FBD's
Ch 4: Newtons 2nd
Ch 5: ENERGY
Ch 6: momentum
Physics Trivia
100

A 5.0 kg box rests motionless on a horizontal table.

Draw the free-body diagram for the box.
How many forces act on the box?


Weight - down

Normal - Up

100

A 10.0 kg box is pulled horizontally across a floor with a 50 N force. The coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.20.

Question: What is the acceleration?

3.04 m/s2

100

A 4.00 kg bowling ball is moving at 6.00 m/s.

Question: What is its kinetic energy?


72.0J 

100

What is the equation for linear momentum, and what two quantities determine an object's momentum?

Is it a scalar or a vector?

Momentum depends on mass and velocity. Velocity gives momentum its direction.

100

What is the fastest speed possible in the universe?

The speed of light in a vacuum, approximately 3.00×10^8 m/s

200

A 10 kg box is pulled to the right across a horizontal surface by a rope. The box is moving, and kinetic friction acts against its motion.

Draw the free-body diagram for the box.
Identify and label every force acting on it.

       N  T

Fk--  l  /  

        mg

200

A 5.0 kg block slides down a 30° frictionless ramp.

Question: What is the acceleration?

a= 4.90 m/s^2

200

A student pushes a 20.0 kg box with a constant horizontal force of 80.0 N over a distance of 5.00 m.

Question: How much work does the student do on the box?


400 J

200

What is the key difference between an elastic collision and an inelastic collision?


  • Elastic: Momentum and kinetic energy are conserved.
  • Inelastic: Momentum is conserved, but kinetic energy is not.
  • Perfectly inelastic: The objects stick together after colliding.
200

If you are standing on a scale inside an elevator and the elevator suddenly accelerates upward, does the scale reading increase, decrease, or stay the same?

Increase. The upward acceleration requires a larger normal force.

300

A block rests on a frictionless 30° inclined plane.

Resolve the weight into components parallel and perpendicular to the ramp.

wx= mgsin (30)

wy= mgcos (30)


300

A 20 kg crate sits on a horizontal floor. The coefficient of static friction is 0.40, and the coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.25.

Questions:

  1. What is the maximum static friction?
  2. What minimum force gets the crate moving?

max static = 78.4

F min = 78.4 

300

A 500 kg roller coaster car starts from rest at the top of a frictionless track 25.0 m above the ground.

Question: What is the car's speed when it reaches a point 5.00 m above the ground?


19.8 m/s

300

A 1,500 kg cybertruck traveling east at 20.0 m/s crashes into a 1,000 kg schoollbus traveling west at 10.0 m/s. The cars stick together. What is their velocity immediately after the collision?

vf= 8.00m/s east (cyber truck wins)

300

What would happen to your mass if you traveled from Earth to the Moon?

Answer: Nothing — your mass stays the same. Your weight would decrease because the Moon's gravitational field is weaker.

400

A 20 kg crate is pulled across a horizontal floor by a rope that makes a 35° angle above the horizontal. The crate is moving to the right, and kinetic friction acts against the motion.

Draw the free-body diagram.

Which direction does the normal force point, and is it equal to mg? Explain.

N= mg- T sin 35

400

A 4.0 kg block sits on a horizontal surface with μk=0.20. It is connected by a rope over a frictionless pulley to a 6.0 kg hanging mass

  1. What is the acceleration?
  2. What is the tension?

a= 5.10 m/s^2

T= 28.6 N

400

A 2.00 kg block is pushed against a spring with k=800 N/m. The spring is compressed 0.300 m and released from rest on a frictionless surface.

Question: What is the speed of the block when the spring returns to its natural length?

v= 6.00m/s

400

A 60.0 kg person standing on a frictionless surface throws a 5.00 kg ball forward at 12.0 m/s. If the person and ball were initially at rest, what is the person's velocity immediately after throwing the ball?


1.00 m/s backward

400

If you traveled at the speed of light, how long would it take to travel from Earth to the Moon?

Closest Answer wins


Answer: About 1.3 seconds

500

A 6.0 kg block sits on a rough 25° incline. A rope attached to the block pulls up the incline at a 20° angle above the surface of the ramp. The block is moving up the ramp, so friction opposes its motion.

I'll draw it

500

A 12.0 kg block sits on a horizontal surface with coefficients of friction

μs=0.50,μk=0.30 It is connected by a rope over a frictionless pulley to a 5.00 kg hanging mass. 1.Will the system start moving?2. If it moves, what is the acceleration?

The system does not move

Acceleration = 0 

500

A 75.0 kg student runs up a staircase that rises 8.00 m vertically in 6.00 s.

Question: What average power does the student produce, both in watts and horsepower?

1hp= 746 Watt

P=980 Watt, 1.31 hp

500

A 2.00 kg cart moving at 6.00 m/s to the right collides elastically with a stationary 4.00 kg cart. After the collision, the 2.00 kg cart moves at 2.00 m/s to the left.

What is the velocity of the 4.00 kg cart after the collision?

4.00 m/s to the right

500

A person jumps off a moving boat onto a dock. The boat moves backward as they jump. What fundamental physics law explains why the boat moves backward?


Conservation of momentum.