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Physics 125 Practice Exam #4 Professor Siegel Name: __________________________ Lab Day: _____________ 1.

A bicycle travels 141 m along a circular track of radius 30 m. What is the angular displacement in radians of the bicycle from its starting position? A) 1.0 rad B) 1.5 rad C) 3.0 rad D) 4.7 rad E) 9.4 rad 2. What is the angular speed in rad/s of the second hand of a watch? A) 1.7 103 rad/s B) 0.10 rad/s C) 0.02 rad/s D) 6.28 rad/s E) 60 rad/s 3. An airplane engine starts from rest; and 2 seconds later, it is rotating with an angular speed of 420 rev/min. If the angular acceleration is constant, how many revolutions does the propeller undergo during this time? A) 7 B) 14 C) 21 D) 49 E) 150 Use the following to answer questions 4-6: A grindstone of radius 4.0 m is initially spinning with an angular speed of 8.0 rad/s. The angular speed is then increased to 12 rad/s over the next 4.0 seconds. Assume that the angular acceleration is constant.

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4. What is the average angular speed of the grindstone? A) 0.5 rad/s B) 2.0 rad/s C) 4.0 rad/s D) 8.0 rad/s E) 10 rad/s 5. What is the magnitude of the angular acceleration of the grindstone? A) 0.50 rad/s2 B) 1.0 rad/s2 C) 4.5 rad/s2 D) 9.0 rad/s2 E) 18 rad/s2 6. Through how many revolutions does the grindstone turn during the 4.0-second interval? A) 0.64 B) 3.8 C) 4.0 D) 6.4 E) 40 Use the following to answer questions 7-9: A sculptor is sharpening a chisel on grindstone of radius 1.0 m that is spinning with a constant angular speed of 2.0 rad/s. 7. What is the tangential speed of a point on the rim of the grindstone? A) zero m/s B) 0.5 m/s C) 1.0 m/s D) 2.0 m/s E) 4.0 m/s 8. What is the magnitude of the centripetal acceleration of a point on the rim of the grindstone? A) zero m/s2 B) 0.5 m/s2 C) 1.0 m/s2 D) 2.0 m/s2 E) 4.0 m/s2

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9. What is the magnitude of the tangential acceleration of a point on the rim of the wheel? A) zero m/s2 B) 0.5 m/s2 C) 1.0 m/s2 D) 2.0 m/s2 E) 4.0 m/s2 10. Melissa's favorite exercise equipment at the gym consists of various springs. In one exercise, she pulls a handle grip attached to the free end of a spring to 0.80 m from its unstrained position. The other end of the spring (spring constant = 45 N/m) is held in place by the equipment frame. What is the magnitude of the force that Melissa is applying to the handle grip? A) 29 N B) 36 N C) 42 N D) 54 N E) 66 N 11. A vertical block-spring system on earth has a period of 6.0 s. What is the period of this same system on the moon where the acceleration due to gravity is roughly 1/6 that of earth? A) 1.0 s B) 2.4 s C) 6.0 s D) 15 s E) 36 s 12. Which one of the following statements is true concerning an object executing simple harmonic motion? A) The object's velocity is never zero. B) The object's acceleration is never zero. C) The object's velocity and acceleration are simultaneously zero. D) The object's velocity is zero when its acceleration is a maximum. E) The object's maximum acceleration is equal to its maximum velocity. 13. When a force of 19 N is applied to a spring, it elongates 0.085 m. Determine the period of oscillation of a 4.0-kg object suspended from this spring. A) 0.8 s B) 1.2 s C) 3.1 s D) 4.1 s E) 6.3 s

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x(t ) = (0.50m) cos t 3 where 14. The position of a simple harmonic oscillator is given by t is in seconds. What is the maximum velocity of this oscillator? A) 0.17 m/s B) 0.52 m/s C) 0.67 m/s D) 1.0 m/s E) 2.0 m/s

15. A 2.2-kg object is suspended from a spring with k = 18 N/m. The mass is pulled 0.35 m downward from its equilibrium position and allowed to oscillate. What is the maximum kinetic energy of the object? A) 0.25 J B) 0.50 J C) 1.1 J D) 2.0 J E) 4.0 J 16. The maximum compressional stress that a bone can withstand is 1.6 108 N/m2 before it breaks. A thighbone (femur), which is the largest and longest bone in the human body, has a cross sectional area of 7.7 104 m2. What is the maximum compressional force that can be applied to the thighbone? A) 2.1 1011 N B) 1.2 105 N C) 4.8 1012 N D) 3.0 103 N E) This cannot be determined since Young's modulus is not given. 17. The radius of a sphere of lead (B = 4.2 1010 N/m2) is 1.000 m on the surface of the earth where the pressure is 1.01 105 N/m2. The sphere is taken by submarine to the deepest part of the ocean to a depth of 1.10 104 m where it is exposed to a pressure is 1.25 108 N/m2. What is the volume of the sphere at the bottom of the ocean? A) 4.176 m3 B) 3.189 m3 C) 2.251 m3 D) 1.134 m3 E) 0.988 m3

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18. Absolute zero on the Celsius temperature scale is 273.15 C. What is absolute zero on the Fahrenheit temperature scale? A) 331.67 F B) 363.67 F C) 395.67 F D) 427.67 F E) 459.67 F 19. The coefficient of linear expansion of steel is 12 106/C. A railroad track is made of individual rails of steel 1.0 km in length. By what length would these rails change between a cold day when the temperature is 10 C and a hot day at 30 C? A) 0.62 cm B) 24 cm C) 48 cm D) 480 cm E) 620 cm 20. The specific heat capacity of iron is approximately half that of aluminum. Two balls of equal mass, one made of iron and the other of aluminum, both at 90 C, are dropped into a thermally insulated jar that contains an equal mass of water at 25 C. Thermal equilibrium is eventually reached. Which one of the following statements concerning the final temperatures is true? A) Both balls will reach the same final temperature. B) The iron ball will reach a higher final temperature than the aluminum ball. C) The aluminum ball will reach a higher final temperature than the iron ball. D) The difference in the final temperatures of the balls depends on the initial mass of the water. E) The difference in the final temperatures of the balls depends on the initial temperature of the water. 21. Two spheres, labeled A and B, have identical masses, but are made of different substances. The specific heat capacity of sphere A is 645 J/(kg C) and that of sphere B is 240 J/(kg C). The spheres are initially at 21 C; and the same quantity of heat is added to each sphere. If the final temperature of sphere A is 74 C, what is the approximate final temperature of sphere B? A) 160 C B) 140 C C) 110 C D) 53 C E) 39 C

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22. A 2.00-kg metal object requires 1.00 104 J of heat to raise its temperature from 20.0 C to 40.0 C. What is the specific heat capacity of the metal? A) 50.0 J/(kg C) B) 125 J/(kg C) C) 250 J/(kg C) D) 500 J/(kg C) E) 1.00 103 J/(kg C) 23. What is the minimum amount of energy required to completely melt a 7.25-kg lead brick which has a starting temperature of 18.0 C? The melting point of lead is 328 C. The specific heat capacity of lead is 128 J/(kg C); and its latent heat of fusion is 23 200 J/kg. A) 1.20 105 J B) 1.68 105 J C) 2.88 105 J D) 4.56 105 J E) 7.44 105 J 24. Using the data in the table, determine how many calories are needed to change 100 g of solid X at 10 C to a vapor at 210 C. Thermodynamic Constants for Substance X heat of fusion 40 cal/g heat of vaporization 150.0 cal/g melting point 10.0 C boiling point 210.0 C specific heat capacity (liquid X ) 0.500 cal/(g - C) A) 4000 cal B) 10 000 cal C) 15 000 cal D) 29 000 cal E) 39 000 cal 25. A thermos bottle contains 3.0 kg of water and 2.0 kg of ice in thermal equilibrium at 0 C. How much heat is required to bring the system to thermal equilibrium at 50 C? A) 1.05 106 J B) 1.30 106 J C) 1.72 106 J D) 2.26 106 J E) 1.13 107 J

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Answer Key
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