A ball is launched from the ground with a horizontal speed of 30 m/s and a vertical speed of 30 m/s. What is the ball’s horizont
al acceleration at the top of its trajectory?
A. 10 m/s/s
B. 30 m/s/s
C. 15 m/s/s
D. 0 m/s/s
The factor(s) that most affect the gravitational force between two objects are:
A. mass and distance
B. density and distance
C. mass and size
D. density and size
What comes out of the bottom of a space shuttle?
A. Lava
B. Hot gas
C. Plasma
D. Water
A 1,500 kg truck drives at 20 m/s. How much kinetic energy does it have?
A. 450,000 J
B. 3,000,000 J
C. 30,000 J
D. 300,000 J
A bicyclist moves at a constant speed of 4 m/s. How long it will take for the bicyclist to move 36 m?
A. 9 s
B. 18 s
C. 12 s
D. 6 s
Why is friction useful between your feet and the ground?
A. It's not useful
B. Wears away your sneakers
C. Slows you down
D. So you don't fall over
What is the unit for kinetic energy?
A. Kg
B. N
C. Joules
D. N/m
If Vector A is (6, 4) and Vector B is (-2, -1), what is the resultant?
A. (4,5)
B. (4,3)
C. (8,5)
D. (8,3)
Your initial speed is zero. If you increased your speed by 4 m/s after only 2 seconds and continue to accelerate at the same rate, what will your speed be after 10 seconds?
A. 30 m/s
B. 40 m/s
C. 10 m/s
D. 20 m/s
You cover 750 m in 25 seconds. What is your speed?
A. 25 m/s
B. 30 m/s
C. 35 m/s
D. 40 m/s
The same net force is applied to object A and object B. The observed accelerations of the two objects are not the same; object A has an acceleration three times that of object B. Which of the following is correct?
A. Object A has one-third the mass of object B.
B. Object A has three times the mass of object B.
C. Object A has more friction than object B.
D. Object A has a different, less streamlined shape than object B.
Is friction acting on a moving ship useful?
A. No
B. Yes
C. Not sure
D. Maybe
A 12 kg ball is held 2 m above the Earth. How much GPE does it have?
A. 24 J
B. Not enough info
C. 240 J
D. 144 J
A car travels south at 30 m/s for 5 minutes. What is its velocity?
A. 30 m/s South
B. 30 m/s
C. 300 m/s South
D. 300 m/s
An object maintains its state of motion because of
A. Inertia
B. Momentum
C. Force
D. Acceleration
If I double the spring constant of a spring, what happens to its EPE if stretched the same distance?
A. Halves
B. Disappears
C. Not enough info
D. Double
If I were to take a ball to the moon, where gravity is 1/6th that on the Earth, what will happen to its GPE if I hold it at the same height both places?
A. 1/6th as much
B. Disappear
C. Not enough info
D. 6 times as much
A 40 kg bike traveling down the road has a negative acceleration. What is true of the force?
A. It is positive
B. It is zero
C. It doesn't exist
D. It is negative
Forces that act together are called what type of pairs?
A. Left-right
B. Happy-sad
C. Action-reaction
D. Up-down
A satellite’s original velocity is 10,000 m/s. After 60 seconds it’s going 5,000 m/s. What is the acceleration?
A. -83 m/s2
B. -250 m/s2
C. 83 m/s2
D. 250 m/s2
If the sun were more massive, what would happen to Earth’s gravity with the sun?
A. increase
B. would be 0
C. would be infinite
D. decrease
The amount of matter in an object is called its
A. Force
B. Mass
C. Balance
D. Weight
An object with a mass of 15 kg has an acceleration of 4 m/s2, what is the resultant force?
A. 19 N
B. 3.75 N
C. 600 N
D. 60 N
How long does it take me to travel 500 m at a speed of 50 m/s?
A. 10 s
B. 25,000 s
C. 15 s
D. 2500 s
