Review Mid Term Exam

Physics Tool Kit, Velocity,

Acceleration, Forces, 2D Motion and
Energy
 Which of the following is not an SI
base unit?
a. meter
b. gram
c. Kelvin
d. ampere

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 When adding or subtracting measurements, first
perform the operation and then round off the result to
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a. most precise value
b. least precise value
c. least significant
digits
d. most significant
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The slope of a straight-line graph is the vertical
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The metric prefix that means 10-6 is
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 The slope of the tangent from an object’s
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 An object’s velocity is how fast it is
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 A runner is 5.0 km east of another runner, who is 5.0
km east of the OP parking lot. If west is positive, where
is the first runner with respect to the parking lot?
a. +5.0 km from the lot
b. -5.0 km from the lot
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 A bicycle travels 5.2 m/s in a westerly
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a. displacement
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 If the average velocity of an object is the
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choose the direction of the
positive and negative coordinates
for any question.
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 The area under the curve of an
acceleration vs. time graph
represents the change in an
object’s velocity.

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2. False

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 When a ball is tossed directly
upwards it reaches a point at the
top of its path where both the
velocity and acceleration are zero.

1. True
2. False

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 The reason Galileo’s experiment
works on the moon but not on
Earth is the lack of both
atmosphere and gravity on the
moon.
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2. False

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 If a car turns a corner while
maintaining a constant speed it is
experiencing acceleration.

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2. False

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A vector quantity has ____________.
a. only magnitude
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c. both magnitude and
direction
d. intensity
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a time interval is the runner’s ______.
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b. average acceleration
c. instantaneous velocity
d. instantaneous
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When acceleration and velocity vectors are
pointing in different directions, the object
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 The area under an acceleration-time
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a. change in velocity
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 Which is a constant for a free falling
body in a vacuum?
a. Displacement
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Matt throws a baseball straight up into the
air. The total displacement when he
catches it again is ___________.

a. Zero
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traveled up multiplied by
two
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traveled up.
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 Acceleration that does not change
with time is ____________.
a. Final acceleration
b. Average
acceleration
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acceleration
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 Acceleration can be measured in ___.

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 Which of the following statements is
true of acceleration?
a. Acceleration always has the
same sign as displacement.
b. Acceleration has the same
sign as velocity.
c. The sign of acceleration
depends on both the
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 As velocity increases, an object’s displacement
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 Which of the following statements is true
for a ball thrown vertically upward?
a. The ball has a negative acceleration
on the way up and a positive
acceleration on the way down.
b. The ball has a positive acceleration
on the way up and a negative
acceleration on the way down.
c. The ball has a constant acceleration
on the way up and down, but its
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its velocity is also zero for just an
instant.
d. The ball has a constant acceleration
throughout its flight.
 What is the correct variable isolation to find
acceleration when using the equation
vf2 = vi2 + 2ad
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object with varying acceleration be calculated?
a. By calculating the slope of the
tangent on a displacement-
time graph.
b. By calculating the area under
the graph on a displacement-
time graph.
c. By calculating the slope of the
tangent on a velocity-time 0% 0% 0% 0%
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 When the net forces acting on an
object add up to zero then the
object is accelerating.

1. True
2. False

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Acceleration is a change in velocity
caused by an unbalanced force.

1. True
2. False

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 Force and acceleration are scalar
quantities.

1. True
2. False

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 According to Newton’s first law, an
object will continue to move in a
straight line at a constant speed if and
only if the net force acting on it is
greater than zero.

1. True
2. False

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 Newton’s second law can be
written as the equation a = FNet/m.

1. True
2. False

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 If an object is moving to the right
we know that the net force acting
on the object must also be
pointing to the right.

1. True
2. False

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The reaction force to the action of
Earth pulling you downward is you
pulling the Earth upward.

1. True
2. False

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If you push against a wall, the wall pushes
back at you with _______ force.
1. No
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3. Less
4. Greater

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The gravitational force exerted on an object by a large
body, such as Earth, is also called _________.

1. Mass
2. Acceleration
3. Weight
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Difficulty in pushing a large crate from rest
involves _______________.
1. Static friction
2. Kinetic friction
3. Gravity
4. Balanced forces

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 What is the weight of a 225 kg space probe on the Moon?
Acceleration due to gravity on the Moon is 1.62 m/s2.

1. 1.35 x 103 N
2. 2.21 x 103 N
3. 365 N
4. 139 N

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 A 45 kg child sits on a 3.2 kg tire swing. What is
the force due to tension in the rope that hangs
from a tree branch?
1. 419 N
2. 441 N
3. 310 N
4. 472 N

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 A book with a mass of 365 grams is at rest on top of a
table. The fact that the book does not change its
motion could be explained because _______.
1. There are no forces
acting on the book
2. There is one force
acting on the book
3. There are two forces
acting on the book,
equal in size and
opposite in direction.
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 Assume that the floor of the room could be made perfectly
horizontal and perfectly smooth (no friction). A cart is placed on
the floor and given a small push. After the push, the motion of
the cart should be described as _________.

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 A property of matter by which it remains at rest or in
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elephant and she starts to chase you. Your best option,
as a student of physics, is to …
1. Lay down and play dead
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you can
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 A tennis ball and a steel ball are dropped from
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acceleration? (ignore air resistance).
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 A parachutist in free fall first reaches
terminal velocity ____________.
1. When the force of
gravity is less than
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 If a 4 kg book is resting on a table the
normal force on the book will be _____.
1. 4 kg
2. 39 kg
3. 4N
4. 39 N

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 If you are in an elevator standing on a scale,
your apparent weight (the reading on the scale)
will be less than your actual weight when _____.
1. The elevator starts to
slow down to a stop
at the top floor
2. The elevator reaches
a constant speed on
its way upward 0% 0% 0%
3. The elevator starts to
accelerate from rest

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 Ted places a penny on one side of a balance and a ball
of paper on the other side. The penny and the paper
balance exactly. If Ted tried to balance the same things
on the moon, _____________.
1. The scale would drop
on the paper side
2. The scale would drop
on the penny side
3. The scale would
balance again 0% 0% 0% 0%

4. The scale would rise

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 If the force acting on an object is
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velocity is independent of the vertical
component of its velocity
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 At the top of a projectile’s trajectory the
total velocity is zero for an instant.

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2. False

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the ground at the same time as an object
dropped from the same height.

1. True
2. False

0% 0%
 When an object is projected upward at an
angle, the time to reach the maximum
height is equal to the time it takes to fall
from that height back to the starting
elevation.
1. True
2. False

0% 0%
When adding vectors in two dimensions the
vectors are placed head to head and the
resultant is drawn between the two tails
1. True
2. False

0% 0%
When you whirl a can horizontally on the end
of a string, the centripetal force on the can is
actually the pull of the string on the can.

1. True
2. False

0% 0%
 In projectile motion where
the beginning and final
elevation are the same the
magnitude of the initial
43%
velocity is ____________
33%
the magnitude of the final
23%
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 A hiker moves 15 km due
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vector?
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b) south of west
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A football lands with a final
vertical velocity of 16 m/s
and a final horizontal
velocity of 5 m/s. What is25% 25% 25% 25%
the magnitude of the total
final velocity?
a) 17 m/s
b) 261 m/s
c) 281 m/s
d) 21 m/s
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 The correct description
of the following angle is.
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 A boat can move at 4 m/s in still water. The boat crosses the
river in a straight line with respect to the water but the water
current of 2 m/s pushes the boat downstream. The river is 400
m wide. What information do you need to calculate the time
to cross the river?
25% 25% 25% 25%
a) The width of the river and the velocity
of the boat as seen on shore
b) The width of the river and the velocity
of the boat with respect to the water.
c) The width of the river and the velocity
of the current
d) The width of the river, the velocity of
the boat and the angle of the boat to
the shore.

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 When adding vectors
graphically, the direction
and length of each
25% 25% 25% 25%
vector must
a) Not be changed
b) Be the same
c) Be reversed
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direction and length
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from a moving train. The time it
takes to fall _____.
25% 25% 25% 25%
a) Will vary depending upon the
observer’s position relative
to the train
b) Is independent of the
observer’s position
c) Depends upon the shape of
the trajectory
d) Depends upon the speed of
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a fast ball in order to have it pass
at the height of a batter’s chest?
a) Exactly at the height 33% 33% 33%
of the batter’s chest
b) Slightly below the
height of the batter’s
chest
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travels a distance of _____
during one period.
25% 25% 25% 25%

a) r
b) 2πr
c) 4πr2
d) v2/r

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 An object moves in a circle at a
constant speed. Which of the
following is not true of the object?
a) Its centripetal acceleration 25% 25% 25% 25%
points toward the center of the
circle
b) A centripetal force acts on the
object
c) Its tangential speed is constant
d) Its velocity is constant

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 A car traveling on a flat surface turns
through a curve with a radius of 25 m.
What is the most direct cause of the
car’s centripetal acceleration?
25% 25% 25% 25%
a) The force of friction between
the tires and the road.
b) The force of gravity on the car
c) The force of the driver on the
steering wheel
d) The normal force between the

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 An object can have potential
energy only if it is elevated and
stationary.

1. True
2. False

0% 0%
 Machines or systems with 100%
efficiency are common in everyday
life.

1. True
2. False

0% 0%
 Work is a vector quantity.

1. True
2. False

0% 0%
 If a forklift is replaced with a new forklift
that has twice the power, it is capable of
lifting twice the load in the same amount
of time, or the same load in half the
amount of time.

1. True
2. False

0% 0%
In which of the following situations
is work not being done?
1. A chair is lifted
vertically with respect
to the floor
2. A suitcase is carried
up stairs to the plane
3. A box is dropped
onto the ground 0% 0% 0% 0%
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In which of the following situations
is work done on a rock by gravity?
1. Carrying a rock
across a yard
2. Dropping a rock
3. Picking up the rock
4. Pushing the rock
0% 0% 0% 0%
across the driveway

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 Which of the following equations
correctly describes the relation
between power and work?
1. W = P/t
2. W = t/P
3. P = W/t
4. P = t/W

0% 0% 0% 0%

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 Which of the following would produce the
greatest increase in the kinetic energy of a
moving object?

1. Doubling its mass

2. Doubling its velocity
3. Halving its mass
4. Halving its velocity
0% 0% 0% 0%

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A car has a kinetic energy of 5700 J. 7.5 s later it
moves in the opposite direction with the same
speed. What kinetic energy does it have?

1. 5700 J
2. -5700 J
3. 0J
4. 11400 J

0% 0% 0% 0%

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 A 6 kg ball is travelling at 5 m/s. What is its
kinetic energy?

1. 37.5 J
2. 75 J
3. 150 J
4. 300 J

0% 0% 0% 0%

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J

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37
 A 6 kg ball travelling at 5 m/s doubles its
velocity. What is its kinetic energy now?

1. 37.5 J
2. 75 J
3. 150 J
4. 300 J

0% 0% 0% 0%

J
J

75

0
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15

30
37
When you throw a ball up into the air, the total energy
of the ball at any point in its flight can be expressed as
kinetic energy ________ potential energy

1. times
2. minus
3. divided by
4. plus

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Which mass has the greatest potential
energy with respect to the floor?
1. 6 kg mass 5 meters
above the floor
2. 10 kg mass 2 meters
above the floor
3. 2 kg mass 12 meters
above the floor 0% 0% 0% 0%

4. 50 kg mass resting

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 The total amount of energy in an
isolated, closed system ______.
1. is constantly
increasing
2. is constantly
decreasing
3. remains constant
0% 0% 0% 0%
4. cannot be
accurately

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Positive work is done on an object when a
constant force is exerted on the object
causing the object to be displaced ______.
1. opposite the
direction of the force
2. at an angle to the
force
3. perpendicular to the
0% 0% 0% 0%
force
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One definition of _________ is “work done
per unit of time”.

1. efficiency
2. mechanical
advantage
3. power
4. work-energy 0% 0% 0% 0%
theorem

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 Which of the following things relates to
power but not to work?

1. distance
2. time
3. mass
4. force

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 As an object falls towards Earth, the
potential energy of the object _____.

1. increases
2. remains constant
3. decreases

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The kinetic energy of a boulder weighing 50.0 N
perched on the edge of a cliff 25.0 m high is
________.

1. 0J
2. 2.0 J
3. 25.0 J
4. 750.0 J

0% 0% 0% 0%

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0
0

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2.

25

75
 A change in the kinetic energy of an object is
equal to the _______.

1. force exerted on the

object
2. net work done on
the object
3. velocity of the 0% 0% 0% 0%
object

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Like work, energy is a _________ quantity.

1. scalar
2. vector
3. fundamental

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