Energy Units and Forms - Class IX
Questions on energy units (joule, calorie, kWh, erg), energy conversions, forms of energy (kinetic, potential, mechanical, heat, light, sound), and work-energy principles.
Questions
The force acting on a 4gm mass in the energy region ${ U=8x }^{ 2 }$ at x= -2 cm is :
- 8 dyne
- 4 dyne
- 16 dyne
- 32 dyne
Which of the following pairs represent units of the same physical quantity?
- kelvin and joule
- kelvin and calorie
- newton and calorie
- joule and calorie
What is the equivalent of $1$ joule in calorie?
- $0.24$
- $2.4$
- $24$
- $240$
Name the quantity which is measured in $Wh$.
- Force
- Power
- Energy
- All the above
A certain household has consumed $250$ units of energy during a month. How much energy is this in joule ?
- $9 \times 10^8\:J $
- $10 \times 10^8\:J $
- $9 \times 10^7\:J $
- $9 \times 10^{-8}\:J $
Kilowatt-hour ($kWh$) represents the unit of :
- power
- impulse
- momentum
- none of these
- True
- False
The commercial unit of measurement energy is
- Watt -Hour
- Kilowatt
- Kilowatt hour
- Megawatt
$1\ kW$ is equal to :
- $1000\ watt$
- $10^{-3}\ mega\ watt$
- $A$ and $B$ both
- neither $A $ nor $B$
The unit kWh represents
- power
- momentum
- energy
- force
Which of the following is different from the others?
- Joule
- Kilowatt hour
- Erg
- Watt
Number of kilowatt-hours = $\displaystyle \frac{volt \times ampere \times ,...........}{1000}$
- time in seconds
- time in minutes
- time in hours
- time in days
Which of the following is the biggest unit of energy?
- Joule
- Kilowatt hour
- Erg
- Electron volt
How many joules are there in one kilowatt hour?
- ${35 \times 10 ^6 }$ J
- ${3.5 \times 10 ^6 }$ J
- ${36 \times 10 ^6 }$ J
- ${3.6\times 10 ^6 }$ J
Electron volt is the unit of
- energy
- potential difference
- charge
- charge to mass
The ratio of SI units to CGS units of energy is
- 10$^5$
- 10$^6$
- 10$^7$
- 10$^{-7}$
1 horse power is equal to
- 740 watts
- 746 watts
- 648 watts
- 748 watts
1 kWh equals
- $ 3.6 \times 10^6 J$
- $ 3.6 \times 10^7 J$
- $ 3.6 \times 10^8 J$
- $ 3.6 \times 10^{-6} J$
One kWh is equal to
- $3.6 \times 10^6 J$
- $3.6 \times 10^5 J$
- $3.6 \times 10^4 J$
- $3.6 \times 10^3 J$
The number of joules that is equal in value to 1 kWh is.
- $3.6\times 10^8$
- $0.36\times 10^4$
- $3.6\times 10^5$
- $3.6\times 10^6$
Kilowatt hour (kWh) represents the unit of____
- power
- impulse
- mementum
- none of these
Watt sec represents the unit for:
- energy
- power
- force
- none of these
One joule is approximately equal to:
- 0.28 cal
- 0.32 cal
- 0.24 cal
- 4.2 cal
1 MeV is equal to:
- $1.6 \times 10^{-19} J$
- $1.6 \times 10^{-14} J$
- $1.6 \times 10^{-13} J$
- $1.6 \times 10^{13} J$
The form of energy present in a wound spring is :
- Chemical
- Heat energy
- Magnetic
- Mechanical
1erg is equal to:
- $ 1 g cm s^{-2}$
- 1 Nm
- $ 10^7 J$
- $10^{-7} J$
A helicopter flying in the air has:
- only kinetic energy but not potential energy
- Only potential energy but not kinetic energy
- both potential and kinetic energy
- neither kinetic nor potential energy
One kilowatt-hour is equivalent to ______ joules.
- $\displaystyle 3.6\times 10^{6}$
- $\displaystyle 6\times 10^{6}$
- $\displaystyle 3\times 10^{6}$
- $\displaystyle 1.8\times 10^{6}$
The form of energy in presence of which other objects are seen is known as:
- wind energy
- heat energy
- light energy
- chemical energy
Which of the following is not a form of energy.
- Heat
- Light
- Sound
- Charge
What type of energy conversion takes place when a compressed spring is released?
- Molecular energy to potential energy
- Kinetic energy to potential energy
- Potential energy to kinetic energy
- Potential energy to molecular energy
The negative of the work done by the conservative internal forces on a system equals to the change in
- total energy
- Kinetic energy
- Potential energy
- None of these
$1\ hp$ is equal to:
- $0.746\ kW$
- $7.46\ kW$
- $74.6\ kW$
- $746 \ kW$
The unit of work is joule $(J)$ in the $SI$ system and erg in the $CGS$ system. Find number of ergs in $1\ joule$.
- $10^{17} ergs$.
- $10^{9} ergs$.
- $10^{8} ergs$.
- $10^{7} ergs$.
Which one is not a unit of energy.
- Electron-volt
- Joule
- Calorie
- Watt
How many joules are equivalent to $1$ unit of electricity.
- $3.6\times{10}^{3}$
- $3.6\times{10}^{4}$
- $3.6\times{10}^{5}$
- $3.6\times{10}^{6}$
A body of $1000 kg$ moving with $0.3m/s$ in +x direction. A hole is present at the bottom of body such that, mass is dropping at rate of $20 gm/sec$, inn -y direction. Find out force exerted by ejecting mass on body.
- 0.4 N
- 0 N
- 0.6 N
- None of these
Work done charge of mass 2 Kg due to external force against electrostatics force is - 10 J if charge is displaced from A to B. Velocity of charge at point A is 4m/s and at B is 2m/s then find difference is electropotential energy $ (U _s - U _A) $
- + 10J
- - 10J
- - 21J
- + 2J
Taking the unit of work as Joule and the unit of amount of heat as K cal, the magnitude in Joule for mechanical equivalence of heat is:
- $1$
- $4.2 \times 10^7$
- $4.2$
- $4.2 \times 10^3$
Define the term calorie. How is it related to joule ?
- The amount of energy requires to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1° Celsius, 1 Cal = 4.18 J
<a href="http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/Celsius.html"></a> - The amount of energy requires to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 Kelvin, 4.18 Cal = 1 J
- The amount of energy requires to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 Fahrenheit, 4.18 Cal = 1 J
- The amount of energy requires to raise the temperature of 1 gram of ether by 1° Celsius, 1 Cal = 4.18 J
The energy required to accelerate a car from $10:m/s$ to $20:m/s$ is how many times the energy required to accelerate the car from the rest to $10:m/s$:
- Equal
- 4 times
- 2 times
- 3 times
Cost of electricity for home use is Rs. 1.50 per unit. This unit is:
- 1 ampere
- 1 volt
- 1 joule
- 1 kilowatt hour
The unit $kg m^2s^{-2}$ is associated with:
- work
- kinetic energy
- potential energy
- all the above
The number of joules contained in 1kWh is_____
- $36 \times 10^2$
- $36 \times 10^3$
- $36 \times 10^4$
- $3.6 \times 10^6$
$ kg m^2 s^{-2}$ represents the unit of_____
- kinetic energy
- work done
- potential energy
- all the above
Work required to produce $1000 k$ - calorie heat will be
- $4.2 Joule$
- $0.42 \times {10}^{6} Joule$
- $4.2 \times {10}^{6} Joule$
- $4.2 \times {10}^{7} Joule$
$1Wh=$
- $36kJ$
- $3.6kJ$
- $3600kJ$
- $3.6MJ$
Kilowatt-hour is the unit of
- potential difference
- electric power
- electrical energy
- charge
$1kWh=$
- $3.6J$
- $3.6kJ$
- $3.6MJ$
- $3.6GJ$
A window whose area is $2m^2$ opens on street where the street noise result in an intensity level at the window of $60db$. How much acoustic power enters the window via sound waves ? Now, if an acoustic absorber is fitted at the window?
- $8\mu W$
- $10\mu W$
- $4\mu W$
- $2\mu W$
The internal energy change when a system goes from state A to B is $40$ kJ/mole. If the system goes from A to B by a reversible path and returns to state A by an irreversible path what would be the net change in internal energy?
- $40$ kJ
- $> 40$ kJ
- $< 40$ kJ
- Zero
Which of the following can be negative
- Kinetic energy
- Potential energy
- Mechanical energy
- All of these
If the unit of force and length be each increased by four times, then the unit of energy is increased by
- 16 times
- 8 times
- 2 times
- 4 times