Physics 2204 Multiple Choice Questions for Review Work and Power: 1.

If youre trying to find work on an angle you must find the _________ of the angle? a) Tan b) Sec c) Sin d) Cos 2. If Goku sprints and tackles a large metal crate doing 18002 J of work over the course of 2 secs, what is his power level? a) 4500 watts b) 36004 watts c) 9001 watts d) <9000 watts 3. Which of the following situations doesnt have any work done? a) A truck pulling a trailer along the road b) A waiter carrying a tray to a table c) A soccer player kicks a ball across the field d) A bodybuilder lifts a barbell above his head 4. If you increase the distance you move an object would happen to the power? a) It would increase b) It would decrease c) It would not change d) There will only be a change in work 5. A 5.00 Kg block is moved 5.00m using 70.0J of work. What net force is acting against the block, if the coefficient of friction is 0.15? a) 6.06 b) 6.006N c) 0.60N d) 6.60N D C BAD 1. How much work is done to move a 100.0 kg box 5.00m? a)500J b) 5.00 X 102 J c)50J d)250. J 2. Power is defined as. a) The rate at which work is done c) To push someone a given distance b) The strength of a person d) The ability to do work

3. 5N of force is being applied to an object, but the object does not move. How much work is being done? a)5J b)0.5J c) 0W d)no work is being done, 0J 4. A force of 60.0N [30o N of W] is being applied to an object travelling at a constant speed [W] over 50.0m. How much work is being done?

a)2.60X103J c)3000J

b) 2.61X102J d)2.60J

5. A 324-kg piano slides 5.16 m down a 30 deg incline and is kept from accelerating by a man who is pushing back on it parallel to the incline. The effective coefficient of friction is 0.40.Find the work done by gravity. a) 8192.016J c) 9000J b) 8190J d) 8100J

Kinetic and Potential Energy: 1. What is the formula for gravitational potential energy? a. GPe= mgh b. Gpe=mv2 c. Gpe=abc d. Gpe=mg-h 2. What does V stand for in the equation KE= (MV^2)/2 a. Height b. Volts c. Velocity d. Power 3. If an object that had a mass of 15.0kg and is 20.0m above the earth, whats its gravitational potential energy? a. 2940N b. 2940J c. 2.940J d. 29.40J 4. A very fast bullet has a mass of 2.0g and its kinetic energy is 2000.J while it flies through the air, what is its velocity? a. 1400 m/s b. 1400 m/s^2 c. 1420 m/s d. 1400 n/m 5. A roller coaster at an amusement park begins at its highest peak at 100.m. The mass of the roller coaster is 200.kg. In the middle of the ride when the roller coaster is at 40.0m above the earth what is the coasters velocity? a. 34.3m/s c. 647 m/s b. 34.0m/s d. 71.0m/s Answers A, C, B, A, A. 1. When is an objects gravitational energy equal to zero? a. h=42 b. h=67 c. m=10 d. h=0 2. What happens to the kinetic energy of an object if the velocity is quadrupled? a. 4 times more. b. 16times. c. 8 times. d. 24 times. 3. A box moving across a frictionless surface has 35J of kinetic energy and a velocity of 1.5m/s, what is its mass? a. 40kg. b. 2.6kg c. 31kg. d. 31.1kg

4. A soccer ball rolls off a shelf that is 4.0m high. When it bounces it retains 65% of its energy. How high will it reach after the first bounce? a. 2.6m b. 2.4m c. 41m d. 3.0m 5. In the circus a person with a mass of 67kg is fired out of a cannon, using a spring. The spring has a spring constant of 5.0*104n/m. The spring is compressed 1.2m how high does the clown fly? a. 47m b. 109999m c.6789m d. 55m

Hookes Law and Simple Harmonic Motion 1. A mass is hung from a spring with a spring constant of 120 N/m, and displaces 21cm. What is the elastic potential energy of the spring. a. 2.65 J b. 3.65J c. 1512J d. 26500J 2. If the displacement of a spring (x) is doubled, how much would its potential energy change? a. It would not change b. it would increase 4x c. it would increase 2x d. it would decrease 2x 3. If a mass of 400g is hanged from a spring with a spring constant of 30 N/m, how far will it stretch? a. 15cm b. 13cm c. 14cm d. 15m 4. Does a spring which is not in its elastic region obey Hookes law? a. Depends on the spring b. Yes c. No d. Only if a mass is hung 5. A 1m high spring that is standing up has a mass of 100g dropped on it from a height of 3m. The spring has a spring constant of 90 N/m. How far will the spring compress? a. 1m b. 10cm c. .65m d. 50 cm answer key: a b b c c. 1. What does Simple Harmonic Motion describe? a) The oscillations of springs and their tendency to return to the equilibrium point. b) The linear relationships of springs in the inelastic region. c) The friction acting on springs in the absence of air. d) That there are powerful forces working on springs at the equilibrium point.

2. In 1660, who discovered Hookes Law and what did it describe? a) Roger Hooke. It describes the property of a material to absorb energy when it is deformed elastically and then, upon unloading to have this energy recovered. b) Harry Hooke. It describes the deformation of a material undergoing non-reversible changes of shape in response to applied forces. c) Robert Hooke. It describes the property of springs that causes them to return to the equilibrium point in the absence of friction. d) John Needham. It describes the relationship between springs and their stretch. 3. According to Hookes Law to find k (k=F/x), if x is doubled how is k affected? a) Quadrupled b) Doubled c) One Half d) One Quarter 4) What is the relationship of springs in the inelastic region? a) F=kx b) F=ma c) k=F/x d) None of the above. 5) In F=kx, what is x? a) The displacement of the springs top from its end. b) The displacement of the springs end from its equilibrium position. c) The distance the mass at the end of the spring travels. d) None of the above. 1)a 2)c 3)c 4)d 5)b

Law of Conservation of Energy: 1. What is the Work-Energy Theorem? a) Force = Mass x Acceleration b) KE = mv2 c) Work = Ek d) Power = Work Time 2. How is Efficiency found? a) Finding the Useful Output Energy. b) Finding the Total Input Energy. c) (Useful Output Energy Total Input Energy) x 100% d) (Total Input Energy x Useful Output Energy) x 100% 3. What is the Efficiency of a Crane the uses 6.00x105 J of Energy, to lift 500.0 kg a vertical distance of 20.0 m? a) 60.3% b) 45.93% c) 17.36% d) 16.3% 4. What is the Total Mechanical Energy of a 1000.0 kg rollercoaster traveling at 10.0 m/s with a height of 6.0 m? a) 108 800 J b) 96 000 J c) 100 101 J d) 108 600 J 5. A kitten of mass 240 g is moving through the air at 20.0 m/s, with a GPE of 70 J, with what speed will the kitten hit the ground? a) 30.0 m/s b) 31.4 m/s c) 20.5 m/s d) 32.0 m/s Answer Key 1: 1. c) 2. c) 3. d) 4. a) 5. b)

Which of the following statements is TRUE: a) The total energy of a closed system never stays the same b) Energy cannot be created or destroyed c) The form/type of energy can never change d) Energy can be created Which one of the following is an example o f a non-conservative force? A) Elastic spring force B) Electrical force C) Kinetic frictional force D) Gravitational force A roller coaster car with a mass of 265.3 kg starts from a height of 114.9 meters above the ground just before rolling down the frictionless track. Using conservation of energy, find the speed of the car just as it reaches the ground. a) b) C) d) A ball of mass 0.50 kg is tossed upward into the air. When it leaves your hand, it has a kinetic energy of 138 Joules. How high do the ball go. (Ignore air resistance) a)28m b)30m c)25m d)27m