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Speed is __________. A) a measure of how fast something is moving. B) the distance covered per unit time. C) always measured in terms of a unit of distance divided by a unit of time. D) all of the above. E) none of the above. One possible unit of speed is __________. A) miles per hour. B) kilometers per hour. C) light years per century. D) all of the above. E) none of the above. When you look at the speedometer in a moving car, you can see the car's __________. A) instantaneous speed. B) average speed. C) instantaneous acceleration. D) average acceleration. E) average distance traveled. Acceleration is defined as the CHANGE in __________. A) distance divided by the time interval. B) velocity divided by the time interval. C) time it takes to move from one speed to another speed. D) time it takes to move from one place to another place. E) velocity of an object. Suppose you are in a car that is going around a curve. The speedometer reads a constant 30 miles per hour. Which of the following is NOT true? A) You and the car are accelerating. B) Your speed is constant. C) Your velocity is constant. D) Your acceleration is constant. E) Your direction is constantly changing.

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An object travels 8 meters in the first second of travel, 8 meters again during the second second of travel, and 8 meters again during the third second. Its acceleration is __________. A) 0 m/s 2 . B) 8 m/s 2 . C) 16 m/s 2 . D) 32 m/s 2 . E) none of the above Ten seconds after starting from rest, a car is moving at 40 m/s. What is the car's average acceleration? A) 0.25 m/s 2 B) 2.5 m/s 2 C) 4.0 m/s 2 D) 10 m/s 2 E) 40 m/s 2 As an object falls freely in a vacuum, its __________. A) velocity increases. B) acceleration increases. C) both A and B D) none of the above In the absence of air resistance, objects fall at constant __________. A) velocity. B) speed. C) acceleration. D) distances each successive second. E) all of the above A ball is thrown upwards and caught when it comes back down. In the absence of air resistance, the speed of the ball when caught would be __________. A) more than the speed it had when thrown upwards. B) less than the speed it had when thrown upwards. C) the same as the speed it had when thrown upwards. Suppose an object is in free fall. Each second the object falls __________. A) with the same average speed. B) with the same instantaneous speed. C) the same distance as in the second before. D) a larger distance than in the second before. E) none of the above If you drop a feather and a coin at the same time in a tube filled with air, which will reach the bottom of the tube first? A) The coin B) The feather C) Neither-they will both reach the bottom at the same time.

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A ball tossed vertically upward rises, reaches its highest point, and then falls back to its starting point. During this time the acceleration of the ball is always __________. A) in the direction of motion. B) opposite its velocity. C) directed upward. D) directed downward. Suppose you take a trip that covers 240 km and takes 4 hours to make. Your average speed is __________. A) 960 km/h. B) 480 km/h. C) 240 km/h. D) 120 km/h. E) 60 km/h. Suppose a car is moving in a straight line and steadily increases its speed. It moves from 35 km/h to 40 km/h the first second and from 40 km/h to 45 km/h the next second. What is the car's acceleration? A) 5 km/hs B) 10 km/hs C) 35 km/hs D) 40 km/hs E) 45 km/hs A ball is thrown straight up. At the top of its path its instantaneous speed is __________. A) 0 m/s. B) about 5 m/s. C) about 10 m/s. D) about 20 m/s. E) about 50 m/s. A ball is thrown straight up. At the top of its path its acceleration is __________. A) 0 m/s 2 . B) about 5 m/s2 . C) about 10 m/s2 . D) about 20 m/s2 . E) about 50 m/s2 .

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When something falls to the ground, it accelerates. This acceleration is called the acceleration due to gravity and is symbolized by the letter g. What is the value of g on the earth's surface? A) 0 m/s 2 B) about 5 m/s2 C) about 10 m/s2 D) about 20 m/s2 E) about 50 m/s2 A car accelerates at 2 m/s2 . Assuming the car starts from rest, how much time does it need to accelerate to a speed of 30 m/s? A) 2 seconds B) 15 seconds C) 30 seconds D) 60 seconds E) none of the above If a freely falling object were somehow equipped with a speedometer, its speed reading would increase each second by __________. A) about 5 m/s. B) about 10 m/s. C) about 15 m/s. D) a variable amount. E) a rate that depends on its initial speed. Ten seconds after starting from rest, a freely falling object will have a speed of about __________. A) 10 m/s. B) 50 m/s. C) 100 m/s. D) 500 m/s E) more than 500 m/s. One-half second after starting from rest, a freely falling object will have a speed of about __________. A) 20 m/s. B) 10 m/s. C) 5 m/s. D) 2.5 m/s. E) none of the above

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The law of inertia states that an object __________. A) at rest will remain at rest unless acted on by an outside force. B) will continue moving at the same velocity unless an outside force acts on it. C) will continue moving in a straight line unless an outside force acts on it. D) that is not moving will never move unless a force acts on it. E) all of the above The law of inertia applies to __________. A) moving objects. B) objects at rest. C) both moving and nonmoving objects. After a cannon ball is fired into frictionless space, the amount of force needed to keep it going equals __________. A) twice the force with which it was fired. B) the same amount of force with which it was fired. C) one half the force with which it was fired. D) one quarter the force with which it was fired. E) zero, since no force is necessary to keep it moving. If the force of gravity suddenly stopped acting on the planets, they would __________. A) continue to orbit the sun. B) fly straight away from the sun. C) move in straight lines tangent to their orbits. D) spiral slowly away from the sun. E) spiral slowly towards the sun. One object has twice as much mass as another object. The first object also has twice as much __________. A) inertia. B) velocity. C) gravitational acceleration. D) energy. E) all of the above Compared to its weight on earth, a 10-kg object on the moon will weigh __________. A) less. B) more. C) the same amount. Compared to its mass on earth, the mass of a 10-kg object on the moon is __________. A) less. B) more. C) the same.
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The mass of a dog that weighs 100 N is about __________. A) 1 kg. B) 10 kg. C) 100 kg. D) 1000 kg. E) none of the above The force required to maintain an object at a constant speed in free space is equal to __________. A) zero. B) the mass of the object. C) the weight of the object. D) the force required to stop it. E) none of the above An object following a straight-line path at constant speed __________. A) has a net force acting on it in the direction of motion. B) has zero acceleration. C) must be moving in a vacuum. D) has no forces acting on it. E) none of the above Friction __________. A) acts in a direction that opposes the motion of an object. B) comes from microscopic bumps that act as obstructions to the object's motion. C) is the name given to the force acting between surfaces sliding past one another. D) all of the above E) none of the above A 10-N force and a 30-N force act on an object in opposite directions. What is the net force on the object? A) 40 N B) 30 N C) 20 N D) 10 N E) none of the above You would have the largest mass of gold if your chunk of gold weighed 1 N on __________. A) the moon. B) Earth. C) the planet Jupiter.

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Equilibrium occurs when __________. A) all the forces acting on an object are balanced. B) the sum of the +x forces on an object equals the sum of the -x forces. C) the sum of the upward forces equals the sum of the downward forces. D) the net force on the object is zero. E) all of the above What would be the safest way to put up a clothesline? A) With the line good and tight B) With some slack in the line C) It doesn't make any difference which way the line is strung. When a woman stands with two feet on a scale, the scale reads 500 N. When she lifts one foot, the scale reads __________. A) less than 500 N. B) more than 500 N. C) 500 N. What is the maximum resultant possible when adding a 3-N force to an 8-N force? A) 24 N B) 11 N C) 8 N D) 5 N E) 3 N The weight of a person can be represented by a vector that acts __________. A) perpendicular to the ground underneath the person. B) parallel to the ground. C) straight down, even if the person is standing on a hill. D) in a direction that depends on where the person is standing. E) all of the above If you hang from two strands of a vertical clothesline, the tension in each line will be half your weight. If the lines are not vertical, but are at equal angles from the vertical, the tension in each __________. A) is more than half your weight. B) is the same; half your weight. C) is less than half your weight. A 100-N lantern is suspended by a pair of ropes with 120 degrees between them (each 60 degrees from the vertical). The tension in each rope is __________. A) less than 100 N. B) 100 N. C) more than 100 N. How much does a 1 kg bag of nails weigh? A) 19.6 N B) 9.8 N C) 7.2 N

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A certain bag of groceries has a mass of 10 kilograms and a weight of about __________. A) 1 N. B) 10 N. C) 100 N. D) 1000 N. E) none of the above A 10-N force and a 30-N force act in the same direction on an object. What is the net force on the object? A) 40 N B) 30 N C) 20 N D) 10 N E) none of the above An object weighs 30 N on earth. A second object weighs 30 N on the moon. Which has the greater mass? A) The one on earth B) The one on the moon C) They have the same mass D) Not enough information to say What is the minimum resultant possible when adding a 3-N force to an 8-N force? A) 24 N B) 11 N C) 8 N D) 5 N E) 3 N

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Accelerations are produced by __________. A) velocities. B) accelerations. C) forces. D) masses. E) none of the above How does acceleration of an object change in relation to its mass? It is __________. A) directly proportional. B) inversely proportional. C) Acceleration doesn't depend on mass at all. The acceleration produced by a net force on an object is __________. A) directly proportional to the magnitude of the net force. B) in the same direction as the net force. C) inversely proportional to the mass of the object. D) all of the above E) none of the above
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When an object reaches terminal velocity its acceleration is __________. A) 9.8 m/s 2 . B) 4.9 m/s 2 . C) 0 m/s 2 . A heavy person and a light person parachute together and wear the same size parachutes. Assuming they open their parachutes at the same time, which person reaches the ground first? A) the light person B) the heavy person C) Neither -- they both reach the ground together. A 10-kg brick and a 1-kg book are dropped in a vacuum. The force of gravity on the 10-kg brick is __________. A) the same as the force on the 1-kg book. B) 10 times as much as the force on the 1-kg book. C) zero. Suppose the force of friction on a sliding object is 10 N. The force needed to maintain a constant velocity is __________. A) more than 10 N. B) less than 10 N. C) 10 N. An apple weighs 1 N. When held at rest above your head, the net force on the apple is __________. A) 0 N. B) 0.1 N. C) 1 N. D) 9.8 N. E) none of the above An apple weighs 1 N. The net force on the apple when it is in free fall is __________. A) 0 N. B) 0.1 N. C) 1 N. D) 9.8 N. E) none of the above A girl pulls on a 10-kg wagon with a constant force of 30 N. What is the wagon's acceleration? A) 0.3 m/s 2 B) 3.0 m/s 2 C) 10 m/s 2 D) 30 m/s 2 E) 300 m/s 2 An object has a constant mass. A constant force on the object produces constant __________. A) velocity. B) acceleration. C) both A and B D) none of the above

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A force of 100 N accelerates a mass of 1 kg at the rate of 1 meter per second squared. The acceleration of a mass of 2 kg acted upon by a force of 2 N is __________. A) half as much. B) twice as much. C) the same. D) none of the above A push on a 1-kilogram brick accelerates the brick. Neglecting friction, to equally accelerate a 10-kilogram brick, one would have to push __________. A) with just as much force. B) with 10 times as much force. C) with 100 times as much force. D) with one tenth the amount of force. E) none of the above A rock is thrown vertically into the air. At the very top of its trajectory the net force on it is __________. A) less than its weight. B) more than its weight. C) its weight. A block is dragged without acceleration in a straight-line path across a level surface by a force of 6 N. What is the frictional force between the block and the surface? A) Less than 6 N B) More than 6 N C) 6 N D) Need more information to say. Suppose a particle is accelerated through space by a constant 10-N force. Suddenly the particle encounters a second force of 10-N in a direction opposite to that of the first force. The particle __________. A) is brought to a rapid halt. B) gradually decelerates to a halt. C) continues at the speed it had when it encountered the second force. D) theoretically accelerates to speeds approaching the speed of light. E) none of the above A tennis ball and a solid steel ball the same size are dropped at the same time. Which ball has the greater force acting on it? A) the tennis ball B) the steel ball C) Nonsense! They both have the same force acting on them. A tennis ball and a solid steel ball the same size are dropped at the same time. In the absence of air resistance, which ball has the greater acceleration? A) The tennis ball B) The steel ball C) Nonsense! They both have the same acceleration.

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The reason a tennis ball and a solid steel ball will accelerate at the same rate, in the absence of air resistance, is that __________. A) the force acting on them is the same. B) they have the same mass. C) the ball with the larger force also has the larger mass. D) the ball with the larger force has the smaller mass. E) none of the above If you pull horizontally on a crate with a force of 150 N and the crate doesn't move, the friction force must be 150 N. Now if you pull with 250 N so the crate slides at constant velocity, the friction force is __________. A) more than 150 N but less than 250 N. B) 250 N. C) more than 250 N. When the angle of an incline with a block resting on it increases, the normal support force __________. A) increases. B) decreases. C) stays the same. A block is at rest on an incline. The force of friction necessary to prevent the block from sliding increases when the incline angle is __________. A) increased. B) decreased. C) neither A nor B (Force of friction stays the same.) If the force acting on a cart doubles, what happens to the cart's acceleration? A) It quadruples. B) It doubles. C) It halves. D) It quarters. E) It stays the same. Suppose a cart is being moved by a force. If suddenly a load is dumped into the cart so that the cart's mass doubles, what happens to the cart's acceleration? A) It quadruples. B) It doubles. C) It halves. D) It quarters. E) It stays the same. A girl whose weight is 200 N hangs from a bar supported by two vertical strands of rope. What is the tension in each strand? A) 400 N B) 300 N C) 200 N D) 100 N E) 0 N

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A 10-N falling object encounters 4 N of air resistance. The magnitude of the net force on the object is __________. A) 0 N. B) 4 N. C) 6 N. D) 10 N. E) none of the above A car has a mass of 1000 kg and accelerates at 2 meters per second per second. What is the magnitude of the force acting on the car? A) 500 N. B) 1000 N. C) 1500 N. D) 2000 N. E) none of the above A tow truck exerts a force of 3000 N on a car, accelerating it at 2 m/s/s. What is the mass of the car? A) 500 kg B) 1000 kg C) 1500 kg D) 3000 kg E) none of the above A 747 jumbo jet has a mass of 30000 kg. The thrust for each of four engines is 15000 N. What is the jet's acceleration when taking off? A) 0.25 m/s 2 B) 0. 5 m/s 2 C) 1 m/s 2 D) 2 m/s 2 E) none of the above You pull horizontally on a 50-kg crate with a force of 500 N, and the friction force on the crate is 250 N. The acceleration of the crate is __________. A) zero. B) 2 m/s2. C) 4 m/s2 . D) 5 m/s2. How much force is needed to accelerate a 2-kg physics book to an acceleration of 6 m/s2 ? A) 36 N B) 12 N C) 3 N D) 0.33 N E) 0 N A jumbo jet cruises at a constant velocity when the total thrust of the engines on the jet is 40,000 N. How much air resistance acts on the jet? A) 80,000 N B) 60,000 N C) 40,000 N D) 20,000 N E) 0 N

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A 10-N falling object encounters 10 N of air resistance. The magnitude of the net force on the object is __________. A) 0 N. B) 4 N. C) 10 N. D) none of the above Whenever an object exerts a force on another object, the second object exerts a force of the same magnitude, but in the opposite direction to that of the first object. A) Always true B) Sometimes true C) Always false A high school student hits a nail with a hammer. During the collision, there is a force __________. A) on the hammer but not on the nail. B) on the nail but not on the hammer. C) on the nail and also on the hammer. Forces always occur __________. A) by themselves. C) in pairs.

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An archer shoots an arrow. Consider the action force to be the bow string against the arrow. The reaction to this force is the __________. A) weight of the arrow. B) air resistance against the bow. C) friction of the ground against the archer's feet. D) grip of the archer's hand on the bow. E) arrow's push against the bowstring. A player catches a ball. Consider the action force to be the impact of the ball against the player's glove. What is the reaction to this force? A) The player's grip on the glove B) The force the glove exerts on the ball C) Friction of the ground against the player's shoes D) The muscular effort in the player's arms E) none of the above A player hits a ball with a bat. The action force is the impact of the bat against the ball. What is the reaction to this force? A) Air resistance on the ball B) The weight of the ball C) The force of the ball against the bat D) The grip of the player's hand against the bat E) none of the above

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As a ball falls, the action force is the pull of the earth's mass on the ball. What is the reaction to this force? A) Air resistance acting against the ball B) The acceleration of the ball C) The pull of the ball's mass on the earth D) Nonexistent in this case E) none of the above A person is attracted towards the center of the earth by a 500-N gravitational force. The force with which the earth is attracted toward the person is __________. A) very very small. B) very very large. C) 500 N. An unfortunate bug splatters against the windshield of a moving car. Compared to the force of the car on the bug, the force of the bug on the car is __________. A) larger. B) smaller. C) the same. D) Need more information to say An unfortunate bug splatters against the windshield of a moving car. Compared to the deceleration of the car, the deceleration of the bug is __________. A) larger. B) smaller. C) the same. If a horse pulls on a wagon at rest, the wagon pulls back equally as much on the horse. Will the wagon be set into motion? A) No, because the forces cancel each other. B) Yes, because there is a net force acting on the wagon. C) Yes, because there is a time delay between action and reaction. D) Yes - The horse's pull on the wagon is larger than the wagon's pull on the horse. A Mack truck and a Volkswagen traveling at the same speed have a head-on collision. The vehicle to undergo the greater change in velocity will be the __________. A) Volkswagen. B) Mack truck. C) Both the same According to Newton's third law, if you push gently on something, it will push __________. A) gently on you. B) gently on something else. C) on something only under the right conditions. D) on you only if you aren't moving.

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The earth pulls on the moon, and similarly the moon pulls on the earth. This is evidence that the __________. A) earth and moon are simply pulling on each other. B) earth's and moon's pulls comprise an action-reaction pair. C) both a and b D) neither a or b Nellie Newton holds an apple in her hand. If action is the earth pulling on the apple, then reaction is __________. A) her hand pushing up on the apple. B) her hand providing a normal force on the apple. C) both A and B D) neither A nor B Bronco the skydiver falls toward the earth. The attraction of the earth on Bronco pulls him down. The reaction to this force is __________. A) Bronco finally pushing against the earth's surface. B) the earth's surface finally pushing against Bronco. C) Bronco pulling up on the earth. D) neither A, B, nor C A force is exerted on the tires of a car to accelerate the car along the road. The force is exerted by the __________. A) engine. B) tires. C) air. D) road. A rocket is able to accelerate in the vacuum of space when it fires its engines. The force that propels the rocket is the force __________. A) of the exhaust gases on the rocket. B) of the rocket on the exhaust gases. C) neither A nor B A karate chop delivers a blow of 3000 N to a board that breaks. The force that acts on the hand during this feat __________. A) is less than 3000 N. B) is 3000 N. C) is more than 3000 N. D) cannot be determined. Your friend says that the heavyweight champion of the world cannot exert a force of 50 N on a piece of tissue paper with his best punch. The tissue paper is held in midair, no wall, no tricks. A) You agree that it can't be done. B) You have reservations about this claim. C) You disagree, for a good punch easily delivers this much force.

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