GRADE 8 SCIENCE

UNIT 1: MODULE 2 - Work and Energy

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Write the letter of the best answer on the space provided before the number.
1) It is the energy transfer that occurs when a force causes an object to move a certain distance in the direction of
the force.
a. force b. work c. energy d. power

2) Which one is doing the most work?

a. pulling a box 10 m with a force of 100 N
b. pushing a box 100 m with a force of 200N
c. pulling a sled 1000 m with a force of 10N
d. pushing a car with a force of 100000 N and it doesn’t move

3) A 100-kg rock is 100 m above the ground, what is the potential energy of the rock?
a. 100000 J b. 86000 J c. 45382 J d. 98000 J

4) What is the term used for the capacity of a system to do work?

a. force b. work c. energy d. power

5) When work is done on an object, the object ________ energy.

a. gains b. loses c. stops d. rejects

6) What is the unit used for work and energy?

a. meters b. second c. Newton d. Joules

7) The gravitational acceleration constant is ________.

a. 8.9 m/s2 b. 9.8 m/s2 c. 8.9 m/s d. 9.8 m/s

8) What do you call moving energy?

a. kintic energy b. kinethic energy c. kinetic energy d. potential energy

9) It is the rate at which work is done or energy is transferred over time.

a. force b. work c. energy d. power

10) What energy pertains to the energy that flows from one place to another as a result of a difference in
temperature?
a. Heat/Heat energy b. Mechanical energy c. Sound d. Nuclear energy

11) Mercury inside the thermometer shows thermal expansion (thermal meaning heat). True or false?
a. True, because the molecules of mercury expand with high temperature.
b. False, because heat doesn’t cause expansion.
c. True, because when there is high temperature, the thermometer always explode.
d. False, because the molecules don’t have kinetic energy.

12) It is the amount of heat needed by a material to increase its temperature by a degree.
a. heat capacity (c) b. heat energy (Q) c. mass in kg (m) d. change in temperature

13) What energy is evident in molecules along with high temperature or heat?
a. potential energy b. kinetic energy c. chemical energy d. sound energy

14) The molecules of ice are affected by high temperature. What happens to ice first?
a. melts to liquid water b. remains solid ice c. turns to water vapor d. none of the above

15) It is the instrument used to measure temperature.

a. barometer b. galvanometer c. microscope d. thermometer
II. PROBLEM SOLVING.
1) A man is pushing a cabinet with 700 N of force across a room with a distance of 10 meters. How much work is
done as the man pushes the cabinet across the room?
• Given: • Find: • Solution:
F = 700 N W = ? W = Fd
d = 10 m W = (700 N)(10 m)
W = 7000 J

2) Suppose that a woman is exerting 200 N of force for a grocery cart. After she was done checking her groceries
at the counter, she needs to walk 12.5 meters to reach the exit of the supermarket and unload her groceries.
How much work must be done?

3) Melissa was strolling her baby with a stroller with an overall mass of 3.3 kg. If she walks with an acceleration of
2 m/s2 towards her house with a displacement of 25 meters, identify the: a) force needed to push the stroller at the
mentioned acceleration, and; b) work done to walk the distance.
a) b)

4) A 0.7 kg ball was lying at rest on the ground. If it was elevated up to a table with a vertical displacement of 1.6
meters from the floor with positive gravitational acceleration, find out the gravitational potential energy.

5) If the ball from item No. 4 was elevated from a 0.5 m chair, identify the elevation left required to reach 1.6
meters from the floor and identify again the gravitational potential energy.

6) A 1000 kg car has a velocity of 17 m/s. What is the car’s kinetic energy?

7) Harold was driving his 7500 kg truck at a velocity of 11 m/s. Find out the total kinetic energy of the truck.