Physics 1 Lab Answer Keys PDF

PHYSICS 1
LABORATORY
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Question Solution/Answer
1. How is the astronaut A going to In the normal way astronauts walk on the
move in order to cover the distance surface of Mars.
from -300 to 0 to get back at the
spaceship?
2. What or who is located at (100, - Astronaut B
200?)
3. If your workbench is facing North Point B is south-east of point A.
according to the compass bearing
to your left, and assuming that you
need to go from the dot on paper A
to the dot on paper B. Which
would be the overall direction of
the route you would follow on the
workbench?
4. Which is the route of the minimum They are all the same
displacement for astronaut B from
his current location, back to the
spacecraft to pick up the hammer?
5. Which is the route of the minimum
distance that astronaut B needs to
on travel to arrive to the
spacecraft?
6. Following case? 300 m distance traveled and a bit more than 200
m displacement.
7. Astronaut A can cover 10 meters The speed of the astronaut

per minute walking with the heavy
shovel. What does this sentence
describe?
8. How much time do the astronauts All the statements are correct
need to reach LERS-M when
covering the distance from the
spacecraft to the rover?
Remember: The distance to the Rover

from the spacecraft is 500 meters and the
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velocities are: 10m/min for Astronaut A
and 20m/min for Astronaut B.
9. Using the Pythagorean theorem, 500 meters
which is the distance of the
spacecraft to LERS-M? The C line
represents the total displacement
and A and B lines are the x and y
coordinates.
10. If you drop something on the It would reach the surface of the Earth faster.
surface on Mars, will it drop with
the same speed as if you had
dropped it from the same height on
the surface of Earth
11. Which direction of displacement is A vertical direction
relevant to Dr. One’s problem with
floating at a certain height?
12. Using the mass of Dr. One’s body, 40 N
which is equal to 4 kg, you can
determine her weight. The weight
of a body is also called the force of
gravity, and this is a force that does
not need contact between objects
to exists. Since the acceleration of
gravity is approximately g-10ms-
^2, and the force of gravity
Fg=mg, with how much force is
the Earth pulling Dr. One now?
13. Is the center of gravity assigned at Only bodies A and B have their centers
the right place for the following described correctly
bodies?
14. Where is the center of gravity , and Both are located at the center of her core
where is the center of mass of Dr.
One?
15. If the restoring forces is 100N and 20N upwards
the ball weighs 80N, what is the
net force and in which direction?
Remember you have access to a
calculator at the top corner of the
LabPad.
16. A mass rolling on the wedge, this Without it, objects would not be able to stand a
reminds me of my skiing holiday surface.
in the Alps last winter. But why is
the Normal force relevant to the
problem?
17. Which force should you increase The weight
to move the mass down the hill?
18. Which forces should you take into Forces from motors 1 and 2.
account when breaking forces
down into a horizontal direction?
19. Safety while driving is a very Yes, since the direction of the movement
important issue, and in order to changes
understand this better, you should
feel confident with the way a car
moves. The first thing to do is dust
off some knowledge on the motion
of cars. Is the car above
accelerating?
20. If a car has a zero acceleration, Yes, a car moving with zero acceleration maybe
does it mean that it is moving? moving with constant velocity
21. Before you get your hands dirty Newton’s First Law of Motion is often called
and start building cars, It is a the Principle of Inertia
matter of safety to understand the
basic concepts that govern this
science. How much do you know
about inertia?
22. How would you ruin the Pull or push the box really slowly
demonstration with the boxes?
23. Which conditions describe a box All conditions describe such a box
with zero acceleration?
24. Cars need to have different types The lighter car will accelerate faster
of tires for various weather
conditions. In the hypothetical
scenario that the road was slippery
from ice, and the tires in your car
where made for a dry road; one
could assume that there is similarly
low friction between the two cars
and the road. Which of the
following cars will move faster?
25. Optimizing the friction of the tyres The 5kg box will move twice as fast as a 10kg
given the conditions of the road is box on a frictionless belt.
part of the active safety features
which reduce the chances of an
accident or collision in the first
place.
26. Based on what you have seen so F = m a, changes in the net force would linearly
far, which of the following change the acceleration
expressions best defines the
relationship between the
acceleration, a, of a moving box
(with a mass -m-) and the net force
exerted on it, which is making it
move?
27. Now that we have established The 5 kg box will accelerate more than the 10kg
Newton’s Second Law of Motion box on a belt with friction
(M F =m a) what will happen to a
bx if I push it with 10N?
28. It is easy to assume that when two The brick will hit the car with an equal but
equally sized cars crash with each opposite force than the car hit it
other, the force exerted from the
first car is equal to the force
exerted from the second card, but
what would you guess happens
when a racing car hits a brick?
29. Are there any pairs of forces Yes, the wheels push the road with an equal
exerted on a parked car in the force to that of the road pushing them
vertical direction.
30. At the moment the car has a speed The car is stationary for the driver
of 100km/h. How do you think the
driver experiences this in the car?
31. If another car passes our race car at 10km/h
110km/h, how fast does the
Labster race car driver think the
passing car is moving?
32. Which law connects the Newton’s 2nd law of motion
accelerates of an objects to the
force acting on it?
33. What would be the outcome of the Gravitational acceleration would be unchanged
experiment if we doubled the mass
attached to the pendulum
34. Have a look at the data points on G is directly proportional to M, i.e., g~M
the screen. How are g and M
related?
35. Which of the following statements An object orbiting the Eath is in constant free
is correct? fall but never hits the it
36. In general, what is the name of a Centripetal force
force that makes a body follow a
curved path?
37. Have a look at the data points on G ~ 1/r2
the screen and compare the values
for an object on the surface of the
Earth, a satellite, or the moon
38. What is the approximate Fg~10-^9 N
gravitational force between
Newton and an apple on his
workbench?
39. Speaking of Mercury, Approximately 90 Earth days
approximately how long is one
year on the planet closest to the
Sun? The sizes of the objects in our
model of the solar system are not
to scale; however, the relative
orbital periods around the Sun are.
40. Which of the following curves is Cycloid
not a conic section and is therefore,
not possible trajectory
41. It seems like it is going to oscillate Because the spring is ideal
forever. How do you think this is
possible?
42. What happens to the equilibrium The equilibrium position changes
position if you keep the same mass
but you change the spring?
43. Which law states that the extension Hooke’s law
of a spring is proportional to the
force applied to it?
44. Which mass-spring combination The softer spring loaded with 2 kg
allows the largest equilibrium
extension?
45. What is the approximate frequency 1.7 Hz
of the oscillation? Remember we
measure frequency in oscillation
or complete wavelengths per
second.
46. What do you expect to observe if The period would decrease
you replace the spring with a
stiffer one?
47. Which are the positions in the B, D, F
graph where the mass does not
increase or decrease speed, that is
to say, where the acceleration is
zero?
48. Which are the position in the graph A, C, E, G
where the mass does not move
either up nor down, or in other
words where the velocity is zero?
49. Starting from point (B), which is D
the point where the mass has
oscillated for half a period?
50. What type of energy does the mass Potential Enery; because it is at max
hold as soon as you drag it to the displacement without moving
position of maximum
displacement?
51. Can a mass, which oscillates with If the energy is only transformed from potential
simple harmonic motion, continue to kinetic
oscillating forever?
52. The seismometer can be used to All mentioned sources
determine movements or shaking • Trucks
of the ground, as you know these • Explosions
are the seismic waves generated
by, for example, an earthquake. • Volcanoes
From which other source can be
the device detect seismic waves?
53. Given the velocity of the S-waves 200 km
was 10km/s and the duration of
travel was 20 seconds
54. Knowing the location of the Anywhere at a distance of 200 km from the
seismograph, what is the location seismograph (b)
of epicenter of the aftershock?
55. What do you notice about the They are the same as potential energy
components that make up the SI
unit for kinetic energy?
56. Which position results in the Highest position
highest amount of potential
energy? You can keep playing
with the track if you don’t know
the answer yet.
57. Does the vehicle have zero energy No, because there is motion
at the bottom of the track?
58. Which mass of vehicle goes the Mass has no effect on velocity
fastest at the bottom?
59. Since these three vehicles would No, because mass has an effect on the velocity
all go the same speed at the bottom of the vehicle
if released from the same height,
would they possess the same
amount of kinetic energy?
60. In what form should the vehicle’s Half potential energy and half kinetic energy
energy be when it is at this point?
61. Isolated systems maintain the Air resistance
same amount of total energy, even
though it may be transformed from
one type to another, Which factor
below would reduce the total
energy of this system over time?
62. How cold you prevent his terrible All options are correct
situation from happening? • Increase the starting position height
even more
• Add a motor to contribute initial
velocity
• Decrease the maximum height of the
loop
63. What do we first need to calculate Potential energy at the top of the loop
in order to determine the minimum
initial velocity of the roller coaster
if it is going to complete this
double loop?
64. The total initial velocity of the From this amount, subtract potential energy at
vehicle needs to be higher than this the starting position
to make it past the highest point of
this loop. What is the next step to
determine how much additional
energy the motor should contribute
to the starting position?
65. What formula should use to
calculate the maximum velocity Answer: 3
possible if a roller coaster begins at
that height?
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