Physics 101 (geometry) Midterm (ch 1-7)
In a police rifle test, a 15-g bullet traveling 213 m/s in a vertical direction suddenly buries itself in a 2.4-kg block of wood at rest directly above it. As a result, the bullet-block combination moves vertically upward. (a) Determine the velocity of the bullet-block combination just after the impact. (b) Determine the maximum height reached by the bullet/block combination. (c) Is kinetic energy conserved in this collision?
(a) 1.32 m/s (b) 8.8 cm (c) no
A polar bear starts at the North Pole. It travels 1.0 km south, then 1.0 km east, and then 1.0 km north to return to its starting point. This trip takes 45 min. What was the bear's average velocity?
0.00 km/h
Write out the number 7.35 × 10-5 in full with a decimal point and correct number of zeros.
0.0000735
During a hockey game, a puck is given an initial speed of 10 m/s. It slides 50 m on the horizontal ice before it stops due to friction. What is the coefficient of kinetic friction between the puck and the ice?
0.10
A 40-kg box is being pushed along a horizontal smooth surface. The pushing force is 15 N directed at an angle of 15° below the horizontal. What is the magnitude of the acceleration of the crate?
0.36 m/s^2
The radius of the earth is R. At what distance above the earth's surface will the acceleration of gravity be 4.9 m/s2?
0.41 R
Calculate the average force a bumper would have to exert to bring a 1200-kg car to rest in 15 cm when the car had an initial speed of 2.0 m/s (about 4.5 mph).
1.6x10^4 N
If a net force accelerates a 4.5-kg tool at 40 m/s2, what acceleration would that same net force give to an 18-kg tool?
10 m/s^2
In a certain nuclear reactor, neutrons suddenly collide with carbon nuclei, which have 12 times the mass of neutrons. In a head-on elastic collision with a stationary carbon nucleus, what fraction of its initial speed does the neutron have after the collision?
11/13
A policeman investigating an accident measures the skid marks left by a car on the horizontal road. He determines that the distance between the point that the driver slammed on the brakes (thereby locking the wheels) and the point where the car came to a stop was 28.0 m. From a reference manual he determines that the coefficient of kinetic friction between the tires and the road under the prevailing conditions was 0.300. How fast was the car going when the driver applied the brakes?
12.8 m/s
In a museum exhibit of a simple pendulum, a very small but dense 6.0-kg ball swings from a very light 2.5-m wire. The ball is released from rest when the pendulum wire makes a 65° angle with the vertical, and it swings in a circular arc with no appreciable friction or air resistance. What is the tension in the wire just as the ball swings through its lowest position?
130 N
A 7.5-kg otter slides down a hill, starting from rest at the top. The sloping surface of the hill is 8.8 m long, and the top is 6.5 m above the base. If the speed of the otter at the bottom of the hill is 9.2 m/s, how much energy was lost to nonconservative forces on the hill?
160 J
A 200-N sled of slides down a frictionless hillside that rises at 37° above the horizontal. What is the magnitude of the force that the surface of the hill exerts on the sled?
160 N
A 55-kg box rests on a horizontal surface. The coefficient of static friction between the box and the surface is 0.30, and the coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.20. What horizontal force must be applied to the box to cause it to start sliding along the surface?
160 N
An object that weighs 75 N is pulled on a horizontal surface by a horizontal pull of 50 N to the right. The friction force on this object is 30 N to the left. What is the acceleration of the object?
2.6 m/s^2
A baseball player is running to second base at 5.03 m/s. When he is 4.80 m from the plate he goes into a slide. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the player and the ground is 0.180, and the coefficient of static friction is 3.14. What is his speed when he reaches the plate?
2.89 m/s
A 5.0-N projectile leaves the ground with a kinetic energy of 220 J. At the highest point in its trajectory, its kinetic energy is 120 J. To what vertical height, relative to its launch point, did it rise if there was no air resistance?
20 m
What is the product of 11.24 and 1.95 written with the correct number of significant figures?
21.9
A dinner plate falls vertically to the floor and breaks up into three pieces, which slide horizontally along the floor. Immediately after the impact, a 320-g piece moves along the +x-axis with a speed of 2.00 m/s and a 355-g piece moves along the +y-axis with a speed of 1.50 m/s. The third piece has a mass of 100 g. In what direction relative to the +x-axis does the third piece move?
219.8 from the +x axis
A bulldozer attempts to drag a log weighing 500 N along the rough horizontal ground. The cable attached to the log makes an angle of 30° above the ground. The coefficient of static friction between the log and the ground is 0.50, and the coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.35. What minimum tension is required in the cable in order for the log to begin to slide?
220 N
Convert a speed of 4.50 km/h to units of ft/min. (1.00 m = 3.28 ft)
246 ft/min
An airplane travels at 300 mi/h south for 2.00 h and then at 250 mi/h north for 750 miles. What is the average speed for the trip?
270 mi/h
Two astronauts, of masses 60 kg and 80 kg, are initially right next to each other and at rest in outer space. They suddenly push each other apart. What is their separation after the heavier astronaut has moved 12 m?
28 m
A 60-kg skier starts from rest from the top of a 50-m high slope. If the work done by friction is -6.0 kJ, what is the speed of the skier on reaching the bottom of the slope?
28 m/s
One way that future space stations may create artificial gravity is by rotating the station. Consider a cylindrical space station 380 m in diameter that is rotating about its longitudinal axis. Astronauts walk on the inside surface of the space station. How long will it take for each rotation of the cylinder if it is to provide "normal" gravity for the astronauts?
28 s
Approximately how many times does an average human heart beat in a lifetime?
3 × 10^9
A car is traveling with a constant speed of 30.0 m/s when the driver suddenly applies the brakes, causing the car to slow down with a constant acceleration. The car comes to a stop in a distance of 120 m. What was the acceleration of the car as it slowed down?
3.75 m/s^2
Jason takes off across level water on his jet-powered skis. The combined mass of Jason and his skis is 75 kg (the mass of the fuel is negligible). The skis produce a forward thrust of 200 N and have a coefficient of kinetic friction with water of 0.10. Unfortunately, the skis run out of fuel after only 41 s. How far from his starting point has Jason traveled when he finally coasts to a stop?
3900 m
Which of the following quantities has units of a displacement? (There could be more than one correct choice.)
40 km southwest, 186000 mi
A Ferris wheel has radius 5.0 m and makes one revolution every 8.0 s with uniform rotation. A person who normally weighs 670 N is sitting on one of the benches attached at the rim of the wheel. What is the apparent weight (the normal force exerted on her by the bench) of the person as she passes through the highest point of her motion?
460 N
Which requires more work, increasing a car's speed from 0 mph to 30 mph or from 50 mph to 60 mph?
50 mph to 60 mph
The earth has radius R. A satellite of mass 100 kg is in orbit at an altitude of 3R above the earth's surface. What is the satellite's weight at the altitude of its orbit?
61 N
A student adds two displacement vectors that have the magnitudes of 12.0 m and 5.0 m. What is the range of possible answers for the magnitude of the resultant vector?
7<=R<=17
A laser is thrown upward with a speed of 12 m/s on the surface of planet X where the acceleration due to gravity is 1.5 m/s2 and there is no atmosphere. How long does it take for the laser to reach the maximum height?
8.0 s
Which of the following situations is impossible?
An object has constant non-zero velocity and changing acceleration
A heavy rock and a light rock are dropped from the same height and experience no significant air resistance as they fall. Which of the following statements about these rocks are correct? (There could be more than one correct choice.)
Both rocks have the same speed when they reach the ground, When they reach the ground, the heavier rock has more kinetic energy than the lighter rock
You are standing on a skateboard, initially at rest. A friend throws a very heavy ball towards you. You have two choices about what to do with the ball: either catch the ball or deflect it back toward your friend with the same speed as it was originally thrown. Which choice should you make in order to maximize your speed on the skateboard?
Deflect the ball back
You are trying slide a block of ice along the ground. Would it be easier to push it from behind, or pull it from in front using a rope attached to the ice and why?
Easier to pull because you can reduce the friction force by pulling
Two small balls, A and B, attract each other gravitationally with a force of magnitude F. If we now double both masses and the separation of the balls, what will now be the magnitude of the attractive force on each one?
F
A golf club hits a golf ball with a force of 2400 N, sending the ball into the air. The force exerted on the club by the ball must be less than 2400 N or else the ball would not have moved forward.
False
If a stone is dropped with an initial gravitational potential energy of 100 J but reaches the ground with a kinetic energy of only 75 J, this is a violation of the principle of conservation of energy.
False
If a vector's components are all negative, then the magnitude of the vector is negative.
False
A spaceship is traveling to the Moon. At what point is it beyond the pull of Earth's gravity?
It is never beyond the pull of Earth's gravity
A 5-kg ball collides inelastically head-on with a 10-kg ball, which is initially stationary. Which of the following statements is true? (There could be more than one correct choice.)
The magnitude of the change of velocity the 5-kg ball experiences is greater than that of the 10-kg ball, The magnitude of the change of the momentum of the 5-kg ball is equal to the magnitude of the change of momentum of the 10-kg ball
A person stands on the edge of a cliff. She throws three identical rocks with the same speed. Rock X is thrown vertically upward, rock Y is thrown horizontally, and rock Z is thrown vertically downward. If the ground at the base of the cliff is level, which rock hits the ground with the greatest speed if there is no air resistance?
They all hit the ground with the same speed
Three cars (car F, car G, and car H) are moving with the same speed and slam on their brakes. The most massive car is car F, and the least massive is car H. If the tires of all three cars have identical coefficients of kinetic friction with the road surface, which car travels the longest distance to skid to a stop?
They all travel the same distance in stopping
In a collision between two unequal masses, which mass receives a greater magnitude impulse?
They receive equal impulses
An object is moving with constant non-zero velocity in the +x direction. The position versus time graph of this object is
a straight line making an angle with the time axis
Two displacement vectors have magnitudes of 5.0 m and 7.0 m, respectively. If these two vectors are added together, the magnitude of the sum
could be as small as 2.0 m or as large as 12 m.
A block of mass m sits at rest on a rough inclined ramp that makes an angle of 30 degrees with the horizontal. What must be true about force of static friction f on the block?
f = mg sin 30
A hypothetical planet has a mass of one-half that of the earth and a radius of twice that of the earth. What is the acceleration due to gravity on the planet in terms of g, the acceleration due to gravity at the surface of the earth?
g/8
If a tree is 15 m tall, its height expressed in feet is x ft, where x is
greater than 15
You are trying to cross a river that flows toward the south with a strong current. You start out in your motorboat on the east bank desiring to reach the west bank directly west from your starting point. You should head your motorboat
in a general northwesterly direction
For general projectile motion with no air resistance, the horizontal component of a projectile's acceleration
is always zero
A small car and a large SUV are at a stoplight. The car has a mass equal to half that of the SUV, and the SUV can produce a maximum accelerating force equal to twice that of the car. When the light turns green, both drivers push their accelerators to the floor at the same time. Which vehicle pulls ahead of the other vehicle after a few seconds?
it is a tie
If a woman weighs 125 lb, her mass expressed in kilograms is x kg, where x is
less than 125
On a horizontal frictionless air table, a puck runs into an ideal horizontal spring that is fastened to the table. The puck compresses the spring by 15 cm before coming to rest. During the compression process, which quantities are conserved?
only the mechanical energy (kinetic plus potential) of the puck
A car goes around a circular curve on a horizontal road at constant speed. What is the direction of the friction force on the car due to the road?
perpendicular to the curve inward
For general projectile motion with no air resistance, the horizontal component of a projectile's velocity
remains a non-zero constant
Ball A is dropped from the top of a building. One second later, ball B is dropped from the same building. Neglect air resistance. As time progresses, the difference in their speeds
remains constant
You are in a train traveling on a horizontal track and notice that a piece of luggage starts to slide directly toward the front of the train. From this observation, you can conclude that this train is
slowing down
A ball is thrown horizontally from the top of a tower at the same instant that a stone is dropped vertically. Which object is traveling faster when it hits the level ground below if neither of them experiences any air resistance?
the ball
Definition: a standard meter of length
the distance traveled by light in a vacuum
Definition: a standard second of time
the frequency of radiation emitted by cesium atoms
A rubber ball bounces off of a wall with an initial speed v and reverses its direction so its speed is v right after the bounce. As a result of this bounce, which of the following quantities of the ball are conserved? (There could be more than one correct choice.)
the kinetic energy of the ball
Definition: a standard kilogram
the mass of a particular object kept in France
An object is moving with constant non-zero velocity. Which of the following statements about it must be true?
the net force on the object is zero
When a car goes around a banked circular curve at the proper speed speed for the banking angle, what force cause it to follow the circular path?
the normal force from the road
James and John dive from an overhang into the lake below. James simply drops straight down from the edge. John takes a running start and jumps with an initial horizontal velocity of 25 m/s. If there is no air resistance, when they reach the lake below
the splashdown speed of John is larger than that of James
The slope of a position versus time graph gives
velocity
The velocity of a sky diver who has jumped from a plane...
will eventually reach a maximum value that depends of the sky diver's mass and their parachute design
