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Chapter4PostlectureQuiz
1.Whatarepossibleunitsforvelocity? 1. Feet/sec 2. Meters/sec 3. Inches/year 4. Meters/sec/sec 5. 1,2,or3 2.Whatsthedifferencebetweenvelocityandspeed? 1. Theyhavedifferentunits 2. Velocityincludesspeedanddirection 3. None,theyaredifferentwordsforthesamething 3.Whichofthefollowingistrue? 1. Youcanhaveaccelerationnotequalzero,butvelocityequaltozero 2. Youcanhaveaccelerationequaltozero,butvelocitynotequaltozero 3. Youcanacceleratewithoutchangingyourspeed 4. 1and2 5. 1,2,and3 4.Momentum= 1. Massxvelocity 2. Massxacceleration 3. Rateofchangeofposition 4. Anyoftheabove 5. 1and3 5.Changinganobjectsangularmomentumrequires 1. Gravity 2. Applyingaforce 3. Applyingatorque 4. Friction 5. Noneoftheabove 6.Newtonssecondlaw,F=ma,(force=massxacceleration),meansthatwithnoforce, 1. Objectsremainatrest 2. Anobjectsspeeddoesntchange 3. Anobjectsvelocitydoesntchange 4. 2and3 7.Ifaplanettravelsinacircularorbitwithoutspeedinguporslowingdown, doesithaveaforceonit? 1. No 2. Yes

2 8.DoesNewtonssecondlaw,F=ma,applyto: 1. AplanetorbitingastarotherthantheSun? 2. Twobinarystarsorbitingeachother? 3. Theforceneededtoswingarockonastring? 4. Theforceneededtopushacarorbicycle? 5. Alloftheabove? 9.Newtonsthirdlawsaysthatforeveryforcethereisanequalandoppositereactionforce.For rockets,thismeans: 1. Ifarocketshootsgasouttheback,therocketmovesforward 2. #1isonlytrueifthereisairtopushagainst.Itisnotalwaystrue 10.NewtonslawofgravityisF=Gm1m2/d2 CanthisbeusedtofindtheforcebetweentheEarthandYOU?Ifso,whatisd? 1. No 2. Yes,disthediameteroftheEarth 3. Yes,disthedistancefromyoutotheground 4. Yes,disthedistancefromyoutothecenteroftheEarth 11.WhatisthecommonnamefortheforceofgravitybetweentheEarthandyou? 1. Terrestrialgravity 2. Yourgravityforce 3. Yourweight 4. Yourmass 12.Whichofthebasictypesofenergyisillustratedwhenyoustandonaladder? 1. kinetic 2. potential 3. radiative 4. heat 5. Noneoftheabove 13.Whichisanexampleofchanginggravitationalpotentialenergyintokinetic(motion)energy? 1. Eatingfoodandreleasingtheenergy 2. Ridingabicycle 3. Fallingoffaladder 4. Agascloudinspacecontractingduetogravityandheatingup 5. 3and4 14.Temperatureisameasureof: 1. Howmuchheatanobjectcontains 2. Howfastatomsaremoving 3. Howhotyoufeelwhenyoutouchsomething 4. Energy

3 15.Thetotalkineticenergysomethingcontainsiscalledits: 1. Heat,heatcontent,orthermalenergy 2. Temperature 3. Meanenergy 4. Noneoftheabove 16.Acakeisbakingat400degrees.Ifyoubrieflytouchthecakeyouwillnotbeburned.Ifyoutouch themetalpanforthesamelengthoftimeyouwillbeburned.Why? 1. Themetalishotterthanthecake 2. Themetalisdenserthanthecaketherearemoreatomsperunitvolume 3. Themetalisabetterconductor 4. 2and3 5. Alloftheabove 17.Whatcausesthetides? 1. Gravity 2. GravityfromtheMoonpullingonwater 3. GravityfromtheMoonisstrongerononesideoftheearththantheother 4. GravityfromtheMoonortheSunisstrongerononesideoftheearththantheother 18.WhenIdrivemycarat30milesperhour,ithasmorekineticenergythanitdoesat10milesper hour. 1. Yes,ithasthreetimesasmuchkineticenergy. 2. Yes,ithasninetimesasmuchkineticenergy. 3. No,ithasthesamekineticenergy. 4. No,ithasthreetimeslesskineticenergy. 5. No,ithasninetimeslesskineticenergy. 19.UniqueexperimentscanbecarriedoutintheSpaceStationbecauseofthelackofgravity. 1. Yes,andtheSpaceStationwasbuiltinordertoescapegravity. 2. ThisisnotquiterighttheSpaceStationstillfeelstheeffectoftheEarthsgravitybutitis greatlydiminishedandtheexperimentsarethereforereferredtoasbeingperformedinmicro gravity. 3. No,theuniquenessoftheexperimentsisnotduetothelackofgravitybuttoweightlessness. 4. No,similarexperimentscanbeperformedonthesurfaceoftheEarth. 5. No,similarexperimentscanbeperformedonthehighestmountaintopsonEarth. 20.IfyoucouldgoshoppingontheMoontobuyapound(weight)ofchocolate,youdgetalotmore chocolatethanifyouboughtapoundonEarth. 1. Yes,becauseofthelowergravityontheMoon,itwouldtakemorechocolatetoweighapound thanonEarth. 2. Yes,chocolatewouldhavealowerdensityontheMoonandthereforemoreisneededtoreach apoundinweight. 3. No,apoundontheMoonisthesameasapoundonEarth. 4. No,chocolateweighsthesameontheMoonasonEarth. 5. No,mass(andenergy)arealwaysconserved.