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100

A diver is airborne for 1.4 seconds before splashing into the water. How high was their diving board?

10 metes

100

What is the force of gravity of a person who has a mass of 68 kg (acceleration of gravity (-9.8 m/s2)?

667 N downward

100

Provide the reaction force of a laptop pushing down on a table.

The table pushes up on the laptop.

100

If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour… you’re gonna see some serious s***.

Is this speed measurement a vector or a scalar?

Scalar

100
Who is the current vice president of the United States?

JD Vance

200

If the slope of a position vs time graph is 10 m/s for 3 seconds, what is the acceleration during the 3 seconds?

0 m/s2

200

What is the mass of a ball that has an acceleration of 6 m/s2 and a force of 70 Newtons?

11.7 kg

200

If force remains constant, how would the acceleration of an object change if the mass is doubled?

The acceleration will decrease by a factor of 1/2

200

If a bowling ball and a golf ball were dropped from a tree, which would hit the ground first assuming air resistance is negligible?

Both the bowling ball and golf ball would hit the ground at the same time.

200

What is the smallest country in the world by land area?

The Vatican City

300

If a ball is dropped from a bridge that is 25 meters high, how long will it take to hit the ground (acceleration = -10 m/s2)?

2.2 seconds

300

If the air resistance of a parachute is 100 N and the skydiver has a mass of 60 kg, what is the net force (gravity = 9.8 m/s2?

488 N

300

Which object has the most inertia?

a whale

the moon

Big Tex

The moon

300

If a boat is moving north at 10 knots and a wind speed of 3 knots blows to the west, what is the overall direction and magnitude of the velocity of the boat?

10.4 knots to the northwest

300

Which planet is closest to Earth?

Venus

400

A hellcat starts a rolling race with an initial velocity of 5 m/s and accelerates at a constant rate of 3 m/s² for 8 seconds. How far does the dodge travel during this time before the driver loses control and crashes into a wall?

136 meters RIP hellcat

400

If a 2 kg ball is kicked with a horizontal force of 9 N, and there is a frictional force of 3 Newtons, how fast will the ball accelerate?

3 m/s2

400

What kind of force is required to put an object into motion?

An unbalanced force

400

In the late 1600's Isaac Newton observe something fall from a tree that led him to the law of motion that every action has a reaction force. What was the object that fell? What law is this?

An apple, Newton's 3rd law

400

What force keeps the planets in orbit around the Sun?

Gravity

500

A police officer is traveling down 175 at the speed limit of 65 mph. He notices a driver in oncoming traffic towards him traveling 10 mph over the speed limit. How fast is the reckless driver traveling from the police officer's reference point?

140 mph towards him

500

If a 70 kg passenger in a car decelerates from 20 m/s to 0 in 0.5 seconds without a seatbelt, the average force on them is:

2800 N

500

Connor McGreggor punches Shawn O'Malley in a shoulder with a force of 500 N. What was the magnitude and direction of the paired force?

Shawn O'Malley's should provided 500 N of force into McGreggor's hand.

500

What safety device is used in cars to provide an equal and opposite force of a passenger lurching forward during a car crash?

Seatbelt, airbags

500

You know what they call a Quarter Pounder with Cheese in Paris?

They don’t call it a Quarter Pounder with Cheese.

They got the metric system. They wouldn’t know what a Quarter Pounder is. They call it a Royale with Cheese.

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