Physics Paper

2 Formulas
1. State the equation and Questions relating work done, force
and distance.

2. How much work does a crane do when it lifts a crate using a force of 2000N and
distance of 35m?

3. An osprey lifts a fish a vertical distance of 300m and uses 2kJ of work. How
much force is needed to lift the fish?

4. State the equation relating power, work done and time.

5. What is the power generated by a weightlifter who does 3000J of work in 1.5
seconds?

6. A girl walking up a mountain is generating power at a rate of 300W. How long

does it take her to do 50 kJ of work?

7. A snail produces 10 mW of power for a 10 minute crawl. How much work does it
do?

8. State the equation linking charge moved, energy transferred and

potential difference.

9. Calculate how much energy is transferred when 9C of charge passes through a

p.d. of 12V.

10. When 20C of charge passes through a battery, 30J of energy is

transferred. What is the p.d. of the battery?

11. In a power station, 30 MJ of energy is transferred by a p.d. of 25 kV. What

is the charge moved?

12. State the equation relating current, charge and time.

13. How much charge flows when a current of 2A flows for 40secs?

14. What is the size of the current if 800C of charge passes a point in 2 mins?

15. The current flowing in an electronic device is 100mA. How long does it
take for 30kC or charge to pass?

16. State the equation relating potential difference (p.d.), current

and resistance.

17. A bulb has a p.d. across it of 6V and a resistance of 24. What size
current flows through it?

18. The resistance of a motor is 3 when the current through it is 750mA.

What is the p.d. across it?
19. An LDR has a p.d. across it of 200mV and the current through it is 50mA.
What is its resistance?

20. State the equation relating power, time and energy.

21. A lawnmower uses 5000J of energy in 32s. What is its power?

22. A toaster has a power of 350W and is on for 2 minutes. How much energy
does it use?

23. How long does a 5kW car engine take to use 6 MJ (6 x 10 6 J) of energy?

24. State the equation relating p.d, current and power

25. A kettle has a power of 2000W and the p.d. across it is 230V. What is the
current through it?

26. What is the p.d. across an 11W bulb when the current through it is 0.05A?

27. An X –box has a p.d. across it of 230V and the current through it is 0.2A.
What power is it transferring?

28. A theatre lighting system works from 400V and has a power of 9kW. What
current is it using?

29. State the equation relating current squared, resistance and

power.

30. When a current of 5A passes through a 200 resistor, how much power is
generated?

31. 3.125 kW of power is generated in a resistor of 500 . What is the

current in the resistor?

32. State the equation relating mass, density and volume.

33. A 500 kg block of aluminium has a volume of 0.185 m 3. What is its

density?

34. What is the volume of a football that has a mass of 200g and a density of
2.9 kg/m3?

35. State the equation relating force, spring constant and extension.

36. A spring with spring constant 20 N/m extends by 0.17m. What force is
needed to do this?

37. What is the spring constant of a spring that extends 4 cm with a force on
it of 5kN?

38. State the formula linking kinetic energy, mass and velocity. (Qs
on this equation are on the sheet for Paper 1).
 39. State the formula linking height, mass, gravitational field
strength and gravitational potential energy (Qs on this equation are
also on the sheet for Paper 1).
The last 6 equations will be given to you on the exam paper
(so you don’t need to learn them). BUT you do need to know
how to use them.
E = I ×V × t Energy transferred = current x p.d. x
time

40. What is the energy transferred by an X-box that has a current of 0.25A, a
p.d. of 230V and which is played for 4 hours?

41. A torch on a phone transfers 9 J of energy at a current of 0.1A. The p.d. is

4.5V. How long is the torch on for?

F=B×I×l Force in magnetic field = magnetic flux x current

x length
density

42. What is the force on a wire of length 5m carrying a current of 20A in a

magnetic field of strength 0.8T?
43. A power cable has a force on it of 600 mN when it carries a current of
1.5A. If it is in a magnetic field of strength 2 kT, what is the length of the wire?

Transformer Equation:

Vp x Ip = Vs x Is (Assuming transformer is 100% efficient)

Voltage across x current in = voltage across x current in

primary primary secondary secondary
44. The primary coil of a transformer has current of 0.5 A with a p.d. of 100V.
The current in the secondary coil is 25A. What is the p.d. across the secondary
coil? (Assume the transformer is 100% efficient)

45. What is the current in the primary coil, when the p.d. across primary is 2
kV, the p.d. across the secondary is 40 MV and the secondary current 30 nA?

ΔQ = m × c × Δθ
Energy transferred = mass x specific heat x temperature
capacity change

46. The specific heat capacity of water is 4182 J/kg oC. Calculate the energy
needed to heat 2 kg of water from 10 oC to 70 oC.

47. Calculate the temperature change for a 2kg block of iron, which has a
specific heat capacity of 370 J/kgoC and is supplied with 33 kJ of energy.
 Q = m× L Thermal energy for a = mass x specific latent
heat
change of state

48. The specific latent heat of vaporisation of water is 2257 kJ/kg. How much
energy is needed to change 3 kg from liquid to gas at its boiling point?

49. When 700g of water freezes to ice at 0oC, 233 kJ of energy is released.
What is the specific latent heat of melting for ice? (remember melting and
freezing both happen at the same temperature, so the values of latent heat for
melting and freezing are the same).

E = ½ x k x x2 Energy stored = 0.5 x spring constant

x (extension)2

50. What is the energy stored in a spring in the suspension of a car that has
spring constant 500 N/m and extension 0.18m?

51. What is the spring constant of a spring in a pen that stores 1.5 x 10 -6 J of
energy when it stretches 1mm?

Answers: 1. Work done = force x distance moved in direction of force 2. 70 000 J 3.

6.7 N 4. Power = work done  time 5. 2000 W 6. 167 seconds 7. 6J 8.
Energy transferred = charge moved x potential difference 9. 108 J 10. 1.5 V 11.
1200 C 12. Charge = Current x time 13. 80 C 14. 6.7 A 15. 300 000s 16.
Potential difference = current x resistance 17. 0.25 A 18. 2.25 V 19. 4 20.
Power = Energy  time 21. 156 W 22. 42 000 J 23. 1200 seconds 24. Power =
potential difference x current (P = I x V) 25. 8.7 A 26. 220 V 27. 46 W 28. 22.5 A
29. Power = current squared x resistance (P = I 2 x R) 30. 5000 W 31. 2.5 A
32. Density = mass  volume 33. 2703 kg/m3 34. 0.069 m3 35. Force on a spring =
spring constant x extension (F = kx) 36. 3.4 N 37. 125 000 N/m 38.
KE = ½ x mass x (velocity)2 39. GPE = mass x gravitational field strength x change in
height 40. 828 000 J or 828 kJ 41. 20 seconds 42. 80 N 43. 0.0002 m (0.2mm) 44.
2V 45. 0.0006 A 46. 502 000 J (3 sig fig) 47. 44.6 oC 48. 6771 kJ 49. 333
kJ/g 50. 8.1 J 51. 3 N/m