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WorksheetsHonors Physics_Unit 6 Review
Total questions: 152
Worksheet time: 8hrs 18mins
Calculate the impulse on the ball.
In an elastic collision, ______ is conserved.
Momentum only
Kinetic Energy only
Both momentum and energy
Two skaters begin at rest. Skater 1 has a smaller mass than Skater 2. After they push off each other,...
Skater 1 experiences a greater change in momentum
Skater 2 experiences a greater change in momentum
Skater 1 has a greater speed than Skater 2
Skater 1 experiences a greater force
A block of mass M slides across a frictionless surface with velocity v until collides with a stationary block of mass m. If the two blocks stick together, what is their velocity after the collision?
(M+m)v / m
(M-m)v
Mv / (M+m)
(M-m)v / M
A 5 N force is applied to a 3 kg ball to change its velocity from +9 m/s to +3 m/s. The impulse on the ball is ______ N s.
-2.5
-10
-18
-45
Calculate the impulse on the ball.
In an isolated system, the net ____ on that system is zero.
external force
internal force
time interval
displacement
What is the magnitude of the impulse on the object?
can a bullet have the same momentum as a truck?
yes
no
The type of collision represented by these two masses is
kinetic energy is conserved in what type of collision?
elastic
inelastic
both elastic and inelastic
neither elastic or inelastic
What are the units for momentum
kg*m/s
kg
m/s
none of these
In order for an object to have momentum it must be ________
moving
motionless
alive
asleep
A force acting on an object does no work if
a machine is used to move the object.
the force does not cause the object to move.
the force is greater than the force of friction.
the object accelerates.
An object has 12.4 J of potential energy and 23.5 J of kinetic energy. What is the mechanical energy of the system?
11.1 J
1.895 J
35.9 J
291.4 J
What is the kinetic energy of an 9 kg bowling ball rolling at 3.30 m/s?
29.7 J
323.4 J
49.005 J
14.85 J
An 80 kg skier stands at the top of a 40 meter slope. What is her gravitational potential energy before she skies down the slope?
3200 J
31,360 J
15,680 J
19.6 J
If you hold a 20 N object 2 m off of the ground, how much work have you done?
40 J of Work
10 J of Work
No Work
18 J of Work
If you drive your 1,000 kg car from sea level up to the Nu'uanu Pali lookout, which is 366 m above sea level, how much will you have increased your car's gravitational potential energy?
3,000,000 J
366,000 J
3,586,800 J
586,800 J
What is the kinetic energy of a 4 kg rock falling through the air at 5 m/s?
10 J
50 J
20 J
200 J
If a rock falls from a cliff, at what point are its kinetic energy and its potential energy the same? Ignore air resistance.
Just as it starts to fall
just before it hits the bottom
halfway down
never
If two rocks are launched through the air at the same speed, but one has twice as much mass as the other, how do their kinetic energies compare?
The kinetic energy of the two rocks is the same because they have the same speed
The rock with the greater mass will only move a small distance and then fall straight to the ground
The two rock could not have the same speed if they have different masses
The rock with the greater mass has more kinetic energy than the rock with less mass even though they are traveling at the same speeds because both mass and speed affect kinetic energy.
You’re watching a volleyball game and someone asks you what type of energy best describe the movement of the volleyball players. Which of the following choices should your answer be in order to be correct?
Chemical
Sound
Mechanical
Potential
Where would a car traveling on a roller coaster track have the most potential energy?
At the bottom
Halfway to the top
at the top
halfway to the bottom
It is always the same
What would happen to the kinetic energy of an object if you doubled the mass?
The kinetic energy would be cut in half
The kinetic energy would double
The kinetic energy would triple
It would stay the same because mass does not effect kinetic energy
If a 2 kg ball is traveling at 4 meters per second, what is its kinetic energy?
1 J
2 J
4 J
8 J
16 J
Which point has the most kinetic energy?
Ball G
Ball F
Ball E
Ball D
Ball A
As a pendulum swings from its highest to lowest position, what happens to its kinetic and potential energy?
Both the potential energy and kinetic energy decrease
The potential energy decreases while the kinetic energy increases
The kinetic energy decreases while the potential energy increases
Both the potential energy and kinetic energy increase
For work to be done on an object,
some force need only be exerted on the object.
the object must move some distance as a result of a force.
the object must move, whether or not a force is exerted on it.
the object must not move.
A 35 kg chair is lifted 5 m off the ground. What is its potential energy?
175 J
30 J
1715 J
40 J
What is the kinetic energy of a 1-kilogram ball is thrown into the air with an initial velocity of 30 m/sec?
30 J
450 J
900 J
29 J
What is the potential energy of a 3 kilogram-ball that is on the ground?
9.8 J
3 J
1 J
0 J
A 75kg refrigerator is located on the 70th floor of a skyscraper (300 Meters above the ground). What is it's potential energy?
220,500 J
225,000 J
375 J
39.2 J
If Ronnie is driving a truck with a velocity of 40m/s and the truck has a mass of 1120kg then the truck has __________ energy in the amount of _________.
POTENTIAL ENERGY in the amount of 439,040 J
POTENTIAL ENERGY in the amount of 896,000 J
KINETIC ENERGY in the amount of 439,040 J
KINETIC ENERGY in the amount of 896,000 J
There is a bell at the top of a tower that is 45 m high. The bell weighs 19 kg. When the bell is ringing it has 38 J of kinetic energy. What is the mechanical energy of the bell?
8379 J
8417 J
32,490 J
102 J
A 5 kg object is moving downward at a speed of 12 m/s. If it is currently 2.6 m above the ground then what is the mechanical energy of the object?
360 J
487.4 J
127.4 J
156 J
A grape fruit has 1568 J of potential energy at the top of a tree, but when the grape fruit falls it has 16 J of kinetic energy. What is the mechanical energy of the grape fruit?
0 J
1584 J
25,088 J
98 J
50 J of work is done lifting a 2.0 kg book in the air. How high was it lifted?
2.6 m
3.6 m
1.0 m
25 m
How much energy is used by a 100 W light bulb over 1 hour? (be sure to convert to seconds first)
100 J
36,000 J
360,000 J
240,000 J
Bobby lifts a book to the second floor in 20 seconds. Carol lifts the same book to the second floor in 10 seconds. Who used more power?
Bobby
Carol
They did the same amount of work
Not enough information
A 0.300 kg orange falls off a 1.2 m high table. How much kinetic energy does the orange have when it reaches the ground?
3.5 J
0.22 J
0.40 J
4.6 J
A pendulum has 10 J of gravitational potential energy at its highest point. How much kinetic energy does it have at its lowest point?
0 J
2 J
5 J
10 J
A 4 kg ball is at rest on a 2.5 m high shelf. The ball falls off the shelf. How fast is the ball moving when it hits the ground?
49 m/s
7 m/s
12 m/s
9.8 m/s
Work is done only if
a force is applied.
the force applied causes the object's motion.
an object is in motion.
If you carry a 5 kg box across the room at a constant velocity
you do no work.
you do some work.
you do negative work.
Cannot be determined.
On a work vs time graph, you can calculate the power by
the area.
the y-axis.
the y-intercept.
the slope.
How much power was generated from 0-4 seconds?
1100 W
4 W
267 W
1600 W
If it took 9 seconds for the object to move 6 meters, what's the power?
81 W
27 W
3 W
6 W
What is the kinetic energy of a 10 kg ball moving at 3 m/s?
15 J
30 J
45 J
90 J
A 5 kg cat falls off a 3 m tall fridge. What is the cat's PE as it starts to fall?
15 J
30 J
150 J
1470 J
A 5 kg cat falls off a 3 m tall fridge. What is the cat's KE just before it lands on the floor?
15 J
30 J
150 J
1470 J
What is the mass of an object with 1200 J of PE when it is 5 meters above the ground?
10 kg
24 kg
100 kg
240 kg
What kind of energy(ies) does the car have at position A? The ground is h=0.
KE
KE + PE
PE
KE - PE
If a system is isolated, the total energy of the system
Increases constantly.
Decreases constantly.
Is constant.
Depends on the work done on the system.
Depends on the work done by the system.
Which of the following is defined as an energy transfer?
kinetic energy
work
potential energy
chemical energy
The unit of work is
watt
hertz
joule
pascal
A light plastic cart and a heavy steel cart are both pushed with the same force for a distance of 1.0 m, starting from rest. After the force is removed, the kinetic energy of the light plastic cart is ________ that of the heavy steel cart.
greater than
equal to
less than
can't say unless we know how big the force is
Each of the boxes shown is pulled for 10 m across a level, frictionless floor by the force given. Which box experiences the greatest change in its kinetic energy?
A
B
C
D
E
Rank in order, from largest to smallest, the gravitational potential energies of the balls.
1 > 2 = 4 > 3
1 > 2 > 3 > 4
3 > 2 = 4 > 1
3 > 2 > 4 > 1
Starting from rest, a marble first rolls down a steeper hill, then down a less steep hill of the same height. Ignoring friction, for which is it going faster at the bottom?
Faster at the bottom of the steeper hill
Faster at the bottom of the less steep hill
Same speed at the bottom of both hills
Can’t say without knowing the mass of the marble
A small child slides down the four frictionless slides A–D. Rank in order, from largest to smallest, her speeds at the bottom.
vD > vA > vB > vC
vD > vA = vB > vC
vC > vA > vB > vD
vA = vB = vC = vD
Four students run up the stairs in the time shown. Which student has the largest power output?
A
B
C
D
You are traveling along a freeway at 65 mi/h; your car has kinetic energy. You suddenly skid to a stop because of congested traffic. What happened to the kinetic energy your car just had?
It is all in internal energy in the road
It is all in internal energy in the tires
Some of it has transformed to internal energy for the tires and the road, and some of it transferred away by sound energy and thermal energy into the air.
It was destroyed
A major league pitcher can throw a baseball with a kinetic energy of 150 J. How much work must the pitcher do to the ball to give it that much KE?
150 J
0
Can’t tell without knowing the mass of the ball
A rock has 10 J of potential energy on top of a roof. If it is dropped and lands with only 8 joules of kinetic energy, how much work did air resistance do on the rock?
-18 J
-10 J
-8 J
-2 J
In the equation PE = mgh, what does the “g” mean?
Acceleration due to gravity
Force of gravity
Weight of the object
What is the unit for power?
what
watt
joule
Jewel-Osco
Which requires more work – a person walking up stairs or a person running up stairs?
walking
running
they require equal work
no work is required for either because the movement is vertical
Which requires more power – a person walking up stairs or a person running up stairs?
walking
running
they require equal power output
no power is required at all
A basketball that is dropped bounces back up to its original height. Pick the correct energy transformation from the point when it was dropped until it returns to the original height.
KE --> PE --> Elastic
PE --> KE --> Elastic --> KE --> PE
KE --> PE --> Elastic --> PE --> KE
Elastic --> PE --> KE --> Elastic
How much work is done on a 200-kg crate that is hoisted 2 m in a time of 4 s?
400 J
1000 J
1600 J
4000 J
How much power is required to raise a 200-kg crate a vertical distance of 2 m in a time of 4 s?
400 W
1000 W
1600 W
4000 W
If a charging elephant has kinetic energy, it must also have
potential energy
momentum
work
all of these
