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Physics
11th Grade
01/18/2010

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As an object falls freely in a vacuum (w/o air resistance) its
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velocity increases
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In the absence of air resistance, the objects fall at a constant
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acceleration
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A ball is thrown up and caught when it comes back down. In the absence of air resistance, the speed of the ball when caught would be
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the same as the speed when first released
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Suppose an object is in free fall. Each second the object falls
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a larger distance than the in the second before.
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If you have drop a feather and coin in an air-filled tube, which hits the ground first?
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the coin
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When a basketball player jumps to make a shot, once his feet are off the ground, the jumper's acceleration...
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is "g". No more or les
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A ball is thrown straight up. The top of its path, the instantaneous speed is
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0 m/s
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When something falls it accelerates. The acceleration is called the acceleration due to gravity and is symbolized by "g" and it is...
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9.8 m/s
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If a free falling object were equipt with a speedometer, its speed reading would increase by about ___ seconds
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10
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If a ball were equipt with a speedometer on a planet where the acceleration due to gravity is 23 m/s, the reading on the speedometer would increase each second by
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23 m/s
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A freely falling object starts from rest and after falling for 6 seconds it will have a speed of about
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60 m/s
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If you drop a feather and a coin in a vacuum tube which will reach the bottom first?
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neither- they will land at the same time
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When you drop an object you can assume that the _________ of the object is zero when using kinematics equations.
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initial velocity
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Acceleration is defined as a a change in
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velocity divided by time
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Suppose that a car changes from 35 m/s to 40 m/s in one second and from 40m/s to 45 m/s in the second second... what is the accleration
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5 m/hxs
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the horizontal component of a projectile's velocity is independent of
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the vertical component
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a ball is launched horizontally in and hits the ground in .8 seconds. If it had been launched with a much higher speed in the same direction, it would have hit the ground in...
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.8 seconds
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The time the projectile is in the air is called
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flight time
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In the absence of air friction, the horizontal component of a projectile's velocity doesnt change as the projectile moves
Sometimes, Always, or Never true?
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Always true
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A cannonball is launched from the ground at an angle of 30 degrees above the horizontal and a speed of 30 m/s. Ideally (no air resistance) the ball will land on the ground with a speed of
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30 m/s
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In the absence of air friction, the vertical component of a projectile's velocity doesnt change as the projectile moves

sometimes, always, or never true?
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Always
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What is an example of something that is not a projectile?
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a cannonball rolling down a hill
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What angle produces the same distance as 75 degrees?
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15 degrees
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the highest position the projectile reaches is known as its
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maximum height
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A ball is thrown up into the air and at the top the velocity is entirely
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horizontal
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At the instant a ball is thrown horizontally, another ball is dropped at the same height. Which ball hits the ground first?
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hits at the same time
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A cannonball is launched horizontally from a tower. If the cannonball has a velocity of 60 m/s, where will it be in 1 second
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60 m down range
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at what angle will the projectile go the furthest?
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45 degrees
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At what part of the path does a projectile have a minimum speed?
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at the top of its path
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the horizontal distance a projectile travels is also known as its
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range
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If a projectile is launched at an angle the shape of its trajectory will look like a
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full parabola
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The law of inertia state that an object
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-will continue moving unless acted upon
-will continue moving in a straight line unless acted upon
-will be at rest unless acted upon
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the law of inertia applies
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to nonmoving and moving objects
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a sheet of paper wont topple a container of milk because the milk carton has
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inertia
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One object has twice as much mass as another and the first object also has twice as much
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inertia
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Compared to its weight on earth, the WEIGHT of a 10 kg object on the moon will be
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less
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Compared to its weight on earth, the MASS of a 10 kg object on the moon will be
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the same
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the mass of a sheep that weighs 110N is (? kg)
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11 kg
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An object following a straight-line path at a constant path at a constant speed has ___ acceleration
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zero
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A girl whose weight is 500 N hangs from the middle of a bar supported by two vertical strands of rope. What is the tension in each strand?
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250 N
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Friction Force is a force that always acts
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opposite to an object's motion
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Which has more mass a kg of feathers or a kg of iron
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both have the same
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An object on Earth is 30 N and an object on the moon is 30 N. Which has the greater mass?
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moon one
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When an object reaches terminal velocity, its acceleration is
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0 m/s
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Suppose a force of friction of an object on a level surface is 25 N. The applied force needed to accelerate the object should be
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more than 25 N
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A book weighs 4 . When held at rest in your hands, the net force on the book is
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0 N
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An apple weighs 1 N. The Net Force (total force) on the apple when it is in free fall is
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1 N
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If you pull horizontally on a desk with a force of 250 N causing the desk to move at a constant velocity, the friction force must be
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equal to 250 N
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A Net Force on a cart doubles, what happens to its acceleration?
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It doubles too.
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Net Force=
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total force
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