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Self-Check 1-1

Submitted by 6b8d2acb-8a26-49f1-8b3e-c8d61cde3dd7 on 3/9/2012 5:21:18 PM



Points Awarded 16
Points Missed 1
Percentage 94%
1. An object which has its acceleration and velocity directions opposite is:

A. speeding up
B. slowing down
C. moving left
D. moving right
E. none of them


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
2. Can an object's velocity change direction when its acceleration is constant?

A. No, this is not possible because it is always speeding up.
B. No, this is not possible because it is always speeding up or always slowing down, but it
can never turn around.
C. Yes, this is possible, and a rock thrown straight up is an example.
D. Yes, this is possible, and a car that starts from rest, speeds up, slows to a stop, and then
backs up is an example.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
3. An object accelerates if it

A. changes the direction of its velocity but not the magnitude
B. changes the magnitude of the velocity but not the direction
C. changes its speed
D. all of the above
E. none of the above


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D
4. A car starts for rest and in ten seconds is moving at 40 m/s. What is the car's acceleration?

A. 0.25 m/s
2

B. 2.5 m/s
2

C. 4.0 m/s
2

D. 10 m/s
2

E. 40 m/s
2

F. none of the above


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
5. An object, accelerating from rest at a constant rate, travels over 28 m in 11 s. What is its final
velocity?

A. 1.8 m/s
B. 3.2 m/s
C. 5.1 m/s
D. zero
E. none of the above


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
6. A car comes to a stop over a distance of 30.0 m after the driver applies the breaks. If the car
decelerates at a constant rate of 3.50 m/s
2
, what was the car's original speed?

A. 10.2 m/s
B. 14.5 m/s
C. 105 m/s
D. 210 m/s
E. none of the above


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
7. A stone is thrown straight up. What is its acceleration at the top of its trajectory?

A. 0 m/s
2

B. about 5 m/s
2

C. about 10 m/s
2

D. about 20 m/s
2

E. about 50 m/s
2

F. Cannot be determined


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
8. While the stone in the question above is rising:

A. its acceleration is upward and decreasing
B. its acceleration is upward and constant
C. its acceleration is upward and increasing
D. its acceleration is zero
E. None of the above


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: E
9.
An object is thrown upward with an initial velocity of 32.1 m/s. What is its velocity in 4.0 s?

A. -7.2
B. 11.0
C. 7.1
D. -4.6


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
10. When the object in the question above reaches its maximum height, it is true of the
acceleration, a, and the velocity, v, that

A. both its acceleration and velocity are zero
B. both its acceleration and velocity change sign
C. velocity is equal to zero, but acceleration is not
D. acceleration is equal to zero, but velocity is not
E. none of the above


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
11. While accelerating at a constant rate from 12.0 m/s to 18.0 m/s, a car moves over a
distance of 60.0 m. How much time does it take?

A. 1.00
B. 2.50
C. 4.00
D. 4.50
E. none of the above


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
12. A sports car accelerates at a constant rate from rest to a speed of 90 km/hr in 8 s.
What is its acceleration?

A. 3.1 m/s
2

B. 4.2 m/s
2

C. 5.3 m/s
2

D. 6.7 m/s
2

E. none of the above


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
13. What distance does a train travel while slowing from 28 m/s to zero in 12 s?

A. 168 m
B. 178 m
C. 236 m
D. 291 m
E. none of the above


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
14. What upward velocity must a basketball player have to jump 1.6 m off the floor?

A. 2.3 m/s
B. 3.8 m/s
C. 4.9 m/s
D. 5.6 m/s
E. none of the above


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D
15. A cart is given an initial velocity of 5.0 m/s and experiences a constant acceleration of
2.0 m/s
2
. What is the final velocity after 6.0 s?

A. 10 m/s
B. 12 m/s
C. 16 m/s
D. 17 m/s


Points Earned: 0/1
Your Response: C
16. A train moves along a straight track and its position vs. time looks like:



Which graph best depicts the train's velocity vs. time?


A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D
17. The graph show positions as a function of time for two trains running on parallel
tracks.

Which statement is true:

A. At time t
C
, both trains have the same velocity.
B. Both trains speed up all the time.
C. Both trains have the same velocity at some time before t
c.

D. At some time, both trains have the same acceleration.
E. None of the above statements is true.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
















Quiz 1-1

Submitted by 6b8d2acb-8a26-49f1-8b3e-c8d61cde3dd7 on 6/25/2012 1:13:31 PM

Points Awarded 17
Points Missed 1
Percentage 94%
1. A car decelerates at 3m/s
2
for 4s. How far does it its initial velocity is 15 m/s?

A. 18 m
B. 20 m
C. 28 m
D. 36 m
E. 84 m


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
2. Motion is called uniform if the object

A. moves in a circle
B. moves equal distances in equal times
C. does not change direction
D. moves in a straight line


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: D
3. Kathleen walks 27.5 m to the left, then 11.2 m to the right and finally 17.6 m to the left
in a time of 200 s. Her displacement is _____ m.

A. 0.281
B. -33.9
C. 33.9
D. 56.3


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
4. If you drive west at 20 km/h for one hour, then drive east at 15 km/h for one hour, your
net displacement will be

A. 5 km east
B. 35 km west
C. 35 km east
D. 5 km west


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
5. It takes about 11 minutes to get to the observatory, which is 11 miles away. What is the
average speed for the trip in this case?

A. 100 mph
B. 1 mph
C. 10 mph
D. 60 mph
E. 55 mph


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
6. Consider the following five graphs (note the axes carefully). Which of these represent(s)
motion at constant speed?


A. IV only
B. IV and V only
C. I, II, and III only
D. I and II only
E. I and IV only


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: E
Your Response: E
7.
If the velocity versus time graph of an object is a horizontal line parallel to x-axis, the
object is

A. moving with constant non-zero speed.
B. moving with constant non-zero acceleration.
C. at rest.
D. moving with infinite speed.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
8. An object moves with velocity in +x-direction with constant acceleration a. After 3
seconds, its acceleration changes to a constant value -a. Which of the following
statements is true regarding the motion of the object upon this sudden change in
acceleration?

A. Its velocity and displacement become negative.
B. Its velocity is positive but its displacement is negative.
C. Its position and velocity decrease.
D. Its position increases, but its velocity decreases.
E. Its position and velocity increase


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
9. A car moving in a straight line with an initial velocity of 12.0 m/s accelerates at a
uniform rate until it reaches a velocity of 18.0 m/s. If it covers a distance of 60.0 m
while doing this then the time interval was ______ s.

A. 2.00
B. 3.00
C. 4.00
D. 4.50


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
10. A locomotive slows from 28 m/s to zero in 12 s. What distance does it travel?

A. 168 m
B. 196 m
C. 336 m
D. 392 m


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
11. A car with good tires on a dry road can decelerate at about 5.0 m/s
2
when
braking. If the car is traveling at 55 mi/h, what is the stopping distance?

A. 60 m
B. 120 m
C. 300 m
D. 5.5 m


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
12. A car goes from zero to 50 m/s in 10 s. What is its average acceleration?

A. 9.8 m/s
2

B. 32 ft/s
2

C. 50 m/s
D. 5 m/s
2



Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
13. A ball is pushed with an initial velocity of 4.0 m/s. The ball rolls down a hill with
a constant acceleration of 1.6 m/s
2
. The ball reaches the bottom of the hill in 8.0 s.
What is the balls velocity at the bottom of the hill?

A. 10 m/s
B. 12 m/s
C. 16 m/s
D. 17 m/s


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
14. Two objects of different mass are released simultaneously from the top of a 20 m
tower and fall to the ground. If air resistance is negligible, then which of the
following statements best applies?

A. The greater mass hits the ground first.
B. Both objects hit the ground together.
C. The smaller mass hits the ground first.
D. No conclusion can be made with the information given


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
15. John throws a rock down with speed 14 m/s from the top of a 30-m tower. If g =
9.8 m/s
2
and air resistance is negligible, what is the rocks speed just as it hits the
ground?

A. 12 m/s
B. 28 m/s
C. 350 m/s
D. 784 m/s


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
16. A ball is thrown upward at a velocity of 19.6 m/s. What is its velocity after 3.00
s?

A. 9.8 m/s upward.
B. 9.8 m/s downward.
C. zero
D. 19.6 downward.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
17. An object in free fall from rest will fall m in the first 2 seconds?

A. 9.8
B. 19.6
C. 4.9
D. 29.4
E. 14.7


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
18. An object is thrown straight upward from the edge of a cliff which is 20 m high.
The object rises 15 m and then falls to the base of the cliff. Choosing the positive
x to be up, the rock's displacement is:

A. 20 m
B. -15 m
C. -20 m
D. 55 m


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C



Quiz 1-1
Submitted by 6b8d2acb-8a26-49f1-8b3e-c8d61cde3dd7 on 3/10/2012 3:46:45 PM

Points Awarded 13
Points Missed 5
Percentage 72%
1. A rock is thrown upward from the edge of a cliff which is 20 m high. The object rises 15 m
and then falls to the ground. If the positive direction of the x is up, what is the rock's
displacement?

A. 20 m
B. -15 m
C. -20 m
D. 55 m


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
2. If an object moves at constant speed, which of the following increases with time?

A. average velocity
B. instantaneous velocity
C. distance traveled
D. direction
E. acceleration


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
3. If the average speed of a plane is 500 km per hour, how long will it take to fly 125 km?

A. 4.00 h
B. 2.00 h
C. 0.50 h
D. 0.25 h


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
4. If you drive west at 20 km/h for one hour, then drive east at 15 km/h for one hour, your net
displacement will be

A. 5 km east
B. 35 km west
C. 35 km east
D. 5 km west


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: A
5. Which of the following is not possible? An object

A. has zero velocity and non-zero acceleration
B. travels with a northward velocity and a southward acceleration
C. travels with a constant velocity and time-varying acceleration
D. travels with a time-varying velocity and constant acceleration


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: A
6. A train moves along a straight track and its position vs. time looks like:



Which graph best depicts the train's velocity vs. time?


A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
7. A v vs. t graph is drawn for a ball moving in one direction. The graph starts at the origin and
at t = 5 s the acceleration of the ball is zero. We know that at t = 5 s,

A. the slope of the curve is non-zero.
B. the velocity of the ball is not changing.
C. the curve is not crossing the time axis.
D. the curve is at v = 0, t = 0.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
8. An object which has its acceleration and velocity directions opposite is:

A. speeding up
B. slowing down
C. moving left
D. moving right
E. none of them


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
9. A car rolls down a 2.40 m long ramp in a time of 1.68 s. The magnitude of the average
acceleration of the car is ________ m/s.

A. 1.70
B. 3.40
C. 0.850
D. 2.09


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: B
10. A cart, accelerating from rest at a constant rate, experiences a displacement of 44 m in
20 s. What is the final velocity after 20 s?

A. 1.1 m/s
B. 2.2 m/s
C. 4.4 m/s
D. zero


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
11. An object slides on a level surface in the +x direction at a speed of 1.7 m/s. It slows
and comes to a stop with a constant acceleration of -2.45 m/s
2
. What distance did the
object travel?

A. 0.25
B. 0.59
C. 0.43
D. Impossible to determine without knowing the mass of the object.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
12. A car starting from rest moves with constant acceleration of 2 m/s
2
for 10 s, then
travels with constant speed for another 10 s, and then finally slows to a stop with
constant acceleration of -2 m/s
2
. How far does it travel?

A. 200 m
B. 300 m
C. 400 m
D. 500 m


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
13. An object initially at rest moves horizontally at a constant acceleration so that its
speed after 10 seconds is 40 m/s. How far has it traveled after those 10 seconds?

A. 200 meters
B. 100 meters
C. 400 meters
D. 300 meters


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
14. A ball that is thrown straight up into the air reaches a maximum height and begins to
fall down. At the top of the ball's path the acceleration of gravity changes in ________
when the velocity of the ball changes direction. Assume that the direction of the
positive axis does not change.

A. neither magnitude nor direction
B. magnitude, but not direction
C. direction, but not magnitude
D. both magnitude and direction


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: D
15. If vertical distance can be found from the equation: y = g t
2
, how far can an object
drop in two seconds?

A. 4.9 meters.
B. 9.8 meters.
C. 4.7 meters.
D. 19.6 meters.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
16. A ball is thrown upward at a velocity of 19.6 m/s. What is its velocity after 3.00 s?

A. 9.8 m/s upward.
B. 9.8 m/s downward.
C. zero
D. 19.6 downward.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
17. Water drips from rest from a leaf that is 20 meters above the ground. If air resistance is
neglected, the approximate speed of each water drop when it hits the ground is

A. 10 m/s
B. 15 m/s
C. 20 m/s
D. 30 m/s


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
18. An object is thrown straight upward from the edge of a cliff which is 20 m high. The
object rises 15 m and then falls to the base of the cliff. Choosing the positive x to be
up, the rock's displacement is:

A. 20 m
B. -15 m
C. -20 m
D. 55 m


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: B
Self Check 1-2
Submitted by 6b8d2acb-8a26-49f1-8b3e-c8d61cde3dd7 on 3/11/2012 1:19:23 PM

Points Awarded 20
Points Missed 0
Percentage 100%
1. A helicopter is flying at 40 m/s at an altitude of 100 m. If a ball is released from the helicopter,
with what velocity will it hit the ground?

A. 40 m/s
B. 50 m/s
C. 60 m/s
D. 70 m/s


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
2.
Consider the following statements regarding idealized projectile motion: (ignore air
resistance).
-1. The horizontal component of acceleration is always zero
-2. The vertical component of acceleration is always downward
-3. The vertical component of acceleration is always the acceleration due to gravity (g)
-4. The horizontal component of the velocity is constant
-5. The vertical component of the velocity is never equal to zero.

Which of these statements is ALWAYS true (for idealized projectile motion)?

A. They are all true
B. 1, 2, 3, and 4
C. 1, 2, 4, and 5
D. 1, 3, 4, and 5
E. a, b, c and d above are all incorrect answers to this question


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
3. Which of the following statements is true for two balls thrown in the air at different angles
with the horizontal?

A. the ball making the steeper angle spends more time in the air
B. the ball making the shallower angle spends more time in the air
C. the time of flight does not depend on the initial speed given each ball.
D. the time of flight depends on the mass of each ball.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
4. A stone is thrown horizontally with an initial speed of 10 m/s from the edge of a cliff. It hits
the ground in 4.3 s. What is the height of the cliff?

A. 22 m
B. 43 m
C. 77 m
D. 91 m


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D
5. A projectile is launched with an initial velocity of 60.0 m/s at an angle of 37.0
o
above the
horizontal. What is the maximum height reached by the projectile?

A. 23 m
B. 46 m
C. 67 m
D. 92 m


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
6. A soccer ball is kicked with a velocity of 25 m/s at an angle of 45

above the horizontal.


What is the vertical component of its acceleration as it travels along its path?

A. 9.80 m/s
2
downward
B. (9.80 m/s
2
)*sin (45

) downward
C. (9.80 m/s
2
)*sin (45

) upward
D. (9.80 m/s
2
) upward


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
7.
A pilot drops an object from a plane flying horizontally. Where will the plane be located
when the object hits the ground? Ignore air resistance.

A. behind and above the bomb.
B. over the bomb.
C. in front and above of the bomb.
D. depend on the speed of the plane when the bomb was released.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
8.
A stone is thrown horizontally from the top of a tower at the same instant that another stone
is dropped vertically. Which object is having a greater speed when it hits the ground?

A. It is impossible to tell from the information given.
B. The first stone
C. The second stone
D. Neither, since both of them will hit the ground at the same time.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
9. A basketball is shot towards the basket from the foul line. At the top of its trajectory

A. both the x and y components of velocity are zero
B. neither the x nor the y components of velocity are zero
C. only the x component of velocity is zero
D. only the y component of velocity is zero


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D
10. A ball thrown horizontally from the top of a building 24 m above the ground, strikes
the ground at the distance of 18 m from the base of the building. What was its initial
velocity? (Use g = 10 m/s
2
.)

A. 6.10 m/s
B. 7.40 m/s
C. 8.22 m/s
D. 8.96 m/s


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
11. The horizontal and vertical components of the initial velocity of a projectile are 50 m/s
and 120 m/s respectively. What is the magnitude of the initial velocity?

A. 110 m/s,
B. 130 m/s,
C. 150 m/s,
D. 170 m/s


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
12. A projectile launched at an angle follows a _____ path.

A. parabolic
B. straight
C. hyperbolic
D. changing


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
13. How far below an initial straight-line path will a projectile fall in 1 second in the
absence of air resistance?

A. 4.9m
B. 9.8m
C. 19.6m
D. not enough information is given to answer this question


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
14. A bullet fired horizontally hits the ground in 1 second. Neglecting air resistance, if it
had been fired with a higher speed in the same direction, it would have hit the ground

A. in more than 1 second
B. in less than 1 second
C. in 1 second
D. not enough information given


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
15.
For an object launched from a horizontal surface, the time it stays in the air depends
upon

A. the initial y component of velocity
B. the initial x component of velocity
C. both the initial x and y components
D. neither of the initial components


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
16. A flare is dropped from an airplane flying horizontally at a speed of 140 m/s at a
height of 490 m. If there is no air resistance the flare will reach the ground in _______
s.

A. 10.0
B. 20.
C. 50.0
D. 100


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
17.
A rock is kicked horizontally at a speed of 10 m/s from the edge of a cliff. The cliff is
25 m high. The length of time that it takes the rock to reach the ground is

A. 0.4
B. 2.3
C. 2.5
D. none of these are correct


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
18. A baseball thrown from the outfield is released from shoulder height at an initial
velocity of 29.4 m/s at an initial angle of 30
o
with respect to the horizontal. What is the
maximum vertical displacement that the ball reaches during its trajectory?

A. 11.0 m
B. 9.8 m
C. 22.1 m
D. 44.1 m


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
19. A ball is thrown into the air at some angle. At the very top of the ball's path, its
velocity is

A. entirely vertical.
B. entirely horizontal.
C. both vertical and horizontal.
D. There's not enough information given to determine.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
20. A rock is thrown horizontally off the roof of a building at the same instant a second
rock is dropped from the same height. Which one hits the ground first?

A. both hit same time,
B. first,
C. second,
D. more info needed











Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
Quiz 1-2
Your response has been submitted successfully.

Points Awarded 8
Points Missed 4
Percentage 67%
1. A projectile launched at an angle follows a _____ path.

A. parabolic
B. straight
C. hyperbolic
D. changing


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
2. Which of the following statements is true for two balls thrown in the air at different angles
with the horizontal?

A. the ball making the steeper angle spends more time in the air
B. the ball making the shallower angle spends more time in the air
C. the time of flight depends on the initial speed given each ball.
D. the time of flight depends on the mass of each ball.
E. a and c
F. c and d


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: E
Your Response: A
3. A ball is thrown into the air at some angle. At the very top of the ball's path, its velocity is

A. entirely vertical.
B. entirely horizontal.
C. both vertical and horizontal.
D. There's not enough information given to determine.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
4. A baseball is thrown by the center fielder (from shoulder level) to home plate where it is
caught (on the fly at shoulder level) by the catcher. At what point does the magnitude of the
vertical component of velocity have its minimum value? (air resistance is negligible)

A. just after leaving center fielders hand
B. just before arriving at catchers mitt
C. at the top of the trajectory
D. magnitude of vertical component of velocity is constant


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
5. Suppose you swim in a direction directly across a flowing river and end up at a distance
downstream greater than the width of the river. How does your swimming speed compare to
the flow rate of the river?

A. your swimming speed is faster than the river's speed
B. the river's speed is greater than your swimming speed
C. the river's speed and your swimming speed are the same
D. this scenario is not possible


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: A
6. A stone is thrown horizontally with an initial speed of 10 m/s from the edge of a cliff. A stop
watch measures the stone's trajectory time from the top of the cliff to the bottom to be 4.3 s.
What is the height of the cliff?

A. 22 m
B. 43 m
C. 77 m
D. 91 m


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
7. A projectile is launched with an initial velocity of 60.0 m/s at an angle of 37.0
o
above the
horizontal. What is the maximum height reached by the projectile?

A. 23 m
B. 46 m
C. 67 m
D. 92 m


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
8. A projectile is launched at an angle, such that the horizontal component of its initial velocity
is 50 m/s and the vertical component is 120 m/s. What is the magnitude of the initial
velocity?

A. 110 m/s,
B. 130 m/s,
C. 150 m/s,
D. 170 m/s


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: C
9.
A rock is kicked horizontally at a speed of 10 m/s from the edge of a cliff. The cliff is 25 m
high. The length of time that it takes the rock to reach the ground is

A. 0.4 s
B. 2.3 s
C. 2.5 s
D. none of these are correct


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
10. A baseball thrown from the outfield is released from shoulder height at an initial
velocity of 29.4 m/s at an initial angle of 30
o
with respect to the horizontal. What is the
maximum vertical displacement that the ball reaches during its trajectory?

A. 11.0 m
B. 9.8 m
C. 22.1 m
D. 44.1 m


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
11. A stone is thrown at an angle of 30
o
above the horizontal from the top edge of a cliff
with an initial speed of 12 m/s. A stop watch measures the stone's trajectory time from
top of cliff to bottom to be 5.6 s. How far out from the cliff's edge does the stone travel
horizontally? (g = 9.8 m/s
2
and air resistance is negligible.

A. 58 m
B. 154 m
C. 120 m
D. 197 m


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
12. A baseball is thrown from the outfield with an initial velocity of 29.4 m/s at an initial
angle of 30
o
. How far does it go?

A. 76.4 m
B. 38.2 m
C. 57.3 m
D. 44.1 m


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: C

Self-Check 2-1
Submitted by 6b8d2acb-8a26-49f1-8b3e-c8d61cde3dd7 on 4/7/2012 2:07:01 PM

Points Awarded 30
Points Missed 0
Percentage 100%
1. The mass of an object:

A. is slightly different at different locations on the Earth
B. is a vector
C. is independent of g
D. is the same for all objects of the same size and shape
E. can be measured directly and accurately on a spring scale


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
2. A 36-N net force acts on a 2.1-kg mass. What is the magnitude of the resulting acceleration?

A. 17 m/s
2

B. 0.058 m/s
2

C. 36 m/s
D. 2.1 m/s
2



Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
3. Plato the Dog is attracted toward the center of the Earth by a 180 N gravitational force. The
force of attraction of the Earth toward Plato is:

A. very very small.
B. very very large.
C. exactly 180 N.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
4.
Asteroids have been moving through space for billions of years. What is pushing them
through the space?

A. Gravity.
B. Rockets.
C. Spinning motion.
D. Nothing.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D
5. A ball is sitting at rest in the middle of a toy wagon. When the wagon is pulled forward, the
ball rolls to the back of the wagon. What is the BEST reason why the ball rolls to the back of
the wagon?

A. Newtons Law of Inertia: The ball at rest tends to remain at rest unless there is an outside
force.
B. Newtons Law of Force and Acceleration: The balls acceleration is equal to the outside
force divided by its mass.
C. Newtons Law of Action - Reaction: When you pull the wagon forward, the wagon pulls
back.
D. Conservation of Momentum: Which no outside force, momentum in the wagon-ball
system is conserved.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
6. In tearing a paper towel or a plastic bag, why is a sharp jerk more effective than a slow pull?

A. The inertia of a single sheet of paper is greater than the rest of the roll.
B. The inertia of the whole roll resists the large acceleration of a sharp jerk.
C. Paper towels and plastic bags are not designed to tear.
D. It is actually more effective to pull slowly than to pull quickly.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
7. Whirl a weight at the end of a string and it follows a circular path. If the string breaks, the
tendency of the rock is to

A. continue to follow a circular path.
B. follow a straight-line path.
C. fall straight to the ground.
D. slap you in the face.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
8. When we jump straight up, why do we land in our footsteps rather than at a location equal to
the distance the Earth moves during our jump?

A. Actually, we do but the distance is too small to notice.
B. By Newton's First Law, we are already moving with the Earth before the jump and
continue to move with the Earth during our jump.
C. By Newton's Third Law, we are pushing on the Earth, so it has to come back to us with
the same amount of force.
D. The conservation of momentum means there can be no motion because that would result
in a change in the motion after we jump relative to our momentum before we jump.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
9. A 5 kg object is moving with a constant speed of 40 m/s along a smooth surface. The sum of
the forces on the object is

A. 200 N.
B. 49 N.
C. zero.
D. There is not enough information


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
10. The measure of an object's resistance to a change in its state of motion is the object's

A. weight.
B. density.
C. size.
D. mass.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D
11. In order to determine the acceleration of an object, we need to consider

A. the object's mass.
B. the object's velocity.
C. all of the forces external to the object
D. (A) and (C) but not (B)
E. (A) and (B) and (C)


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D
12. When driving down country roads, cars often run into little bugs flying around, which
proceed to make a mess on the windshield of the car when the car runs into them. In
these collisions, which experiences the greater force, the car or the bug?

A. The car.
B. The bug.
C. It depends on the speed of the car and bug.
D. They each experience the same force.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D
13. In question above, which experiences the greater acceleration, the car or the bug?

A. The car.
B. The bug.
C. It depends on the speed of the car and bug.
D. They each experience the same acceleration.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
14. If you blow up a balloon, and then release it, the balloon will fly away as the air
rushes out. This is an illustration of

A. Newton's First Law.
B. Newton's Second Law.
C. Newton's Third Law.
D. Galileo's Law of Inertia.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
15.
When you sit on a chair, the net force on you

A. is zero.
B. is up.
C. is down.
D. depends on your weight.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
16. A force is a vector quantity because it has both __.

A. magnitude and direction.
B. mass and acceleration.
C. action and reaction counterparts.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
17. Inertia is a measure of an object's _____.

A. weight.
B. force.
C. mass.
D. gravity.
E. center of mass.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
18. If the net force on an object is directed due west, which way does the acceleration
point?

A. due west
B. due east
C. West only if the velocity is west.
D. It could be in any direction.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
19. A kilogram is a measure of an object's

A. volume
B. force
C. mass
D. weight


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
20. You push on an box sitting on the floor horizontally with a force of 15 Newtons and
the box does not move. The force of friction on the box is

A. 0 Newtons
B. 15 Newtons in the direction of your push
C. 15 Newtons opposite to your push
D. less that 15 Newtons.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
21. Which of the following is a scalar?

A. velocity
B. force
C. acceleration
D. all of the above
E. none of the above


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: E
22. An object of 2 kg mass, acted upon by a net force of 20 N, will experience what
acceleration?

A. 5 m/s
2

B. 10 m/s
2

C. 7.5 m/s
2

D. 12.4 m/s
2



Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
23.
A box rests on a level table. Let W be the weight of the box, and N is the normal of the
table on the box. In magnitude, W is opposite and ___ N, and the two forces ___ an
action-reaction pair.

A. equals, are
B. equals, are not
C. is greater than, are
D. is greater than, are not


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
24.
A 2.0 kg object is acted on by a force F. the object is moving with acceleration of 10
m/s
2
. Find F.

A. 0.2 N
B. 5 N
C. 12 N
D. 20 N
E. none of them


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D
25. You jump off a truck and accelerate towards the surface of the Earth. Does the Earth
accelerate towards you?

A. Yes, but the acceleration of the Earth is very small.
B. No, the acceleration of the Earth is zero.
C. Yes, Newtons 3
rd
Law implies the accelerations are equal.
D. can not be determined
E. none of the above


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
26. All objects tend to maintain their state of motion because they have

A. mass.
B. weight.
C. speed.
D. acceleration.
E. all of these.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
27. If a 60 ton Patton tank collides with a little Honda Civic, which vehicle will
experience the greater impact force?

A. The tank.
B. The Civic.
C. Both the same.
D. Neither feels a force.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
28. If a net force is acting on an object, then ______

A. The object is at rest.
B. The object is moving with constant velocity.
C. The object is being accelerated.
D. The object is losing mass.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
29. In Newtonian mechanics, ____ is the cause and _____ the effect.

A. acceleration . . . velocity
B. force . . . acceleration
C. acceleration . . . force
D. force . . . velocity
E. none of the above


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
30.
Bill weighs 160 lb. He is standing on a bathroom scale inside an elevator. What is the
reading on the scales if the elevator is accelerating downward?

A. 160 lb
B. less than 160 lb
C. greater than 160 lb
D. zero


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B

Quiz 2-1
Submitted by 6b8d2acb-8a26-49f1-8b3e-c8d61cde3dd7 on 4/7/2012 3:01:57 PM

Points Awarded 12
Points Missed 0
Percentage 100%
1. Team A beat team B in a game of Tug-O-War. We therefore know that if the winning team
pulled on the rope with a force of 10000 N, the losing team pulled on the rope with a force of

A. less than 10,000 N
B. 10,000 N
C. more than 10,000 N
D. need more info


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
2. The measure of an object's resistance to a change in its state of motion is the object's

A. weight.
B. density.
C. size.
D. mass.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
3. If a 60 ton Patton tank collides with a little Honda Civic, which vehicle will experience the
greater impact force?

A. The tank.
B. The Civic.
C. Both the same.
D. Neither feels a force.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
4. Object A weighs 40 N on Earth, and object B weighs 40 N on the moon. The moon's gravity
is one sixth of Earth's. Compare the masses of the objects.

A. A has 6 times the mass of b.
B. B has 6 times the mass of a.
C. A and B have equal mass.
D. The situation as stated is impossible.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
5. A constant net force acts on an object. Describe the motion of the object.

A. Constant acceleration.
B. Constant speed.
C. Constant velocity.
D. Increasing acceleration.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
6. A packing crate slides down an inclined ramp at constant velocity. Thus we can deduce that

A. a frictional force is acting on it.
B. a net downward force is acting on it.
C. it may be accelerating.
D. it is not acted on by appreciable gravitational force.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
7. An object of 2 kg mass, acted upon by a net force of 20 N, will experience what acceleration?

A. 5 m/s
2

B. 10 m/s
2

C. 7.5 m/s
2

D. 12.4 m/s
2



Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
8.
A tugboat is used to nudge a large ocean liner into its appropriate berth; the mass of the
tugboat is only 0.01 times the mass of the ocean liner. If, at a particular moment, the tugboat
is exerting a force of 912,000 N on the ocean liner, what is the magnitude of the force being
exerted by the ocean liner on the tugboat?

A. 0 N
B. 9120 N
C. 912,000 N
D. 91,200,000 N


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
9. If an object accelerates at 5 m/s2 when acted upon by a 10 N force, what is its mass?

A. 0.5 kg
B. 2 kg
C. 5 kg
D. 10 kg
E. 50 kg


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
10. A jumbo jet cruises at a constant velocity when the total thrust of the engines on the
jet is 40,000 N. How much air resistance acts on the jet?

A. 80,000 N
B. 60,000 N
C. 40,000 N
D. 20,000 N
E. 0 N


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
11. Sue and Sean are having a tug-of-war by pulling on opposite ends of a 5.0-kg rope.
Sue pulls with a 15-N force. What is Sean's force if the rope accelerates toward Sue at
2.0 m/s
2
?

A. 3.0 N
B. 5.0 N
C. 25 N
D. 50 N


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
12. A 7 kg bowling ball experiences a net force of 5 N. What will be its acceleration?

A. 35 m/s
2

B. 7.0 m/s
2

C. 5.0 m/s
2

D. 0.71 m/s
2



Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D

Self-Check 2-2
Submitted by 6b8d2acb-8a26-49f1-8b3e-c8d61cde3dd7 on 4/7/2012 3:22:29 PM

Points Awarded 15
Points Missed 0
Percentage 100%
1. A crate is pulled across a horizontal floor by a rope tied to the crate. The rope makes an angle
of 37 degrees with the horizontal. Find the frictional force If the tension in the rope is 10N and
the crate moves with constant velocity.

A. 3.0 N
B. 5.0 N
C. 7.0 N
D. 8.0 N
E. none of them


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D
2. A crate slides down a ramp making 35
o
with horizontal with constant speed. What is the
coefficient of kinetic friction between the crate and the ramp?

A. 0.25
B. 0.45
C. 0.50
D. 0.60
E. 0.70


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: E
3.
The coefficient of static friction between the tires of a car and asphalt is
s
= 0.77. What is
the steepest angle of a slope, on which the car can be parked?

A. 22.5


B. 30


C. 38


D. 45




Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
4.
A 500 N weight is hung at the middle of a rope attached to two buildings at the same level. It
breaks if the tension exceeds 1800 N. What is the minimum angle the rope can make with the
horizontal?

A. 4


B. 8
C. 11


D. 18




Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
5. Sam is using a rope to pull a box weighing 300 N across a floor with constant velocity. The
rope makes an angle of 30
0
above the horizontal. If the tension in the rope is 100 N what is
the normal force exerted by the floor on the box?

A. 300 N
B. 290 N
C. 270 N
D. 250 N


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D
6. A 5.0 kg block is pulled horizontally across a floor by a string attached to it with an
acceleration of a 2 m/s
2
k. What is the tension in the string if the coefficient of sliding kinetic
friction between the block and floor 0.2?

A. 5.6 N
B. 9.8 N
C. 19.8 N
D. 28.9 N


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
7. A force of 250 N pushes a 50-kg box along a horizontal surface. The force is directed 30
0

below the horizontal. What is the acceleration of the box if the coefficient of kinetic friction
between the box and the surface is 0.30?

A. 0.637 m/s
2

B. 1.77 m/s
2

C. 3.16 m/s
2

D. 6.31 m/s
2



Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
8. The word "normal" in the phrase "normal force" indicates that

A. the force is exerted by a surface
B. the force is exerted by an object
C. the force exerted by a surface is parallel to itself
D. the force exerted by a surface is perpendicular to itself


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D
9. A 1.50 kg mass is acted upon by a force of 16.0 N applied at an angle of 60
0
above the
horizontal. What is the acceleration of the mass?

A. 4.33 m/s
2

B. 5.33 m/s
2

C. 6.33 m/s
2

D. 7.35 m/s
2



Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
10. A weight of 5000 N is suspended by two cables. The object is at rest. First cable is
horizontal and the second makes an angle of 143
o
with the first cable Find the tension
of the first cable.

A. 4000 N
B. 6640 N
C. 8310 N
D. 3340 N


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
11.
Two blocks with masses 2.00 kg and 4.00 kg are placed side-by-side on a frictionless
horizontal surface. A horizontal force of magnitude of 5.20 N is applied to the 2.00 kg
block perpendicular to its surface. What is the magnitude of the force on the 4.00 kg
block?


A. 2.60
B. 3.11
C. 3.47
D. 3.89


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
12. A 43 kg child sits in a massless swing. With what horizontal force the seat must be
pulled so that the ropes form an angle of 35
o
with respect to the vertical?

A. 300 N
B. 320 N
C. 340 N
D. 360 N


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
13. A physics student holds a 2.40 kg block against a wall by pressing on it
perpendicularly to the wall. Find the minimum force she must exert If the coefficient
of static friction
s
=0.32.

A. 7.53
B. 73.5
C. 23.5
D. 235
E. not enough information


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
14. A pair of fuzzy dice hangs from a string attached to the rear view mirror of a race car
moving with constant acceleration. Find the acceleration if the string makes a 70
o

angle with the vertical.

A. 22 m/s
2

B. 27 m/s
2

C. 33 m/s
2

D. 35 m/s
2

E. 39 m/s
2



Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
15.
Two forces act on a 5 kg object. One force is 40 N and directed East. The other force is
directed West. The acceleration of the object is 3 m/s
2
West. What is the magnitude
and direction of the second force?

A. 15 N West
B. 55 N West
C. 25 N East
D. 55 N East


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B


Quiz 2-2
Submitted by 6b8d2acb-8a26-49f1-8b3e-c8d61cde3dd7 on 4/7/2012 4:08:37 PM

Points Awarded 12
Points Missed 1
Percentage 92%
1. A weight of 5000 N is suspended by two cables. The object is at rest. First cable is horizontal
and the second makes an angle of 143
o
with the first cable Find the tension of the second
cable..

A. 5000 N
B. 6740 N
C. 8310 N
D. 9340 N


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
2. A 1 kg block starts sliding up a frictionless 30
0
inclined plane with an initial velocity of 4.00
m/s. How far does the block go up the ramp before stopping?

A. 1.56 m
B. 1.63 m
C. 1.79 m
D. 2.16 m


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
3. A 40-kg crate is being pulled across a floor by a rope which exerts a force of 10 N at an angle
of 35
0
above the horizontal. Find the normal force exerted by the floor?

A. 17.1 N
B. 15.7 N
C. 387 N
D. 398 N


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
4. A crate slides down a ramp making 35
o
with horizontal with constant speed. What is the
coefficient of kinetic friction between the crate and the ramp?

A. 0.25
B. 0.45
C. 0.50
D. 0.60
E. 0.70


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: E
Your Response: E
5. A 5.0 kg block is pulled horizontally across a floor by a string attached to it with an
acceleration of a 2 m/s
2
k. What is the tension in the string if the coefficient of sliding kinetic
friction between the block and floor 0.2?

A. 5.6 N
B. 9.8 N
C. 19.8 N
D. 28.9 N


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
6. A pair of fuzzy dice hangs from a string attached to the rear view mirror of a race car
moving with constant acceleration. Find the acceleration if the string makes a 70
o
angle with
the vertical.

A. 22 m/s
2

B. 27 m/s
2

C. 33 m/s
2

D. 35 m/s
2

E. 39 m/s
2



Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
7. Two horizontal forces act on a 5.0-kg mass. One force has a magnitude of 8.0 N and is
directed due north. The second force toward the east has a magnitude of 6.0 N. What is the
acceleration of the mass?

A. 1.6 m/s
2
due north
B. 1.2 m/s
2
due east
C. 2.0 m/s
2
at 53
0
N of E
D. 2.0 m/s
2
at 53m E of N


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
8. A mass is placed on a smooth inclined plane with an angle of 37
0
to the horizontal. If the
inclined plane is 5.0-m long, how long does it take for the mass to reach the bottom of the
inclined plane after it is released from rest?

A. 1.3 s
B. 1.2 s
C. 1.1 s
D. 1.0 s


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: B
9. A 250 kg crate is placed on an adjustable inclined plane. If the crate slides down the incline
with an acceleration of 0.7 m/s
2
when the incline angle is 25
o
, then what should the incline
angle be for the crate to slide down the plane at constant speed? (g = 9.8 m/s
2
)

A. 12
o

B. 21
o

C. 25
o

D. 29
o



Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
10. Anna pulls on a rope attached to a 124 kg log with a force of 50.0 N at an angle of 35
0

above the horizontal. The magnitude of the acceleration is _____ m/s.

A. 0.403
B. 2.48
C. 0.330
D. 0.231


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
11. Two masses (3-kg and 5-kg) are attached by a string and passed over a frictionless
pulley. Neglect the masses of the string and pulley. What will be the acceleration of
the masses when released?

A. 3.92 m/s
2

B. 9.8 m/s
2

C. 2.45 m/s
2

D. 6.53 m/s
2



Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
12. A block of mass M slides down a frictionless plane inclined at an angle with the
horizontal. The normal reaction force exerted by the plane on the block is

A. Mg
B. Mg sin |
C. Mg cos |
D. zero, since the plane is frictionless.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
13. If a box is slid at a constant speed up a frictionless slope, pulling parallel to the slope,
the tension in the rope will be:

A. greater than the tension would be if the box were stationary.
B. greater than the weight of the box.
C. equal to the weight of the box.
D. less than the weight of the box.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D



Self-Check 2-3
Submitted by 6b8d2acb-8a26-49f1-8b3e-c8d61cde3dd7 on 4/7/2012 5:36:15 PM

Points Awarded 26
Points Missed 1
Percentage 96%
1. A car is traveling at a constant speed of 22 m/s around a curve of radius 85 m. What is the the
car's acceleration?

A. zero
B. 22 m/s
2

C. 9.8 m/s
2

D. 5.7 m/s
2



Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D
2.
The earth rotates once in 24 hours about its axis. What is the rotational speed of the Earth?

A. (pi/24) rad/hour
B. (pi/12) rad/hour
C. (pi/6) rad/hour
D. (pi/4) rad/hour


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
3. The maximum speed that a 2200 kg car can go around a level circular track of radius of 30.0
m without slipping if the coefficient of static friction between the tires and the road is 0.900
is

A. 10.2 m/s
B. 16.3 m/s
C. 27.0 m/s
D. 66.0 m/s


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
4. A 0.30 kg rock is rotating in a vertical plane on a 0.25 m long string. At the top of the path,
the velocity is 4.0 m/s. Find the tension in the string at that point.

A. 16.3 N
B. 15.4 N
C. 18 N
D. 83 N


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
5. A 2000 kg roller coaster is at the top of a loop with a radius of 24 m. If its speed is 18 m/s at
this point, what force does it exert on the track? (g = 9.8 m/s
2
)

A. 4.66*10
4
N
B. 7.40*10
3
N
C. 3.00*10
4
N
D. 1.00*10
4
N


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
6. A 2.0-kg stone is swung swings in a vertical circle on end of a 1.0-m string. Find the tension
of the string at the bottom point if the speed of the stone at this point is 4.0 m/s.

A. 0
B. 12
C. 20
D. 32
E. 52


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: E
7. A roller coaster loop has a radius of 12 m. What is the minimum speed the car must have at
the top?

A. 6 m/s
B. 11 m/s
C. 13 m/s
D. 15 m/s


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
8. A wheel of radius 50 cm rotates at angular velocity 4 rad/s. The linear velocity of the point
on the rim of the wheel is

A. 1 m/s
B. 2 m/s
C. 3 m/s
D. 4 m/s
E. 5 m/s


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
9. What is the approximate angular speed of a wheel rotating at the rate of 5.0 rev/s?

A. 3.2 rad/s
B. 1.6 rad/s
C. 16 rad/s
D. 31 rad/s


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D
10. A helicopter has 3.0 m long rotor blades that are rotating at an angular speed of 63
rad/s. What is the tangential speed of each blade tip?

A. 99 m/s
B. 190 m/s
C. 21 m/s
D. 66 m/s


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
11. The end of the cord on a weed cutter is 0.15 m in length. If the motor rotates at the
rate of 126 rad/s, what is the tangential speed of the cord?

A. 628 m/s
B. 25 m/s
C. 19 m/s
D. 63 m/s


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
12. A stone on the edge of the tire of a unicycle wheel with a radius of 0.25 m has a
centripetal acceleration of 4.0 m/s
2
. What is the tire's angular speed?

A. 1.0 rad/s
B. 2.0 rad/s
C. 3.2 rad/s
D. 4.0 rad/s


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D
13.
A lapidary plate at rest is turned on to cut a gemstone. The plate rotates until it reaches
an angular speed of 12.0 rad/s in 4.0 s. What is the MAXIMUM centripetal
acceleration experienced by a point 0.1 m from the center?

A. 0.45 m/s
2

B. 7.2 m/s
2

C. 14 m/s
2

D. 29 m/s
2



Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
14. If the distance from the center of a merry-go-round to the edge is 1.2 m, what
centripetal acceleration does a passenger experience when the merry-go-round rotates
at an angular speed of 0.5 rad/s?

A. 1.7 m/s
2

B. 0.9 m/s
2

C. 0.3 m/s
2

D. 0.6 m/s
2



Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
15. Consider a point on a bicycle wheel as the wheel turns about a fixed axis, neither
speeding up nor slowing down. Compare the linear and angular velocities of the point.

A. Both are constant.
B. Only the angular velocity is constant.
C. Only the linear velocity is constant.
D. Neither is constant.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
16. The acceleration of an object undergoing uniform circular motion is constant in

A. magnitude only.
B. direction only.
C. both magnitude and direction.
D. neither magnitude and direction.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
17. Which of the following statements is true for a particle in uniform circular motion?

A. Its velocity and acceleration vectors are always parallel
B. Its velocity and acceleration vectors are always perpendicular.
C. Its acceleration vector is constant.
D. Its velocity vector is constant.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
18.
The centripetal force on a car rounding a curve on a level road is provided by

A. gravity.
B. friction between its tires and the road.
C. the torque applied to its steering wheel.
D. its brakes.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
19. If we were to spin an object about our head by attaching it to string, and the string
were to break when the object is directly in front of us, the object would

A. fly off in the direction it was traveling when the string broke.
B. fly off in a straight line directly away from us.
C. continue in a circular motion while falling to the ground.
D. would drop to the ground directly in front of us.


Points Earned: 0/1
Your Response: B
20. A car travels in a circle with constant speed. The net force on the car is

A. zero because the car is not accelerating.
B. directed towards the center of the curve.
C. directed forward, in the direction of travel.
D. none of these.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
21. A motorcycle has a mass of 250 kg. It goes around a 13.7 m radius turn at 96.5 km/h.
What is the centripetal force on the motorcycle?

A. 719 N
B. 2.95x10
3
N
C. 1.31x10
4
N
D. 4.31x10
4
N


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
22. An object moves in a circular path at a constant speed. Consider the direction of the
object's velocity and acceleration vectors.

A. Both vectors point in the same direction.
B. The vectors point in opposite directions.
C. The vectors are perpendicular.
D. The question is meaningless, since the acceleration is zero.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
23. A toy car moves at the end of a string 1.60 m long in a circular path. If the breaking
strength of the string is 36.0 N and the mass of the car is 1.95 kg, the maximum speed
of the car is _____ m/s.

A. 7.83
B. 18.5
C. 29.5
D. 5.44


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D
24.
A 65.0 kg man runs at a constant speed 3.20 m/s around a circular track with a
diameter of 240 m. The centripetal force necessary to do this is _____ N.

A. 5.55
B. 1.78
C. 34.6
D. 82.9


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
25. The centripetal force necessary to cause a 2600 kg car traveling at a speed of 40.0 m/s
to move around a circular track of radius of 35.0 m is _____ kN.

A. 104
B. 119
C. 204
D. 302


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
26. A car moves around a circular track with a constant speed. The direction of the
acceleration is

A. in the direction of motion
B. in the opposite direction of the motion
C. radially outward
D. radially inward


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D
27. What centripetal force does an 80 kg passenger experience when seated 12 m from the
center of a Ferris wheel whose linear speed is 6.00 m/s?

A. 484 N
B. 720 N
C. 914 N
D. 240 N






Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D





Quiz 2-3
Submitted by 6b8d2acb-8a26-49f1-8b3e-c8d61cde3dd7 on 4/7/2012 7:18:02 PM

Points Awarded 12
Points Missed 3
Percentage 80%
1. An object moves in a circular path at a constant speed. Consider the direction of the object's
velocity and acceleration vectors.

A. Both vectors point in the same direction.
B. The vectors point in opposite directions.
C. The vectors are perpendicular.
D. The question is meaningless, since the acceleration is zero.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
2. It is possible for an object to be apparently weightless when moving in a vertical circle.

A. True.
B. False.
C. There is not enough information.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
3. Youre on a diet. You step on a scale to determine your weight. As a result of the Earths
rotation, the value read off the scale is

A. less than your true weight.
B. greater than your true weight.
C. is equal to your true weight only if youre at the equator.
D. is equal to your weight at the poles of the Earth.
E. a and d are true
F. b and c are true
G. b and d are true


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: E
Your Response: E
4. Consider a point on a bicycle wheel as the wheel turns about a fixed axis, neither speeding up
nor slowing down. Compare the linear and angular velocities of the point.

A. Both are constant.
B. Only the angular velocity is constant.
C. Only the linear velocity is constant.
D. Neither is constant.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
5. If the magnitude of the velocity of an object moving in a circular path doubles, the centripetal
acceleration is multiplied by

A.
B.
C. 2
D. 4


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
6. An object moves in a circle. If the mass is tripled, the speed halved and the radius unchanged
then the centripetal force must change by a factor of

A. 3/2
B. 3/4
C. 9/4
D. 6
E. 12


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
7. The Earth is 1.49 X 10
11
m from the sun and its period of revolution is 1 year. What is the
orbital acceleration of the Earth about the sun?

A. 18.6 m/s
2

B. 5.88 X 10
12
m/s
2

C. 1.87 X 10
5
m/s
2

D. 5.9 X 10
-3
m/s
2



Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: B
8. A stone is tied to the end of a string and is swung with constant speed around a horizontal
circle with a radius of 1.5 m. If it makes two complete revolutions each second, its
acceleration is:

A. 0.24 m/s
2

B. 2.4 m/s
2

C. 24 m/s
2

D. 240 m/s
2

E. 2400 m/s
2



Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
9. In order to simulate weightlessness for astronauts in training, they are flown in a vertical
circle. If the passengers are to experience weightlessness, how fast should an airplane be
moving at the top of a vertical circle with a radius of 2500 m?

A. 157 m/s
B. 314 m/s
C. 255 m/s
D. 510 m/s


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
10. A helicopter has 3.0 m long rotor blades that are rotating at an angular speed of 63
rad/s. What is the tangential speed of each blade tip?

A. 99 m/s
B. 190 m/s
C. 21 m/s
D. 66 m/s


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
11. A person swings an iron ball in a vertical circle at the end of a string. At what point in
the circle is the string most likely to break?

A. At the top of the circle.
B. At the bottom of the circle.
C. At the side of the circle going up.
D. At the side of the circle going down.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
12. Various points on a rotating Ferris wheel have ______ linear velocities and _______
angular velocities.

A. equal, equal
B. different, different
C. equal, different
D. different, equal


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: A
13. A coin is fixed in place 11 cm from the axis of a rotating turntable. The angular speed
of the turntable is increased and when it reaches 36 rev/min the coin slides off. What is
the coefficient of static friction between the coin and the turntable?

A. 0.56
B. 0.32
C. 0.16
D. 0.11


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
14.
A 0.40 kg object attached to the end of a 0.50 m string rotates in a vertical circle. If the
angular speed of the object at the bottom of the circle is 8.0 rad/s, what is the tension
in the string at this point?

A. 10 N
B. 11 N
C. 13 N
D. 17 N


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: C
15. A 0.40 kg ball on a 0.50 m string rotates in a circular path in a vertical plane. If a
constant angular speed of 8.0 rad/s is maintained, what is the tension in the string when
the ball is at the top of the circle?

A. 9.0 N
B. 11 N
C. 13 N
D. 10.0 N


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A









Self-Check 2-4
Submitted by 6b8d2acb-8a26-49f1-8b3e-c8d61cde3dd7 on 4/8/2012 1:35:22 PM

Points Awarded 16
Points Missed 1
Percentage 94%
1. Two bodies, masses m
1
and m
2
, are at distance r from each other attract each other with force
F. Find the gravitational force if the distance is doubled.

A. 2F
B. F/2
C. F/4
D. 4F


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
2. The weight of a 0.5 kg object on the surface of Planet X is 20 N. If the radius of the planet is
4 X 10
6
m, what is its mass?

A. 3.4 X 10
19
kg
B. 2.6 X 10
22
kg
C. 9.6 X 10
24
kg
D. 2.3 X 10
25
kg


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
3. Use Kepler's Law to find the time (in Earths years) for Mars to orbit the sun if the radius of
Mars orbit 1.5 times the radius of Earth's orbit.

A. 1.8
B. 2.8
C. 3.4
D. 4.2


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
4. The mass of Planet W is 1/100 that of Earth and its radius is 1/4 that of Earth. If the weight of
an object is 600 N on Earth, what would it weigh on this planet?

A. 24 N
B. 48 N
C. 96 N
D. 192 N
E. 600 N


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
5. The weight of an object at the surface of Earth is 90 N. What is its weight at a distance 2R
from the surface of Earth?

A. 10 N
B. 30 N
C. 90 N
D. 270 N
E. 810 N


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
6. The periods of a satellite orbiting a planet does not depend on the

A. radius of the orbit
B. mass of the planet
C. mass of the satellite
D. it depends on all of the above.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
7.
A 9.0 10
3
kg satellite orbits the earth at the distance of 2.56 10
7
m from Earths surface.
What is its period?

A. 1.1 10
4
s
B. 4.1 10
4
s
C. 5.7 10
4
s
D. 1.5 10
5
s


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
8. Comets go faster when they approach the Sun. This is an example of

A. Newton's Law of Gravity
B. Kepler's First Law
C. Kepler's Second Law
D. Kepler's Third Law.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
9. Knowing the orbital period, this law can be used to find the average distance of a planet from
the Sun,

A. Newton's Law of Gravity
B. Kepler's First Law
C. Kepler's Second Law
D. Kepler's Third Law.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D
10. The Earth moves around the Sun in an elliptical orbit. This is an example of

A. Newton's Law of Gravity
B. Kepler's First Law
C. Kepler's Second Law
D. Kepler's Third Law.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
11. Which of the following statements about Newtons Universal Law of Gravity is false?

A. The heavier mass exerts a force on the lighter mass that is equal but opposite to
the force the lighter mass exerts on the heavier mass.
B. A heavy mass from far away can exert the same gravitational force on you as a
light mass that is nearby.
C. Masses under the influence of the gravitational force accelerate towards each
other at the rate of 6.67 x 10
-11
m/s2.
D. All of the above are true.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
12. Kepler's laws of planetary motion involved

A. a relationship between the radii of the planet's orbits and their orbital periods.
B. the geometrical shape of the sun as viewed from the planet earth.
C. a relationship between the speed of the planet and its distance from the sun.
D. both (a) and (c) but not (b).
E. (a) and (b) and (c).


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D
13. When the distance between two stars decreases by half, the force between them

A. decreases by one-quarter
B. decreases by one-half
C. increases to twice as much
D. increases to four times as much
E. stays the same


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D
14. A hypothetical planet has a mass of half of the mass of the earth and a radius of twice
of that of the earth. What is the magnitude of the gravitational acceleration on the
planet if the gravitational acceleration on the earth is 9.81 m/s
2
?

A. 1.22 m/s
2

B. 2.54 m/s
2

C. 4.88 m/s
2

D. 6.78 m/s
2

E. 9.81 m/s
2



Points Earned: 0/1
Your Response: C
15. Based on Newtons law of universal gravitation

A. The greater the masses of the two bodies, the greater the attractive force between
them
B. The greater the distance between the centers of the masses, the weaker the
attractive force between them
C. A and B
D. None of the above


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
16. Ocean tides are the result of

A. The ocean being so big
B. Water being so heavy
C. Difference in forces exerted by the moon on different of the earth
D. Whales running races with one another


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
17. A satellite's orbit is maintained by a

A. normal force.
B. frictional force.
C. centrifugal force.
D. gravitational force.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D










Quiz 2-4
Submitted by 6b8d2acb-8a26-49f1-8b3e-c8d61cde3dd7 on 4/8/2012 2:45:32 PM

Points Awarded 9
Points Missed 1
Percentage 90%
1. A hypothetical planet has a mass of half of the mass of the earth and a radius of twice of that
of the earth. What is the magnitude of the gravitational acceleration on the planet if the
gravitational acceleration on the earth is 9.81 m/s
2
?

A. 1.22 m/s
2

B. 2.54 m/s
2

C. 4.88 m/s
2

D. 6.78 m/s
2

E. 9.81 m/s
2



Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
2. Two identical masses are placed precisely 1 m apart from each other. The gravitational force
each exerts on the other is exactly 1 N. What is each mass? (The value of the gravitational
constant of the universe is 6.67 x 10
-11
Nm
2
/kg
2
.)

A. 1.22 x 10
5
kg
B. 1.50 x 10
10
kg
C. 7.50 x 10
9
kg
D. 1 kg


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
3. Knowing the orbital period, this law can be used to find the average distance of a planet from
the Sun,

A. Newton's Law of Gravity
B. Kepler's First Law
C. Kepler's Second Law
D. Kepler's Third Law.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D
4. An artificial Earth satellite in an elliptical orbit has its greatest centripetal acceleration when
it is at what location?

A. nearest the Earth
B. farthest from the Earth
C. between Earth and moon
D. between Earth and sun


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
5. The gravitational attractive force between two masses is F. If the masses are moved to half of
their initial distance, what is the gravitational attractive force?

A. F/4
B. F/2
C. 2F
D. 4F


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D
6. The acceleration of gravity on the moon is one-sixth what it is on earth. The radius of the
moon is one-fourth that of the earth. What is the moon's mass compared to the earth's?

A. 1/6
B. 1/16
C. 1/24
D. 1/96


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D
7. The mass of Mars is 7*10
23
kg and its radius is 3*10
6
m. What is the escape velocity from the
planet assuming no atmosphere? (choose the closest answer)

A. 5700 m/s
B. 5900 m/s
C. 5100 m/s
D. 4800 m/s
E. 6300 m/s


Points Earned: 0/1
Your Response: C
8. Newtons law of gravitation predicts what force between two football players each with a
mass of 100 kg and separated by a distance of 10 m?

A. 9*10
-7

B. 7*10
-9

C. 7*10
-11

D. 9*10
-8



Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
9. What is the gravitational force on a 70-kg person, due to the moon? The mass of the moon is
7.36X10
22
kg and the distance to the moon is 3.82X10
8
m.

A. 0.24 N
B. 0.024 N
C. 0.0024 N
D. 0.00024


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
10. The planet Pluto orbits at a distance of 5.91 10
12
meters from the sun. The planet
Earth orbits the sun at a distance of 1.5 10
11
meters from the sun. Approximately how
long does it take Pluto to orbit the sun? Hint: What is the definition of an astronomical
unit (A.u.)?

A. 1.44 10
19
years.
B. 3.27 10
8
years
C. 247 years
D. 11.6 years


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C



Self-Check 3-1
Your response has been submitted successfully.

Points Awarded 20
Points Missed 1
Percentage 95%
1. If it takes 40 J to push a large box 4 m across a floor, what is the magnitude of the force on the
box? The push is in the same direction as the velocity of the box.

A. 4 N
B. 10 N
C. 40 N
D. 160 N
E. none of the above


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
2. A 1500 kg car travels at a speed of 20 m/s. What is its kinetic energy?

A. 15.0 x 10
5
J
B. 2.5 x 10
5
J
C. 3.0 x 10
5
J
D. 6.0 x 10
5
J


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
3. A block slides down an inclined plane. Which force does zero work?

A. the weight
B. friction
C. normal force
D. all of the above
E. none of the above


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
4. A loaded sledge weighs 5000 N. It is pulled on level snow by a horizontal force on it. The
coefficient of kinetic friction between sledge and snow is 0.05. How much work is done by
the force if the sledge traveled 1000 m at constant speed?

A. 2.5 * 10
4
J
B. 2.5 * 10
5
J
C. 5.0 * 10
5
J
D. 2.5 * 10
6
J
E. 5.0 * 10
6
J


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
5.
A 8000-N car is moving at 12 m/s along a horizontal road. The driver applies the breaks and
the car skids to a stop. How much kinetic energy is lost?

A. 4.8 * 10
4
J
B. 5.9 * 10
4
J
C. 1.2 * 10
5
J
D. 5.8 * 10
5
J
E. 4.8 *10
6
J


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
6. The amount of work required to stop a truck is equal to the:

A. velocity of the truck
B. kinetic energy of the truck
C. mass of the truck times its acceleration
D. mass of the truck times its velocity
E. square of the velocity of the truck


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
7. A 5.0-kg brick is moving horizontally at 6.0 m/s. In order to change its speed to 10.0 m/s, the
net work done on the brick must be:

A. 40 J
B. 90 J
C. 160 J
D. 400 J
E. 550 J


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
8. Which of the following has the largest kinetic energy?

A. Mass 3M and speed V
B. Mass 3M and speed 2V
C. Mass 2M and speed 3V
D. Mass M and speed 4V


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
9. A 40 N box is pulled up an inclined plane at a constant velocity. If the plane is inclined at an
angle of 37o to the horizontal and the box travels 5 m, what is the work done by the force of
gravity?

A. 120 J
B. 6 J
C. 1180 J
D. 200 J


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
10. The work done by the centripetal force acting on an object moving at a constant
linear speed is

A. greater than zero since a force acts and the object moves.
B. greater than zero since it takes energy to turn an object.
C. equal to zero because the object has constant speed.
D. equal to zero because the force and the displacement of the object are
perpendicular.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D
11. A block slides down a plane (there is friction). Which force does zero work?

A. the weight
B. friction
C. normal force
D. all of the above


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
12. It takes 40 J to push a large box 4 m across a floor. Assuming that the push is in the
same direction as the displacement, what is the size of the force on the box?

A. 4 N.
B. 10 N.
C. 40 N.
D. 160 N.
E. none of these.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
13.
A constant force is applied to an object that causes a certain displacement. If the angle
between the force and the displacement is 135
o
, the work done by this force is

A. positive
B. negative
C. 0
D. Not enough information is given to answer this question


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
14. A boy holds a 40-N weight at arm's length for 10 s. His arm is 1.5 m above the
ground. The work done by the force of the boy on the weight while he is holding it is:

A. 0
B. 650 J
C. 600 J
D. 400 J
E. 60 J


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
15. The work done by gravity during the descent of a projectile is:

A. positive
B. negative
C. zero
D. depends for its sign on the direction of the y axis
E. depends for its sign on the direction of both the x and y axes


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
16. A 10 lb weight is lifted 5 ft. A 20 lb weight is lifted 2.5 ft. Which lifting required the
most work?

A. 20 lb weight
B. 10 lb weight
C. same work for each lifting
D. not enough information is given to work the problem


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
17. A car moving with a kinetic energy of 43200 J slows to a kinetic energy of 23000 J in
a distance of 25.6 m. The magnitude of the force acting on the car is _____ N.

A. 789
B. 2590
C. 1800
D. 1200


Points Earned: 0/1
Your Response: B
18. A boy pushes a sled with a force of 50.0 N directed parallel to the ground for a
distance of 12.0 m in the direction of motion. If the initial kinetic energy of the sled
was 400 J, then the final kinetic energy is _____ J.

A. 400
B. 600
C. 1000
D. 200


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
19. The amount of work required to stop a moving object is equal to the:

A. velocity of the object
B. kinetic energy of the object
C. mass of the object times its velocity
D. mass of the object times its acceleration
E. square of the velocity of the object


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
20. An object that has kinetic energy must be

A. falling.
B. moving.
C. at an elevated position.
D. at rest.
E. none of these.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
21. The net or total work necessary to bring an object from zero velocity to its present
nonzero velocity is equal to the _________ of the object.

A. kinetic energy
B. potential energy
C. momentum
D. force
E. impulse





Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A











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Points Awarded 16
Points Missed 1
Percentage 94%
1. John pulls a sled on a frictionless surface with a force of 60 N at an angle of 37
o
above the
horizontal. If he pulls it a distance of 12 m, the work he does is

A. 185 J
B. 433 J
C. 575 J
D. 720 J


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
2. A 6000N crate is pulled across an icy surface. The coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.05. The
work done in pulling the crate 1000 m at constant velocity is:

A. 3.1*10
4
J
B. 1.5*10
5
J
C. 3.0*10
5
J
D. 2.9 *10
6
J
E. 6.0 *10
6
J


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
3. If the work done on a particle is zero, then

A. the net force is zero
B. the displacement is zero
C. the acceleration is zero
D. all of the above are possible


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
4. A force does work on an object if a component of the force

A. is perpendicular to the displacement of the object.
B. is parallel to the displacement of the object.
C. perpendicular to the displacement of the object moves the object along a path that returns
the object to its starting position.
D. parallel to the displacement of the object moves the object along a path that returns the
object to its starting position.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
5. A boy holds a 40-N weight at arm's length for 10 s. His arm is 1.5 m above the ground. The
work done by the force of the boy on the weight while he is holding it is:

A. 0
B. 650 J
C. 600 J
D. 400 J
E. 60 J


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
6. Suppose that the Earths gravitational pull on an orbiting satellite is 100 N. If the satellite is
in a circular orbit of radius 10,000 m, how much work does the Earths pull of gravity do in
one revolution?

A. 6.28 MJ
B. 1.00 MJ
C. 5.34 MJ
D. 0 MJ
E. not enough information is given


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: C
7. The net or total work necessary to bring an object from zero velocity to its present nonzero
velocity is equal to the of the object.

A. kinetic energy
B. potential energy
C. momentum
D. force
E. impulse


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
8. How much work is done on a 50-N rock that you lift 10 m?

A. 500 J
B. 50 J
C. 10 J
D. 5 J
E. 0 J


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
9. A horizontal force of 200 N is applied to move a 55 kg cart across a 10 m level surface. What
work is done by the 200 N force?

A. 4000 J
B. 5400 J
C. 2000 J
D. 2700 J


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
10.
A 102 kg man climbs a 5 m high staircase at constant speed. How much work does he
do? (acceleration due to gravity = g = 9.8 m/s
2
)

A. 510 J
B. 49 J
C. 4998 J
D. 2499 J


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
11. I use a motor to lift a 60 kg crate to a height of 15 meters off the ground. Assuming
that it takes 45 seconds to lift the craft, how much power must the motor provide?

A. 20 W
B. 180 W
C. 196.2 W
D. 8.83 kW
e.40.5 kW


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
12. An automobile delivers 30 hp to its wheels when moving at a constant speed of 22
m/s. What is the resistance force on the automobile at this speed? (1 hp = 746 watts)

A. 18.6 x 10
3
N
B. 4.1 x 10
5
N
C. 1020 N
D. 848 N


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
13. Do 100 J of work in 50 s and your power output is

A. 1/4 W.
B. 1/2 W.
C. 2 W.
D. 4 W.
E. more than 4 W.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
14. A 8000-N car is moving at 12 m/s along a horizontal road. The driver applies the
breaks and the car skids to a stop. How much kinetic energy is lost?

A. 4.8 * 10
4
J
B. 5.9 * 10
4
J
C. 1.2 * 10
5
J
D. 5.8 * 10
5
J
E. 4.8 * 10
6
J


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
15. How much work could be performed by a 619-kg object traveling horizontally at a
speed of 32.5 m/s?

A. 327,000 J
B. 654,000 J
C. 197,000 J
D. 0 J


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
16. The work done in lifting 60 kg of bricks to a height of 30 m on a building under
construction is

A. 180 J
B. 1800 J
C. 1764 J
D. 17640 J


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
17. If both the mass and the velocity of a ball are tripled, the kinetic energy of the ball is
increased by a factor of

A. 3.
B. 6.
C. 9.
D. 27.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
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Points Awarded 10
Points Missed 3
Percentage 77%
1.
A fighter jet of mass 9600 kg is moving at a speed of 72 m/s. If its total energy is 2.60 x 10
8
J,
how high from the ground level is it?

A. 2500 m
B. 2230 m
C. 2760 m
D. 3028 m


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: C
2. Which of the following is associated with an object due to its position?

A. potential energy
B. mechanical energy
C. total energy
D. kinetic energy


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
3. A 40.0 N crate is pulled up a 5.0 m inclined plane. The angle of inclination of the plane to
horizontal is 37
o.
If there is a constant force of friction of 10.0 N between the crate and the
surface, what is the net gain in potential energy by the crate?

A. 120 J
B. 120 J
C. 210 J
D. 210 J


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
4. A n 80-N crate is pushed a distance of 5.0 m upward along a smooth incline that makes an
angle of 30
o
with the horizontal. The force pushing the crate is parallel to the slope. If the
speed of the crate increases at a rate of 1.5 m/s
2
, find the work done by the force:

A. 200 J
B. 1 J
C. 140 J
D. 200 J
E. 260 J


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: E
Your Response: D
5. Potential energy is energy associated with

A. motion
B. position
C. mass
D. temperature


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
6. A 2000-kg ore car rolls 50 meters down a smooth 10
o
incline. There is a horizontal spring at
the end of the incline designed to stop the car in case of break failure. What is the force
constant of the spring if it would compress by 1 m to stop the ore car?

A. 340.3 kN/m
B. 680.7 kN/m
C. 980.0 kN/m
D. 1960.0 kN/m


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
7. Suppose a 0.3 kg mass on a spring that has been compressed 0.10 m has elastic potential
energy of 1 J. What is the spring constant?

A. 10 N/m
B. 20 N/m
C. 200 N/m
D. 300 N/m


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
8. Three climbers, A, B, and C all climb the same mountain, starting from the same point. Each
walks at the same rate during the entire climb, but each takes a different path. Neglect any
effects of friction. Climber A picks a path that requires two hours to complete, Bs path
requires 3 hours, and Cs path requires 4 hours. Which climber did more work?

A. A
B. B
C. C
D. They all did the same amount of work.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
9. A feather and a brick are dropped by a person standing on the Moon. At any given instant
during the fall, they have equal

A. forces.
B. kinetic energies.
C. accelerations.
D. gravitational potential energies.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
10. I drop a 60 g golfball from 2 m high. It rebounds to 1.5 m. How much energy is lost?

A. 0.29 J
B. 0.5 J
C. 0.88 J
D. 1 J


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
11. Which of the following statements is false for an object tossed straight up and allowed
to fall back down (ignore air resistance)?

A. The acceleration of the object is constant.
B. The total mechanical energy of the object is always constant.
C. The object never has a velocity equal to zero.
D. The more massive the object is, the more mechanical energy it has.


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: A
12. A change in the gravitational potential energy of an object

A. is always positive
B. depends on the reference point where the potential energy is zero
C. depends on the path the object takes between the initial and final positions
D. depends only on the initial and final positions


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
13. A force of 30.0 N is required to stretch a spring by 0.20 m. What work is done in
stretching a spring from 0 to 0.40 m?

A. 12.0 J
B. 6.00 J
C. 3.00 J
D. 1.50 J


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
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Points Awarded 10
Points Missed 3
Percentage 77%
1. Select the best answer to the following question:
Can potential energy of a system be negative?

A. Yes, as long as the total energy is positive.
B. Yes, since the choice of the zero of potential energy is arbitrary.
C. No, because the kinetic energy of a system must equal its potential energy.
D. No, because this would have no physical meaning.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
2. Work done by STATIC FRICTION is always:

A. negative
B. positive
C. along the surface
D. zero


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
3. Which of the following is associated with an object due to its position?

A. potential energy
B. mechanical energy
C. total energy
D. kinetic energy


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
4. Which of the following energy forms is associated with an object in motion?

A. potential energy
B. elastic potential energy
C. nonmechanical energy
D. kinetic energy


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
5. I drop a 60 g golfball from 2 m high. It rebounds to 1.5 m. How much energy is lost?

A. 0.29 J
B. 0.5 J
C. 0.88 J
D. 1 J


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
6. Which of the following is that form of energy associated with an object's motion?

A. potential
B. thermal
C. bio-chemical
D. kinetic


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
7. A force of 30.0 N is required to stretch a spring by 0.20 m. What work is done in stretching a
spring from 0 to 0.40 m?

A. 12.0 J
B. 6.00 J
C. 3.00 J
D. 1.50 J


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
8. A 60 g golf ball is dropped from a height of 2 m and rebounds to 1.5 m. How much energy is
lost?

A. 0.29 J
B. 0.5 J
C. 0.88 J
D. 1J


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
9. A feather and a brick are dropped by a person standing on the Moon. At any given instant
during the fall, they have equal

A. forces.
B. kinetic energies.
C. accelerations.
D. gravitational potential energies.


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: B
10. A spring with constant k = 120 N/m is compressed by 36 cm. How much potential
energy does it store?

A. 7.78 J
B. 15.55 J
C. 43.2 J
D. 124.7 J
E. 333 J


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: B
11. A change in the gravitational potential energy of an object

A. is always positive
B. depends on the reference point where the potential energy is zero
C. depends on the path the object takes between the initial and final positions
D. depends only on the initial and final positions


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
12. A body can have negative potential energy when

A. potential energy is relative and can be negative at any time.
B. it is falling.
C. only if its in a hole.
D. never.


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: D
13. An 80,000 kg plane is flying at 900 km/h at a height of 10 kilometers. What is its
total mechanical energy?

A. 250 MJ
B. 478 MJ
C. 773 MJ
D. 10,340 MJ


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
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Points Awarded 22
Points Missed 0
Percentage 100%
1. Ruth is moving a heavy box a distance of 14.0 m across a floor of her bedroom. If she does
9000 J of work in 3.00s, her power is _____.

A. 3000 W
B. 12000 W
C. 149 W
D. 1500 W


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
2. The rate at which work is done is equivalent to

A. increase in potential energy
B. thermal energy
C. potential energy
D. power


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D
3. A pulley-cable system on a construction site lifts a 20,000 N concrete block to a height of 40
m. If this takes 2 min., what is the power of the pulley-cable system?

A. 6.7 kW
B. 3.3 kW
C. 13.3 kW
D. 400 kW


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
4.
A jet engine is moving an airplane forward at a speed of 900 km/hr. If the thrust of the engine
is 10
5
N, What is the power developed by the engine?

A. 5 MW
B. 10 MW
C. 25 MW
D. 50 MW


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
5. For safety reasons, the speed of a child at the bottom of a playground slide cannot exceed 6.0
m/s. What is the maximum height of the slide ?

A. 1.8 m
B. 2.9 m
C. 3.2 m
D. 4.5 m


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
6. Sarah and her bicycle have a total mass of 40 kg. Her speed at the top of a 10 m high and
100m long hill is 5 m/s. If the force of friction on her way down is 20 N, at what speed she
reaches the bottom?

A. 5 m/s
B. 10 m/s
C. 11 m/s
D. She stops before she reaches the bottom.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
7. A boy on a roof throws one ball downward and an identical ball upward. The ball thrown
downward hits the ground with 100 J of kinetic energy. If both balls are thrown at the same
speed and there is no air friction, what is the kinetic energy of the second just before it hits
the ground?

A. 100 J
B. 200 J
C. Less than 100 J
D. More than 200 J
E. none of the above


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
8. A 500 kg roller coaster car crests a 20m high hill at a speed of 10 m/s. It then rolls down the
other side, all the way to ground level, and climbs a second hill. What is the speed of the car
when it is 10 m up the second hill?

A. 15.3 m/s
B. 17.2 m/s
C. 8.9 m/s
D. 19.7 m/s


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
9. A 6.00 kg block slides down a 3.40 m long inclined plane. The speed of the block at the
bottom is 5.40 m/s. If the height of the plane is 2.00 m, what is the work done by friction?

A. -118 J
B. -30.1 J
C. -85.5 J
D. -8.85 J


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
10. An object is shot upward at 34.3 m/s. How high does it go?

A. 60.0 m
B. 180 m
C. 103 m
D. 1.75 m


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
11. A ball is released from a point above the Earth with an initial potential energy of 1000
J. If air resistance is not negligible, then its kinetic energy when it hits the ground will
be

A. 1000 J
B. less than 1000 J
C. more than 1000 J
D. no conclusions can be drawn


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
12. Energy cannot be

A. conserved
B. created
C. transferred
D. in more than one form


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
13. Which one of the following energy transformations takes place during friction?

A. Chemical energy is converted into Radiant energy.
B. Thermal energy is converted into Mechanical energy.
C. Mechanical energy is converted into Thermal energy.
D. Chemical energy is converted into Potential energy.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
14. A 2 kg ball which originally has zero kinetic and potential energy is dropped into a
well which is 10 m deep. Just before the ball hits the bottom, the sum of its kinetic and
potential energy is

A. 0
B. 196 J
C. -196 J
D. 392 J


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
15. Two blocks are released from the top of a building. One falls straight down while the
other slides down a smooth ramp. If all friction is ignored, which one is moving faster
when it reaches the bottom?

A. The block that went straight down.
B. The block that went down the ramp.
C. They both will have the same speed.
D. Insufficient information to work the problem.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
16. An arrow, shot straight up from a crossbow has an initial velocity of 50 m/s. Ignore
energy lost to air friction. How high will the arrow rise?

A. 49 m
B. 62.4 m
C. 98 m
D. 127.5 m


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D
17. King Kong falls from the top of the Empire State Building, through the air (air friction
is present), to the ground below. How does his kinetic energy (K) just before striking
the ground compare to his potential energy (U) at the top of the building?

A. K is equal to U.
B. K is greater than U.
C. K is less than U.
D. It is impossible to tell.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
18. When a car is braked to a stop, its kinetic energy is transformed to

A. stopping energy.
B. potential energy.
C. heat energy.
D. energy of rest.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
19. The average power needed to raise a 5.00 kg mass a distance of 20.0 m in a time of
5.00 s is _____ W.

A. 98.0
B. 196
C. 980
D. 786


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
20. Power is the rate of change of _____ with respect to time.

A. position
B. velocity
C. energy
D. mass


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
21. An automobile delivers 30 hp to its wheels when moving at a constant speed of 22
m/s. What is the resistance force on the automobile at this speed? (1 hp = 746 watts)

A. 18.6 x 10
3
N
B. 4.1 x 10
5
N
C. 1020 N
D. 848 N


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
22. How much power is required to do 100 J of work on an object in 2 seconds?

A. 200 W
B. 100 W
C. 50 W
D. 2 W
E. 0 W



Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C


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Percentage 91%
1. A roller coater car starts out at rest at the top of the first hill and reaches speed of 10 m/s at the
bottom of the hill. What is its speed when it is half-way down? Assume that the track is frictionless.

A. 5.0 m/s
B. 7.1 m/s
C. 6.3 m/s
D. 20 m/s
E. none of them


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
2. A pole vaulter clears 6.00 m. What is his velocity just before landing?

A. 2.70 m/s
B. 5.40 m/s
C. 10.8 m/s
D. 21.6 m/s


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
3. A person on a roof throws one ball downward and an identical ball upward at the same speed. The
ball thrown downward hits the ground with 100 J of kinetic energy. Ignoring air friction, with how
much kinetic energy does the second ball hit the ground?

A. 100 J
B. 200 J
C. Less than 100 J
D. More than 200 J
E. none of the above


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
4. A ball is released from a point above the Earth with an initial potential energy of 1000 J. If air
resistance is not negligible, then its kinetic energy when it hits the ground will be

A. 1000 J
B. less than 1000 J
C. more than 1000 J
D. no conclusions can be drawn


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
5. Two blocks are released from the top of a building. One falls straight down while the other slides
down a smooth ramp. If all friction is ignored, which one is moving faster when it reaches the
bottom?

A. The block that went straight down.
B. The block that went down the ramp.
C. They both will have the same speed.
D. Insufficient information to work the problem.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
6. The amount of energy in the universe today is

A. always decreasing.
B. always increasing.
C. always constant.
D. always changing.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
7. Sarah and her bicycle have a total mass of 40 kg. Her speed at the top of a 10 m high and 100m long
hill is 5 m/s. If the force of friction on her way down is 20 N, at what speed she reaches the bottom?

A. 5 m/s
B. 10 m/s
C. 11 m/s
D. She stops before she reaches the bottom.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
8.
A 1.5 kg object falls from a height of 2.0 m onto a spring scale with a spring constant of
1.5x10
5
N/m. What is the reading on the scale at its greatest compression is?

A. 15 N
B. 30 N
C. 1.5x10
3
N
D. 2.1x10
3
N
E. 3.0x10
3
N


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: E
9. A simple pendulum, 2.0 m in length, is released with a push when the support string is at an angle of
25
o
from the vertical. If the initial speed of the suspended mass is 1.2 m/s when at the release point,
what is its speed at the bottom of the swing? (g = 9.8 m/s
2
)

A. 2.3 m/s
B. 2.6 m/s
C. 2.0 m/s
D. 0.5 m/s


Points Earned: 0/1
Your Response: B
10. An ore car of mass 4000 kg rolls downhill on tracks from a mine. At the end of the tracks, at 10
m elevation lower is a spring with k = 400,000 N/m. How much is the spring compressed in
stopping the ore car? Ignore friction.

A. 0.14 m
B. 0.56 m
C. 1.40 m
D. 1.96 m


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
11. A pole vaulter clears 6 m. With what velocity does he strike the mat in the landing area?

A. 2.7 m/s
B. 5.4 m/s
C. 10.8 m/s
D. 21.6 m/s


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
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Quiz 3-3
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Points Awarded 9
Points Missed 2
Percentage 82%
1. The more powerful the motor is, the

A. longer the time interval for doing the work is.
B. shorter the time interval for doing the work is.
C. greater the ability to do the work is.
D. shorter the workload is.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
2. A ball thrown vertically upward has an initial potential energy of 500 J and an initial kinetic
energy of 1000 J. At the top of its trajectory its total energy is ___ J.

A. 500
B. 1000
C. 1500
D. -50


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
3. The rate at which work is done is equivalent to

A. increase in potential energy
B. thermal energy
C. potential energy
D. power


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D
4. A person on a roof throws one ball downward and an identical ball upward at the same speed.
The ball thrown downward hits the ground with 100 J of kinetic energy. Ignoring air friction,
with how much kinetic energy does the second ball hit the ground?

A. 100 J
B. 200 J
C. Less than 100 J
D. More than 200 J
E. none of the above


Points Earned: 0/1
Your Response: C
5. Which one of the following is always conserved?

A. power
B. kinetic energy
C. mechanical energy
D. total energy in the universe


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D
6. Wanda claims that she has invented a machine that will allow a force of 100 N to be exerted,
when the operator exerts only 2 N on the machine. This machine violates

A. conservation of energy
B. conservation of momentum
C. no physical law


Points Earned: 0/1
Your Response: A
7. A rubber ball dropped on the floor. The rebound speed is one-half the speed it had just before
hitting the floor. It will rise to ________ of the original height from which it was dropped.

A. 1/8
B. 1/6
C. 1/5
D. 1/4
E. 1/3
F. 1/2


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D
8. An automobile of mass 2000 kg moving at 30 m/s, is braked suddenly, with a constant
braking force of 10,000 N. How far does the car travel before stopping?

A. 45 m
B. 90 m
C. 135 m
D. 180 m


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
9. A ball thrown vertically upward has an initial potential energy of 500 J and an initial kinetic
energy of 1000 J. At the top of its trajectory its total energy is _____ J.

A. 500
B. 1000
C. 1500
D. -50


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
10. A 20 N crate starting at rest slides down a rough 3 m long ramp, inclined at 30
o
with
the horizontal. The force of friction between crate and ramp is 6 N. The crate, with the
mass of approximately 2 kg, will have what velocity at the bottom of the incline?

A. 0.5 m/s
B. 1.4 m/s
C. 2.8 m/s
D. 3.4 m/s


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D
11. An arrow, shot straight up from a crossbow has an initial velocity of 50 m/s. Ignore
energy lost to air friction. How high will the arrow rise?

A. 49 m
B. 62.4 m
C. 98 m
D. 127.5 m


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D



Self-Check 4-1
Your response has been submitted successfully.

Points Awarded 21
Points Missed 3
Percentage 88%
1. Bumper protects a car during a collision because it

A. increases the time of impact
B. decreases the time of impact
C. increases the force of impact
D. increases kinetic energy transfer


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
2. If two objects have the same momentum, then

A. the object with the greater mass will have the smaller velocity
B. the object with the greater mass will have the larger velocity
C. both objects have the same velocity
D. both objects have only the same speed


Points Earned: 0/1
Your Response: D
3. A 3-kg ball is rolling at a speed of 6 m/s. What is the magnitude of the momentum of the ball?

A. 6 m/s
B. 18 kg.m/s
C. 18 m/s
D. 6 kg.m/s


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
4. A brick falls to the ground. If the time for the collision of the brick and the ground is increased by a
factor of 4, the force of the collision with the ground will change by a factor of

A. 4
B. 16
C. 1/4
D. 1/16


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
5. A 0.30 kg ball is dropped onto a concrete driveway. The ball's velocity before impact is 4.5 m/s, and
after impact is 4.2 m/s. What is the change in the ball's momentum?

A. 0.09 kg-m/s
B. 2.6 kg-m/s
C. 4.0 kg-m/s
D. 116 kg-m/s


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
6. What is the speed of a 0.145 kg object moving with a momentum of 5.80 Ns?

A. 0.841 m/s
B. 1.19 m/s
C. 40.0 m/s
D. 36.0 m/s


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
7. Which is a vector?

A. linear momentum
B. impulse
C. neither a nor b
D. both a and b


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D
8. A 1.5 kg ball falls onto a floor. Just before it strikes the floor, its velocity is 12 m/s. The ball bounces
up with a velocity of 10 m/s. Find the impulse on the ball.

A. 3 N-s
B. 15 N-s
C. 18 N-s
D. 33 N-s


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D
9. A soccer player kicks a soccer ball initially at rest setting it in motion at a velocity of 30 m/. If the ball
has a mass of 0.5 kg and the time of contact is 0.025 s, what is the force exerted on players foot?

A. 188 N
B. 375 N
C. 600 N
D. 900 N


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
10.
A 2 kg ball moving at 3 m/s hits a wall and bounces off. Immediately after the
collision, it moves at 3 m/s in the opposite direction.
What is the change in the objects momentum?

A. + 12 kg m/s
B. -12 kg m/s
C. 0 kg m/s
D. +6 kg m/s
E. -6 kg m/s
F. More than one of the above is possible
G. None of the above is correct


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: F
11. A piece of putty and a tennis ball of equal mass are thrown against a wall with the same
speed. If the tennis ball bounces off with the same speed but the putty sticks to the wall, then

A. the golf ball undergoes the greatest change of momentum
B. the putty undergoes the greatest change of momentum
C. the change in momentum for each is the same
D. the change depends on the angle of impact


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
12. It is impossible for an object to have zero momentum if it

A. has acceleration
B. has mass
C. has velocity
D. has potential energy


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
13. The magnitude of the force necessary to change the momentum of a particle from 10.0 Ns to
50.0 Ns in 12.0 s is _____ N.

A. 3.33
B. 44.0
C. 4.16
D. 720


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
14. A baseball moving with an initial momentum of 4.35 Ns, strikes a wall and rebounds with a
momentum of -3.72 Ns. If the collision lasted for 0.020 s, then the magnitude of the force
acting on the ball is _____ N.

A. 406
B. 31.5
C. 315
D. 127


Points Earned: 0/1
Your Response: B
15. A karate-master strikes a board with an initial velocity of 10 m/s, decreasing to 1 m/s as his
hand passes through the board. If the time-of-contact with the board is 0.002 s, and the mass
of the coordinated hand and arm is 1 kg, what is the force exerted on the board?

A. 1000 N
B. 1800 N
C. 2700 N
D. 4500 N


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D
16. A baseball of mass 0.145 kg, moving at 55 m/s, is caught by a catcher during a time of 0.2
second. What is the average force felt by the catcher?

A. 40 N
B. 8 N
C. 1.6 N
D. 55 N


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
17. Which has more momentum, a 50 ton earth-moving dump truck moving at 25 mph, or a 10
ton tractor-trailer moving at 75 mph?

A. 50 ton truck.
B. 10 ton tractor.
C. Both the same.
D. Not enough information.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
18. Which of the following undergoes the greatest change in momentum?

A. A baseball that is caught.
B. A baseball that is thrown.
C. A baseball that is caught and thrown back with the same speed.
D. They all have the same impulse.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
19. Which of the following has the greatest momentum?

A. truck with a mass of 2250 kg moving at a velocity of 25 m/s
B. car with a mass of 1210 kg moving at a velocity of 51 m/s
C. truck with a mass of 6120 kg moving at a velocity of 10 m/s
D. car with a mass of 1540 kg moving at a velocity of 38 m/s


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
20. When comparing the momentum of two moving objects, which of the following is correct?

A. The object with the higher velocity will have less momentum if the masses are equal.
B. The more massive object will have less momentum if its velocity is greater.
C. The less massive object will have less momentum if the velocities are the same.
D. The more massive object will have less momentum if the velocities are the same.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
21. If a force is exerted on an object, which statement must be true?

A. A large force always produces a large change in the objects momentum.
B. A large force produces a large change in the objects momentum only if the force is
applied over a very short time interval.
C. A small force applied over a long time interval can produce a large change in the objects
momentum.
D. A small force produces a large change in the objects momentum.


Points Earned: 0/1
Your Response: B
22. A 6.010
2
kg tennis ball moves at a velocity of 12 m/s. The ball is struck by a racket, causing it
to rebound in the opposite direction at a speed of 18 m/s. What is the change in the balls
momentum?

A. 0.38 kgm/s
B. 0.72 kg*m/s
C. 1.1 kg*m/s
D. 1.8 kg*m/s


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D
23. The impulse experienced by a body is equivalent to the bodys change in

A. velocity.
B. kinetic energy.
C. momentum.
D. force.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
24. When one catches a baseball, it hurts the hand if one gives with the ball. The reason this
helps the hand is that

A. this makes the kinetic energy change less.
B. this makes the momentum change less.
C. this makes the time interval for stopping greater.
D. this increases the impulse of the collision.




Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
Important links- Report an Error -~- Jefferson County Public
uiz 4-1
Submitted by 6b8d2acb-8a26-49f1-8b3e-c8d61cde3dd7 on 4/19/2012 5:45:35 PM

Points Awarded 9
Points Missed 4
Percentage 69%
1. The momentum of an object is defined as the objects

A. mass times it acceleration.
B. mass times its velocity.
C. force times its acceleration.
D. force times the time interval.
E. velocity times the time interval.


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: D
2. Which of the following undergoes the greatest change in momentum?

A. A baseball that is caught.
B. A baseball that is thrown.
C. A baseball that is caught and thrown back with the same speed.
D. They all have the same impulse.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
3. Which of the following is true about momentum?

A. it is a vector
B. it is a product of mass times velocity
C. impulses are required to change it
D. all of the above
E. none of the above


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
4. A rubber ball and a lump of clay approach a wall with the same momentum. The clay sticks
to the wall and the ball bounces off. Which delivers the most punch (impulse. to the wall?

A. ball
B. clay
C. both deliver the same amount of punch


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
5. Why do you land with your knees bent when you jump off a tall chair?

A. To reduce your change in velocity of your body.
B. To increase the interaction time on your bones.
C. To increase the stopping force.


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: A
6. Four masses are placed in the xy plane. Determine the coordinates of the center of mass of
the system if a 2.00 kg mass is placed at (4,0), a 1.00 kg mass is placed at (3,0), a 3 kg mass
is placed at (-1,-1) and a 4.00 kg mass is placed at (-1,-2).

A. (4,0)
B. (4,-7)
C. (0.4,-0.7)
D. (-0.4,0)


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
7. An object with a speed of 5 m/s has 10 N-s of linear momentum. What is its mass?

A. 0.5 kg
B. 2 kg
C. 5 kg
D. 10 kg
E. 50 kg


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: D
8. A 200 g clump of clay is thrown at a wall. It collides with the wall at 15 m/s and sticks. The
collision takes 0.015 s. What average force did the wall apply to the clay during the
collision?

A. 0.045 N
B. 3 N
C. 90 N
D. 200 N
E. 400 N


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
9. A barefoot field-goal kicker imparts a velocity of 30 m/s to a football at rest. If the football
has a mass of 0.5 kg and time-of-contact with the football is 0.025 s, what is the force exerted
on the foot?

A. 188 N
B. 375 N
C. 600 N
D. 900 N


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
10. A karate-master strikes a board with an initial velocity of 10 m/s, decreasing to 1 m/s
as his hand passes through the board. If the time-of-contact with the board is 0.002 s,
and the mass of the coordinated hand and arm is 1 kg, what is the force exerted on the
board?

A. 1000 N
B. 1800 N
C. 2700 N
D. 4500 N


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
11. A force of 20.0 N is applied for 2.00 s to an object with an initial momentum of 100
Ns. The change in momentum is _____ Ns.

A. 20.0
B. 22.0
C. 40.0
D. 60.0


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: D
12. A pitched baseball, of mass 0.2 kg, arrives at home plate with a speed of 40 m/s and is
batted straight back to the pitcher with a return speed of 60 m/s. What is the magnitude
of change in the ball's momentum?

A. 4.0 kg-m/s
B. 8.0 kg-m/s
C. 18 kg-m/g
D. 20 kg-m/g


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
13. A child with a mass of 23 kg rides a bike with a mass of 5.5 kg at a velocity of 4.5 m/s
to the south. Compare the momentum of the child with the momentum of the bike.

A. Both the child and the bike have the same momentum.
B. The bike has a greater momentum than the child.
C. The child has a greater momentum than the bike.
D. Neither the child nor the bike has momentum.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
Importan


Quiz 4-1
Submitted by 6b8d2acb-8a26-49f1-8b3e-c8d61cde3dd7 on 4/19/2012 5:05:41 PM

Points Awarded 10
Points Missed 3
Percentage 77%
1. Bumper protects a car during a collision because it

A. increases the time of impact
B. decreases the time of impact
C. increases the force of impact
D. increases kinetic energy transfer


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
2. A piece of putty and a tennis ball of equal mass are thrown against a wall with the same
speed. If the tennis ball bounces off with the same speed but the putty sticks to the wall, then

A. the golf ball undergoes the greatest change of momentum
B. the putty undergoes the greatest change of momentum
C. the change in momentum for each is the same
D. the change depends on the angle of impact


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
3. When comparing the momentum of two moving objects, which of the following is correct?

A. The object with the higher velocity will have less momentum if the masses are equal.
B. The more massive object will have less momentum if its velocity is greater.
C. The less massive object will have less momentum if the velocities are the same.
D. The more massive object will have less momentum if the velocities are the same.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
4. If a force is exerted on an object, which statement is true?

A. A large force always produces a large change in the objects momentum.
B. A large force produces a large change in the objects momentum only if the force is
applied over a very short time interval.
C. A small force applied over a long time interval can produce a large change in the objects
momentum.
D. A small force produces a large change in the objects momentum.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
5. A force is applied to stop a moving shopping cart. Increasing the time interval over which the
force is applied

A. requires a greater force.
B. has no effect on the force needed.
C. requires a smaller force.
D. requires the same force.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
6. A 3 kg object and a 4 kg object have the same kinetic energy. Which object has larger
momentum?

A. the 3 kg object
B. they have the same momentum
C. the 4 kg
D. not enough information


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
7. A baseball batter hits an incoming 40 m/s fastball. The ball leaves the bat at 50 m/s after a
ball-on-bat contact time of 0.03 s. What is the force exerted on the 0.15 kg baseball?

A. 450 N
B. 250 N
C. 200 N
D. 90 N


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
8. The magnitude of the force necessary to change the momentum of a particle from 10.0 Ns to
50.0 Ns in 12.0 s is _____ N.

A. 3.33
B. 44.0
C. 4.16
D. 720


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
9. A force of 20.0 N is applied for 10.0 s to an object that has an initial momentum of 300 Ns.
The final momentum of the object is _____ Ns.

A. 100
B. 200
C. 300
D. 500


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: B
10. A force of 60.0 N is applied for 14.0 s to an object that has an initial momentum of
200 Ns. The final momentum will be _____ Ns.

A. 840
B. 1040
C. 640
D. 168,000


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: C
11. A pitched baseball, of mass 0.2 kg, arrives at home plate with a speed of 40 m/s and is
batted straight back to the pitcher with a return speed of 60 m/s. What is the magnitude
of change in the ball's momentum?

A. 4.0 kg-m/s
B. 8.0 kg-m/s
C. 18 kg-m/g
D. 20 kg-m/g


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: B
12. Which of the following has the greatest momentum?

A. truck with a mass of 2250 kg moving at a velocity of 25 m/s
B. car with a mass of 1210 kg moving at a velocity of 51 m/s
C. truck with a mass of 6120 kg moving at a velocity of 10 m/s
D. car with a mass of 1540 kg moving at a velocity of 38 m/s


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
13. What impulse is needed to stop a 1200-kg car traveling at 20 m/s?

A. 20 N*s
B. 1200 N*.s
C. 60 N*s
D. 24,000 N*s


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D

Quiz 4-1
Submitted by 6b8d2acb-8a26-49f1-8b3e-c8d61cde3dd7 on 4/19/2012 5:05:41 PM

Points Awarded 10
Points Missed 3
Percentage 77%
1. Bumper protects a car during a collision because it

A. increases the time of impact
B. decreases the time of impact
C. increases the force of impact
D. increases kinetic energy transfer


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
2. A piece of putty and a tennis ball of equal mass are thrown against a wall with the same
speed. If the tennis ball bounces off with the same speed but the putty sticks to the wall, then

A. the golf ball undergoes the greatest change of momentum
B. the putty undergoes the greatest change of momentum
C. the change in momentum for each is the same
D. the change depends on the angle of impact


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
3. When comparing the momentum of two moving objects, which of the following is correct?

A. The object with the higher velocity will have less momentum if the masses are equal.
B. The more massive object will have less momentum if its velocity is greater.
C. The less massive object will have less momentum if the velocities are the same.
D. The more massive object will have less momentum if the velocities are the same.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
4. If a force is exerted on an object, which statement is true?

A. A large force always produces a large change in the objects momentum.
B. A large force produces a large change in the objects momentum only if the force is
applied over a very short time interval.
C. A small force applied over a long time interval can produce a large change in the objects
momentum.
D. A small force produces a large change in the objects momentum.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
5. A force is applied to stop a moving shopping cart. Increasing the time interval over which the
force is applied

A. requires a greater force.
B. has no effect on the force needed.
C. requires a smaller force.
D. requires the same force.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
6. A 3 kg object and a 4 kg object have the same kinetic energy. Which object has larger
momentum?

A. the 3 kg object
B. they have the same momentum
C. the 4 kg
D. not enough information


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
7. A baseball batter hits an incoming 40 m/s fastball. The ball leaves the bat at 50 m/s after a
ball-on-bat contact time of 0.03 s. What is the force exerted on the 0.15 kg baseball?

A. 450 N
B. 250 N
C. 200 N
D. 90 N


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
8. The magnitude of the force necessary to change the momentum of a particle from 10.0 Ns to
50.0 Ns in 12.0 s is _____ N.

A. 3.33
B. 44.0
C. 4.16
D. 720


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
9. A force of 20.0 N is applied for 10.0 s to an object that has an initial momentum of 300 Ns.
The final momentum of the object is _____ Ns.

A. 100
B. 200
C. 300
D. 500


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: B
10. A force of 60.0 N is applied for 14.0 s to an object that has an initial momentum of
200 Ns. The final momentum will be _____ Ns.

A. 840
B. 1040
C. 640
D. 168,000


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: C
11. A pitched baseball, of mass 0.2 kg, arrives at home plate with a speed of 40 m/s and is
batted straight back to the pitcher with a return speed of 60 m/s. What is the magnitude
of change in the ball's momentum?

A. 4.0 kg-m/s
B. 8.0 kg-m/s
C. 18 kg-m/g
D. 20 kg-m/g


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: B
12. Which of the following has the greatest momentum?

A. truck with a mass of 2250 kg moving at a velocity of 25 m/s
B. car with a mass of 1210 kg moving at a velocity of 51 m/s
C. truck with a mass of 6120 kg moving at a velocity of 10 m/s
D. car with a mass of 1540 kg moving at a velocity of 38 m/s


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
13. What impulse is needed to stop a 1200-kg car traveling at 20 m/s?

A. 20 N*s
B. 1200 N*.s
C. 60 N*s
D. 24,000 N*s


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D





Quiz 4-2
Submitted by 6b8d2acb-8a26-49f1-8b3e-c8d61cde3dd7 on 4/24/2012 6:28:11 PM

Points Awarded 11
Points Missed 3
Percentage 79%
1. Momentum of a system is conserved only when

A. there are no forces acting on the system.
B. there is no net external force acting on the system.
C. there are no internal forces acting on the system.
D. the system is not moving.
E. the system has zero momentum.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
2. A small car meshes with a large truck in a head-on collision. Which of the following
statements concerning the magnitude of the average collision force is correct?

A. The truck experiences the greater average force.
B. The small car experiences the greater average force.
C. The small car and the truck experience the same average force.
D. It is impossible to tell since the masses and velocities are not given.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
3. In a two-body collision, if the kinetic energy of the system is conserved, then which of the
following best describes the momentum after the collision?

A. must be less
B. must also be conserved
C. may also be conserved
D. is doubled in value


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
4. In a completely inelastic collision,

A. Momentum is not conserved.
B. Kinetic energy is conserved.
C. Colliding objects stick together after the collision.
D. Colliding objects do not stick together after the collision.


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: A
5. In which type of collision is energy conserved?

A. elastic
B. inelastic
C. totally inelastic
D. All of the above
E. None of the above


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
6. What never changes when two or more objects collide is

A. the momentum of each one.
B. the kinetic energy of each one.
C. the total momentum of all the objects.
D. the total kinetic energy of all the objects.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
7. A large platform is initially at rest on an a smooth surface. A dog on the platform starts
running toward the east. The mass of the dog is one-half the mass of the platform. When the
dog moves toward the east with a speed v
o
, the platform moves toward the ________ with a
speed ________.

A. east ... v
o
/2
B. east ... 2 v
o

C. west ... v
o
/2
D. west ... 2 v
o

E. none of these


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
8. A 20,000 kg car moving with a speed of 4.00 m/s collides with a 50,000 kg truck car moving
with a speed of 1.80 m/s in the same direction. Find the speed of the combined cars after the
collision which is perfectly inelastic.

A. 1.60 m/s
B. 2.43 m/s
C. 2.00 m/s
D. 1.57 m/s
E. none of these


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: C
9. A 75 kg swimmer dives horizontally off a 500 kg raft. If the diver's speed immediately after
leaving the raft is 4 m/s, what is the corresponding raft speed?

A. 0.2 m/s
B. 0.56 m/s
C. 0.6 m/s
D. 4 m/s


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
10. A 3.0-kg object moves to the right at 4.0 m/s. It collides head-on with a 6.0-kg object
moving to the left at 2.0 m/s. Which statement is correct?

A. The total momentum both before and after the collision is 24 kgm/s.
B. The total momentum before the collison is 24 kgm/s, and after the collision is 0
kgm/s.
C. The total momentum both before and after the collision is zero.
D. None of the above is true.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
11. A bullet moving at 300 m/s is fired into a 1.00-kg block. The bullet emerges (the bullet
does not embedded in the block) with half of its original speed. What is the velocity of
the block right after the collision?

A. 1.50 m/s
B. 97 m/s
C. 3.00 m/s
D. 273 m/s
E. not enough information given


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: E
Your Response: E
12. An 80.0 kg man jumps with a velocity of 3.00 m/s off the bow of a 120 kg boat
initially at rest. Ignoring the friction of the water on the boat, the velocity of the boat
after the man jumps will be _____ m/s.

A. -2.00
B. 2.00
C. -3.00
D. -1.50


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: C
13. A man is marooned at rest on level frictionless ice. In desperation, he hurls his shoe to
the right at 45 ft/s. If the man weighs 180 lb and the shoe weighs 1.0 lb, the man
moves to the left at approximately:

A. 1 ft/s
B. 0.25 ft/s
C. 32 ft/s
D. 4 ft/s
E. 9 ft/s


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
14. A 1000-kg car, moving at 35 MPH, collides with another car, mass = 1500-kg, at rest.
What will be the speed of the two cars just after the collision if they stick together?

A. 23 MPH
B. 14 MPH
C. 35 MPH
D. 14 m/s


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B


Quiz 4-2
Submitted by 6b8d2acb-8a26-49f1-8b3e-c8d61cde3dd7 on 4/24/2012 4:58:35 PM

Points Awarded 9
Points Missed 5
Percentage 64%
1.
A train car that is carrying half its capacity of cargo is moving north on train tracks when it
collides with a stationary train car that is loaded to its capacity. The collision is elastic. After
the collision,

A. the half-loaded car is stationary and the fully loaded car moves north with the speed of the
original car.
B. the half-loaded car is stationary, and the fully loaded car moves north with half the speed
of the original car.
C. the half-loaded car rebounds from the collision back the way it came and the fully loaded
car moves northward slowly.
D. the half-loaded car rebounds from the collision back the way it came and the fully loaded
car moves northward very fast.
E. both the cars move towards the north, the half-loaded car more slowly than the fully
loaded car.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
2. A small car meshes with a large truck in a head-on collision. Which of the following
statements concerning the magnitude of the average collision force is correct?

A. The truck experiences the greater average force.
B. The small car experiences the greater average force.
C. The small car and the truck experience the same average force.
D. It is impossible to tell since the masses and velocities are not given.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
3. Two objects collide and stick together. Linear momentum

A. is definitely conserved.
B. is definitely not conserved.
C. is conserved only if the collision is elastic.
D. is conserved only if the environment is frictionless.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
4. A rubber ball and a lump of putty have equal mass. They are thrown with equal speed against
a wall. The ball bounces back with nearly the same speed with which it hit. The putty sticks
to the wall. Which objects experiences the greater momentum change?

A. the ball
B. the putty
C. Both experience the same momentum change.
D. Cannot be determined from the information given.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
5. The law of conservation of momentum states that

A. the total initial momentum of all objects interacting with one another usually equals the
total final momentum.
B. the total initial momentum of all objects interacting with one another does not equal the
total final momentum.
C. the total momentum of all objects interacting with one another is zero.
D. the total momentum of all objects interacting with one another remains constant
regardless of the nature of the forces between the objects.


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: C
6.
An open railroad car is coasting horizontally along frictionless rails. A girl on board starts
throwing coal backward straight off the car. As a result, the railroad car

A. speeds up
B. slows down
C. first speeds up then slows down
D. travels at a constant speed


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
7. A 1000 kg car traveling east at 20 m/s collides head on with a 1500 kg car traveling west at
10 m/s. The cars stick together after the collision. What is their common velocity after the
collision?

A. 3 m/s east
B. 4 m/s east
C. 6 m/s west
D. 14 m/s east
E. none of these


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: E
Your Response: E
8. A 20,000 kg car moving with a speed of 4.00 m/s collides with a 50,000 kg truck car moving
with a speed of 1.80 m/s in the same direction. Find the speed of the combined cars after the
collision which is perfectly inelastic.

A. 1.60 m/s
B. 2.43 m/s
C. 2.00 m/s
D. 1.57 m/s
E. none of these


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: C
9. A 20,000 kg car moving with a speed of 4.00 m/s collides with a 50,000 kg truck car moving
with a speed of 1.80 m/s in the same direction. Find the speed of the combined cars after the
collision which is perfectly inelastic. The change in kinetic energy of the truck is _____ J.

A. 160000
B. -34000
C. -101000
D. 207000
E. none of these


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: A
10. A 50-kg pitching machine (excluding the baseball) is placed on a frozen pond. The
machine fires a 0.40-kg baseball with a speed of 35 m/s in the horizontal friction. What
is the recoil speed of the pitching machine? (Assume negligible friction.)

A. 0.14 m/s
B. 0.28 m/s
C. 0.70 m/s
D. 4.4*10
3
m/s


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
11. A 3.0-kg object moves to the right at 4.0 m/s. It collides head-on with a 6.0-kg object
moving to the left at 2.0 m/s. Which statement is correct?

A. The total momentum both before and after the collision is 24 kgm/s.
B. The total momentum before the collison is 24 kgm/s, and after the collision is 0
kgm/s.
C. The total momentum both before and after the collision is zero.
D. None of the above is true.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
12. A bullet moving at 300 m/s is fired into a 1.00-kg block. The bullet emerges (the bullet
does not embedded in the block) with half of its original speed. What is the velocity of
the block right after the collision?

A. 1.50 m/s
B. 97 m/s
C. 3.00 m/s
D. 273 m/s
E. not enough information given


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: E
Your Response: A
13. Two astronauts, of masses 60 kg and 80 kg, are initially at rest in outer space. They
push each other apart. What is their separation after the lighter astronaut has moved 12
m?

A. 15 m
B. 18 m
C. 21 m
D. 24 m


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
14. While skating in a straight line, a large boy collides with a small girl and has a change
in momentum of 160 Ns. The change in momentum of the girl is ____ Ns.

A. -160
B. 160
C. 80.0
D. -80.0


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: B














Quiz 4-2
Submitted by 6b8d2acb-8a26-49f1-8b3e-c8d61cde3dd7 on 4/24/2012 6:28:11 PM

Points Awarded 11
Points Missed 3
Percentage 79%
1. Momentum of a system is conserved only when

A. there are no forces acting on the system.
B. there is no net external force acting on the system.
C. there are no internal forces acting on the system.
D. the system is not moving.
E. the system has zero momentum.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
2. A small car meshes with a large truck in a head-on collision. Which of the following statements
concerning the magnitude of the average collision force is correct?

A. The truck experiences the greater average force.
B. The small car experiences the greater average force.
C. The small car and the truck experience the same average force.
D. It is impossible to tell since the masses and velocities are not given.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
3. In a two-body collision, if the kinetic energy of the system is conserved, then which of the following
best describes the momentum after the collision?

A. must be less
B. must also be conserved
C. may also be conserved
D. is doubled in value


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
4. In a completely inelastic collision,

A. Momentum is not conserved.
B. Kinetic energy is conserved.
C. Colliding objects stick together after the collision.
D. Colliding objects do not stick together after the collision.


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: A
5. In which type of collision is energy conserved?

A. elastic
B. inelastic
C. totally inelastic
D. All of the above
E. None of the above


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
6. What never changes when two or more objects collide is

A. the momentum of each one.
B. the kinetic energy of each one.
C. the total momentum of all the objects.
D. the total kinetic energy of all the objects.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
7. A large platform is initially at rest on an a smooth surface. A dog on the platform starts running
toward the east. The mass of the dog is one-half the mass of the platform. When the dog moves
toward the east with a speed v
o
, the platform moves toward the ________ with a speed ________.

A. east ... v
o
/2
B. east ... 2 v
o

C. west ... v
o
/2
D. west ... 2 v
o

E. none of these


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
8. A 20,000 kg car moving with a speed of 4.00 m/s collides with a 50,000 kg truck car moving with a
speed of 1.80 m/s in the same direction. Find the speed of the combined cars after the collision
which is perfectly inelastic.

A. 1.60 m/s
B. 2.43 m/s
C. 2.00 m/s
D. 1.57 m/s
E. none of these


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: C
9. A 75 kg swimmer dives horizontally off a 500 kg raft. If the diver's speed immediately after leaving
the raft is 4 m/s, what is the corresponding raft speed?

A. 0.2 m/s
B. 0.56 m/s
C. 0.6 m/s
D. 4 m/s


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
10. A 3.0-kg object moves to the right at 4.0 m/s. It collides head-on with a 6.0-kg object moving
to the left at 2.0 m/s. Which statement is correct?

A. The total momentum both before and after the collision is 24 kgm/s.
B. The total momentum before the collison is 24 kgm/s, and after the collision is 0 kgm/s.
C. The total momentum both before and after the collision is zero.
D. None of the above is true.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
11. A bullet moving at 300 m/s is fired into a 1.00-kg block. The bullet emerges (the bullet does
not embedded in the block) with half of its original speed. What is the velocity of the block
right after the collision?

A. 1.50 m/s
B. 97 m/s
C. 3.00 m/s
D. 273 m/s
E. not enough information given


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: E
Your Response: E
12. An 80.0 kg man jumps with a velocity of 3.00 m/s off the bow of a 120 kg boat initially at rest.
Ignoring the friction of the water on the boat, the velocity of the boat after the man jumps will
be _____ m/s.

A. -2.00
B. 2.00
C. -3.00
D. -1.50


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: C
13. A man is marooned at rest on level frictionless ice. In desperation, he hurls his shoe to the
right at 45 ft/s. If the man weighs 180 lb and the shoe weighs 1.0 lb, the man moves to the left
at approximately:

A. 1 ft/s
B. 0.25 ft/s
C. 32 ft/s
D. 4 ft/s
E. 9 ft/s


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
14. A 1000-kg car, moving at 35 MPH, collides with another car, mass = 1500-kg, at rest. What will
be the speed of the two cars just after the collision if they stick together?

A. 23 MPH
B. 14 MPH
C. 35 MPH
D. 14 m/s


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
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Points Awarded 23
Points Missed 4
Percentage 85%
1. If two objects have the same momentum, then

A. the object with the greater mass will have the smaller velocity
B. the object with the greater mass will have the larger velocity
C. both objects have the same velocity
D. both objects have only the same speed


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
2. Which of the following undergoes the greatest change in momentum?

A. A baseball that is caught.
B. A baseball that is thrown.
C. A baseball that is caught and thrown back with the same speed.
D. They all have the same impulse.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
3. When comparing the momentum of two moving objects, which of the following is correct?

A. The object with the higher velocity will have less momentum if the masses are equal.
B. The more massive object will have less momentum if its velocity is greater.
C. The less massive object will have less momentum if the velocities are the same.
D. The more massive object will have less momentum if the velocities are the same.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
4. The change in an objects momentum is equal to

A. the product of the mass of the object and the time interval.
B. the product of the force applied to the object and the time interval.
C. the time interval divided by the net external force.
D. the net external force divided by the time interval.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
5. When one catches a baseball, it hurts the hand if one gives with the ball. The reason this
helps the hand is that

A. this makes the kinetic energy change less.
B. this makes the momentum change less.
C. this makes the time interval for stopping greater.
D. this increases the impulse of the collision.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
6. A 3 kg object and a 4 kg object have the same kinetic energy. Which object has larger
momentum?

A. the 3 kg object
B. they have the same momentum
C. the 4 kg
D. not enough information


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
7. A 200 g clump of clay is thrown at a wall. It collides with the wall at 15 m/s and sticks. The
collision takes 0.015 s. What average force did the wall apply to the clay during the
collision?

A. 0.045 N
B. 3 N
C. 90 N
D. 200 N
E. 400 N


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
8. A 0.06 kg tennis ball, initially moving at a speed of 12 m/s, is struck by a racket causing it to
rebound in the opposite direction at a speed of 18 m/s. What is the change of momentum of
the ball?

A. 0.36 kg m/s
B. 0.72 kg m/s
C. 1.08 kg m/s
D. 1.80 kg m/s


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
9. Which has more momentum, a 50 ton earth-moving dump truck moving at 25 mph, or a 10
ton tractor-trailer moving at 75 mph?

A. 50 ton truck.
B. 10 ton tractor.
C. Both the same.
D. Not enough information.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
10. Which of the following has the greatest momentum?

A. truck with a mass of 2250 kg moving at a velocity of 25 m/s
B. car with a mass of 1210 kg moving at a velocity of 51 m/s
C. truck with a mass of 6120 kg moving at a velocity of 10 m/s
D. car with a mass of 1540 kg moving at a velocity of 38 m/s


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
11. A child with a mass of 23 kg rides a bike with a mass of 5.5 kg at a velocity of 4.5 m/s
to the south. Compare the momentum of the child with the momentum of the bike.

A. Both the child and the bike have the same momentum.
B. The bike has a greater momentum than the child.
C. The child has a greater momentum than the bike.
D. Neither the child nor the bike has momentum.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
12. A softball with a mass of 0.11 kg moves at a speed of 12 m/s. Then the ball is hit by a
bat and rebounds in the opposite direction at a speed of 15 m/s. What is the change in
momentum of the ball?

A. 1.3 kg*m/s
B. 1.6 kg*m/s
C. 0.33 kg*m/s
D. 3.0 kg*m/s


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
13. What impulse is needed to stop a 1200-kg car traveling at 20 m/s?

A. 20 N*s
B. 1200 N*.s
C. 60 N*s
D. 24,000 N*s


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
14. Momentum of a system is conserved only when

A. there are no forces acting on the system.
B. there is no external forces acting on the system.
C. there are no internal forces acting on the system.
D. the system is not moving.
E. the system has been moving long enough to gain momentum.

F. none of these


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: A
15. During an elastic collision,

A. both momentum and kinetic energy are conserved
B. only momentum is conserved
C. only kinetic energy is conserved
D. only kinetic and potential energy are conserved


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
16. In a two-body collision, if the kinetic energy of the system is conserved, then which of
the following best describes the momentum after the collision?

A. must be less
B. must also be conserved
C. may also be conserved
D. is doubled in value


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
17. A person sitting in a chair with wheels stands, causing the chair to roll backward
across the floor. The momentum of the chair

A. was zero while stationary and increased when the person stood.
B. was greatest while the person sat in the chair.
C. remained the same.
D. was zero when the person got out of the chair and increased while the person sat.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
18. Two balls of dough collide and stick together. Identify the type of collision.

A. elastic
B. perfectly elastic
C. inelastic
D. perfectly inelastic


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
19. A bowling ball traveling with a speed v collides with a ping-pong ball moving at a
speed v, but in the opposite direction. One can conclude that the magnitude of a. the
impulse imparted to the ping-pong ball is

A. less that that of the bowling ball
B. greater than that of the bowling ball
C. the same as that of the bowling ball


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: A
20. A large platform is initially at rest on an a smooth surface. A dog on the platform starts
running toward the east. The mass of the dog is one-half the mass of the platform.
When the dog moves toward the east with a speed v
o
, the platform moves toward the
________ with a speed ________.

A. east ... v
o
/2
B. east ... 2 v
o

C. west ... v
o
/2
D. west ... 2 v
o

E. none of these


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
21. A 20,000 kg car moving with a speed of 4.00 m/s collides with a 50,000 kg truck car
moving with a speed of 1.80 m/s in the same direction. Find the speed of the combined
cars after the collision which is perfectly inelastic.

A. 1.60 m/s
B. 2.43 m/s
C. 2.00 m/s
D. 1.57 m/s
E. none of these


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: C
22. A 3.0-kg object moves to the right at 4.0 m/s. It collides head-on with a 6.0-kg object
moving to the left at 2.0 m/s. Which statement is correct?

A. The total momentum both before and after the collision is 24 kgm/s.
B. The total momentum before the collison is 24 kgm/s, and after the collision is 0
kgm/s.
C. The total momentum both before and after the collision is zero.
D. None of the above is true.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
23. A bullet moving at 300 m/s is fired into a 1.00-kg block. The bullet emerges (the bullet
does not embedded in the block) with half of its original speed. What is the velocity of
the block right after the collision?

A. 1.50 m/s
B. 97 m/s
C. 3.00 m/s
D. 273 m/s
E. not enough information given


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: E
Your Response: E
24. 3.0-kg object moves to the right with a speed of 4.0 m/s. It collides in a perfectly
elastic collision with a 6.0-kg object moving to the left at 2.0 m/s. What is the total
kinetic energy after the collision?

A. 72 J
B. 36 J
C. 24 J
D. 0 J


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
25. A 0.240 kg glider moving with a velocity of 0.600 m/s collides with and sticks to a
0.260 kg glider moving with a velocity of 0.200 m/s. The final velocity of the two
gliders is _____ m/s.

A. 0.392
B. 0.184
C. 0.092
D. -0.092


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: C
26. A 2000 kg car moving with a velocity of 6.00 m/s collides with and sticks to a 3000 kg
car initially at rest. The velocity of the car after the collision will be _____ m/s.

A. 3.00
B. 6.00
C. 2.40
D. 3.60


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
27. A 1000-kg car, moving at 35 MPH, collides with another car, mass = 1500-kg, at rest.
What will be the speed of the two cars just after the collision if they stick together?

A. 23 MPH
B. 14 MPH
C. 35 MPH
D. 14 m/s


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
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Points Awarded 23
Points Missed 4
Percentage 85%
1. If two objects have the same momentum, then

A. the object with the greater mass will have the smaller velocity
B. the object with the greater mass will have the larger velocity
C. both objects have the same velocity
D. both objects have only the same speed


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
2. Which of the following undergoes the greatest change in momentum?

A. A baseball that is caught.
B. A baseball that is thrown.
C. A baseball that is caught and thrown back with the same speed.
D. They all have the same impulse.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
3. When comparing the momentum of two moving objects, which of the following is correct?

A. The object with the higher velocity will have less momentum if the masses are equal.
B. The more massive object will have less momentum if its velocity is greater.
C. The less massive object will have less momentum if the velocities are the same.
D. The more massive object will have less momentum if the velocities are the same.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
4. The change in an objects momentum is equal to

A. the product of the mass of the object and the time interval.
B. the product of the force applied to the object and the time interval.
C. the time interval divided by the net external force.
D. the net external force divided by the time interval.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
5. When one catches a baseball, it hurts the hand if one gives with the ball. The reason this
helps the hand is that

A. this makes the kinetic energy change less.
B. this makes the momentum change less.
C. this makes the time interval for stopping greater.
D. this increases the impulse of the collision.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
6. A 3 kg object and a 4 kg object have the same kinetic energy. Which object has larger
momentum?

A. the 3 kg object
B. they have the same momentum
C. the 4 kg
D. not enough information


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
7. A 200 g clump of clay is thrown at a wall. It collides with the wall at 15 m/s and sticks. The
collision takes 0.015 s. What average force did the wall apply to the clay during the
collision?

A. 0.045 N
B. 3 N
C. 90 N
D. 200 N
E. 400 N


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
8. A 0.06 kg tennis ball, initially moving at a speed of 12 m/s, is struck by a racket causing it to
rebound in the opposite direction at a speed of 18 m/s. What is the change of momentum of
the ball?

A. 0.36 kg m/s
B. 0.72 kg m/s
C. 1.08 kg m/s
D. 1.80 kg m/s


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
9. Which has more momentum, a 50 ton earth-moving dump truck moving at 25 mph, or a 10
ton tractor-trailer moving at 75 mph?

A. 50 ton truck.
B. 10 ton tractor.
C. Both the same.
D. Not enough information.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
10. Which of the following has the greatest momentum?

A. truck with a mass of 2250 kg moving at a velocity of 25 m/s
B. car with a mass of 1210 kg moving at a velocity of 51 m/s
C. truck with a mass of 6120 kg moving at a velocity of 10 m/s
D. car with a mass of 1540 kg moving at a velocity of 38 m/s


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
11. A child with a mass of 23 kg rides a bike with a mass of 5.5 kg at a velocity of 4.5 m/s
to the south. Compare the momentum of the child with the momentum of the bike.

A. Both the child and the bike have the same momentum.
B. The bike has a greater momentum than the child.
C. The child has a greater momentum than the bike.
D. Neither the child nor the bike has momentum.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
12. A softball with a mass of 0.11 kg moves at a speed of 12 m/s. Then the ball is hit by a
bat and rebounds in the opposite direction at a speed of 15 m/s. What is the change in
momentum of the ball?

A. 1.3 kg*m/s
B. 1.6 kg*m/s
C. 0.33 kg*m/s
D. 3.0 kg*m/s


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
13. What impulse is needed to stop a 1200-kg car traveling at 20 m/s?

A. 20 N*s
B. 1200 N*.s
C. 60 N*s
D. 24,000 N*s


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
14. Momentum of a system is conserved only when

A. there are no forces acting on the system.
B. there is no external forces acting on the system.
C. there are no internal forces acting on the system.
D. the system is not moving.
E. the system has been moving long enough to gain momentum.

F. none of these


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: A
15. During an elastic collision,

A. both momentum and kinetic energy are conserved
B. only momentum is conserved
C. only kinetic energy is conserved
D. only kinetic and potential energy are conserved


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
16. In a two-body collision, if the kinetic energy of the system is conserved, then which of
the following best describes the momentum after the collision?

A. must be less
B. must also be conserved
C. may also be conserved
D. is doubled in value


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
17. A person sitting in a chair with wheels stands, causing the chair to roll backward
across the floor. The momentum of the chair

A. was zero while stationary and increased when the person stood.
B. was greatest while the person sat in the chair.
C. remained the same.
D. was zero when the person got out of the chair and increased while the person sat.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
18. Two balls of dough collide and stick together. Identify the type of collision.

A. elastic
B. perfectly elastic
C. inelastic
D. perfectly inelastic


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
19. A bowling ball traveling with a speed v collides with a ping-pong ball moving at a
speed v, but in the opposite direction. One can conclude that the magnitude of a. the
impulse imparted to the ping-pong ball is

A. less that that of the bowling ball
B. greater than that of the bowling ball
C. the same as that of the bowling ball


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: A
20. A large platform is initially at rest on an a smooth surface. A dog on the platform starts
running toward the east. The mass of the dog is one-half the mass of the platform.
When the dog moves toward the east with a speed v
o
, the platform moves toward the
________ with a speed ________.

A. east ... v
o
/2
B. east ... 2 v
o

C. west ... v
o
/2
D. west ... 2 v
o

E. none of these


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
21. A 20,000 kg car moving with a speed of 4.00 m/s collides with a 50,000 kg truck car
moving with a speed of 1.80 m/s in the same direction. Find the speed of the combined
cars after the collision which is perfectly inelastic.

A. 1.60 m/s
B. 2.43 m/s
C. 2.00 m/s
D. 1.57 m/s
E. none of these


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: C
22. A 3.0-kg object moves to the right at 4.0 m/s. It collides head-on with a 6.0-kg object
moving to the left at 2.0 m/s. Which statement is correct?

A. The total momentum both before and after the collision is 24 kgm/s.
B. The total momentum before the collison is 24 kgm/s, and after the collision is 0
kgm/s.
C. The total momentum both before and after the collision is zero.
D. None of the above is true.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
23. A bullet moving at 300 m/s is fired into a 1.00-kg block. The bullet emerges (the bullet
does not embedded in the block) with half of its original speed. What is the velocity of
the block right after the collision?

A. 1.50 m/s
B. 97 m/s
C. 3.00 m/s
D. 273 m/s
E. not enough information given


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: E
Your Response: E
24. 3.0-kg object moves to the right with a speed of 4.0 m/s. It collides in a perfectly
elastic collision with a 6.0-kg object moving to the left at 2.0 m/s. What is the total
kinetic energy after the collision?

A. 72 J
B. 36 J
C. 24 J
D. 0 J


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
25. A 0.240 kg glider moving with a velocity of 0.600 m/s collides with and sticks to a
0.260 kg glider moving with a velocity of 0.200 m/s. The final velocity of the two
gliders is _____ m/s.

A. 0.392
B. 0.184
C. 0.092
D. -0.092


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: C
26. A 2000 kg car moving with a velocity of 6.00 m/s collides with and sticks to a 3000 kg
car initially at rest. The velocity of the car after the collision will be _____ m/s.

A. 3.00
B. 6.00
C. 2.40
D. 3.60


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
27. A 1000-kg car, moving at 35 MPH, collides with another car, mass = 1500-kg, at rest.
What will be the speed of the two cars just after the collision if they stick together?

A. 23 MPH
B. 14 MPH
C. 35 MPH
D. 14 m/s


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
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Self-Check 5-1
Submitted by 6b8d2acb-8a26-49f1-8b3e-c8d61cde3dd7 on 4/24/2012 8:00:49 PM

Points Awarded 12
Points Missed 0
Percentage 100%
1. In simple harmonic motion acceleration is greatest when the:

A. x = 0
B. x = max
C. v = max
D. F = 0
E. none of these


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
2. An object makes 20 vibrations in 10 seconds. Its frequency is:

A. 2 Hz
B. 10 s
C. 0.05 Hz
D. 2 s
E. 0.50 s


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
3. A 0.25-kg object vibrates on the end of the spring with a spring constant of 200 N/m. Find the
amplitude if the total energy of the system is 6.0 J.

A. 0.06 m
B. 0.17 m
C. 0.24 m
D. 4.9 m
E. 6.9 m


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
4. If a simple pendulum has a period of 2.0 s, find the pendulum's length.

A. 0.36 m
B. 0.78 m
C. 0.99 m
D. 2.45 m


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
5. If we triple the mass on a simple pendulum, frequency will be __________

A. one-third of what it was.
B. unchanged.
C. three times what it was.
D. nine times what it was.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
6. When a body moves in a simple harmonic motion, its acceleration at the ends of its path is:

A. zero
B. less than at equilibrium
C. more than g
D. maximum


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D
7. The position of a mass undergoing simple harmonic motion is given by
x(t) = 0.5 cos (tt). What is the period?

A. 0.32 sec
B. 0.5 sec
C. 1.0 sec
D. 2.0 sec


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D
8. A 2-kg mass attached to the end of a spring with a spring constant of 200 N/m moves in simple
harmonic motion. Find the period of the oscillations.

A. 6.30 sec
B. 0.63 sec
C. 0.1 sec
D. 10 sec


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
9. A simple pendulum on Earth has a period of 6.0 seconds. What would the period of this pendulum
be on Jupiter, if the acceleration of gravity on the surface of Jupiter is 26 m/s
2


A. 2.3 sec
B. 3.7 sec
C. 6.0 sec
D. 15.6 sec


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
10. A The position of a particle undergoing simple harmonic motion is given by to x = 2 cos (50 t).
What is its maximum velocity?

A. 100 sin(50 t) m/s
B. 100 cos (50 t) m/s
C. 100 m/s
D. 200 t m/s
E. 50 m/s


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
11. If the amplitude of the oscillation of a weight suspended from a spring is doubled, the period
will:

A. remain same
B. double
C. halve
D. increase by \2
E. decrease by \2


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
12. A 0.2 kg suspended from a spring with spring constant, k = 10 N/m is undergoing simple
harmonic motion. Its acceleration at the instant when it is displaced from equilibrium by -0.05
m is:

A. 1000 m/s
2

B. 40 m/s
2

C. 0.1 m/s
2

D. 2.5 m/s
2



Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D





Self-Check 6-1
Submitted by 6b8d2acb-8a26-49f1-8b3e-c8d61cde3dd7 on 4/25/2012 5:52:48 PM

Points Awarded 14
Points Missed 0
Percentage 100%
1. The density of mercury is 1.36 x 10
4
kg/m
3
. Find the mass of a 4.00*10
4
m
3
sample of
mercury?

A. 0.0343 kg
B. 0.002 94 kg
C. 2.94 kg
D. 5.44 kg
E. 6.29 kg


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D
2. The operation of a hydraulic jack is based on _______

A. Pascal's principle.
B. Bernoulli's principle.
C. Archimedes' principle.
D. irrotational flow.
E. the continuity equation.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
3. An object weighs 15 N in air and 13 N when submerged in water. What is the density of the
object?

A. 1200 kg/m
3

B. 1500kg/m
3

C. 6000 kg/m
3

D. 7500kg/m
3



Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D
4. A 2 kg object displaces 10 kg of water. What is the buoyant force on the object?

A. 19.6 N
B. 78.4 N
C. 98 N
D. 117.6 N


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
5. The pressure in fluid a function of ________________

A. depth.
B. surface area.
C. fluid density.
D. Both A and c.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D
6. The bottom of a 60 kg boat has an area of 4.0 m
2
. How far below the water surface is the boat
bottom? Assume that the bottom of the boat is flat.

A. 0.060 m
B. 0.015 m
C. 0.030 m
D. 0.075 m


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
7. The pressure inside an airliner is 10
5
N/m
2
What is the net force exerted on each square meter
of the outside walls of the airliner if the outside pressure is 0.3*10
5
N/m
2
?

A. 70 N
B. 700 N
C. 7,000 N
D. 70,000 N


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D
8. The tires of a car are inflated to a gauge pressure of 2.0*10
5
Pa. If the area of contact of each
tire with the ground is 0.024 m
2
, what is the weight of the car?

A. 22,100 N
B. 16,000 N
C. 24,300 N
D. 19,200 N


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D
9. What volume of fresh water must a ship with mass of 10 million kg displace in order to float?

A. 10
4
m
3

B. 10
7
m
3

C. 10
8
m
3

D. 10
10
m
3



Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
10. A rectangular 4m x 10m swimming pool is filled to a depth of 5m. What is the force
on the bottom of the pool?

A. 5*10
3
N
B. 5*10
4
N
C. 2*10
5
N
D. 2*10
6
N


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D
11. A 20,000 N truck is lifted by a 0.25-m in radius piston of a hydraulic jack. What force
is applied to a 0.05-m radius piston?

A. 260 N
B. 520 N
C. 800 N
D. 1200 N


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
12. An object floats in water with two-thirds of its volume submerged. What is the
object's density?

A. 333 kg/m
3

B. 1000 kg/m
3

C. 790 kg/m
3

D. 667 kg/m
3



Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D
13. What fraction of a piece of wood (density is 0.8x10
3
kg/m
3
) will be beneath the
surface when it floats in water?

A. 20%
B. 40%
C. 80%
D. 100%


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
14. An object weighs 15 N in air and 13 N when fully submerged in water. What is the
density of the object.

A. 330 kg/m
3

B. 500 kg/m
3

C. 1200 kg/m
3

D. 6000 kg/m
3

E. 7500 kg/m
3





Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: E






Quiz 6-1
Submitted by 6b8d2acb-8a26-49f1-8b3e-c8d61cde3dd7 on 4/26/2012 10:00:03 AM

Points Awarded 9
Points Missed 3
Percentage 75%
1. Find the pressure 17.4 m below the surface of a lake.

A. 1.71*10
5
Pa
B. 2.72*10
5
Pa
C. 1.18*10
5
Pa
D. 2.65*10
5
Pa


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
2. An object weighs 45 N in air and 25 N when submerged in water. What is the buoyant force
of the water?

A. 20 N
B. 25 N
C. 45 N
D. 70 N


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
3. If the density of aluminum is 2700 kg/m, then the volume of 400 g of aluminum is _____
cm
3
.

A. 0.00675
B. 148
C. 1080
D. 108


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
4. What is the difference in blood pressure (in SI units) between the top of the head and bottom
of feet of a 1.60-m tall person standing vertically? (Density of blood = 1050 kg/m
3
)

A. 165
B. 1.65 x 10
3

C. 1.65 x 10
4

D. 1.65 x 10
5



Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
5. What mass of water can be contained in a rectangular box 10 cm x 5 cm x 1 cm?

A. 0.005 kg
B. 0.010 kg
C. 0.025 kg
D. 0.050 kg


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
6. A geologist finds that a moon rock whose mass is 8.20 kg has an apparent mass of 6.18 kg
when submerged in water. What is the density of the rock?

A. 1.25x10
3
kg/m
3

B. 3.05x10
3
kg/m
3

C. 4.06x10
3
kg/m
3

D. 5.21x10
3
kg/m
3



Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
7. Lead has a greater density than iron, and both are denser than water. If you have two objects
with the same dimensions, one made of lead and one made of iron, and the two objects are
both placed in water, the buoyant force

A. will be greater for the lead object than the iron object.
B. will be greater for the iron object than the lead object.
C. will be the same for each object.
D. is dependent on the shape of the objects


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: C
8. Why does a duck float?

A. The duck weighs less than water.
B. The duck can swim.
C. The duck has feathers
D. The duck has a smaller density than water.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
9. Which has a greater buoyant force acting on it, a floating 100 lb piece of wood, or a floating
50 lb piece of wood?

A. The 100 lb piece of wood.
B. The 50 lb piece of wood.
C. Since both pieces of wood are floating, they experience the same buoyant force.
D. There is not enough information.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
10. An hydraulic system has a force of 50 lbs pushing on a tube with an area of 20 cm
2
. At
the other end of the tube, the area is 500 cm
2
. How much forces pushes on an object
sitting on the end of the tube whose area is 500 cm
2
?

A. 2 lbs.
B. 50 lbs.
C. 1250 lbs.
D. There is not enough information.


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: A
11. A 20 kg block of aluminum is dropped into a full barrel of water (barrel A). A 20 kg
block of lead is dropped into a different, full barrel of water (barrel B). From which
barrel does more water overflow? (
Al
= 2.7 g/cc and
Pb
= 11.3 g/cc.

A. a
B. b
C. Equal amounts of fluid will overflow from the barrels.
D. There is not enough information.


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: B
12. A 15 000-N car on a hydraulic lift rests on a cylinder with a piston of radius 0.20 m. If
a connecting cylinder with a piston of 0.040-m radius is driven by compressed air,
what force must be applied to this smaller piston in order to lift the car?

A. 600 N
B. 1 500 N
C. 3 000 N
D. 15 000 N


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A








Self-Check 6-2
Submitted by 6b8d2acb-8a26-49f1-8b3e-c8d61cde3dd7 on 4/26/2012 10:17:52 AM

Points Awarded 10
Points Missed 0
Percentage 100%
1. Water flowing at 4 m/s in a horizontal pipe enters a section with radius twice as large. What is
the speed of the water in the wider?

A. 1 m/s
B. 2 m/s
C. 8 m/s
D. 16 m/s


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
2. Bernoulli's equation states that the sum of the pressure and energy per unit volume along the
pipe __________

A. increases as the pipe diameter increases.
B. decreases as the pipe diameter increases.
C. remains constant as the pipe diameter increases.
D. none of the above.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
3. The pressure differential across an airplane wing cross section is explained by:

A. Archimedes Principle
B. Bernoulli's equation
C. Newton's third law
D. Poiseuille's law


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
4. Water flowing at 4 m/s in a horizontal pipe of radius 6 cm enters with a radius of 3 cm. What
is the speed of the water in the narrow section?

A. 1 m/s
B. 2 m/s
C. 8 m/s
D. 16 m/s


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D
5. Oil of a density of 925 kg/m
3
flowing through a pipeline at a constant speed encounters a
vertical bend in the pipe raising it 4.0 m. What is the difference in pressure in the oil before
and after the rise?

A. +2.4 x 10
4
Pa
B. 3.6 x 10
4
Pa
C. +5.1 x10
5
Pa
D. 7.2 x 10
5
Pa
E. 1.8 x 10
3
Pa


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
6. The density of the liquid flowing through a horizontal pipe is 1500 kg/m
3
. The speed of the
fluid at point A is 5.5 m/s while at point B it is 8.0 m/s. What is the difference in pressure,
PB - PA, between points B and A?


A. -1.9 x 10
3
Pa
B. +3.8 x 10
3
Pa
C. -2.5 x 10
4
Pa
D. +5.0 x 10
4
Pa
E. -7.6 x 10
5
Pa


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
7. Water flows through a pipe of diameter 8.0 cm with a speed of 10.0 m/s. It then enters a
smaller pipe of diameter 3.0 cm. What is the speed of the water as it flows through the
smaller pipe?

A. 1.4 m/s
B. 2.8 m/s
C. 27 m/s
D. 54 m/s
E. 71 m/s


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: E
8. Water flows under pressure from one pipe into a second pipe having half the diameter. The
volume flow rate in the narrow pipe is ________ that in the wide pipe and the speed of the
water in the narrow pipe is _______ that in the wide pipe.

A. equal to, 4 times
B. equal to, 1/4
C. 1/4, 4 times
D. 1/4, 1/4


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
9. According to __________ Principle, when the velocity of a fluid is high the _______ is low.

A. Pascal's, viscosity
B. Pascal's, pressure
C. Bernoulli's, viscosity
D. Bernoulli's, Pressure


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D
10. The water level in a reservoir is constant. What is the exit velocity of water coming
out through a small hall 3.0 m below the surface?

A. 2.4 m/s
B. 3.0 m/s
C. 5.4 m/s
D. 7.7 m/s
E. 49 m/s


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D


Quiz 6-2
Submitted by 6b8d2acb-8a26-49f1-8b3e-c8d61cde3dd7 on 4/26/2012 10:59:51 AM

Points Awarded 8
Points Missed 0
Percentage 100%
1. What is the unit for gh

in the Bernoullis equation?

A. kg/m
3

B. N/m
2

C. N/m
D. N.m


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
2. The speed of the air across the top of an airplane wing is 241 m/s when the speed of the air
below the wing is 226 m/s. What is the lifting force if the area of the wing is 24.0 m
2
?

A. 1.92*10
5
N
B. 4.52*10
3
N
C. 8.4*10
4
N
D. 1.08*10
5
N


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
3. The equation of continuity is based on the conservation of

A. momentum
B. energy
C. mass
D. angular momentum
E. none of the above


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
4. Where is the air pressure the greatest around the airplane wings?

A. in diagonal currents
B. above
C. below
D. opposite the flaps


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
5. As the speed of gas in a tube increases, the pressure

A. increases
B. can either increase or decrease
C. decreases
D. remains the same


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
6. A pipe is 10 cm wide at its mouth, and 5 cm wide at its end. If water flows into the 10 cm
end of the pipe at a speed of 5 m/s, how fast does it leave the pipe at the 5 cm end?

A. 1.25 m/s
B. 2.5 m/s
C. 5 m/s
D. 10 m/s
E. 20 m/s


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: E
Your Response: E
7. Bernoullis equation states that pgh + pv
2
+ ? is conserved (where p is the density).

A. velocity
B. pressure
C. viscosity
D. volume times density
E. none of the above


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
8. It takes 2.0 minutes to fill a gas tank with 40 liters of gasoline. If the pump nozzle is 1.0 cm
in radius, what is the average speed of the gasoline as it leaves the nozzle? (1 000 liters = one
cubic meter)

A. 0.27 m/s
B. 1.1 m/s
C. 11 m/s
D. 64 m/s


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B










Self-Check 7-1
Submitted by 6b8d2acb-8a26-49f1-8b3e-c8d61cde3dd7 on 4/30/2012 3:24:46 PM

Points Awarded 9
Points Missed 1
Percentage 90%
1. A water fall is 145 m high. What is the increase in water temperature at the bottom of the falls
if all of the initial potential energy goes into heating the water? (1 kcal = 4186 J).

A. 0.16
o
C
B. 0.34
o
C
C. 0.69
o
C
D. 1.04
o
C


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
2. The natural direction of the net heat flow between two reservoirs depends on

A. their temperatures.
B. their internal energy contents.
C. their pressures.
D. whether they are in the solid, liquid, or gaseous state.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
3. Which of the following best describes the relationship between two systems in thermal
equilibrium?

A. No net energy is exchanged
B. The volumes are equal
C. The masses are equal
D. Both systems have zero velocity


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
4. A piece of metal is at 10
o
C (that is 50
o
F, or 283 K). You heat it so that it gets twice hotter.
What is the temperature of the piece of metal now?

A. 20
o
C
B. 100
o
F
C. 566 K


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
5. Convert 50 degrees Celsius to Kelvin:

A. 323.15
B. 315.15
C. 305.15
D. 275.15


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
6. Convert 473.15 degrees Kelvin to Fahrenheit

A. 360
B. 180
C. 270
D. 392
E. none of the above


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D
7. The total internal energy of an object is related to the

A. object's temperature
B. number of particles in the object.
C. both a and b.
D. neither a nor b.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
8. Which two temperature changes are equivalent?

A. 1 K = 1 F
B. 1 F = 1 C
C. 1 C = 1 K
D. None of the above.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
9. When an object is broken in half,

A. the temperature and thermal energy of each half is the same as for the whole
B. the temperature is one-half as much for each half, but the thermal energy for each half is
the same as for the whole
C. the temperature is the same for each half as for the whole, but the thermal energy for
each half is one-half as much as for the whole
D. the temperature and thermal energy for each half are half as much as for the whole


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
10. Which of the following descriptions of heat is/are correct?
(1) Heat is a form of energy
(2) Heat is energy transferred from one body to another due temperature difference
(3) The heat absorbed by a substance always bring about an increase in temperature

A. (1) only
B. (2) only
C. (1) and (2) only
D. (2) and (3) only
E. None


Points Earned: 0/1
Your Response: D



Quiz 7-1
Submitted by 6b8d2acb-8a26-49f1-8b3e-c8d61cde3dd7 on 5/12/2012 11:20:54 AM

Points Awarded 8
Points Missed 2
Percentage 80%
1. The temperature of an object is a measure of;

A. the rate at which the object can absorb heat.
B. the rate at which the object will expand
C. the thermal conductivity of the object
D. the thermal stress being applied to the object
E. the average kinetic energy of the atoms or molecules in the substance of which the object
is formed


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: E
Your Response: E
2. What determines the direction of heat flow when two objects at different temperatures are in
thermal contact?

A. which object is hotter
B. which object has a higher chemical potential energy
C. which object has a higher conduction coefficient


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: B
3. If a 2 liter bottle of water falls off of a 3 m shelf onto the floor, how much will the
temperature rise in Celsius if all heat goes into the water? About

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 5
E. 5


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
4. From the kinetic theory of gasses, it was proved that the random kinetic energy is
proportional to the____

A. Volume
B. Pressure
C. Temperature
D. Entropy


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
5. The total internal energy of an object is related to the

A. object's temperature
B. number of particles in the object.
C. both a and b.
D. neither a nor b.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
6. A popular science fiction book is Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. The title refers to the
(Fahrenheit) temperature at which paper burns (451F). If Mr. Bradbury were writing in the
Celsius scale, the name of the book would be

A. Celsius 451
B. Celsius 724
C. Celsius 233
D. Celsius 178


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
7. The temperature conversion equation between T
F
and T
C
is given by,

A. T
C
= (9/5) (T
F

32)
B. T
F

= (9/5) (T
C

+ 32)
C. T
C

= 1.8 T
F

+ 32
D. T
F

= (9/5) T
C

+ 32


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
8. Which of the following is a unit for energy?

A. Joule
B. Calorie
C. Btu
D. All of the above


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: B
9. Which of the following best describes the relationship between two systems in thermal
equilibrium?

A. No net energy is exchanged.
B. The volumes are equal.
C. The masses are equal.
D. The velocity is zero.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
10. Which of the following increases the internal energy of a solid metal rod?

A. Raising it to a greater height.
B. Throwing it through the air.
C. Having the rod conduct heat.
D. Having the rod absorb heat.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D





Self-Check 7-2
Submitted by 6b8d2acb-8a26-49f1-8b3e-c8d61cde3dd7 on 5/2/2012 12:11:24 PM

Points Awarded 13
Points Missed 1
Percentage 93%
1. The energy that is involved in a change of phase, but does not affect temperature is called:

A. Kinetic energy
B. Internal energy
C. Specific heat
D. Potential energy
E. Latent heat


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: E
2. When a substance goes from a liquid state to a solid state, it

A. absorbs heat
B. releases heat
C. neither absorbs nor releases heat.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
3. The natural direction of the net heat flow between two reservoirs depends on

A. their temperatures.
B. their internal energy contents.
C. their pressures.
D. whether they are in the solid, liquid, or gaseous state.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
4. Of the following substances, the one that requires the greatest amount of heat per kilogram
for a given increase in temperature is

A. ice.
B. water.
C. steam.
D. copper.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
5. The heat of vaporization of a substance is

A. less than its heat of fusion.
B. equal to its heat of fusion.
C. greater than its heat of fusion.
D. depends on the nature of the substance.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D
6. A 0.2 kg metal object requires 502 Joules of heat to raise its temperature from 20 to 40
degrees Celsius. The specific heat capacity of the metal is,

A. 63.0 J/(kg-deg C)
B. 126 J/(kg-deg C)
C. 251 J/(kg-deg C)
D. 502 J/(kg-deg C)


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
7. The amount of heat necessary to melt 40 grams of ice will raise the temperature of how much
water from 25 C to 45 C?

A. 160 grams.
B. 800 grams.
C. 1080 grams
D. There is not enough information.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
8. Compared to most metals, water has

A. a rather large specific heat.
B. a rather small specific heat.
C. a high melting point.
D. a high boiling point.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
9. In order for condensation to take place, one must have

A. a liquid.
B. more gas than liquid.
C. a regulating liquid condensate.
D. something to which the gas can give up its energy.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D
10. How much heat is required to change 1 g of 0 C ice to 120 C steam?

A. 48.7 cal
B. 120 cal
C. 730 cal
D. 1505 cal


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
11. 150 kcal of heat raises the temperature of 2 kg of material by 400 F. What is the
material's specific heat capacity?

A. l .35 kcal/kg C
B. 0.75 kcal/kg C
C. 0.38 kcal/kg C
D. 0.19 kcal/kg C


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
12. A block of copper and a block of aluminum have the same mass and are at the same
high temperature. Copper has a smaller specific heat than aluminum. Both blocks are
placed on a large chunk of ice with a flat, horizontal surface on top. Assume that the
area in contact with the ice is the same for each block. Which block will melt deeper
into the ice?

A. The aluminum block
B. The copper block
C. Both will melt the same depth into the ice


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
13. When a material changes from a vapor to a liquid,

A. heat must be added to the material
B. no heat is transferred
C. heat is emitted from the material


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
14. A puddle contains 2.5 kg of water how much energy (in J) has it absorbed if the
temperature of the water rises from 15
o
C to 32
o
C during the day.

A. 6
B. 80
C. 1900
D. 1.23 x 10
5

E. 1.78 x 10
5



Points Earned: 0/1
Your Response: C








Quiz 7-2
Submitted by 6b8d2acb-8a26-49f1-8b3e-c8d61cde3dd7 on 5/2/2012 12:36:02 PM

Points Awarded 9
Points Missed 3
Percentage 75%
1. What is the specific heat of a 20 gm object if its temperature increases by 5
o
C when 20
calories of heat are transferred to it?

A. 0.20 cal/gm-
o
C
B. 0.40 cal/gm-
o
C
C. 0.60 cal/gm-
o
C
D. 0.85 cal/gm-
o
C


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
2. How much heat in Joules is required to melt a 45 kg block of ice at zero degrees Celsius into
water at zero degrees Celsius.

A. 1.7*10
5

B. 1.5*10
7

C. 5.7*10
6

D. 6.4*10
7



Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: C
3. The amount of heat necessary to melt one gram of a substance is known as the

A. heat of sublimation.
B. heat of fusion.
C. heat of regelation.
D. heat of condensation.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
4. The amount of heat necessary to raise the temperature one unit mass of a substance by one
degree is the

A. specific heat.
B. heat of vaporization.
C. heat of fusion.
D. heat of sublimation.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
5. The specific heat of water is defined as the amount of heat necessary to

A. melt one gram of ice.
B. raise the temperature of one gram of water one degree Centigrade.
C. increase the vapor pressure of one gram of water by one Torr.
D. the difference between water's heat of vaporization and heat of fusion.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
6. 40 calories of heat is added to 2 grams of water at 30 C. The final temperature of the water
is

A. 70 C.
B. 50 C.
C. 32 C.
D. 10 C.


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: C
7. The amount of heat necessary to melt 40 grams of ice will raise the temperature of how much
water from 25 C to 45 C?

A. 160 grams.
B. 800 grams.
C. 1080 grams
D. There is not enough information.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
8. When evaporation takes place throughout the entire volume of a liquid, and not just at its
surface, we say that the liquid is

A. boiling.
B. critical.
C. warming.
D. condensing.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
9. How much heat is required to change 1 g of 0 C ice to 120 C steam?

A. 48.7 cal
B. 120 cal
C. 730 cal
D. 1505 cal


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
10. If 2 kg of water at O
0
C is to be vaporized, how much heat must be added?

A. 1080 cal
B. 1080 kcal
C. 1280 cal
D. 1280 kcal


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: D
11. Wood has a lower specific heat than concrete. If equal masses of wood and concrete
are supplied with equal amounts of heat, the temperature rise of the wood will be
________ that of the concrete.

A. less than
B. the same as
C. greater than


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
12. It is a well-known fact that water has a higher specific heat capacity than iron. Now,
consider equal masses of water and iron that are initially in thermal equilibrium. The
same amount of heat, 30 calories, is added to each. Which statement is true?

A. They remain in thermal equilibrium.
B. They are no longer in thermal equilibrium; the iron is warmer.
C. They are no longer in thermal equilibrium; the water is warmer.
D. It is impossible to say without knowing the exact mass involved and the exact
specific heat capacities.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
Self-Check 7-3
Submitted by 6b8d2acb-8a26-49f1-8b3e-c8d61cde3dd7 on 5/12/2012 11:45:39 AM

Points Awarded 16
Points Missed 1
Percentage 94%
1. When rod 1 is heated by an amount AT its length increases by AL. If rod 2, which is twice as
long as rod 1, is heated by the same amount, its length increase by

A. AL
B. 2AL
C. AL/2


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
2. An ordinary glass is filled to the brim with 350 cm
3
of water at 100
0
C. If the temperature
decreased to 20
0
C, how much water could be added to the glass? Neglect the volume
expansion of the glass. (|
w
= 207x10
-6
/
0
C.

A. 3.5 cm
3

B. 45 cm
3

C. 5.8 cm
3

D. 6.7 cm
3

E. 8.4 cm
3



Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
3.
The filament of a light bulb has a temperature of 2580
0
C and radiates 60 W of power. The
emissivity of the filament is 0.36. What is the surface area of the filament?

A. 44 mm
2

B. 62 mm
2

C. 74 mm
2

D. 91 mm
2

E. 144 mm
2



Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
4. How long will it take to transfer 4.186 x10
6
J of heat through a 2.0 m
2
pane of 0.3 cm thick
glass ( k=0.84 J/sm
0
C) if the temperature difference is 10
0
C.

A. 208 hr
B. 20.8 hr
C. 12.5 min
D. 75 s
E. 25 s


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
5. A sphere of radius 0.5 m, temperature 27
0
C, and emissivity 0.85 is located in an environment
of temperature 77
0
C. What is the net flow of energy transferred to the environment in 1 sec?

A. 1045 W
B. 1280 W
C. 1540 W
D. 2500 W
E. 4000 W


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
6. As a copper wire is heated, its length increases by 0.1%. What is the change of the
temperature of the wire? (alpha
copper
= 16.6 x 10
-6
/
o
C).

A. 120.4
o
C.
B. 60.2
o
C.
C. 30.1
o
C.
D. 6.0
o
C


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
7. What happens to a given mass of water when it is cooled from 8
o
C to 4
o
C?

A. It contracts.
B. It expands.
C. It vaporizes.
D. It neither expands, vaporizes or contracts.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
8. A hot wire radiates heat at 100 Watts. If its temperature is doubled then the power radiated
will be

A. 100 W
B. 200 W
C. 800 W
D. 1600 W
E. none of these


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D
9. What is the outside temperature if 16*10
6
of heat is lost through a 2.0 m
2
pane of 0.25 cm
thick glass (k=0.84 J/sm
0
C) in 45 min from a house kept at 21.8
0
C

A. 0
0
C
B. 4
0
C
C. 13
0
C
D. 24
0
C
E. 28
0
C


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
10. The coefficient of thermal expansion for iron is 12*10
-6
/C
o
. What is the change in
length of a 2 meter iron rod, when its temperature changes by 100 C
o
?

A. 0.0024 cm
B. 0.24 m
C. 0.0024 m
D. 0.024 m


Points Earned: 0/1
Your Response: B
11. 3.0 kg of metal A at 50
o
C is placed in contact with 2.0 kg of metal B at 20
o
C, and the
combination is insolated (no heat exchange with the environment). If the specific heat
of metal B is 3 times that of metal A, what will be the final equilibrium temperature?

A. 30.0
o
C
B. 35.0
o
C
C. 38.0
o
C
D. 44.5
o
C
E. None of the above


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
12. 50 g of copper (C = 0.093 kcal/kg C) at 75 C is put into 100 g of water. The final
temperature of the mixture is 20 C. What was the initial temperature of the water?

A. 0 C
B. 4C
C. 15C
D. 17.4 C


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D
13. An aluminum wire with a thermal conductivity of 205 J/(msK) has a cross-sectional
area of 2.88*10
-6
m
2
. After 1 hour, the heat transferred down its length is 42.1 J. If the
difference in temperature of the ends of the wire is 405 K, what is the length of the
wire?

A. 176 m
B. 2.66 m
C. 20.4 m
D. 5.68*10
-3
m


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
14. The heat given off by 600 grams of an alloy as it cools through 80
0
C raises the
temperature of 400 grams of water from 15
0
C to 55
0
C. What is the specific heat of the
alloy?

A. 1280 J/kg
0
C
B. 1395 J/kg
0
C
C. 1480 J/kg
0
C
D. 1520 J/kg
0
C
E. 1670 J/kg
0
C.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
15. The specific heat of lead is 128 J/kg
0
C. 300 grams of lead shot at 100
0
C is mixed with
200 grams of water at 0
0
C in an insulated container. What is the final temperature of
the mixture?

A. 2.1
0
C
B. 3.2
0
C
C. 4.4
0
C
D. 5.9
0
C
E. 12.0
0
C.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
16. A block of ice at 0
o
C is added to a 150-g aluminum calorimeter cup that holds 200 g of
water at 10
o
C. If all but 2 g of ice melt, what was the original mass of the block of ice?

A. 31.1
B. 38.8
C. 42.0
D. 47.6


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
17. Find the mass of water at 10
0
C that must be added to 300 kg of water at 50
0
C to
lower its temperature to 40
0
C.

A. 50 kg
B. 100kg
C. 200 kg
D. 300 kg
E. 900 kg


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B


Quiz 7-3
Submitted by 6b8d2acb-8a26-49f1-8b3e-c8d61cde3dd7 on 5/12/2012 5:48:34 PM

Points Awarded 10
Points Missed 0
Percentage 100%
1. A glass pane 0.004 m thick has an area of 2 m
2
. On a winter day the temperature difference
between the inside and the outside surfaces of the pane is 20
o
C. What is the rate of heat flow
through this window? (Thermal conductivity for glass is 0.8 J/s-m-
o
C.)

A. 32,000 J/s
B. 8,000 J/s
C. 4,000 J/s
D. 1,000 J/s


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
2. At night, the temperature drops more when the sky is clear than when it is very cloudy. This
difference is due to

A. convection
B. radiation
C. conduction


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
3. The fact that, in general, liquids and gases expand when heated gives rise to

A. convection currents in fluids due to changing masses.
B. convection currents in fluids due to changing densities.
C. heat transfer by conduction.
D. convection currents in fluids due to constant temperatures.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
4. The process by which a pot of water on your electric stove starts to heat is

A. conduction.
B. radiation.
C. convection.
D. evaporation.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
5. Heat transfer by radiation

A. is not possible from human beings to their environment.
B. does not occur from light bulbs they are too bright.
C. does not require any material between the radiator and the object receiving the radiation.
D. none of the above.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
6. A chunk of ice (T = -20C) is added to a thermally insulated container of cold water (T = 0 C).
What happens in the container?

A. The ice melts until thermal equilibrium is established.
B. The water cools down until thermal equilibrium is established.
C. Some of the water freezes and the chunk of ice gets larger.
D. None of the above.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
7. The thermos bottle is used to keep a liquid cold or hot. It is constructed with a double-walled
container with vacuum in between. Purpose of this construction is to minimize heat transfer
by,

A. conduction
B. convection
C. radiation
D. conduction & convection


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
8. A steel wire is 200 m long at 0
o
C. What is its change in length as it heats up to 35
o
C. The
coefficient of linear expansion is 11 x 10
-6
/C.

A. 6.4 x 10
-8
m
B. 1.8 x 10
-7
m
C. 7.7 x 10
-2
m
D. 1.8 x 10
-3
m


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
9. A substance will expand when heated and will contract when cooled. This statement is:

A. always true
B. always false
C. usually true, but with exceptions
D. usually false, but with exceptions
E. none of the above


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
10. A 5.0 cm diameter steel shaft has 0.10 mm clearance all around its bushing at 20C. If
the bushing temperature remains constant, at what temperature will the shaft begin to
bind? Steel has a linear expansion coefficient of 11*10
-6
/C.

A. 353C
B. 333C
C. 53C
D. 680C


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A





Self-Check 8-1
Submitted by 6b8d2acb-8a26-49f1-8b3e-c8d61cde3dd7 on 5/19/2012 8:11:00 AM

Points Awarded 8
Points Missed 2
Percentage 80%
1. A nitrogen in the container (molar mass is 28 g/mol) has a pressure of 2.5 atm, a volume of
0.2 m
3
, and a temperature of 30
0
C. What is the mass of the nitrogen?

A. 125 g
B. 258 g
C. 421 g
D. 582 g
E. 864 g


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D
2. The temperature of a fixed mass of gas drops from 127
o
C to 27
o
C under constant pressure.
Find the ratio of the new volume to the original volume.

A. 27:127
B. 127:27
C. 3:4
D. 4:3
E. 1:1


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
3.
The volume of a fixed mass of an ideal gas is doubled while the temperature is increased
from 100 K to 400 K. What is the final pressure in terms of its initial pressure p
i
?

A. 2.00 p
i

B. 3.00 p
i

C. 4.00 p
i

D. 0.5 p
i



Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
4. Ideal Gas law is given by

A. P = nRT
B. PV = nRT
C. PT = nRV
D. PV = nkT


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
5. If 16 moles of a gas has an absolute pressure of 2 atm and a temperature of 27
o
C, what is its
volume? (1 atm = 1.013 10
5
N/m
2
, R = 8.315 J/mol.K)

A. 0.055 m
3

B. 0.131 m
3

C. 0.018 m
3

D. 0.197 m
3



Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D
6. 10 moles of an ideal gas has a gauge pressure of 2 atm and a temperature of 200 K. If the
volume of the gas is doubled and the pressure dropped to 1 atm., what is the new
temperature?

A. 267 K
B. 300 K
C. 400 K
D. 200 K


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A
7. 0.08 m
3
of a gas has a gauge pressure of 2 atm and a temperature of 300 K. How many
molecules are there in the gas? (1 atm = 1.013 10
5
N/m
2
, R = 8.315 J/mol.K, N
A
= 6.023
10
23
)

A. 9.75
B. 5.87 10
24

C. 5.87 10
23

D. 6.023 10
23



Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
8. If the pressure of gas is doubled and its absolute temperature is quadrupled, the volume is
what factor times the original?

A. 2
B.
C. 1/4
D. 4


Points Earned: 0/1
Your Response: B
9. The pressure in a tank of nitrogen is 1.75*10
7
Pa at 20.0 C. If the nitrogen occupies 30.0 m
3

at 1 atm and 20.0 C, find the volume of the tank.

A. 0.173 m
3

B. 0.287 m
3

C. 0.304 m
3

D. 0.356 m
3



Points Earned: 0/1
Your Response: D
10. A tire is inflated to a gauge pressure of 2.0 atm. As the car is driven, the temperature of
the tire increases from 20.0 C to 45.0 C, and simultaneously, the volume of the tire
increases by 5.0%. What is the gauge pressure of the tire at the higher temperature?

A. 1.9 atm
B. 2.1 atm
C. 2.3 atm
D. 2.5 atm


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B













Quiz 8-1
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Points Awarded 6
Points Missed 4
Percentage 60%
1. A tire is filled with air at 15
0
C to a gauge pressure of 2.2*10
5
Pa. If the tire reaches a
temperature of 38
0
C what will the new gauge pressure be inside it?

A. 2.5*10
2
Pa
B. 3.4*10
3
Pa,
C. 2.5*10
5
Pa
D. 6.0*10
7
Pa
E. 8.0*10
9
Pa


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: E
2. When using the ideal gas law, PV/NT = k,

A. P can be gauge pressure
B. N can be in kilograms
C. T can be in degrees Celsius
D. none of the above


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
3.
The volume of an ideal gas at constant pressure is proportional to its

A. Fahrenheit temperature.
B. Celsius temperature.
C. Absolute temperature.
D. Molar mass.


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: B
4. If the pressure of gas is doubled, and the temperature is constant then the volume is what
factor times the original?

A. 2
B.
C. 1/4
D. 4


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
5. An ideal gas occupies 400 cm
3
at an absolute pressure of 250 kPa. If the volume is changed
to 100 cm
3
at constant temperature, what will be the new gauge pressure?

A. 1000 kPa
B. 899 kPa
C. 164 kPa
D. 62.5 kPa


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
6. Oxygen molecules are 16 times more massive than hydrogen molecules. At a given
temperature, the average molecular kinetic energy of oxygen, compared to hydrogen

A. is greater.
B. is less.
C. is the same.
D. cannot be determined since pressure and volume are not given.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
7. The molecular kinetic energy of a gas can be determined by knowing only

A. the number of molecules in the gas.
B. the volume of the gas.
C. the pressure of the gas.
D. the temperature of the gas.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
8. A container is filled with a mixture of helium and oxygen gases. A thermometer in the
container indicates that the temperature is 22 c. Which gas molecules have the greater
average speed?

A. The helium molecules do because they are monatomic.
B. It is the same for both because the temperatures are the same.
C. The oxygen molecules do because they are more massive.
D. The helium molecules do because they are less massive.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
9. Calculate the rms speed of nitrogen gas at 125
0
c. Atomic mass of nitrogen = 14 gram.

A. 695 m/s
B. 595 m/s
C. 495 m/s
D. 550 m/s


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: C
10. Real gas will behave similar as ideal gas at
(1) high temperature
(2) high density
(3) high pressure

A. (1) only
B. (3) only
C. (1) and (2) only
D. (1) and (3) only
E. (1), (2) and (3)


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: D


Quiz 8-1
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Points Awarded 7
Points Missed 3
Percentage 70%
1. A fixed mass of an ideal gas having a volume of 2500 cm
3
at 20
0
C and absolute pressure of
65 atm expands until its volume is 4000 cm
3
and its absolute pressure is 45 atm. Find its new
Its temperature.

A. 20
0

B. 42.3
0

C. 51.5
0
C
D. 61.8
0

E. 80
0



Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
2. What is the volume of one mole ideal gas at 300 K and at standard atmospheric pressure?

A. 23.2 l
B. 24.1 l
C. 24.6 l
D. 25.7 l


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
3. A process in which the pressure remains constant is called

A. adiabatic
B. isochoric
C. isothermal
D. isobaric
E. none of the above


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: A
4. How many moles is 72 grams of water.

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. none of the above


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
5. A process that takes place at constant volume is called

A. isothermal
B. isochoric
C. isobaric
D. adiabatic


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: C
6. If the volume of an ideal gas is quadrupled, while the pressure is constant, and the original
temperature was 200 K, then what was the final temperature?

A. 50
B. 100
C. 400
D. 800


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
7. A gas is confined to a rigid container that cannot expand as heat energy is added to it. This
process is

A. isothermal.
B. isochoric.
C. isobaric.
D. adiabatic.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
8. Absolute pressure is given by,

A. gauge pressure + atmospheric pressure
B. gauge pressure atmospheric pressure
C. atmospheric pressure gauge pressure
D. gauge pressure + 2 atmospheric pressure


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
9. A cylindrical container, length 30 cm and diameter 10 cm, contains 5 moles of a gas at a
temperature of 25
0
c. (R = 8.315 J/mol.K) Find the volume of the gas.

A. 0.0024 m
3

B. 0.024 m
3

C. 0.0042 m
3

D. 0.24 m
3



Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: C
10. An isothermal process is one in which the ________ of the system remains constant.

A. mass
B. pressure
C. temperature
D. volume


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C




Self-Check 8-2
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Points Awarded 11
Points Missed 1
Percentage 92%
1. What is the efficiency of a Carnot engine operating between 100
o
C and 0
o
C?

A. 7%
B. 15%
C. 27%
D. 51%


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
2. Find the change in internal energy of a system which receives 70 J of heat from its
environment and does 20 J of work.

A. 90 J
B. 50 J
C. Zero
D. -70 J


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
3. A 1 kg chunk of ice at 273 K and 1 atmosphere melts completely in water at 273 K. What is
its change in entropy? (L
f
= 3.34*10
5
J/kg)

A. 3340.0 J/K
B. 2168.7 J/K
C. 613.6 J/K
D. 1223.4 J/K


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D
4. Heat is applied to an ice-water mixture to melt the ice. In this process

A. work is done by the ice-water mixture.
B. the temperature increases.
C. the internal energy increases.
D. all of the above.


Points Earned: 0/1
Your Response: D
5. An ideal gas is maintained at a constant pressure of 70,000 Pa during an isobaric process and
its volume decreases by 0.2 m
3
. What work is done by the system on its environment?

A. 14,000 J
B. 350,000 J
C. -14,000 J
D. -35,000 J


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
6. The exhaust temperature of a Carnot heat engine is 573 K. What is the intake temperature if
the efficiency of the engine is 30%?

A. 756 K
B. 819 K
C. 711 K
D. 923 K


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
7. The internal energy of an ideal gas depends on

A. its volume.
B. its pressure.
C. its temperature.
D. all of the above.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
8. A gas is quickly compressed in an isolated cylinder. This process is

A. isothermal.
B. isometric.
C. isobaric.
D. adiabatic.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: D
9. What is the change of entropy associated with 3.0 kg of water freezing to ice at 0.
o
C? (L
f
=
3.34*10
5
J/kg)

A. +3.7 kJ/K
B. -3.7 kJ/K
C. 1.0 kcal/K
D. -1.1 kcal/K


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: B
10. An ideal gas with internal energy U at 200

C is heated to 400
o
C. Its internal energy
will be

A. U.
B. 2 U.
C. 1.4 U.
D. 1.2 U.


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
11. A heat engine operates in a Carnot cycle between 80.0 oC and 350
o
C. It receives
21000 J of energy per cycle from the hot reservoir. The duration of each cycle is 1.00
s. What is the mechanical power of this engine?

A. 21 kW
B. 910 kW
C. 9.10 kW
D. 120 kW


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: C
12. What is the internal energy of 7.91*10
22
gas molecules at a temperature of 300 K?

A. 164 J
B. 109 J
C. 44.2 J
D. 3740 J


Points Earned: 1/1
Your Response: A


Quiz 8-2
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Points Awarded 10
Points Missed 2
Percentage 83%
1. A block of ice of a mass of 1 kg at 273 K melts, taking in 80,000 cal of heat from air. Which
of the following best describes what happens to the ice-air system?

A. Entropy increased
B. Entropy decreased
C. Entropy has not changed
D. Work converted to energy


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
2. A Carnot engine is operated as a refrigerator, taking in 18.J of heat every second and
expelling 20.J into a 23.
o
C room. What is the temperature inside the refrigerator?

A. 3.
o
C
B. 15.
o
C
C. -15.
o
C
D. -3.
o
C


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: B
3. What is the maximum efficiency of a heat engine that operates between 200 Celsius and 500
Celsius?

A. 61
B. 40
C. 32
D. 39
E. none of the above


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
4. Entropy is a measure of

A. order
B. disorder
C. energy
D. time
E. none of the above


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
5. Entropy usually

A. increases
B. stays the same
C. decreases
D. all of the
above.


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: D
6. Assume that somehow (the third law of thermodynamics notwithstanding) a solid has
reached absolute zero. We would then say that the solids molecules

A. total kinetic energy is zero.
B. average kinetic energy is zero.
C. total potential energy is zero.
D. (a) and (b) but not (c).
E. (a) and (c) but not (b).


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
7. An ideal gas is compressed isothermally from 30 L to 20 L. During this process, 6.0 J of
energy is expended by the external mechanism that compressed the gas. What is the change
of internal energy for this gas?

A. 6.0 J
B. zero
C. -6.0 J
D. none of the above


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
8. A heat engine has an efficiency of 35.0% and receives 150 J of heat per cycle. How much
work does it perform in each cycle?

A. zero
B. 52.5 J
C. 97.5 J
D. 150 J


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
9. The efficiency of a Carnot engine is 35.0%. What is the temperature of the cold reservoir if
the temperature of the hot reservoir is 500 K?

A. 175 K
B. 325 K
C. 269 K
D. 231 K


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
10. Three reversible engines, A, B, and C, use the same cold reservoir for their exhaust
heats. However, they use different hot reservoirs that have the following temperatures:
(A) 950 K, (B) 720 K, and (C) 1130 K. Rank these engines in order of decreasing
efficiency (largest efficiency first).

A. A, B, C
B. A, C, B
C. B, A, C
D. B, C, A
E. C, A, B
F. C, B, A


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: E
Your Response: E
11. What is the maximum theoretical efficiency possible for an engine operating between
100

C and 400

C?

A. 40%
B. 46%
C. 30%
D. 26%


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
12. The ignition stage in a cylinder in a standard internal combustion engine is
considered an

A. ambient temperature change.
B. adiabatic process.
C. isovolmic process.
D. isobaric process.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C







Test 8
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Points Awarded 15
Points Missed 7
Percentage 68%
1. A fixed mass of oxygen (O
2
, mol . mass = 32 g/mol) is contained in a cylinder whose volume
is 0.0028 m
3
. The pressure of 148 atm when the temperature is 23
0
c. Find the mass of oxygen
in the cylinder.

A. 20 g
B. 80 g
C. 140 g
D. 280 g
E. 552 g


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: E
Your Response: D
2. When using the ideal gas law, PV/NT = k,

A. P can be gauge pressure
B. N can be in kilograms
C. T can be in degrees Celsius
D. none of the above


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
3. For ideal gases, the ratio PV/T is

A. equal to Avogadro's number.
B. equal to Boltzmann constant.
C. independent of the number of molecules.
D. independent of the chemical nature of the molecules.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
4. The absolute temperature of an ideal gas is directly proportional to

A. the average number of molecules in the gas
B. the average kinetic energy of the gas
C. the average diffusion constant of the gas


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
5. If the volume of an ideal gas is quadrupled, while the pressure is constant, and the original
temperature was 200 K, then what was the final temperature?

A. 50
B. 100
C. 400
D. 800


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
6. A gas is confined to a rigid container that cannot expand as heat energy is added to it. This
process is

A. isothermal.
B. isochoric.
C. isobaric.
D. adiabatic.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
7. The molecular kinetic energy of a gas can be determined by knowing only

A. the number of molecules in the gas.
B. the volume of the gas.
C. the pressure of the gas.
D. the temperature of the gas.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
8. A container is filled with a mixture of helium and oxygen gases. A thermometer in the
container indicates that the temperature is 22 c. Which gas molecules have the greater
average speed?

A. The helium molecules do because they are monatomic.
B. It is the same for both because the temperatures are the same.
C. The oxygen molecules do because they are more massive.
D. The helium molecules do because they are less massive.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
9. An isothermal process is one in which the ________ of the system remains constant.

A. mass
B. pressure
C. temperature
D. volume


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
10. A container contains a fixed mass of gas. Increase the temperature of the gas can lead
to an increase of pressure. By using kinetic theory, this can be explained by

A. The collisions between gas molecules becomes more frequent.
B. The gas molecules expand.
C. The collisions between gas molecules and the inner wall of container becomes
more frequent.
D. The volume of the gas decreases.
E. The temperature of the gas is inversely proportional to its pressure.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
11. A block of ice of a mass of 1 kg at 273 K melts, taking in 80,000 cal of heat from air.
Which of the following best describes what happens to the ice-air system?

A. Entropy increased
B. Entropy decreased
C. Entropy has not changed
D. Work converted to energy


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
12. The air in this room consists of countless tiny, independent molecules. You can be sure
that these air molecules will not all shift spontaneously to the other side of the room
(leaving you in a vacuum) because that would

A. violate Newtons laws of motion.
B. be extremely unlikely and therefore violate the 2nd law of thermodynamics
C. violate Boltzmanns equation
D. not conserve energy and therefore violate the 1st law of thermodynamics.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
13. Entropy is a measure of

A. order
B. disorder
C. energy
D. time
E. none of the above


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
14. A student takes a 5 kg block of ice at 0K and place it on a large rock outcropping and
watches the ice melt. What is the entropy change (ignore sign) of the ice (water)?
(choose the closest answer)

A. 423
B. 5101
C. 6117
D. 7116
E. 12,449


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
15. Find the efficiency of the heat engine that exhausts 2000 J of heat in the process of
doing 800 J of work.

A. 66.7%
B. 60.0%
C. 40.0%
D. 28.6%
E. None of the above answers


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: A
16. 200 J of work is done in compressing a gas adiabatically. What is the change in
internal energy of the gas?

A. Zero
B. 100 J
C. +200 J
D. There is not enough information to determine.


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: A
17. Ten joules of heat energy are transferred to a sample of ideal gas at constant volume.
As a result, the internal energy of the gas

A. increases by 10 J.
B. increases by less than 10 J.
C. increases by more than 10 J.
D. remains unchanged.


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: B
18. If the theoretical efficiency of a Carnot engine is to be 100%, the heat sink must be

A. at absolute zero.
B. at 0 c.
C. at 100 c.
D. infinitely hot.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
19. When 5.2 x 10
5
J of heat are added to a gas enclosed in a cylinder fitted with a light
frictionless piston maintained at atmospheric pressure, the volume is observed to
increase from 1.8 m
3
to 4.2 m
3
.
The change in internal energy of the gas is:

A. 5.2 x 10
5
J
B. 7.63 x 10
5
J
C. 2.43 x 10
5
J
D. 2.77 x 10
5
J


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: A
20. Which of the following processes is impossible?

A. A quantity of heat is completely converted into mechanical energy.
B. A quantity of mechanical energy is completely converted into heat
C. Heat is conveyed continuously from a cold object to a hot object with the
addition of external work.
D. Heat is conveyed continuously from a hot object to a cold object with the
addition of external work.


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: C
21. Which of the following is (are. necessary for a gas to undergo an adiabatic process?

A. The gas cannot change its volume.
B. The container that the gas is in is well insulated.
C. The process occurs "quickly".
D. (b) or (c) but not (a).
E. (a) or (b) or (c).


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
22. Entropy is a measure of ________. In other words, as the order of a system increases,
the entropy ________.

A. order increases
B. order decreases
C. disorder increases
D. disorder decreases


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: C
Test 8
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Points Awarded 15
Points Missed 7
Percentage 68%
1. A fixed mass of oxygen (O
2
, mol . mass = 32 g/mol) is contained in a cylinder whose volume
is 0.0028 m
3
. The pressure of 148 atm when the temperature is 23
0
c. Find the mass of oxygen
in the cylinder.

A. 20 g
B. 80 g
C. 140 g
D. 280 g
E. 552 g


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: E
Your Response: D
2. When using the ideal gas law, PV/NT = k,

A. P can be gauge pressure
B. N can be in kilograms
C. T can be in degrees Celsius
D. none of the above


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
3. For ideal gases, the ratio PV/T is

A. equal to Avogadro's number.
B. equal to Boltzmann constant.
C. independent of the number of molecules.
D. independent of the chemical nature of the molecules.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
4. The absolute temperature of an ideal gas is directly proportional to

A. the average number of molecules in the gas
B. the average kinetic energy of the gas
C. the average diffusion constant of the gas


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
5. If the volume of an ideal gas is quadrupled, while the pressure is constant, and the original
temperature was 200 K, then what was the final temperature?

A. 50
B. 100
C. 400
D. 800


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
6. A gas is confined to a rigid container that cannot expand as heat energy is added to it. This
process is

A. isothermal.
B. isochoric.
C. isobaric.
D. adiabatic.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
7. The molecular kinetic energy of a gas can be determined by knowing only

A. the number of molecules in the gas.
B. the volume of the gas.
C. the pressure of the gas.
D. the temperature of the gas.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
8. A container is filled with a mixture of helium and oxygen gases. A thermometer in the
container indicates that the temperature is 22 c. Which gas molecules have the greater
average speed?

A. The helium molecules do because they are monatomic.
B. It is the same for both because the temperatures are the same.
C. The oxygen molecules do because they are more massive.
D. The helium molecules do because they are less massive.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
9. An isothermal process is one in which the ________ of the system remains constant.

A. mass
B. pressure
C. temperature
D. volume


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
10. A container contains a fixed mass of gas. Increase the temperature of the gas can lead
to an increase of pressure. By using kinetic theory, this can be explained by

A. The collisions between gas molecules becomes more frequent.
B. The gas molecules expand.
C. The collisions between gas molecules and the inner wall of container becomes
more frequent.
D. The volume of the gas decreases.
E. The temperature of the gas is inversely proportional to its pressure.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
11. A block of ice of a mass of 1 kg at 273 K melts, taking in 80,000 cal of heat from air.
Which of the following best describes what happens to the ice-air system?

A. Entropy increased
B. Entropy decreased
C. Entropy has not changed
D. Work converted to energy


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
12. The air in this room consists of countless tiny, independent molecules. You can be sure
that these air molecules will not all shift spontaneously to the other side of the room
(leaving you in a vacuum) because that would

A. violate Newtons laws of motion.
B. be extremely unlikely and therefore violate the 2nd law of thermodynamics
C. violate Boltzmanns equation
D. not conserve energy and therefore violate the 1st law of thermodynamics.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
13. Entropy is a measure of

A. order
B. disorder
C. energy
D. time
E. none of the above


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
14. A student takes a 5 kg block of ice at 0K and place it on a large rock outcropping and
watches the ice melt. What is the entropy change (ignore sign) of the ice (water)?
(choose the closest answer)

A. 423
B. 5101
C. 6117
D. 7116
E. 12,449


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
15. Find the efficiency of the heat engine that exhausts 2000 J of heat in the process of
doing 800 J of work.

A. 66.7%
B. 60.0%
C. 40.0%
D. 28.6%
E. None of the above answers


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: A
16. 200 J of work is done in compressing a gas adiabatically. What is the change in
internal energy of the gas?

A. Zero
B. 100 J
C. +200 J
D. There is not enough information to determine.


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: C
Your Response: A
17. Ten joules of heat energy are transferred to a sample of ideal gas at constant volume.
As a result, the internal energy of the gas

A. increases by 10 J.
B. increases by less than 10 J.
C. increases by more than 10 J.
D. remains unchanged.


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: B
18. If the theoretical efficiency of a Carnot engine is to be 100%, the heat sink must be

A. at absolute zero.
B. at 0 c.
C. at 100 c.
D. infinitely hot.


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
19. When 5.2 x 10
5
J of heat are added to a gas enclosed in a cylinder fitted with a light
frictionless piston maintained at atmospheric pressure, the volume is observed to
increase from 1.8 m
3
to 4.2 m
3
.
The change in internal energy of the gas is:

A. 5.2 x 10
5
J
B. 7.63 x 10
5
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C. 2.43 x 10
5
J
D. 2.77 x 10
5
J


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: A
20. Which of the following processes is impossible?

A. A quantity of heat is completely converted into mechanical energy.
B. A quantity of mechanical energy is completely converted into heat
C. Heat is conveyed continuously from a cold object to a hot object with the
addition of external work.
D. Heat is conveyed continuously from a hot object to a cold object with the
addition of external work.


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: A
Your Response: C
21. Which of the following is (are. necessary for a gas to undergo an adiabatic process?

A. The gas cannot change its volume.
B. The container that the gas is in is well insulated.
C. The process occurs "quickly".
D. (b) or (c) but not (a).
E. (a) or (b) or (c).


Points Earned: 1/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
22. Entropy is a measure of ________. In other words, as the order of a system increases,
the entropy ________.

A. order increases
B. order decreases
C. disorder increases
D. disorder decreases


Points Earned: 0/1
Correct Answer: D
Your Response: C

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