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Started on Sunday, 6 November 2022, 4:29 PM

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Question 1
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A net force of 6 N will accelerate a 2 kg mass at a rate of ___ .

a. 8 m/s2

b. 3 m/s2
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c. 6 m/s2

d. 2 m/s2

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Question 2
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Who defined the law of gravity?

a. Newton
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b. Archimedes

c. Galileo

d. Faraday

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Question 3

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Momentum is the product of

a. force and velocity.

b. force and inertia.

c. mass and velocity.

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d. mass and acceleration.

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Question 4
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_____ is a measure of the inertia of a material object.

a. Mass
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b. Force

c. Speed

d. Velocity

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Question 5
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Acceleration is the rate of change of ____ due to a change in ____ .

a. time; the speed of light

b. speed; direction and/or velocity

c. velocity; speed and/or direction

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d. direction; velocity and/or speed

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Question 6

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Which of the following has the least amount of inertia?

a. Feather
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b. Elephant

c. Bowling ball

d. Helicopter

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Question 7
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A freight car moving at 20 m/s to the right strikes a stationary freight car of the same mass. Wnat is the effect of collision?

a. the first car will move left and the second car will move right, both at 10 m/s

b. both cars will move together to the right at 20 m/s

c. both cars will move together to the right at 10 m/s

d.  the first car will stop and the second car will move away at 20 m/s to the right
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Question 8

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A car on a straight track is traveling at 20 m/s. If the car accelerates for 3 seconds at 5 m/s2, what will be the car's speed at the end
of the acceleration?

a. 25 m/s

b. 35 m/s
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c. 65 m/s

d. 15 m/s

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Question 9
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Which of the following is a vector?

a. Volume

b. Speed

c. Velocity
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d. Time

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Question 10
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As a 10 kilogram mass on the end of a spring passes through its equilibrium position, the kinetic energy of the mass is 20 joules. The
speed of the mass is:

a. 2.0 m/s
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b. 5.0 m/s

c. 4.0 m/s

d. 6.3 m/s

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Question 11

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When a bullet is fired from a rifle,

a.  the momentum of the rifle is zero.

b. the momentum of the rifle is greater than the momentum of the bullet.

c. the momentum of the rifle is equal and opposite to the momentum of the bullet.
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d. the momentum of the bullet is greater than the momentum of the rifle.

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Question 12
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A ball of mass 2 kg was initially in the hand of a girl. The girl thorws the ball with 20 m/s then find the impulse imparted to the ball.

a. 50 kg.m/s

b. 40 kg.m/s
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c. 20 kg.m/s

d. 10 kg.m/s

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Question 13

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When a car is accelerating, it must be

a. changing its speed.

b. changing its position.

c. changing its direction.

d. changing its velocity.

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Question 14

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Newton's law of momentum

a.  pressure

b. impulse

c. applied force
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d. work

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Question 15
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If some measurements agree closely with each other but differ widely from the actual value, these measurements are

a. accurate but not precise.

b. precise but not accurate

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c. neither precise nor accurate.

d.  acceptable as a new standard of accuracy.

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Question 16

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A man getting down a running bus falls forward because...

a. due to inertia of direction

b. due to inertia of motion

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c. due to inertia at rest

d. All of the above

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Question 17

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If a moving object doubles its speed, how much momentum will it have?

a. four times as much as before

b. twice as much as before

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c. the same amount as before

d. one half as much as before

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Question 18
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A freight car moving at 30 m/s to the right strikes a stationary freight car of the same mass. If the two  cars couple together, what
will be their velocity after the collision?

a. 15 m/s to the left

b. 30 m/s to the right

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c. 15 m/s to the right

d. 30 m/s to the left

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Question 19

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_____ is a branch of science that involves the study of the physical world; _____ is the language of physics.

a. Natural science, English

b. Physics, math
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c. Math, physics

d. Natural science, math

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Question 20
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The unit of energy is the joule, which is equal to a

a. kg/s

b. N/s

c. N.m
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d. kg.m

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Question 21
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What do we say when a body remains in one position for a long time?

a. Rest
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b. Motion

c. None of the above

d. Stationary

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Question 22

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A book is at rest on top of a table. Which of the following is correct?

a. There is no force acting on the book.

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b. The inertia of the book is equal to the inertia of the table.

c. The book has no inertia.

d.  The book is in equilibrium.

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Question 23
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Kinetic energy is energy of

a. position

b. formation

c. radiation

d. motion
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Question 24

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The symbols for units of length in order from smallest to largest are

a. km, mm, cm, and m

b. mm, cm, m, and km

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c. m, cm, mm, and km

d. mm, m, cm, and km

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Question 25

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The unit of force is the newton, which is equal to

a. kg.m/s2
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b. kg.m2/s2

c. kg.m

d. kg.m/s

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Question 26
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A mass of 3 kg moving to the right with a momentum of 12 kg-m/s would have a speed of ____ m/s.

a. 9

b. 36 

c. 15

d. 4

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Question 27

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When we kick a stone, we get hurt. Due to which one of the following properties does it happen?

a. Inertia

b. Reaction
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c. Momentum

d. Velocity

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Question 28

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The time needed for a net force of 10 newtons to change the velocity of a 5 kilograms mass by 3 meters/second is:

a. 6 s

b. 150 s

c. 16.7 s

d. 1.5 s
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Question 29
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A car travels for 10 seconds on a straight track at a constant speed of 40 m/s. What is its acceleration during this period?

a. 10 m/s2

b. 0 m/s2
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c.  40 m/s2

d. 4 m/s2

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Question 30

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A mass of 12 kg moving to the right with a speed of 4 m/s would have a momentum of ____ kg-m/s.

a. 8

b. 48

c. 16

d. 3

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Question 31

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A firefighter with a mass of 70 kg slides down a vertical pole, accelerating at 4 m/s2. The net force that acts on the firefighter is

a. 420 N

b. 700 N

c. 70 N

d. 280 N
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Question 32
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Potential energy is the energy possessed by an object due to its

a. velocity

b. position
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c. momentum
d. acceleration

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Question 33

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What two dimensions, in addition to mass, are commonly used by physicists to derive additional measurements?

a.  length and width

b. velocity and time

c. length and time

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d. area and mass

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Question 34

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A train traveled a distance of 90 kilometers in 2 hours. It would be most correct to say that its ____ was 45 km/hr.

a. acceleration

b. free fall

c. velocity

d. average speed
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Question 35
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_____ is generally described as a push or a pull.

a. Velocity

b. Inertia

c. Force
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d. Mass

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Question 36

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What is the mass of an object that requires a force of 90 N to accelerate at a rate of 2.6 m/s2?

a. 54.6 kg

b. 44.6 kg

c. None of the above

d. 34.6 kg

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Question 37

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Which of the following specifies a vector quantity?

a. The boy had a mass of 40 kilograms.

b. Mankato is about 140 kilometers southwest of the Twin Cities.

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c. The lectures in this class are normally 80 minutes long.

d. The truck accelerated at 9.8 m/s2.

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Question 38
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In the absence of an external net force, an object at rest remains at rest, and a body in motion moves in a straight line at constant
speed. This is a statement of

a. Newton's Law of Gravity.

b. Newton's Third Law of Motion.

c. Newton's Second Law of Motion.

d. Newton's First Law of Motion.

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Question 39
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If two speeding trucks have the same momentum,

a. the more massive truck must have a greater speed.

b. the more massive truck must have a lower speed.

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c. they must have the same acceleration.

d.  they must have the same velocity.

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Question 40

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Gravitational potential energy is the product of

a. mass and acceleration.

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b. weight and height.

c. power and time.

d. force and distance.

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Question 41
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The SI base unit used to measure mass is the

a. gram
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b. meter

c. second

d. liter

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Question 42
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A train of freight cars, each 10 m long, rolls by at the rate of 2 cars each second. What is the speed of the train?

a. 2 m/s

b. 5 m/s

c. 12 m/s

d. 20 m/s
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Your answer is correct.

Question 43

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Upon catching a ball, a cricket fielder swings his hands backwards. The concept behind this is explained by

a. Newton's first law of motion

b. Newton's second law of motion

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c. Newton's third law of motion

d. Newton's law of momentum

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Question 44
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In any collision, which of the following is conserved:

a. velocity

b. momentum
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c. potential energy

d.  kinetic energy

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Question 45

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For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. This is a statement of

a. Newton's First Law of Motion.

b. Newton's Third Law of Motion.

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c. Newton's Second Law of Motion.

d.  Newton's Law of Gravity.

Your answer is correct.

Question 46

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Scalar quantity is completely described by specifying

a. either its magnitude or its direction.

b. both its magnitude and its direction.

c.  its magnitude.
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d. its direction.

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Question 47
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If a bowling ball is dropped from a height of 10 meters above the ground, it will

a. fall downward at an ever-decreasing speed until it hits the ground.

b. fall downward at a constant speed until it hits the ground.

c. fall downward at an ever-increasing speed until it hits the ground.

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d. fall downward at a constant velocity until it hits the ground.

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Question 48

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The tendency of objects to resist changes in their motion is called

a. speed

b. acceleration

c. velocity

d.  inertia
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Question 49

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If a net force acts on an object, the object will be accelerated in the direction of the force, with the magnitude of the acceleration
proportional to the force and inversely proportional to the object's mass. This is a statement of

a. Newton's Law of Gravity.

b. Newton's Second Law of Motion.

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c. Newton's First Law of Motion.

d. Newton's Third Law of Motion.

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Question 50
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Which of these is the most accurate statement about kinetic energy in a collision between two objects?

a. Kinetic energy is only conserved if the colliding objects bounce apart.

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b. Kinetic energy is only conserved if the colliding objects stick together.

c. Kinetic energy is never conserved.

d. Kinetic energy is only conserved if the collision is inelastic.

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