Mechanical Energy

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Mechanical Energy: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Potential Energy of an Object at a Height, Zero Level of Potential Energy, Kinetic Energy, Conservation of Energy in Rolling Down the Inclined Plane & Conservation of Energy in Free Fall etc.

Important Questions on Mechanical Energy

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What is zero level of potential energy and its importance?

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A ball is at rest at the top of a hill when it rolls down the hill and reaches to the bottom of the hill the ball hits a wall and stops. Which sequence of change of energy occurs?

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When a ball rolls on an inclined plane, to which of these energies will gravitational potential energy gets converted.

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Name the kind of energy used in the following.

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Name the kind of energy used in the following.

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The mass of a body which has 10 J of kinetic energy while moving at a speed of 2 m s-2 is _____ kg.

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Which of the following vehicle will be easier to stop? Assume same speed for all vehicles.

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A body of 12 kg mass is placed at a certain height from the surface of earth. If its potential energy is 480 J, then what will be its height with respect to earth's surface? (g=10 ms-2)

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If velocity of a moving body becomes one-fourth while the mass remains constant, the kinetic energy of the body

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Gravitational potential energy is the energy stored when an object is lifted above the surface of the earth.

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The total energy of a body is conserved during free fall.

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Give one word for the following.
Energy possessed by moving objects. (Kinetic energy/ potential energy)

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If the zero level of potential energy is at infinity, the total energy of an orbiting satellite is negative of its kinetic energy.

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The velocity acquired by the electron will be

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If the velocity of an object is doubled then what will be its kinetic energy?

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Calculate the work done in taking object of 1 kg mass at 4 m height? (g=10 m/s2)

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If an object of mass m is moving with v velocity then its kinetic energy will be given as

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The momentum of a bullet of mass 20 kg fired from a gun is 10 kg m s-1. The kinetic energy of this bullet in joules will be:

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A car is accelerated on a levelled road and acquires a velocity 4 times of its initial velocity. During this process, the kinetic energy of the car:

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A  cricket ball is projected vertically upward such that it returns back to thrower.The variaation is K.E. with time is best represented by-