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Conservation of Energy and Momentum Review

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 2hrs 58mins

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Class
Date
1.

Chase strikes a golf ball to bring it from rest to a Kinetic Energy of 50 J. What is the force that accomplishes this and is Total Mechanical Energy conserved or not conserved?

a)

Gravitational Force and TME Conserved

b)

Applied Force and TME Not Conserved

c)

Applied Force and TME Conserved

d)

Spring Force and TME Not Conserved

2.

Which of the following forces would be considered Conservative Forces? Click all that apply!!

a)

Spring Force or

FsF_s

b)

Applied Force or FappF_{app}

c)

Tension Force or FTF_T

d)

Gravitational Force or FgF_g

e)

Air Resistance or FairF_{air}

3.

Which of the following forces would be NON-Conservative Forces? Click all that apply!

a)

Gravitational Force or

FgF_g

b)

Normal Force or FNF_N

c)

Frictional Force or FfF_f

d)

Tension Force or FTF_T

e)

Air Resistance FairF_{air}

4.

Hector catches a baseball with a mit while playing catcher for the team. What is the main force in this scenario and would be TME conserved or not conserved?

a)

Spring Force and TME Conserved

b)

Tension Force and TME NOT conserved

c)

Friction Force and TME NOT conserved

d)

Applied Force and TME NOT conserved

5.

Travis is driving down the road and lets off of the gas and his velocity changes from 30 m/s to 20 m/s. What is the force acting in this scenario and is TME Conserved or not conserved.

a)

Applied Force and TME Conserved

b)

Frictional Force and TME Not conserved

c)

Tension Force and TME Conserved

d)

Gravitational Force and TME Conserved

6.

A kite is flying at 15 m/s when a gust a wind slows it to 10 m/s. What is the force acting in this scenario and is TME conserved or not conserved?

a)

Gravitational Force and TME Conserved

b)

Applied Force and TME Not Conserved

c)

Frictional Force and TME Conserved

d)

Air Resistance and TME Not Conserved

7.

A kite is flying at 15 m/s when a gust a wind slows it to 10 m/s. Is this an example of positive work, negative work or no work done?

a)

Positive Work

b)

Negative Work

c)

No Work

d)

Can Not be Determined

8.

Travis is driving down the road and lets off of the gas and his velocity changes from 30 m/s to 20 m/s. Is this an example of Positive Work, Negative Work or No work done?

a)

Positive Work

b)

Negative Work

c)

No Work

d)

Can Not be Determined

9.

Hector catches a baseball with a mit while playing catcher for the team. Is this an example of positive work, negative work or no work done?

a)

Positive Work

b)

Negative Work

c)

No Work

d)

Can Not be Determined

10.

Chase strikes a golf ball to bring it from rest to a Kinetic Energy of 50 J. Is this an example of Positive Work, Negative Work or No Work Done?

a)

Positive Work

b)

Negative Work

c)

No Work

d)

Can Not be Determined

11.

Bart Simpson fires a rock from his elastic slingshot at Nelson Munz. Which force is causing the action in this scenario and is the TME conserved or not Conserved

a)

Spring Force and TME Conserved

b)

Applied Force and TME Not Conserved

c)

Normal Force and TME Not Conserved

d)

Gravitational Force and TME Conserved

12.

Bart Simpson fires a rock from his elastic slingshot at Nelson Munz. Is this an example or Positive Work, Negative Work or No work?

a)

Positive Work

b)

Negative Work

c)

No Work

d)

Can Not be Determined

13.

A tennis ball rolls off of a roof and falls towards the ground. What is the force present in this scenario and is TME Conserved or Not Conserved?

a)

Air Resistance Force and TME Not Conserved

b)

Gravitational Force and TME Conserved

c)

Gravitational Force and TME Not Conserved

d)

Normal Force and TME Not Conserved

14.

A tennis ball rolls off of a roof and falls towards the ground. Would this be an example of positive work, negative work or no work?

a)

Positive Work

b)

Negative Work

c)

No Work

d)

Can not be determined

15.

Total mechanical energy is equal to:

a)

The Quotient of Kinetic Energy and Gravitational Potential Energy

b)

The Product of Kinetic Energy and Gravitational Potential Energy

c)

The difference between Kinetic Energy and Gravitational Potential Energy

d)

The sum of the Kinetic Energy and Gravitational Potential Energy

16.

The Law of Conservation of Mechanical Energy states all of the following except:

a)

Energy cannot be created or destroyed

b)

Total mechanical energy is conserved or unchanged

c)

Gravitational potential energy is equal to kinetic energy

d)

The sum of potential and kinetic energy is conserved

17.

Consider this image. At point A, what is the gravitational potential energy?

a)

0 J

b)

1200 J

c)

120 J

d)

12000 J

18.

At point A, what is the kinetic energy?

a)

0 J

b)

500 J

c)

1000 J

d)

1200 J

19.

What is the total mechanical energy at point A

a)

0 J

b)

600 J

c)

900 J

d)

1200 J

20.

What is the Kinetic Energy at point B?

a)

200 J

b)

1200 J

c)

1000 J

d)

1400 J

21.

What is the velocity at point B?

a)

200 m/s

b)

0 m/s

c)

100 m/s

d)

14.14 m/s

22.

What is the velocity at point E?

a)

150 m/s

b)

75 m/s

c)

12.24 m/s

d)

15.49 m/s

23.

Lupe, a 75 kg runner, increases her velocity from rest to 20 m/s. If this occurs over 50 meters, what force does she produce?

a)

600 N

b)

150 N

c)

300 N

d)

22.5 N

24.

An elevator has it's potential energy change from 1,000,000 J to 100,000 J. If this occurs over a distance of 30 meters, what is the force required to accomplish this?

a)

33,333.33 N

b)

30,000 N

c)

0.000033 N

d)

3,333.33 N

25.

Tim strikes a baseball moving with 80 J of kinetic energy and changes the kinetic energy to 120 J. If this is done over a distance of 0.05 meters, what is the force of the baseball bat on the ball.

a)

0.00125 N

b)

2400 N

c)

1600 N

d)

800 N

26.

A car moving with 750,000 J of kinetic energy is brought to rest over a distance of 50 meters. What is the stopping force on the car?

a)

15,000 N

b)

0.000067 N

c)

750,000 N

d)

0 N

27.

Which of the following are required in order to have momentum?

a)

Velocity

b)

Acceleration

c)

Tension Force

d)

Height

28.

Which of the following are examples of an impulse? Click all that apply!

a)

Change in momentum

b)

Constant momentum

c)

Force acting over time

d)

A mass in motion

29.

During a collision, which of the following could possibly be changed? Select all that apply!

a)

Speed

b)

Time

c)

Change in Momentum or Impulse

d)

Force

30.

Lilli drops a glass beaker in Chemistry Lab and it shatters. Why did the beaker break?

a)

The change in momentum was large when the beaker struck the tile floor

b)

The change in momentum was small when it struck the tile floor

c)

The impact time was small which increased the impact force with the tile floor

d)

The impact time was large which decreased the impact force with the tile floor

31.

Impact Force and Impact Time have what type of relationship with each other?

a)

Reverse

b)

Inverse

c)

Direct

d)

Diagonal

32.

Marisol is practicing her tumbling for gymnastics. Why does she do this on a padded mat instead of hard gym floor?

a)

The padded mat increases the impact time, which decreases the impact force and reduces the possibility of injuries

b)

The padded mat decreases the impact time, which increases the impact force and reduces the possibility of injuries

c)

The padded mat decreases the change in momentum, which reduces the possibility of injuries

d)

The padded mat increases the change in momentum, which reduces the possibility of injuries

33.

A 0.05 kg tennis ball moves with a momentum of 4 kg*m/s. What is it's velocity?

a)

0.0125 m/s

b)

0.2 m/s

c)

3.95 m/s

d)

80 m/s

34.

A 0.025 kg bullet is fired from rest and has an applied force of 200 N acted upon it over 0.1 seconds. What is the final velocity (Vf) of the bullet?

a)

5 m/s

b)

20 m/s

c)

400 m/s

d)

800 m/s

35.


 Δp\Delta p  or a Change in momentum of 30,000 kg*m/s occurs over 6 seconds. What is the force that acts to change the momentum?

a)

180,000 N

b)

5000 N

c)

0.0002 N

d)

30,000 N

36.

A bowling ball experiences a change of momentum of 140 kg*m/s when it is brought from rest to 20 m/s. What is the mass of the bowling ball?

a)

2800 kg

b)

0.14 kg

c)

7 kg

d)

120 kg

37.

Which of the following are correct measurements of momentum? Click all that apply!

a)

112 kg*m/s2 East

b)

4 kg*m/s South

c)

22 kg*m/s

d)

95 m/s West

e)

205 kg*m/s Downwards

38.

Stan is playing basketball and not paying attention when Steve passes a the ball to him. If the ball strikes him in the head and goes out of bounds, what type of collision would this be?

a)

Inelastic Collision

b)

Hard Collision

c)

Elastic Collision

d)

Strong Collision

39.

A 0.15 kg white cue billiards ball moving at 8 m/s towards the 9-ball that has a mass of 0.2 kg that is at rest. If the white cue ball comes to rest after the collision, what is the final velocity of 9-ball?

a)

8 m/s

b)

0.167 m/s

c)

6 m/s

d)

3.42 m/s

40.

A 9mm pistol, with a mass of 1.2 kg, is at rest with a bullet in the chamber. If the trigger is pulled, the bullet with a mass of 0.05 kg, has a speed of 400 m/s. What is the recoil velocity of the 9 mm?

a)

9600 m/s

b)

16.67 m/s

c)

20 m/s

d)

400 m/s