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Physics Final

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 7hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following graphs shows constant velocity?

a)
b)
c)
2.

Which term is used to describe how far an object is from a reference point?

a)

speed

b)

velocity

c)

distance

d)

displacement

3.

Which of the following is a change in velocity?

a)

acceleration

b)

speed

c)

uniform motion

d)

displacement

4.

In order for the Road Runner to escape Wile E. Coyote, he had to run a distance of 100m and accomplished this feat in 30 seconds. What was his velocity in m/s?

a)

3.3 m/s

b)

3000 m/s

c)

0.3 m/s

d)

130 m/s

5.

What is the momentum of a 1230 kg car traveling at a velocity of 15 m/s?

a)

1845 kg*m/s

b)

83 kg*m/s

c)

18450 kg*m/s

d)

1215 kg*m/s

6.

The rate at which work is done is called ______.

a)

work

b)

potential energy

c)

kinetic energy

d)

power

7.

The energy of a moving object is called ______.

a)

potential energy

b)

kinetic energy

c)

chemical energy

d)

momentum

8.

When you throw a ball into the air, the total mechanical energy of the ball at any point in its flight can be expressed as kinetic energy ______ potential energy.

a)

multiplied by

b)

plus

c)

minus

d)

divided by

9.

As an object falls toward Earth, the potential energy of the object _______.

a)

increases

b)

decreases

c)

stays the same

d)

cannot be determined

10.

What is the kinetic energy of a shot put with a mass of 9.0 kg and a velocity of 5.0 m/s?

a)

22.5 J

b)

112.5 J

c)

450 J

d)

45 J

11.

What is the potential energy of a woman with a mass of 55 kg who is standing on a balcony that is 15 m off of the ground?

a)

8250 J

b)

825 J

c)

6187.5 J

d)

3.7 J

12.

At what points in the image below is the total mechanical energy of the roller coaster equal?

a)

a and b only

b)

they're all equal

c)

b and d only

d)

a and c only

13.

Newton’s _____ law states that the acceleration of a body is directly proportional to the net force on it and inversely proportional to its mass.

a)

first

b)

second

c)

third

d)

fourth

14.

A 50 kg child on a skateboard experiences a 75 N force as shown. What is the expected acceleration of the child?

a)

0.67 m/s2

b)

1.50 m/s2

c)

6.7 m/s2

d)

15.0 m/s2

15.

Two teams in a tug of war exert the same amount of force on each other and the rope does not move. Newton’s ____ law explains why the rope does not move.

a)

first

b)

second

c)

third

d)

fourth

16.

According to Newton’s ______ law, an object with no net force acting on it remains at rest or in motion with a constant velocity.

a)

first

b)

second

c)

third

d)

fourth

17.

The greatest change in momentum will be produced by _____.

a)

a large force acting over a long time

b)

a small force acting over a long time

c)

a large force acting over a short time

d)

a short force acting over a long time

18.

Which is a scalar quantity?

a)

displacement

b)

distance

c)

velocity

d)

acceleration

19.

A baseball catcher throws a ball vertically upward and catches it in the same spot as it returns to the mitt. At what point in the ball's path does it experience zero velocity and constant, nonzero acceleration at the same time?

a)

Midway on the way up

b)

At the top of its trajectory

c)

The instant it leaves catcher's hand

d)

The instant before it arrives in the catcher's mitt

20.

One object is dropped and another is fired horizontally from the same height and at the same time. Which object hits the ground first?

a)

The "dropped" object

b)

The "fired" object

c)

They both hit at the same time

d)

Depends on the initial height

21.

Ignoring air resistance, if a 10kg ball and a 200 kg crate were both dropped from the top of a building the acceleration of the crate would be ________ the acceleration of the ball.

a)

greater than

b)

less than

c)

equal to

d)

first less, then greater than

22.

Difficulty in pushing a large crate from rest involves an object’s ______.

a)

inertia

b)

initial velocity

c)

final velocity

d)

acceleration

23.

The gravitational force exerted by a large body, such as Earth, is also known as_______.

a)

inertial mass

b)

acceleration

c)

weight

d)

mass

24.

When a force is exerted on an object, work is done only if the object ______.

a)

is heavy

b)

remains stationary

c)

moves

d)

has no momentum

25.

The gravitational potential energy of an object close to Earth is directly related to ____.

a)

the mass of the object

b)

the height of the object

c)

both the mass and height of the object

d)

neither the mass nor the height of the object

26.

Which of the following is a change in momentum?

a)

impulse

b)

force

c)

power

d)

work