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Question 11 Mark
A metal ball of mass 2kg is allowed to fall freely from rest from a height of 5m above the ground.
What happens to the mechanical energy after the ball hits the ground and comes to rest ?
Answer
Mechanical energy converts into heat and sound energy.
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Question 21 Mark
A metal ball of mass 2kg is allowed to fall freely from rest from a height of 5m above the ground.
What the kinetic energy of the ball just before it hits the ground ?
Answer
Kinetic energy of the ball just before hitting the ground =
Initial potential energy= mgh=2 x 10 x 5 = 100 J
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Question 31 Mark
Name the type of energy possessed by the bob of a simple pendulum when it is at between the mean and extreme positions.
Answer
Between mean and extreme: Both kinetic energy and potential energy
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Question 41 Mark
Name the type of energy possessed by the bob of a simple pendulum when it is at the mean position
Answer
Mean position: Kinetic energy
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Question 51 Mark
Name the type of energy possessed by the bob of a simple pendulum when it is at the extreme position
Answer
Extreme position: Potential energy
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Question 61 Mark
A body falls freely under gravity from rest. Name the kind of energy it will possess on reaching the ground.
Answer
Kinetic energy
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Question 71 Mark
A body falls freely under gravity from rest. Name the kind of energy it will possess while falling.
Answer
Potential energy and kinetic energy
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Question 81 Mark
A body falls freely under gravity from rest. Name the kind of energy it will possess at the point from where it falls.
Answer
Potential energy.
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Question 91 Mark
A body is thrown vertically upwards. Its velocity keeps on decreasing. What happens to its kinetic energy as its velocity becomes zero?
Answer
Kinetic energy of the body changes to potential energy when it is thrown vertically upwards and its velocity becomes zero.
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Question 101 Mark
Name two examples in which the mechanical energy of a system remains constant.
Answer
Motion of a simple pendulum and motion of a freely falling body.
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Question 111 Mark
State the law of conservation of energy.
Answer
According to the law of conservation of energy, energy can neither be created nor can it be destroyed. It only changes from one form to another.
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Question 121 Mark
State the energy transformation on the following:
Electricity is obtained from nuclear energy.
Answer
Nuclear energy(or heat energy) into electrical energy.
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Question 131 Mark
State the energy transformation on the following:
Electricity is obtained from hydro energy.
Answer
Mechanical energy into electrical energy.
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Question 141 Mark
State the energy transformation on the following:
Electricity is obtained from wind energy.
Answer
Mechanical energy into electrical energy.
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Question 151 Mark
State the energy transformation on the following:
Electricity is obtained from solar energy.
Answer
Light energy into electrical energy
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Question 161 Mark
Name two places in india where electricity is generated from nuclear power plants.
Answer
Tarapur in Maharashtra and Narora in Uttar Pradesh are the places where electricity is produced by use of nuclear energy.
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Question 171 Mark
State the energy transformation on the following:
Electricity is obtained from solar energy.
Answer
Light energy into electrical energy
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Question 181 Mark
How much hydroelectric power is generated in India?
Answer
At present only 23% of the total electricity is generated by the hydro energy.
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Question 191 Mark
What is hydro energy?
Answer
The kinetic energy possessed by the flowing water is called the water or hydro energy.
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Question 201 Mark
How much electric power is generated in India using the wing energy?
Answer
At present in India, more than 1025MW electric power is generated using the wind energy.
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Question 211 Mark
How is wind energy used to produce electricity?
Answer
Wind energy is used in a wind generator to produce electricity by making use of wind mill to drive a wind generator.
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Question 221 Mark
What is wind energy?
Answer
The kinetic energy of the moving large masses of air is called the wind energy.
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Question 231 Mark
Give one disadvantage of using a solar cell.
Answer
One disadvantage of solar cell is listed below:
i. The initial cost of a solar panel is sufficiently high.
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Question 251 Mark
How much energy is gained by a box of mass $20\ kg$ when a man
raises the box by $0.5\ m$ in order to place it inside the bus? $(g=10 m/s^-2)$
Answer
Work done in raising the box, Potential energy = mgh
$U =20 \times 10 \times 0.5=100 J$
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Question 261 Mark
How much energy is gained by a box of mass 20 kg when a man
carrying the box waits for 5 minutes for a bus?
Answer
Mass of box = 20 kg
Zero work is done as there is no displacement of the man.
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Question 271 Mark
A canon ball of mass 500 g is fired with a speed of $15 m / s ^{-1}$. Find: its momentum.
Answer
Momentum of the ball = mass x velocity
$= 0.5 x 15=7.5$ kgm/s
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Question 281 Mark
If the speed of a car is halved, how does its kinetic energy change?
Answer
If the speed is halved (keeping the mass same), the kinetic energy decreases, it becomes one-fourth (since kinetic energy is proportional to the square of velocity).
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Question 291 Mark
A body of mass m is moving with a velocity v. Write the expression for its kinetic energy.
Answer
Kinetic energy $=\frac{1}{2} \times$ mass $\times(\text { velocity })^2=\frac{1}{2} m v^2$
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Question 301 Mark
What do you understand by the kinetic energy of a body?
Answer
A body in motion is said to possess the kinetic energy. The energy possessed by a body by virtue of its state of motion is called the kinetic energy.
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Question 311 Mark
Name the form of energy which a body may possess even when it is not in motion. Give an example to support your answer.
Answer
Potential energy is possessed by the body even when it is not in motion. For example: a stone at a height has the gravitational potential energy due to its raised position.
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Question 321 Mark
Define the term potential energy of a body.
Answer
Potential energy: The energy possessed by a body by virtue of its specific position (or changed configuration) is called the potential energy.
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Question 331 Mark
Name the type of energy (kinetic energy K or potential energy U) possessed in the following case:
A piece of stone places on the roof.

Answer
Potential energy (U)
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Question 341 Mark
Name the type of energy (kinetic energy K or potential energy U) possessed in the given cases:
An arrow shot out of a bow.
Answer
Kinetic energy (K)
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Question 351 Mark
Name the type of energy (kinetic energy K or potential energy U) possessed in the given cases:
A stretched wire
Answer
Potential energy (U)
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Question 361 Mark
Name the type of energy (kinetic energy K or potential energy U) possessed in the given cases:
A moving bus
Answer
Kinetic energy (K)
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Question 371 Mark
Name the type of energy (kinetic energy K or potential energy U) possessed in the given cases:
A compressed spring
Answer
Potential energy (U)
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Question 381 Mark
Name the type of energy (kinetic energy K or potential energy U) possessed in the given cases:
A moving cricket ball
Answer
Kinetic energy (K)
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Question 391 Mark
Name the forms of energy which a wound-up watch spring possesses.
Answer
Elastic potential energy is possessed by wound up watch spring
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Question 401 Mark
Is it practically possible to convert a form of energy completely into the other useful form? Explain your answer.
Answer
No. This is because, whenever there is conversion of energy from one form to another apart of the energy is dissipated in the form of heat which is lost to surroundings.
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Question 411 Mark
Name the process used for producing electricity using nuclear energy.
Answer
The process used to transfer nuclear energy to electrical energy is called nuclear fission.
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Question 421 Mark
State the energy changes in the following case while in use:
a petrol engine of a running car
Answer
Chemical energy to mechanical energy.
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Question 431 Mark
State the energy changes in the following case while in use:
an electromagnet.
Answer
Electrical energy into magnetic energy.
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Question 441 Mark
State the energy changes in the following case while in use:
a ceiling fan
Answer
electrical energy into mechanical energy
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Question 451 Mark
State the energy changes in the following case while in use:
an electric toaster.
Answer
Electrical energy into heat energy.
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Question 461 Mark
State the energy changes in the following case while in use:
an electric cell in a circuit
Answer
Chemical energy into electrical energy.
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Question 471 Mark
State the energy changes in the following case while in use:
bio-gas burner
Answer
Chemical energy into heat energy
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Question 481 Mark
State the energy changes in the following case while in use:
a solar cell
Answer
Light energy into electrical energy
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Question 491 Mark
State the energy changes in the following case while in use:
burning coal
Answer
Chemical energy to heat energy
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Question 501 Mark
State the energy changes in the following case while in use:
an electric bulb
Answer
Electrical energy into light energy
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