Fig. 2.2 shows a rider on an electric scooter. The scooter contains a battery and a motor to drive the back wheel.
(a)(i)State the name of the energy store in the scooter battery.
Fig. 2.2 shows a rider on an electric scooter. The scooter contains a battery and a motor to drive the back wheel.
(a)(i)State the name of the energy store in the scooter battery.
(a)(ii)Describe, in terms of work done, the stages of energy transfer from the battery store to the scooter’s kinetic energy.
(b)The total mass of scooter and rider is 70 kg. Calculate their total kinetic energy at 4.0 m/s.
(c)(i)The battery is marked “energy capacity 0.35 kilowatt-hour (kW h)”. Define a kilowatt-hour.
(c)(ii)The 0.35 kW h battery is fully discharged and recharged using a 70 W power supply. Calculate the time for a full recharge in hours.
5054/22/M/J/23Cambridge O Level Physics 5054 · May/June 2023 · Paper 2 variant 2 · Question 2