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12/29/2009
1 The gravitational potential energy, with respect 7 Calculate the magnitude of the average
to Earth, that is possessed by an object is acceleration of the roller coaster car as it
dependent on the object’s descends to the bottom of the hill. [Show all
(1) acceleration (3) position work, including the equation and substitution
(2) momentum (4) speed with units.]
2 As a ball falls freely toward the ground, its total 8 What is the average power required to raise a
mechanical energy 1.81 × 104-newton elevator 12.0 meters in
(1) decreases
22.5 seconds?
(2) increases
(3) remains the same (1) 8.04 × 102 W (3) 2.17 × 105 W
(2) 9.65 × 103 W (4) 4.89 × 106 W
Base your answers to questions 3 and 4 on the
information below. A boy pushes his wagon at
constant speed along a level sidewalk. The graph 9 If the speed of a moving object is doubled, the
below represents the relationship between the kinetic energy of the object is
horizontal force exerted by the boy and the (1) halved (3) unchanged
distance the wagon moves. (2) doubled (4) quadrupled
5 Calculate the height of the hill. [Neglect 13 What is the maximum amount of work that a
friction.] [Show all work, including the equation 6000.-watt motor can do in 10 seconds?
and substitution with units.] (1) 6.0 × 101 J (3) 6.0 × 103 J
6 Calculate the speed of the roller coaster car at (2) 6.0 × 102 J (4) 6.0 × 104 J
the bottom of the hill. [Show all work, including
the equation and substitution with units.]
The graph below represents the velocity of an the maximum height to which the stone will rise?
object traveling in a straight line as a function of [Neglect friction.]
time. (1) 0.41 m (3) 410 m
(2) 41 m (4) 4.1 m
18 The work done on a slingshot is 40.0 joules to 23 Using your graph determine the speed of the
pull back a 0.10-kilogram stone. If the slingshot mass after it has fallen a vertical distance of 12.5
projects the stone straight up in the air, what is meters.