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Candidate Name:

Edexcel International GCSE

Physics
Exam on Work and Power

Time: 50 minutes Marks: 40

Time Allowed: 50 minutes

Score: /40
Percentage: /100

Grade Boundaries:

A* A B C D E U

>85% 80% 75% 65% 55% 50% <50%

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2 This question is about electric motors.

(a) Diagram A shows a motor lifting a 780 g mass.

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The current in the motor is 0.65 A and the voltage across it is 4.5 V.
The electrical energy transferred to the motor is 25 J.
(i) Calculate the time taken for the motor to lift the mass.
Give your answer to two significant figures.
(3)

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(iii) The mass gains 5.0 J of gravitational potential energy when it is lifted.
Calculate the height the mass is lifted.
(3)

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(iv) Explain why the amount of electrical energy transferred to the motor is greater than
the amount of GPE gained by the mass.
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3 (a) An astronaut drops a hammer on the Moon.

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(i) State the equation linking gravitational potential energy, mass, g and height.
(1)

(ii) The gravitational field strength (g) on the Moon is 1.6 N/kg.
The mass of the hammer is 750 grams. The hammer loses 2.2 J of gravitational
potential energy when it falls.
Show that the hammer falls through a height of about 2 m.
(3)

(iii) The astronaut then lifts the hammer back to its original height.
State the amount of work done in lifting the hammer.
(1)

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(iv) Explain why the astronaut would have to do more work to lift the same hammer
through the same height on Earth.
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4 An underground train enters a station.

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(a) The mass of the train and its passengers is 250 000 kg.
The total kinetic energy is 18 MJ.
(i) State the relationship between kinetic energy (KE), mass and velocity.
(1)

(ii) Calculate the velocity of the train as it enters the station.

(3)

velocity = ......................................... m/s

(iii) The driver applies the brakes to stop the train.

State what happens to the kinetic energy of the train.
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(b) The diagram shows a section through the station.

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(i) The passengers who use the station are carried from platform level to street
level in a lift.
Explain why these passengers gain gravitational potential energy in the lift,
even when they are below ground.
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(ii) The tunnel is designed so that the trains go up a slope as they enter the station
and go down a slope as they leave.
The driver uses brakes to stop the train in the station and a motor to make the
train move away.
Explain how the sloping parts of the tunnel affect the amount of work that needs
to be done on the train by the brakes and by the motor.
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