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A player throws a football 50.0 m at 61.0° north of west. What is the westward
component of the displacement of the football?
Select one:
A. 74.0 m
B. 0.00 m
C. 24.2 m
D. 55.0 m
E. 64.7m

A boy jumps with a velocity of magnitude 20.0 m/s at an angle of 25.0° above the
horizontal. What is the horizontal component of the boy's velocity?
Select one:
A. 12.6 m/s
B. 9.33 m/s
C. 8.45 m/s
D. 18.1 m/s
E. 15.6 m/s

A rocket is moving at 1/4 the speed of light relative to Earth. At the center of this
rocket, a light suddenly flashes. To an observer at rest on Earth
Select one:
A. the light will reach the front of the rocket before it reaches the back of the
rocket.
B. the light will reach the front of the rocket after it reaches the back of the rocket.
C. the light will reach the front of the rocket at the same instant that it reaches the
back of the rocket.

A 0.330-kg volleyball is thrown vertically downward with a speed of 0.150 m/s in a

place where g = 9.81 m/s2. It takes it 0.0655 s to reach the ground. What is the
magnitude of its momentum just before it hits the ground?
Select one:
A. 0.163 kg ∙ m/s
B. 0.0216 kg ∙ m/s
 C. 0.0418 kg ∙ m/s
D. 0.262 kg ∙ m/s
E. 0.212 kg ∙ m/s

An object moves 15.0 m north and then 11.0 m south. Find both the distance it has
traveled and the magnitude of its displacement.
Select one:
A. 26.0 m, 26.0 m
B. 26.0 m, 4.0 m
C. 4.0 m, 4.0 m
D. 4.0 m, 26.0 m

A net force of 125 N is applied to a certain object. As a result, the object accelerates
with an acceleration of 24.0 m/s2. The mass of the object is
Select one:
A. 144 kg.
B. 3000 kg.
C. 2880 kg.
D. 5.21 kg.
E. 0.200 kg.

A certain planet has an escape speed V. If another planet of the same size has twice
the mass as the first planet, its escape speed will be
Select one:
A. V/ .
B. V.
C. 2V.
D. V/2.
E. V.

The position x, in meters, of an object is given by the equation x = A + Bt + Ct2,

where t represents time in seconds. What are the SI units of A, B, and C?
Select one:
 A. m/s, m/s2, m/s3

B. m, m/s, m/s2

C. m, m, m

D. m, s, s2

E. m, s, s

Astronaut Spud Nick is space-traveling from planet X to planet Y at a speed of

0.60c relative to the planets, which are at rest relative to each other. When he is
precisely halfway between the planets, a distance of 1.0 light-hour from each one as
measured in the planet frame, nuclear devices are detonated on each planet. The
explosions are simultaneous in the frame of the planets. What is the difference in the
time of arrival of the flashes from the explosions as observed by Spud?
Select one:
A. 300 min
B. 0 min
C. 113 min
D. 150 min
E. 75 min

Tensile stress is
Select one:
A. applied force per cross-sectional area.
B. the ratio of the change in length.
C. the strain per unit length.
D. the same as force.

A car goes around a circular curve on a horizontal road at constant speed. What is the
direction of the friction force on the car due to the road?
Select one:
A. perpendicular to the curve inward
B. tangent to the curve opposite to the direction of the car's motion
C. tangent to the curve in the forward direction
D. perpendicular to the curve outward
 E. There is no friction on the car because its speed is constant.

A steel ball sinks in water but floats in a pool of mercury, which is much denser than
water. Where is the buoyant force on the ball greater?
Select one:
A. submerged in the water
B. floating on the mercury
C. It is the same in both cases.
D. It cannot be determined from the information given.

When a car goes around a circular curve on a horizontal road at constant speed, what
force causes it to follow the circular path?
Select one:
A. gravity
B. the normal force from the road
C. the friction force from the road
D. No force causes the car to do this because the car is traveling at constant speed
and therefore has no acceleration.

A 0.140-kg baseball is dropped and reaches a speed of 1.20 m/s just before it hits the
ground and bounces. It rebounds with an upward velocity of 1.00 m/s. What is the
change of the ball's momentum during the bounce?
Select one:
A. 0.000 kg ∙ m/s
B. 0.308 kg ∙ m/s downwards
C. 0.0280 kg ∙ m/s downwards
D. 0.0280 kg ∙ m/s upwards
E. 0.308 kg ∙ m/s upwards

Salt water is denser than fresh water. A ship floats in both fresh water and salt water.
Compared to the fresh water, the volume of water displaced in the salt water is
Select one:
A. the same.
B. more.
C. less.
 D. Cannot be determined because we do not know the volume of the ship.

If I weigh 741 N on Earth at a place where g = 9.80 m/s2 and 5320 N on the surface of
another planet, what is the acceleration due to gravity on that planet?
Select one:
A. 51.4 m/s2
B. 70.4 m/s2
C. 81.0 m/s2
D. 61.2 m/s2

A motorist travels for 3.0 h at 80 km/h and 2.0 h at 100 km/h. What is her average
speed for the trip?
Select one:
A. 88 km/h
B. 92 km/h
C. 85 km/h
D. 90 km/h

If I weigh 741 N on Earth at a place where g = 9.80 m/s2 and 5320 N on the surface of
another planet, what is the acceleration due to gravity on that planet?
Select one:
A. 70.4 m/s2
B. 81.0 m/s2
C. 51.4 m/s2
D. 61.2 m/s2

Convert a speed of 4.50 km/h to units of ft/min. (1.00 m = 3.28 ft)

Select one:
A. 165 ft/min
B. 0.246 ft/min
C. 246 ft/min
D. 82.3 ft/min
E. 886 ft/min

A certain planet has an escape speed V. If another planet of the same size has twice
the mass as the first planet, its escape speed will be
Select one:
A. V.
B. V.
C. 2V.
D. V/2.
E. V/ .

An object moves 15.0 m north and then 11.0 m south. Find both the distance it has
traveled and the magnitude of its displacement.
Select one:
A. 4.0 m, 26.0 m
B. 4.0 m, 4.0 m
C. 26.0 m, 4.0 m
D. 26.0 m, 26.0 m

A steel ball sinks in water but floats in a pool of mercury, which is much denser than
water. Where is the buoyant force on the ball greater?
Select one:
A. submerged in the water
B. floating on the mercury
C. It is the same in both cases.
D. It cannot be determined from the information given

Astronaut Spud Nick is space-traveling from planet X to planet Y at a speed of

0.60c relative to the planets, which are at rest relative to each other. When he is
precisely halfway between the planets, a distance of 1.0 light-hour from each one as
measured in the planet frame, nuclear devices are detonated on each planet. The
explosions are simultaneous in the frame of the planets. What is the difference in the
time of arrival of the flashes from the explosions as observed by Spud?
Select one:
A. 150 min
B. 0 min
C. 113 min
D. 75 min
E. 300 min
When a car goes around a circular curve on a horizontal road at constant speed, what
force causes it to follow the circular path?
Select one:
A. gravity
B. the normal force from the road
C. the friction force from the road
D. No force causes the car to do this because the car is traveling at constant speed
and therefore has no acceleration

A boy jumps with a velocity of magnitude 20.0 m/s at an angle of 25.0° above the
horizontal. What is the horizontal component of the boy's velocity?
Select one:
A. 12.6 m/s
B. 15.6 m/s
C. 9.33 m/s
D. 8.45 m/s
E. 18.1 m/s

A 0.330-kg volleyball is thrown vertically downward with a speed of 0.150 m/s in a

place where g = 9.81 m/s2. It takes it 0.0655 s to reach the ground. What is the
magnitude of its momentum just before it hits the ground?
Select one:
A. 0.262 kg ∙ m/s
B. 0.212 kg ∙ m/s
C. 0.0216 kg ∙ m/s
D. 0.0418 kg ∙ m/s
E. 0.163

A rocket is moving at 1/4 the speed of light relative to Earth. At the center of this
rocket, a light suddenly flashes. To an observer at rest on Earth
Select one:
A. the light will reach the front of the rocket before it reaches the back of the
rocket.
B. the light will reach the front of the rocket after it reaches the back of the rocket.
 C. the light will reach the front of the rocket at the same instant that it reaches the
back of the rocket.

A player throws a football 50.0 m at 61.0° north of west. What is the westward
component of the displacement of the football?
Select one:
A. 24.2 m
B. 74.0 m
C. 0.00 m
D. 55.0 m
E. 64.7m

A net force of 125 N is applied to a certain object. As a result, the object accelerates
with an acceleration of 24.0 m/s2. The mass of the object is
Select one:
A. 144 kg.
B. 0.200 kg.
C. 3000 kg.
D. 5.21 kg.
E. 2880 kg.

An object moves 15.0 m north and then 11.0 m south. Find both the distance it has
traveled and the magnitude of its displacement.
Select one:
A. 26.0 m, 26.0 m
B. 26.0 m, 4.0 m
C. 4.0 m, 4.0 m
D. 4.0 m, 26.0 m