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Suppose this lab is performed inside a car of a TGV moving at a constant speed of 220 km/hr along a curved track. What will be the outcome of the experiment? A physics lab to determine the acceleration of gravity involves measuring the time of flight of a small ball falling straight down a narrow vertical cylinder.
- The ball will hit the side of the cylinder; the experiment won’t work.
- The ball will drop straight down with acceleration 9.8 m/s 2 .
- The ball will drop straight down with acceleration different from 9.8 m/s 2 .
- None of the above. CC: BY-NC Alain Stoll (flickr) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en
A train wheel of radius R with a black dot painted on its edge (point P) is rolling without slipping on a rail. Between times t 1 and t 2 the wheel turns through half a revolution. Over this time interval, the displacement vector of point P, expressed in unit vector notation, is
- 2 R i + 2 R j
- 2 π R i + 2 R j
- 2 R i + π R j
- π R i + 2 R j
- π R i + R j Original image CC: BY-NC Harvard Avenue (flickr) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en
A swimmer stands facing a straight segment of river 200m wide which is flowing to her left at 2m/s. She dives into the water and swims at her top speed to the other shore, keeping her body oriented perpendicular to the shorelines at all times. Which of the following statements about her crossing is true?
- She emerges downstream of her initial position along the shoreline.
- Her speed relative to the water is larger than her speed relative to the shoreline.
- Her trip took the shortest possible time.
- Both 1 and 2
- Both 1 and 3
- All of 1, 2 and 3
Which row of graphs describes the motion of a ball
tossed vertically upward and caught on the way down at
its initial height? (Note: +y is directed upward.)
t t t t
Some tips to remember:
- A “ massless ” and “ frictionless ” pulley changes the direction of tension in a string but not its magnitude.
- Two (or more) objects tied by a taut string or in continuous contact with each other move at the same speed and have the same magnitude (but not necessarily direction) of acceleration.
- Normal forces don’t have to act in the vertical direction and don’t always equal the weight (“slanty force” problems).
- The direction of the force of static friction is set by the need to balance other forces acting on an object. The direction of the kinetic friction force is always opposed to the velocity of the object (relative to the surface on which it’s moving).
A ball is whirled around on a string
of length r in a horizontal circle at
constant speed v. What change to
the tension in the string T would be
required if the radius were halved
but the velocity kept constant?
1. T would stay the same
2. T would increase by a factor 2
3. T would decrease by a factor 2
4. T would increase by a factor 4
5. T would decrease by a factor 4
Taking the + i direction to the right, what is the contact force that block B exerts on block A? A. zero B. –1.5 i C. –4.5 i D. 1.5 i E. 4.5 i F. –6.0 i
Since your undisclosed hobby is to search for the most exciting elevator (one that produces maximal acceleration), you spend a fair amount of time riding elevators while standing on a bathroom scale. At what point during a descending elevator ride does the scale measure its largest value?
- At the beginning/top of ride.
- At the end/bottom of ride.
- At any point in between.
- It always reads the same.
Consider a head-on collision between a tiny Geo Metro and a huge Ford Expedition. When they collide, the force exerted on the small car by the large car (F SL ) is
**1. larger than
- smaller than
- the same as the force exerted on the large car on the large car by the small car (F LS**
FLS FSL v S v L
Chapter Concepts Calculations 1+2 3 3 3 3 3 4+5 3 5 total 9 11
