Week 5: Kinematics: Motion in 2 and 3-Dimensions : ASSIGNMENT 4

When a projectile reaches the highest point the vertical component of the
acceleration is:

a. Negative g

In describing motion, the description is always based upon the observer

True

An object travels in a circular path of radius r at a constant speed v. What

happens to the object’s acceleration if the radius of the circle is doubled
and the speed stays unchanged?

d. It is cut to a half

An Astronaut on the Moon simultaneously drops a bird feather and a screw

driver. The fact that two objects reach the surface at the same time can be
explained by which of the following?

b. At the given location all objects fall with the same acceleration in the
absence of air resistance

Consider a projectile launched from ground level at a fixed launch angle

and a variable launch speed and landing at ground level. The vertical
displacement of the projectile during the first half of its trajectory (i.e., the
peak height) will always increase as the launch speed is increased.

True
A projectile is fired at 60o above the horizontal line with an initial velocity v0.
At which of the following angles the projectile will land at the same
distance as it is landed in the first trial?

D. 30o

A student drops a pebble from the edge of a vertical cliff. The pebble hits
the ground 4 s after it was dropped. What is the speed of the pebble just
before it hits the ground?

c. 40 m/s

A projectile with a horizontal component of motion will have a constant

horizontal velocity

True

An airplane is travelling at 200 miles per hour east, and the wind is pushing
back west, moving at 35 miles per hour. What is the velocity of the airplane
relative to the ground?

b. 165 mph east

A projectile is launched from the ground level and its initial velocity has two
components: vhor - horizontal component and vver - vertical component.
Air resistance is negligible. When the projectile is at its highest, which of
the following shows the vertical, horizontal components of its velocity and
the vertical component of its acceleration?

a. The vertical acceleration is upward during the first half of the flight,
and downward during the second half of the flight.
Short Quiz 4

Regarding the time of flight of projectile, assume that a kicked ball in

football is a projectile. If the ball takes 3 seconds to rise to the peak of its
trajectory, then it will take 6 seconds to fall from the peak of its trajectory to
the ground.

False

You're on a train that is moving at 180 miles per hour and decide to run
towards the rear of the train at 8 miles per hour. What is your speed relative
to the train?

b. 172 miles per hour

A projectile must be accelerating in the downward direction

True

A projectile does not need to be "falling".

True

A baseball player throws a ball horizontally. Which statement best

describes the ball's motion after it is thrown? [Neglect the effect of friction]

d. Its vertical speed increases, and its horizontal speed remains the
same
Assume that a kicked ball in football is a projectile. If the ball takes 3
seconds to rise to the peak of its trajectory, then it will take 6 seconds to
fall from the peak of its trajectory to the ground.

False

An object horizontally with speed v falls off the edge of a vertical cliff and
lands a distance d from the base of the cliff. How far from the base of the
cliff would the object land if the height of the cliff was doubled??

d. √2 d

From a cliff of height 28.8 m above the ground, a ball is thrown horizontally
with an initial velocity of 7 m/s. What is the range of the ball?

b. 16.8 m

The final horizontal velocity of a projectile is always equal to the initial

horizontal velocity.

True

Two identical cars, one on the moon and one on earth, are rounding banked
curves at the same speed with the same radius and different angles. The
acceleration due to gravity on the moon is 1/6 that of Earth. How do the
centripetal accelerations of each car compare?

d. The centripetal accelerations are the same for both cars

Week 6: Newton's Laws of Motion : Assignment 5

What is friction?

a.Come from microscopic bumps that act as obstructions to the

object's motion.
b.Is the name given to the force acting between surfaces sliding past
one another.
c. Acts in a direction that opposes the motion of an object.
d. All of the choices

If an object moves with a constant velocity, we can conclude that

__________.

b. there is no unbalanced (net) force acting.

The force due to gravity acting on an object is its mass.

False

The law of inertia states that an object is _____________.

a.Will continue moving at the same velocity unless an outside force

acts on it.
b.At rest will remain unless acted on by an outside force.
c.Will continue moving in a straight line unless an outside force acts
on it.
d.All of the choices
A paper sheet can be withdrawn from under a milk container without
toppling it if the paper is jerked quickly. The reason this can be done is that
_________________.

d. the milk carton has inertia.

Describe the motion of a person not wearing a seat belt if the car stops
suddenly.

b. The car will stop, and the person will keep moving forward
because of inertia.

Inertia is the property that every material object has; inertia resists changes
in an object's state of motion.

True

If you were to slide a hockey puck across a frictionless ice rink, there must
be a horizontal force on it to keep it in motion.

False

The law of inertia applies to _______________.

b. both moving and non-moving objects.

The unit of force, a Newton, is equal to ______________.

d. kg.m/s2
Week 6: Newton's Laws of Motion : Short Quiz 5

The greater the mass of an object, __________.

a.the greater its inertia

Newton's third law of motion states the following:

a.For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

A more massive object has more inertia than a less massive object.

True

If an object is accelerating at a constant acceleration rate, then the object's

forces are balanced.

False

inertia is a force that keeps stationary objects at rest and moving objects in
motion at a constant velocity.

False

How much force is needed to accelerate a 70 kg rider and her 200 kg motor
scooter at 4 m/s/s?

b.280 N

When the only force acting on a falling object is gravity, the object is said to
be __________.

c.in free-fall
Acceleration of an object:

d. Decreases as the mass of the object increases

According to Newton's third law of motion, when a hammer strikes and

exerts a force on a nail, the nail creates _______________.

c.exerts an equal force back on the hammer.

Newton's first law of motion is applicable to both moving and nonmoving

objects.

True
Week 6: Newton's Laws of Motion : Lab Quiz 3

Safety while driving is a very important issue, and in order to understand so,
you should feel confident with the way a car is moving. First thing to do is
dust off some knowledge on the motion of cars. Is the car below
accelerating?

c.Yes, since the direction of the movement changes

It is easy to assume that when two equally sized cars crash with each other,
the force exerted from the first car is equal to the force exerted from the
second car, but what would you guess that happens when a running car hits
a brick?

b.The brick will hit the car with an equal but opposite force that the
car hit it.

Which conditions describe a box with zero acceleration?

b.All conditions describe such a box.

Now that we have established Newton's second law of motion (ΣF=m a)

what will happen to a box if I push it with 10NNewtons? Remember to
switch among the tabs on your PC

d.The 5 kg box will accelerate more than the 10 kg box

If a car has zero acceleration does it mean that it is moving?

a.Yes, a car moving with zero acceleration may be moving with

constant velocity

If another car passes by our race car with 110km/h (kilometers per hour),
how fast does the labster race car driver thinks the passing car is moving?

a.10km/h

Are there any pairs of forces exerted to a parked car in the vertical
direction. Check out the PC screen to find the image that corresponds to
this condition.

b.Yes, the wheels push the road with an equal force that the road
pushes them

At the moment, the car has a speed of 100 km/h. How do you think the
driver is experiencing the car?

d.The car is stationary for the driver

Based on what you have seen so far, which of the following expressions
best defines the acceleration relationship, a, of a moving box (with mass
-m-) and the net force exerted to it, that it is making it move?

d. ΣF = m a, changes in the net force would linearly change the

acceleration
How would you ruin the demonstration with the boxes?

b.Pull or push the box really slowly

Week 7: Work, Energy, and Energy Conservation : Assignment 6

If a non-conservative force acts upon an object, then the object will either
gain or lose mechanical energy.

True
A non-conservative force is doing work on an object; it is the only force
doing work. Therefore, the object will either gain or lose mechanical energy.

True
A ball of unknown mass is thrown upward at a speed of 10 m/s, calculate
the maximum height reached by the ball if the acceleration due to gravity is
assumed to be 10 m/s2.

c.5m
Work is a time-based quantity; it is dependent upon how fast a force
displaces an object.

False
The total amount of mechanical energy of an object is the sum of its
potential energy and the kinetic energy.

True
We defined work as __________.

c.F x d

What happens to G.P.E (Gravitational Potential Energy) if the object gains

speed?

c.varies depending on altitude

Change in G.P.E can be written as ____.

b.mgh

What is the work done if a force of 1 N moves an object through 1 m?

d.1 J
A 300-Newton force is applied to a skier to drag her up a ski hill at a
constant speed of 1.5 m/s. the power delivered by the tow rope is 450
Watts.

True
Week 7: Work, Energy, and Energy Conservation : Short Quiz 6

A compressed spring possesses ________________.

a.Elastic potential energy

Power refers to how fast work is done upon an object.

True
When direction of applied force and direction in which object moves are
perpendicular to each other, then ___________.

b.no work is done

A person is holding a bucket by applying a force of 10 N. He moves a
horizontal distance of 5 m and then climbs up a vertical distance of 10 m.
Find the total work done by him.

c.100 J
It is the capacity or ability to do work.

c.energy
What is the S.I unit for power?

a.Watts

Kinetic energy is the form of mechanical energy which depends upon the
position of an object.

False
Kiel and Isiah are in identical cars. Kiel ascends a mountain via a shirt,
steep trail (labeled A below). Isian ascends the same mountain via a long,
gentle trail (labeled B below). Which of the following statements is true?

a.Kiel gains the same gravitational potential energy as Isiah

If person A and person B do the same job but person B does it faster, then
person A does more work but person B has more power.

False

When non-conservative forces do work, energy is transformed from kinetic

to potential (or vice versa), but the total mechanical energy is conserved.

False
Week 7: Work, Energy, and Energy Conservation : Lab Quiz 4

You got that right! Now, what formula should you use to calculate the
maximum velocity possible if a roller coaster begins at that height?

c.3

What do you notice about the components that make up the SI unit for
kinetic energy?

c.They are the same as potential energy.

What do we first need to calculate to determine the minimum initial velocity

of the roller coaster if it is going to complete this double loop?

a.Potential energy at the top of the loop

Which mass of vehicle goes the fastest at the bottom? You can continue
playing with the track if you don't know the answer yet.

b.Mass does not affect velocity

Since these 3 vehicles would all go the same speed at the bottom if
released from the same height, would they all possess the same amount of
kinetic energy?

d.No, because mass affects kinetic energy

In what form should the vehicle's energy be when it is at this point?
b.Half potential energy and half kinetic energy
Which position results in the highest amount of potential energy? You can
keep playing with the track if you don't know the answer yet.
a.Highest position
Great. The vehicle's total initial energy needs to be higher than this to make
it passed the highest point of this loop. What is the next step to determine
how much additional energy the motor should contribute to the starting
position?

b.From this amount, subtract potential energy at the starting

position

Isolated systems maintain the same amount of total energy, even though it
may be transformed from one type to another. Which factor below would
reduce the total energy of this system over time?

a.Air resistance

How could you prevent this terrible situation from happening?

c.All options are correct

Week 8: Center of Mass, Momentum, Impulse, and Collisions :
Assignment 7

Two colliding objects will exert equal forces upon each other even if their
mass is significantly different.

True

What type of collision happens if the total kinetic energy and momentum
become zero after collision?

c.inelastic

What happens to momentum and energy in a perfectly elastic collision?

c.conserved

An object traveling with constant velocity has __________.

a.constant momentum

Which one of the following statements is true?

a.All the mass of an object is concentrated at its center of mass.

Perfectly elastic and perfectly inelastic collisions are the two opposite
extremes along a continuum; where a particular collision lies along the
continuum depends on the amount of kinetic energy conserved by the two
objects.

True
Force exerted by a bat on the ball if it strikes a ball of mass 0.16 kg initially
hits bat with a speed of 25 m/s with time impact of 0.003 s is _____.

c.1333.33N

Impulse is a force.

False

If a trolley collides with a stationary trolley of double mass, then they move
off with.

a.one-third of the original velocity

A moving air track glider collides with a second stationary glider of identical
mass. The first glider loses all of its kinetic energy during the collision as
the second glider is set in motion with the same original speed as the first
glider. Since the first glider lost all of its kinetic energy, this is a perfectly
inelastic collision.

False
Week 8: Center of Mass, Momentum, Impulse, and Collisions :
Short Quiz 7

In a collision, the net impulse experienced by an object is equal to its

momentum change.

True
When comparing the momentum of two moving objects, which of the
following is correct?

a.The less massive object will have less momentum if the velocities
are the same.

Two objects with different masses collide and bounce back after an elastic
collision. Before the collision, the two objects were moving at velocities
equal in magnitude but opposite in direction. After the collision,

a.the less massive object had gained momentum.

Object A has more momentum than object B. Therefore, object A will also
have more kinetic energy.

True

Two objects stick together and move with a common velocity after
colliding. Identify the type of collision.

b.perfectly inelastic

A rubber ball moving at a speed of 5 m/s hit a flat wall and returned to the
thrower at 5 m/s. The magnitude of the momentum of the rubber ball

b.remained the same.

If a force is exerted on an object, which statement is true?

b.A small force applied over a long time interval can produce a large
change in the object's momentum.

Two objects of different mass are moving simultaneously; the more

massive object will have the greatest momentum.

True

In an inelastic collision between two objects with unequal masses,

d.one object's momentum will increase by the amount that the

momentum of the other object decreases.

A ball of mass 0.4 kg is initially at rest on the ground. It is kicked and leaves
the kicker's foot with a speed of 5.0 m/s in a direction 60o above the
horizontal. The magnitude of the impulse imparted by the ball to the foot is
nearly ____.

b.2 N.s