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AP Physics Thanksgiving Feast

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 58mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The scatter plot shows the relationship between the number of chapters and the total number of pages for several books.  Use the trend line to predict how many chapters would be in a book with 180 pages. 
a)
12 chapters
b)
15 chapters
c)
18 chapters
d)
21 chapters
2.
For this triangle, c = 8.55 m and b = 4.29 m (not drawn to scale).  What is angle a?
a)
30.1 degrees
b)
59.9 degrees
c)
7.40 degrees
d)
74.0 degrees
3.

You are about to go bungee jumping off a bridge that is 245 m high. You drop a pebble off the side. How much time will pass before the pebble hits the water?(s)

a)

5

b)

6

c)

7

d)

8

4.

An irate golfer tosses his club straight up in the air at 16.7 m/s. What would be the clubs apex (ignoring the rotation of the club)? (m);

a)

10

b)

12

c)

14

d)

16

5.
A  car starts from rest and after  7 seconds it is moving at 42  m/s. What is the car’s acceleration?
a)
0.17
b)
1.67
c)
6
d)
7
6.
The ball took 0.45 s to hit the ground 0.72 m from the table. What was the horizontal velocity of the ball as it rolled off the table?
a)
0 m/s
b)
0.63 m/s
c)
1.6 m/s
d)
2.2 m/s
7.
Motion sensors recorded the following data about a runner during a cross-country race. During which segment of the race did the runner have the greatest speed?
a)
W
b)
X
c)
Y
d)
Z
8.
What would the v-t graph look like for an object travelling at a constant velocity? 
a)
Curved line
b)
Straight line
c)
Horizontal line
9.
What happens to the total distance that a ball travels as it falls off the side of a cliff?
a)
The distance remains constant 
b)
The distance increases at a uniform rate
c)
The distance increases at a nonuniform rate 
d)
The distance decreases at a uniform rate
10.
The graph respresents
a)
no motion
b)
constant velocity
c)
increasing velocity
d)
decreasing velocity
11.
Calculate the acceleration for segment A.
a)
2 m/s2
b)
2 m/s
c)
-2 m/s2
d)
0 m/s2
12.

What is the name of this relationship?

a)

Side Opening Parabola

b)

Open top Parabola

c)

Linear

d)

Inverse

13.

What is the name of this kind of relationship?

a)

Open Top Parabola

b)

Inverse

c)

Linear

d)

Side Opening Parabola

14.

How would you linearize this data?

a)

Graph y2 vs x

b)

Graph y vs x2

c)

Graph y vs. 1/x

d)

Graph y2 vs x2

15.

How would you linearize this data?

a)

Graph y vs x2

b)

Graph y2 vs x

c)

Graph x vs y

d)

Graph y2 vs x2

16.
Which equation best represents the relationship between x and y in the table shown?
a)
y= 5x+5
b)
y=1/5x+5
c)
y=15x+5
d)
y=10x+5
17.
What is this graph showing?
a)
Constant Speed
b)
Acceleration (speeding up)
c)
Deceleration (slowing down)
d)
No motion
18.
What causes a moving object to change direction? 
a)
acceleration
b)
inertia
c)
velocity
d)
force
19.
The free-body diagram represents a car being pulled by a towing cable. In the diagram, which
of the following is the gravitational force acting on the car?
a)
5800
b)
13 690
c)
14 700
d)
13 690 - 14 700   = -1110
20.
The length of a force vector represents the ______ of the force
a)
direction
b)
magnitude
c)
type
d)
cause
21.
What is the x component of the vector in the diagram?
a)
104N
b)
60N
c)
-104N
d)
95N
22.
What is the x component of the vector in the diagram?
a)
58N
b)
217N
c)
-217N
d)
65N
23.
Projectiles follow a…
a)
A. Linear Path 
b)
B. Parabolic Path 
c)
C. Constant velocity path 
d)
D. Trigonometric Path
24.
For Horizontal Launch…
a)
The vertical displacement is negative and the launch angle is > 0 deg.
b)
The vertical displacement is positive and the launch angle is > 0 deg.
c)
The vertical displacement is positive and the launch angle is 0 deg.
d)
The vertical displacement is negative and the launch angle is 0 deg.
25.
All objects in the universe have a gravitational attraction to each other. 
a)
True
b)
False
26.
What does the strength of gravity between two objects depend upon?
a)
Mass & distance
b)
Mass & weight
c)
Gravity & inertia
d)
Inertia & mass
27.
Speed is
a)
the distance covered per unit of time
b)
the time it takes something to move a certain distance
c)
distance x time
d)
time x distance
28.
This type of force resist motion between two surfaces that are pressed together
a)
contact
b)
gravity
c)
friction
29.

If the net force is equal to zero, the forces acting on the object are

a)

balanced

b)

unbalanced

30.
The unit of force is
a)
m/s
b)
m/s^2
c)
newton
d)
kg
31.
What is the net force?
a)
40 N left
b)
0 N Balalnced
c)
400 N right
d)
40 N right
32.
What is the net force?
a)
30 N left
b)
25 N right
c)
5 N left
d)
55 N right
33.
The sum of all forces acting on an object and direction
a)
Contact Force
b)
Balanced Force
c)
Unbalanced Force
d)
Net Force
34.
Are forces balanced or unbalanced when a marble rolls down a ramp?
a)
Balanced
b)
Unbalanced
35.
Set F = m1a equal to F = Gm1m2/r2 and solve for a. 
a)
a= Gm22/r2
b)
a = m2/r2
c)
a = Gm2/r2
36.
Calculate the acceleration for segment A.
a)
2 m/s2
b)
2 m/s
c)
-2 m/s2
d)
0 m/s2
37.
A vector represents
a)
direction only
b)
magnitude only
c)
both direction and magnitude
d)
Either direction or magnitude
38.

A force of 50-N is applied to a 4 kilogram mass. The acceleration of the object is:

a)

200 m/s2

b)

12.5 m/s2

c)

54 m/s2

d)

46 m/s2

39.
What happens at 4 seconds?
a)
The object changes direction.
b)
The object is at the starting point.
40.

What happens when two forces act in the same direction?

a)

They cancel each other out.

b)

The stronger one prevails.

c)

Their strengths are added.

d)

Their sum divided by two is the total force.

41.

The greater the mass of an object,

a)

the easier the object starts moving.

b)

the greater its inertia.

c)

the more balanced it is.

d)

the more space it takes up.

42.

The force of gravity between you and Earth is greater than the force of gravity between you and a car because Earth has more ____________________ than the car.

a)

mass

b)

density

c)

force

d)

friciton

43.

Compare the acceleration of the 1-kg object with that of the 2-kg object.

a)

1kg object has more acceleration because it has less mass

b)

1kg object has less acceleration because it has less mass

c)

2kg object has more acceleration because it has more mass

d)

2kg object has less inertia because it has more mass

44.
With unbalanced forces, the object will move in the direction of the _______ force.
a)
larger 
b)
smaller 
c)
equal 
d)
cannot be determined
45.
Acceleration is
a)
increasing speed
b)
decreasing speed
c)
changing direction
d)
all of the above
46.
What is velocity?
a)
the quickness of an object
b)
the location of an object
c)
acceleration
d)
speed in a specific direction
47.
What is speed?
a)
how far you go
b)
how much distance is covered over a period of time
c)
how fast you accelerate
d)
the change in the location of a object
48.

a force that opposes motion between two surfaces that are in contact

a)

gravity

b)

friction

c)

mass

49.
"An object in motion (or at rest) will to stay in motion (or at rest) until an outside force acts upon it."
a)
Newton's 1st Law
b)
Newton's 2nd Law
c)
Newton's 3rd Law
d)
Newton's 4th Law
50.
Which has a greater momentum a semi-truck at rest or a bicycle in motion?
a)
truck
b)
bicycle
c)
neither has momentum
d)
same