PHYC2121 General Physics 1

1st sem - 2nd Quarter

Scott drives a Jeep 12 km east, then 4 km north, then finally 3 km west. He traveled a total
distance of:
- 19 km

A ping-pong ball rolls forward 6 meters, and bounces backward 3 meters. It traveled a total
distance of:
- 9 meters

An airplane increases its speed at the average rate of 15 m/s2. How much time does it take to
increase its speed from 100 m/s to 160 m/s?
- 4.0 s

The work done against gravity in moving a box with a mass of 20 kilograms through a height of
5 meters is
- 1000 joules.

Which of these is the most accurate statement about momentum in a collision between two
objects?
- Momentum is always conserved.

An unbalanced external torque acting on an object will cause a change in the object's
- linear momentum.

The total momentum before a collision is equal to the total momentum after the collision.
- This is true for any collision.

A heavy block is suspended from a vertical spring. The elastic potential energy is stored in the
spring is 2 J. What is the spring constant if the elongation of the spring is 10 cm?
- 400 N/m

How would you write -5.6 x 10^-3 in standard form?

- -0.0056

A moving car possesses

- mechanical energy

A skydiver weighing 500 newtons jumps from an airplane at a height of 2000 meters. At the start
of the jump, the skydiver's potential energy is __ joules relative to the ground.
- 1,000,000
When angular momentum is conserved, rotational speed
- increases if the mass moves closer to the axis of rotation.

The energy use in solar cookers, solar distillation plants, solar power plants is known as
- solar energy

If an object moves along a straight path it is said to be _ motion.

- Both A and B

A skydiver weighing 500 newtons jumps from an airplane at a height of 2000 meters. If there is
no air resistance, the skydiver's kinetic energy will equal his potential energy relative to the
ground when he is at a height of __ meters.
- 1000

Work is equal to the product of

- force and distance.

Which of these is the most accurate statement about kinetic energy in a collision between two
objects?
- Kinetic energy is only conserved if the collision is elastic.

Impulse is equal to the change in __ of the object on which the impulse acts.
- momentum

An impulse of 100 N-s is applied to an object. If this same impulse is delivered over a shorter
time interval,
- the force involved will be increased.

Convert 17 m to cm:
- 1,700 cm

_ is the rate at which work is done.

- Power

How many significant figures are there in 0.0054 grams?

- 2 / Metric

A 60-kg grandfather and his 20-kg granddaughter are balanced on a seesaw. If the
granddaughter is sitting 3 meters from the pivot point, the grandfather must be sitting __ from it.
- 1 meters
A motorbike engine can develop a power of 90000 W in order to keep a constant velocity of 30
m/s. What is the pushing force?
- 3000 N

How would you write 0.0005 in scientific notation?

- 5 x 10^4

How many significant figures are there in 0.0054 grams?

- 2 / Metric

A car is traveling north at 17.7 m/s. After 12 s its velocity is 14.1 m/s in the same direction. Find
the magnitude and direction of the car's average acceleration.
- 0.30 m/s2, south

During a game of dodgeball, Marina runs 2.45 meters forward to grab a dodgeball, then runs
1.25 meters backward to avoid a opponent's dodgeball. Her displacement would be:
- 1.2 meters forwards

The distance between two fixed point is __.

- Length

When measuring the volume of soda in a large bottle, what unit of measure should be used?
-L

Whether you slam on the brakes or apply a steady, moderate pressure to the brake pedal, the
__ required to bring your car to a stop will be the same.
- impulse

Round off 333 to the nearest hundred

- 300

What is the acronym to help you remember the ratios to use in trigonometry?
- SOHCAHTOA

A car traveling at 60 km/hr passes a truck going 30 km/hr. If the truck has twice the mass of the
car, which of the following is true?
- The car has the same momentum and twice as much kinetic energy as the truck.

The energy possessed by a body due to its position is called its

- potential energy

A doorknob is normally placed near the edge of the door opposite the hinges. This is because
- a force at this position will produce a maximum torque.
What is known as the change in position of an object?
- Displacement

The physical quantities used in displacement both direction and magnitude are called as:
- vectors

According to Newton’s first law of motion, a moving object that is not acted on by an unbalanced
force will
- remain in motion.

As a spinning ice skater moves her arms out away from her body
- her rotational speed decreases, due to conservation of angular momentum.

A train traveled a distance of 180 kilometers in 5 hours. Its average speed was __ km/hr.
- 36

The rule of scientific notation is to write all exponents with a base of __.
- 10

What happens to the total energy of a moving object if all the applied forces are conserved?
- It remains constant

The Moon's gravity is 1/6 of the Earth's gravity. The mass of a bowling ball on the Earth would
be __ its mass on the Moon.
- equal to

Torque is the product of

- lever arm and force.

When you run up two flights of stairs instead of walking up them, you feel more tired because
- your power output is greater when you run than when you walk.

The work done against gravity in moving a box with a mass of 3 kilograms through a horizontal
distance of 5 meters is
- 0 joules.

Angular momentum is the product of

- rotational inertia and rotational velocity.

An elastic collision is one in which

- no lasting deformation of either object occurs.