The law of conservation of energy - class-VIII
the law of conservation of energy
Questions
The law of conservation of energy implies that the:
- Total mechanical energy is conserved
- Total kinetic energy is conserved
- Total potential energy is conserved
- Sum of all kinds of energies is conserved
Energy conservation law says that:
- Energy can't be destroyed but can be produced.
- Neither energy can be produced nor can be destroyed.
- Energy can't be produced but can be destroyed.
- Energy can be produced and can be destoyed
The speed of a car of mass 1000 kg is reduced from 20 m/s to 10 m/s. What is the work done by the brakes of the car?
- 150 kJ
- 120 kJ
- 100 kJ
- 80 k J
When a stone falls freely towards the earth, its total energy ?
- First decreases and then becomes zero
- Remains constant
- Increases
- Decreases
In which one of the following is electrical energy is converted to light energy?
- Radio
- Fan
- Television
- Electric iron
A steam engine converts
- Chemical energy into heat energy
- Heat energy into mechanical energy
- Chemical energy into mechanical energy
- Mechanical energy into heat energy
When an object falls freely towards the earth, then its total energy :
- Increases
- Decreases
- Remains constant
- Can't say
According to law of conservation of energy :
- Energy can be created but not destroyed and it can be transformed from one form into another
- Energy exists in only one form
- Energy exists in many forms but it cannot be transformed
- Energy can neither be created nor be destroyed but can change into different forms
What is law of conservation of energy?
- Energy can neither be created nor destroyed. It can only be transformed from one to another.
- Energy can only be created nor destroyed. It can only be transformed from one to another.
- Energy can neither be created but can be destroyed. It can only be transformed from one to another.
- None
When you push a huge rock with all your might and fail to move it,then:
- transfer of muscular energy to stationary rock does not take place
- low transfer of muscular energy to stationary rock take place
- high transfer of muscular energy to stationary rock take place
- none
State whether the given statement is True or False :
- True
- False
A freely falling object eventually stops on reaching ground. What happens to its potential and kinetic energy while falling?
- Potential energy decreases and Kinetic energy increases
- Potential energy increases and Kinetic energy increases
- Potential energy increases and Kinetic energy decreases
- None
State whether the given statement is True or False :
- True
- False
When a pendulum oscillates, it comes to rest after sometime because :
- energy lost by pendulum to overcome friction is gained by pendulum
- energy lost by pendulum to overcome its speed is gained by surrounding
- energy lost by pendulum to overcome friction is gained by surrounding
- energy lost by pendulum to overcome friction is gained by surrounding and pendulum
Find energy in kWh consumed in 10 hours by four devices of power 500W each?
- 10 units
- 20 units
- 30 units
- 40 units
Does the Law of Conservation of energy apply to machines?
- No, as machines require a constant input of energy in order to work
- Yes, the energy required to maintain motion is balanced by the energy lost to friction
- No, as machines can create energy from motion
- Yes, but only to perpetual motion machines
- No, as the law would apply to only perpetual motion machines
Based on the Law of Energy Conservation, which of the following would best maintain a machine's ability to do work without input of additional energy?
- Decrease the amount of contact between component parts
- Increase contact between component parts
- use solar energy as the source
- use chemical energy as the source
- increase the number of parts in the machine
A tennis ball dropped from a height of 2 m rebounds only 1.5 m after hitting the ground. What fraction of energy is lost in the impact?
- $\dfrac { 1 }{ 4 } $
- $\dfrac { 1 }{ 8 } $
- $\dfrac { 1 }{ 2 } $
- $\dfrac { 1 }{ 16 } $
According to the law of conservation of energy, total energy is
- Increasing
- Decreasing
- Constant
- None of these
Before a rubber ball bounces off from the floor, the ball is in contact with the floor for a fraction of second. Which of the following statements are correct?
- Conservation of energy is not valid during this period
- Conservation of energy is valid during this period
- As ball is compressed, kinetic energy is converted to compressed potential energy
- None of these
According to law of conservation of energy the total energy of the universe is:
- Increasing
- Decreasing
- Remains constant
- Above law does not say anything about the universe
According to the law of conservation of energy.
- energy exists in only one form
- energy can be created but no destroyed, and it can be transformed from one form to another
- energy exists in many forms but it cannot be transformed
- energy can neither be produced nor be destroyed, it can only be transformed from one form to another form
The temperature of water at the bottom of a large waterfall is higher than that of the water at the top, because
- the falling water absorbs heat from the sun.
- the KE of the falling water is converted into heat.
- the water at the bottom has greater PE.
- rocks on the bed of the river give out heat.
Law of conservation of energy states that :
- energy cannot be destroyed but can be created and transformed from one form to another
- enerry exists in only one form
- energy exists in many forms but it cannot be transformed
- energy can neither be created nor be destroyed but can be transformed from one form to another
A thorium nucleus emits an alpha particle. Which of the following fundamental physics principles can be used to explain why the direction of the daughter nucleus recoil must be in the opposite direction of the alpha emission?
I. Newtons third law
II. Conversation of momentum
III. Conversation of energy
- Only II
- Only III
- I and II only
- II and III only
A ball is dropped from a height of $10\ m$. If the energy of the ball reduces by $40%$ after striking the ground, how much high can the ball bounce back? $(g = 10 m s^{-2})$ :
- $6\ m$
- $4\ m$
- $10\ m$
- None of the above
A stone of mass $m$ kg is whirled in a vertical circle of radius $20$ cm. The difference in the kinetic energies at the lowest and the topmost position is:
- $4 \ mg\ joule$
- $0.4\ mg\ joule$
- $40 \ mg \ joule$
- None of these
If 0.5 of any substance is completely transformed into energy, then how much energy in kilo-joule will be obtained?
- $1.5\times 10^{10} kilo-joule$
- $3.0\times 10^{10} kilo-joule$
- $4.5\times 10^{10} kilo-joule$
- $6.0\times 10^{10} kilo-joule$
A domestic gas cylinder contains about 14.2 kg of LPG. A strong smelling substance called ethyl mercaptan is added to the LPG to detect the leakage of gas from the cylinder. On being lighted, it burs with a blue flame. One gram of LPG produces about 50 kJ of heat. Weight of the domestic cylinder is -
- 142 N
- 152 N
- 132 N
- 122 N
According to the law of conservation of energy:
- energy exists in only one form
- energy can be created but not destroyed and it can be transformed from one form to another
- energy exists in many forms but it cannot be transformed
- energy can neither be produced nor be destroyed and it can be transformed from one form to another
According to law of conservation of energy :
- energy can be created but not destroyed and it can be transformed from one form into another
- energy exists in only one form
- energy exists in many forms but it cannot be transformed
- energy can neither be created nor be destroyed but can be changed into different forms