BTHS Rickey Mei

Physics Period 2

Pg. 25 1,2,3,4,5
1. Which of the following graphs best matches the data shown below?
(C)
2) Which of the following equations best matches the data from item 1?
(A)
3) Indicate which of the following physics symbols denote units and which denote
variables or quantities.
(a.)
4) Determine the units of the quantity described by the following combinations of
units. a. kg(m/s) (1/s) b. (kg/s) (m/s2) c. (kg/s) (m/s)2 d. (kg/s) (m/s)
5) Which of the following is the best order of magnitude estimate in meters of the
height of a mountain? D. 1000 m

Pg. 27 5,6,7,8,9,10
5) List an appropriate SI base unit (with a prefix as needed) for measuring the
following:
a. the time it takes to play a CD in your stereo. 1 hour
b. the mass of a sports car. 1000 kg
c. the length of a soccer field. 200 m
d. the diameter of a large pizza. 50 cm
e. the mass of a single slice of pepperoni. 1 gram
f. a semester at your school. 90 days
g. the distance from your home to your school. 10 km
h. your mass. 90 kg
i. the length of your physics lab room. 10 m
j. your height. 1.7 m
6) If you square the speed expressed in meters per second, in what units will the
answer be expressed? Meters per second per second
7) If you divide a force measured in newtons by a speed expressed in meters per
second, in what units will the answer be expressed?
8) The height of a horse is sometimes given in units of “hands”. Why was this a poor
standard of length before it was redefined to refer to exactly 4 inches? Not everyone
has the same size hands.
9)Explain the advantages in having the meter officially defined in terms of the
distance light travels in a given time rather than as the length of a specific metal bar.
Not everyone will have access to the metal bar therefore we wont be able to measure
in meters. If light is defined in meters, we can understand how fast light is.
10) Einstein’s famous equation indicates that E= mc squared, where c is the speed of
light and m is the object’s mass. Given this, what is the SI unit for E?
Pg. 44 # 1,2,3
1) Heather and Matthew walk eastward with a speed of 0.98 m/s. If it takes them 34
min to walk to the store, how far have they walked? 1999.2 meters.
2) If Joe rides south on his bicycle in a straight line for 15 min with an average speed
of 12.5 km/h, how far has he ridden? 3.125 km
3) It takes you 9.5 min to walk with an average velocity of 1.2 m/s to the north from
the bus stop to the museum entrance. What is your displacement? 684 m

Pg 47 5,6
5) An athlete swims from the north end to the south end of a 50.0 m pool in 20.0 s and
makes the return trip to the starting position in 22.0 s.
a. What is the average velocity for the first half of the swim? 2.5 m/s
b. What is the average velocity for the second half of the swim? 2.2727
c. What is the average velocity for the roundtrip? 2.38
6) Two students walk in the same direction along a straight path, at a constant speed,
one at 0.90 m/s and the other at 1.90 m/s
a. Assuming that they start at the same point and the same time, how much sooner
does the faster student arrive at a destination 781 m away?
b. How far would the students have to walk so that the faster student arrives 5.50 min
before the slower student?