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Foundation Physics Concepts Worksheet

Use your physics knowledge to help plan a safe, energy-efficient community centre. Read each question carefully and show your working where needed.

Plan the energy supply

The centre wants to use a renewable energy source and understand how energy moves through its equipment.

1.The centre is considering solar panels. Which statement best explains why solar power is renewable?
  • Sunlight is naturally replenished.
  • Solar panels never need repairs.
  • Solar power produces more energy than any other source.
  • Electricity from solar panels cannot be transferred.
2.A technician pushes a heavy equipment trolley. What is the correct unit for measuring the force of the push?
  • Joule (J)
  • Newton (N)
  • Watt (W)
  • Metre per second (m/s)
3.A delivery van travels 150 metres in 10 seconds. Calculate its average speed using speed = distance ÷ time. Include the unit.
4.Name two factors that could increase the stopping distance of a vehicle approaching the centre.

Check the circuits

The caretaker is testing lighting for a meeting room. In a series circuit there is only one path for current; in a parallel circuit there is more than one path.

5.In a parallel lighting circuit, one bulb breaks. What should happen to the other bulb, and why?
6.The caretaker adds more bulbs in series to a working circuit. What generally happens to the total resistance, and what happens to the current if the battery voltage stays the same?

Energy and sound

The centre uses a loudspeaker for announcements and a kettle in the kitchen.

7.Complete the conservation of energy statement: Energy cannot be created or ; it can only be transferred from one store or form to another.
8.An announcement travels from the loudspeaker to a listener across the room. Is the sound wave longitudinal or transverse, and does it need a medium to travel?
9.Describe the main energy transfer when the kettle is switched on. Include the useful output and one energy output that is usually wasted.

2 printable pages

  • Foundation physics worksheet covering renewable energy, forces, vehicle stopping distance and speed calculations.

    Page 1

  • Circuit diagram and questions about parallel and series circuits, sound waves and energy transfers.

    Page 2

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