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Name Review for IB Physics Midterm Exam Date of Exam: TBA Tips for Studying for the Mechanics Final Exam + ‘Study all your old unt tests & quizzes! Complete this review packet Make sure you are able to write good definitions for all terns. Review the objectives on all the old homework packets. “ Reviow Graphs—Kinematics, and Mechanics Format of Exam 90 minutes (expect to be working all class) + 20-25 multiple choice questions on concepts and quick calculations. 5 free response (Choose 5 out of 7). Topics Covered Physics Skills: Unit conversions, Significant digits, Uncertainty + One-dimensional Kinematics/Free Fall + Vectors % Projectile Motion + Forces and Newton's Laws: Static equilibrium and Acceleration due to a non-zero net force + Momentum-Impulse, Collisions * Work, Energy, and Power Physics and Physical Measurement 11. Using the Topic 2 equations in your dala booklet as a guide make a chart that containg al ofthe variables we have used this somester, thelr full names and appropriate units, Complete the table at the back ofthis review! 2. What ae the 3 fundamental units in the SI system? meters seconds, Flog 05 3 What ar ne tse deed uns at youpave used ts semester? Whale ni eauaent ’ by) wetted eigtly Cn, acecaraax CoZ05), Tovce CMD) Esiray ( Egat on Um 0c 2) won anim WES” 4. Conver the fallowing: b, 0.635 kg to grams tes) xe 6859 «150 days to seconds 4 Rm K2K xeuK6U= leAQGXIO" Sec. 5. Distinguish between vector and scalar quantiies and give examples of each, ~ rteters have maguidvde ¢ direetom —> velo uty Firce gdeyleov Seales Mie only magarde de> mess time, specs dster 6, Natalie measures the mass and speed ofa glider. The percentage uncertainty in her measurement of the mass is 3% and in the measurement of the speed is 10%, Find the percent Uncertainty in he kneticenergy ofthe gid, A wy t~ FE Art du) hEL = BH 20 7. When a force F af (10.0 + 0.2) Nis applied tna mass m of (2.0 +014) kg, the acceleration dus to this net force is calculated, Exress the acceleration ofthe mass with fs uncertainty ee ea Erle. Sms ca LE eam = Kinematics 18 Define (in words and with an equation) displacement, distance, velocty, speed and acceleration. Give the symbol for each. (Vector or scalar quantities?) ‘a. Displacement b. Distance c. Velocity 4. Speed .e. Acceleration 9. Explain the diference between instantaneous and average velocity, 10. Draw s vs. 1, vs. 'and a vs. t graphs for botn an object with (1) constant velocty and (2) uniform “near acceleration. What are the signficantsiopes and areas forthe 3 kinematics graphs (6 v8. tv ve. tand a vs. 1)? I there is no significance for the siope of area of a parcular graph, say 30. AlSO, use the area under the vt graph to derive the expressions s = h.at* tut and s= (uy) 11. Arnot air balloon is ascending at a constant 11,5 ms when a package is dropped overboard. The package lands 3.80 seconds afterward 2 Deemie hw igh pe aloon was when package was dopred oye je Fg? weyet “ tee Bye Wee SGA UTED eS we = RLim What is the ere just before it its the ground? Ves u-gt Vee ds = @DGH YE BOP m/S What the package el vl (rom por) relav fo he bata velo? ref yh < Ms - basa) wh. vd 37.2 w/s 12, At the instant a traffic ight tums green, a car starts with a constant acceleration of 3.80m's*. At the ‘same instant, a truck, traveling at @ constant velosty of 11.5 ms, passes the car. Calculate how far itis from the trafic light that the ear passes the truck. (Draw a s vs. t graphs for both the car ane truck 1 the same set of axes. Write an appropriate mathematical model for these graphs.) Con acel ss dat™ ae OB alse a= © ms se uléss= 5 (6.03) 69.6 m 418. While cruising along a dark stretch of highway at 20 u's (-€5 mph), you see, al the fringes of your headlights, some roadkil onthe highway. I takes you 0.5 sto react. You then apply the brakes and ‘come to a stop 3.5 later. (a) Draw the corresponding vt gragh.(b) Find the toll displacement of the ‘car curing braking (inclucing the reaction period), Vectors and ee = 14. You have to add a vector that poinis narth to a vac and their resultant. at points west, Draw those added vectors yee 49 ee dee) geometries webu. 15, Explain these terms: (a picture is somelimes worth @ 1000 words) taecion, path Ailowed by obje ot on blg hat > pric, nis eet adimehed frown mre posit ate air « xetelacoment, nagar be of fale betwen six ¢ haduy fonged > donensiin 4 yetelacoment dude ef Leng beturen Warr ¢ Jandy é pa yd so (Ang He) 16 Doone xan -cmporni fan itl sty (375m) atone OT) 5 Wrevocwscsy “ATS yh “352° Wy WF OF) 2 206 wi), "7 Comes here antag compan of fr 00 aan ange kt 4 30 > ents? | ° bo ase ———> harienbl« FeentG v) oR) 18, Divers in Acapuico ve fom a if ha is 66 m igh the rocks below exten outward for 24m, ‘what isthe minimum horizontal velocity diver must have to clear the rocks safely? ¥y bf ar ke (ee) he 66m \ i Gj A * naen landing poAD OM iv > LSI te CMa U2 rtrd) = 3.6% ae 19. rescue plane Tying hozontaly alan atude of 8.0 m and 135 ms‘*wanls to dop emergency ‘supplies to some sanded oxplorors “2. Where should the plane be relative to the explorers when they drop the suppis so that th supp lari ns ara a he camo bag sleep ) out = WV hesen | OO 02 LB nwt b, cMleulate the pa ae before inisvegene 4S we vs 35) = ~ Balas 20. A cannon balls shot with an intial veloc of 40 me" at 30°t the horizontal from the top of a 100-m high plateau. Calculate: ‘a. the time of flight of the cannon ball. B. lenorzontal range. The marimum height 5 measured from th ground lave eh as ground la 2 Wy Masuli AES TG) b Sadte gs So ~os (a aU bet . “Fo, © fe yothme pl J) | Coe tea 4. fied pe gethwye/Ae Cheon FF QUdm Ae fad Fate th bd Sane y ate [20 wr = ee S cbipinke DOU nes Fr bat the tree, Distinguish etveen contac orcs ang ange ° 6.91 See, Fecce A tiny dirderboce be a body Yar cbengie Fe pra moteen direction: a bem cnet dco - bodies touch [ong ren ye - bodies puck yim fed of farce. 22 Distinguish THOROUGHLY between mass and weight (xc de 6 ray) you Wee oaveto fhemaon nous your mass change? How abot your weg? Ott ome Mess~ genet ma they Meteo rh & sh bem, Pe oeskt fess] Weight brtee dae to mass ateduded by graite, ME 2. Expan ret, wo een Leadlwes fon me Hee to peman im i> itt State of motion 24, Explain te noma free and how Maes. Us " on asprin motenyour note fir 15 Mecttm in pak of Ye force pate dot to Wesg it Pidocal Py, ¢ Serface- 25 Sate Newton’ fst aw and gv an exam oft Sf+0 a bedypoumy mh const vole ccty Cd ren bee 25, Sete Nevin’ second ewan ge an exami See Fut a body accent (vt Gre zma) 27. Sate Navin’ th lw an gv n example oi (00 NOT use the wor “ato or"e-acen) ail fords ox Gprared on cone ih 2 tpt ancl oppprite ytolus eae emtrot buhven bodes cx to objecks calli ols Fie< fy) 28, What must be rue for an object tobe in static or translational equilibrium? Explain ths in both words ‘and with equatons, sbttc ulthrum= a res* el bru balanced Rew WX force Frans latina Re libri = cusdat vera movin all frees balenced yo wh force 28, To move a large crate across the floor, you pull on a rope attached fo the front ofthe crate, anc another person pushes from the behind witha horizontal force of 25.0.N, The rope pulls up at an angle 22.5 rom the horizontal, and the crate moves ata Gonlant veloc. Assume the crate has a irass TTS. 1g and te trcional force betven he rae and the gourd 450 M8 Determine the size ofthe fora that you o one oe Rt FR ay = fag bs-Re ees 4s-as e ZaaGas) = 2275/65, ae as vey) 30. Two wites are attached tothe ceiling to support alight fixture hanging a thei intersection as shown inthe DRAWING on | Do not draw on this picture, the right, The light fxture weighs 111 N. Determine the tension in each wire as shown DT, smlto)+ Te sim0= mn @ T@sle) =k cool 30) Ti Goole) ty > sabshive mito coda 4 Sele br Ti pet wrt to fad Th 31. Apperson with mass 65 kg gets in an elevator a the 6° floor and stands ona scale (which reads 'Newions) in the elevator. The elevator begins to move downwards and accelerates from rest at 3.0ms'to.8 constant speed. Just before te elevator ges fo the ground floor, the elevator begins to Slow down at arate of 2.5ms". Draw a motion map, showing the direction of he acceleration at each point of the elevator’ journey. Find (a) the scale reading when the elevator speeds up at the Beginning, () the scale reading while the elevator is coasting downward al a constant speed, and (o) the scale reacing a the elevator slows toa stop athe ground flor sme Sta Fa Inge —ma | lov Fe mga) 6 5( 19-3) Away cass * Geo Fao s mg = 65(04) v : PesBw (2 Sire or ro cya © Brake fa )io Fae NCS Oe sw Soon) 32, Find the acceleration of the ply system betow andthe tansion inthe sting fasts Du, Foran Fremaiang 5 Fee megrmad me pg EM = m2 (5-4) FeeFr 2 mGgtad=inlg-a) Id BG) gen 235-3 Fee eC ed C8 A a 30-49) Force x dovact time = Clumge of monentiin 2, Wine detion forthe Law of Conservation of Monin and give an example sfodad momuntom befor cm Oruct= doce mowreitvin afin aan Lyeicr— WU Fav = Wl, + my! 25. Epa how he inulsechange in momentum elaonhp can improve sft i ealisions. fez de = m(ve-v) AL Yon sep srodion 9 fl ny a) Fireg 5 les 36. ball of mass Z0Kg falls ete ‘and hits the ground with speed 7.0 ms“ as shown below. eeu em(Vp-W) ( ah 30m" mCP 7 bP 210) = BOWS J petro ‘all leaves the ground with a vertical speed 3.0 ms~"_ Find the change in momentum in ‘he bal, Explain wvhy momentum requires that you pay close attention to the direetion of the momen Bee PERF HD eee ag vtotes derecho uekers aN & ieee ‘38. While waiting ata stoplight, a cari it from behind and itis accelerated to a speed of 7.25m iting 2, Ifthe time to accelerate the car was 0.225 seconds, what was the Impulse an the 90.0-49 “ Ap m(ve-Vi) = Fie vg b.What was the magritude ofthe average force that he back ofthe man’s seat ex in? Fats 6525 =p Fe 68ees% 2400 NW Tees 39, A.45.0-kg boy and a 40.0-kg git are standing ina 9.00-kg wagon traveling at 0.25 mvs", eastward ‘The chikdren jump out ofthe wagon atthe same time, He jumps with a norzonial velocity of 300Tvs westward and she jumps at 4,00 mis eastward, also hovizentaly. Caleuate the velocity ofthe wagon MIM, HIG + MaNay = 45(3) + 4o(4) + Wn - “BS t foo 4$9Ue =fis =F 00 40. A hockey puck, mass 0.125 i, Sikes a0.185-xg octopus lying onthe fe, The puck and octopus slide off together wit a inal veloc of 18.7 ms. Caleuate the ta veloc of the puck. Find the ‘change in kinetic energy during the collision ofthe puck with the octopus. Suggest where this “lost ‘energy may have gone. MeV 40 = Gp tH, Cla We = (des F51853.2) oan “aS Ver 3395-7 34 m/s upe Work, Energy and Power 41. Define: 8. Work woe of dame. work P= ye 42. Show how work can be represented on a force vs. displacement graph. {Ea owt 1S GWA 43, Rank the folowing situations in terms of the Work dane on each box with mass M by a force F applied over a cisplacoment to the right, d. Assume the force F and the displacement d to be the ‘same magnitude on each box. Explain your ranking, Assume negative work to be ranked less than zeaco.uosk, ann 4, Wt definition forthe Law of Conservation of Energy PEs EE = Contest fs a) prin on a path 45, Joy weighs 480 N and she is siting on a swing with 2.0-m long chains. Bob puls the swing back. Until the chains make a 30.° angle withthe vertical and reteases it 2 Hewat Joy mong when esr passes voigh eos pont? mijhe me oy 2 (ag dh Ahe 2) -golso %, 2 >). o2(| “am god) ©. Joy moves through th lowest point onary was dissipated a he swing ‘mowed toto lowes pant? Expian what happend toe energy. MEE~ FE slat = Et, ms 450 yhn simdley- ima 7 a AEE = Sa PT > hak (fade 48. A 1200-kg roller coaster is at rest a the lop of a 24-meter hill. The coaster falls down the il to ‘ground level. How fast wilt be going ast cests the next hill whichis 18 meters high? Assume the ‘coaster to be fitioness. tn00 ky Ace 24 apvet _— ub RE = ugh. PEtEcc k£

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