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Some Review Questions for the Mid-term Exam: Physics 1

Directions & Disclaimer: This review packet is not meant to represent everything that we have studied nor does it necessarily include every topic that will be tested on the midterm exam. It is meant to be primarily a guide to your studying. In addition, please do these problems on a separate sheet of paper.
1. A sled and its rider are pushed from rest from a snowy area onto very low friction ice and then released. The sled and rider slide at constant velocity until the sled runs into a tree stump, which stops the sled suddenly while the rider keeps moving. List as many applications of Newtons 3 Laws of Motion as you can for this situation.

Situation
Example: Someone pushes the sled and rider causing him or her to speed up. Example: The person pushing the sled cant speed up as much as she could without the sled

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2nd Law 3rd Law

Explanation
Unbalanced force causes the sled to accelerate. The sled is applying the same force back on the pusher, causing a force that resists the persons motion.

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2. After its recent dramatic landing on the surface of the planet Mars, the Spirit spacecraft measured the mass and downward force (weight) of several dozen rocks. A plot of the downward force vs. mass is shown above. The slope of the graph is 3.72 and the y-intercept is 20.

Downward Force vs Mass on Mars

Downward Force (N)

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Mass (Kg)
a) b) c) d) Write a sentence in WORDS that explains what the slope of this graph means. Write a sentence in WORDS that explains what the y-intercept of this graph means. Write a WORD equation in y = mx + b form, for the graph shown above. Given your word equation in part C, what would be the downward force exerted on a 500 kg rock at the surface of Mars? e) What is the physical significance of this slope? f) The y-intercept of this graph should be 0. What is the physical significance of this y-intercept? What could account for it not being exactly 0? g) Are these measurements precise? Why or why not? h) Are these measurements accurate? Why or why not?

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3. Sam is riding on a skateboard and is being pulled by her friend at a constant speed. The force that is exerted on Sam is 20 N. Describe whether or not Sam is in static or dynamic equilibrium, describe the meaning of this term, and determine the force of friction that is exerted on Sam. 4. What does the slope of each of the following graphs tell the Informed Physics Person (IPP) and how can the IPP tell?

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a) an X vs. T graph b) a V vs. T graph c) an F vs. T graph d) an A vs. T graph e) an Amount Paid vs Time graph

What does it tell?

How does the IPP know?

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5. What does the bounded area of each of the following graphs tell the Informed Physics Person (IPP) and how can the IPP tell?

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a) a V vs. T graph b) a F vs. T graph c) an A vs. T graph

What does it tell?

How does the IPP know?

6. What is the difference between Fg and g and the difference between a and v? 7. A creature weighs 100 N on the Earth. When this creature returns to its home planet, a force of 500 N is exerted on it to cause it to accelerate. What is the magnitude of this acceleration? 8. A child who weighs 115 N is pulled along the ground with a force of 85 N. The child is accelerating at a rate of 1.74 m/s/s. What is the force of friction between the ground and the child? 9. What is the force of tension in the spring shown on the right? How do you know? CEILING

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10. What is wrong with this statement? When I push a bowling ball along a wooden floor, it rolls for quite a while, gradually slowing to a stop. The reason it slows to a stop is that it runs out of the force it received from my push. 11. How are distance and displacement different? Explain using the following situation. I walk 3 km North, then 5 km East, then 5 km South. 12. I slide a box across a wooden floor at an increasing speed. a) Is the force that the box applies to me equal to the force that I apply to it? b) If your answer to (a) is YES, how can the box accelerate, since acceleration requires unbalanced forces? If your answer to (a) is NO, then does that mean that Newtons 3rd Law doesnt hold if an object is accelerating? 13. If a bike begins rolling down a smooth, level ramp from rest and covers 0.5 m in the first second, how far will the car have gone in 5 seconds? Show your work. 14. A ball is thrown vertically with an initial velocity of 25 m/s. Ignore air resistance. a) How high does the ball reach above the ground? b) What is the balls final velocity (before beginning to fall downward)? 15. Joan punches a 35-kg punching bag with a force of 200 N. What is the acceleration of the punching bag? 16. A ball a) b) c) d) is thrown horizontally at 10 m/s and it hits the ground 2 seconds after thrown. How far does ball go (horizontally)? How high is the pitcher above the ground? Whats the balls vertical speed at the end of its flight (both horizontally and vertically)? Whats the balls acceleration at the end of its flight?

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17. Two dogs are fighting over a toy. Rover, the fearless Chihuahua, pulls North with a force of 18 N, and Tiny, the fun-loving Great Dane, pulls East with a force of 42 N. What is the net force (dont forget magnitude and direction!!) acting on the toy? 18. What does 4 m/s/s mean? Do NOT use the term accelerate (or any variation of such) in your explanation. 19. A professional skydiver carrying an altimeter takes about 10 seconds to reach her (parachute closed) terminal velocity of -50 m/s. She then falls down at a constant velocity of -50 m/s for the next 30 seconds. The diver then opens her parachute (40 seconds after leaving the airplane). Her velocity changes from -50 m/s to -5 m/s in 10 seconds. She then falls to the ground for 10 seconds with a constant (parachute opened) terminal velocity of -5 m/s, landing safely on the ground 60 seconds after leaving a perfectly good airplane. Draw a free body diagram correctly showing the relative magnitudes and directions of the forces acting on the skydiver at: a) 5 seconds b) 25 seconds c) 41 seconds d) 55 seconds

Sketch a graph of altitude vs. time after leaving the airplane for the skydiver. That is, sketch the XT graph of the skydivers flight from 0 to 60 seconds.