above the ground.  If the crane used 2,000 J of energy, how efficient was the crane?

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