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SUPPLEMENTARY QUESTIONS -- Mechanics/Electricity

I. MATCHING.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
(F)
(G)
(H)
(I)
(J)

Oersted
isothermal
acceleration
calorimetry
Celsius
adiabatic
potential
Tesla
mass
Faraday

(K)
(L)
(M)
(N)
(O)
(P)
(Q)
(R)
(S)
(T)

centrifugal
Newton
linear momentum
kinetic
fusion
diamagnetic
centripetal
experiment
paramagnetic
thermodynamics

(U)
(V)
(W)
(X)
(Y)
(Z)
(=)
(#)
(@)
(*)

fuse
observation
velocity
kilogram
Torricelli
sublimation
inertia
Hertz
circuit breaker
torque

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1. Inward force on an object moving in a curved path.

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2. Resistance an object offers to any change in its state of rest or motion.

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3. Rate of change of velocity.

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4. A quantitative measure of inertia.

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5. The unit of weight in the MKSA-SI system.

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6. Equals the rate of change of angular momentum.

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7. Measure of the tendency of a moving object to continue motion along a straight

line.

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8. The energy of an object by virtue of its position.

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9. The science of heat transformations.

_____ 10. First to demonstrate relationship between electric current and magnetic field.
_____ 11. Discovered the dynamo effect.
_____ 12. Invented the barometer.
_____ 13. Device used to control voltage surges.
_____ 14. Indicates feebly or non-magnetic.
_____ 15. Direct change from gas to solid without going through the liquid state.
_____ 16. Without loss of heat.
_____ 17. The unit of angular velocity.
_____ 18. A description of a natural phenomenon under controlled conditions.

II. TRUE-FALSE
_____

1. The laws and theories of science represent the ultimate truth about our
physical universe.

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2. Current is a one of the four fundamental properties.

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3. Scalar quantities require only a number and a unit to be completely specified.

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4. The speed or direction of a moving object stays unchanged unless a net force
acts upon the object.

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5. Galileo is considered to be the father of modern mechanics.

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6. Action and reaction forces act on different bodies.

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7. Recoil is a direct result of the conservation of linear momentum.

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8. Keplers Fist Law is based on the conservation of angular momentum.

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9. The rotational analog of mass is moment of inertia.

_____ 10. A person pushing on an immovable wall does no work.

_____ 11. Energy can be defined as the rate at which work is being done.
_____ 12. Heat flows naturally from cold regions to hot regions.
_____ 13. The amount of heat needed to change the temperature of 1 kg of a substance 1
degree Celsius is the same for different substances.
_____ 14. According to Charles Law, the volume of a gas under isobaric and isomolar
conditions is directly proportional to the absolute temperature.
_____ 15. Transport of heat by radiation requires the mass motion of molecules.
_____ 16. Different-shaped objects of the same mass will roll down the same incline at
the same speed.
_____ 17. Kinetic theory explains the heat capacity of gases.
_____ 18. Potholes are caused by volume expansion.
_____ 19. Torque and energy have the same units.
_____ 20. Thermostats are based on the principle of thermal expansion.
_____ 21. The electrical device that stores electrical energy is a capacitor.
_____ 22. Galvanometers measure small amounts of potential difference.
_____ 23. Cutting a magnet in half produces two monopoles.
_____ 24. In a transformer, the electrical power in both coils is the same regardless of the
number of coils.

_____ 25. The force a magnetic field exerts on an electric current disappears when the
current is perpendicular to the magnetic field.
_____ 26. The Universal Law of Gravitation and Coulombs Law of Electrical Forces are
both inverse square laws.
_____ 27. The MKSA-SI derived unit for magnetic fields is the farad.
_____ 28. On the microscopic level, magnetic forces dominate over electrical forces.
_____ 29. The schematic symbol for a semiconductor diode is - - - DC

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_____ 30. Charging by induction has a grounding step in the process.

III. MULTIPLE CHOICE.
_____

1. When it is first proposed, a new scientific idea is called a _____.

(A) model
(B) hypothesis

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2. The scientific method is _____.

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

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the Ptolemaic system

the Copernican system
Keplers Laws of Planetary Motion
Newtons Universal Law of Gravitation

4. The speed of a planet in its elliptical orbit around the sun _______.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

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a continuing process
a way to arrive at ultimate truth.
a laboratory technique
based on accepted laws and theories

3. Which of the following is NO LONGER considered valid?

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

_____

is constant
is highest when the planet is closest to the sun
is lowest when the planet is closest to the sun
varies, but not with respect to the planets distance from the sun

5. Which of the following quantities is NOT a vector quantity?

(A) velocity
(B) acceleration

_____

(C) law
(D) theory

(C) moment of inertia

(D) force

6. If we know the magnitude and direction of the net force that acts on an object
of known mass, Newtons Second Law of Motion enables us to calculate its
___________.
(A) position
(B) speed

(C) acceleration
(D) weight

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7. In which of the following examples is the motion of the car NOT accelerated?
(A) A car turns a corner at the constant speed of 29 km/h.
(B) A car climbs a steep hill with its speed dropping from 60 km/h at the
bottom to 15 km/h at the top.
(C) A car climbs a steep hill at the constant speed of 40 km/h.
(D) A car climbs a steep hill and goes over the crest ant down on the other
side, all at the same speed of 40 km/h.

_____

8. Two objects have the same size and shape but one of them is twice as heavy as
the other. They are dropped simultaneously from a tower. If air resistance is
negligible, ______.
(A) the heavy object strikes the ground before the light one
(B) they strike the ground at the same time, but the heavy object has the
higher speed
(C) they strike the ground at the same time and have the same speed
(D) they strike the ground at the same time, but the heavy object has the
lower acceleration because it has more mass

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9. When an object is accelerated, _______________.

(A) its direction never changes
(B) its speed always increases

(C) it always falls toward the earth

(D) a net force always acts on it

_____ 10. In order to cause something to move in a circular path, it is necessary to

provide _________.
(A) a reaction force
(B) an inertial force

(C) a centripetal force

(D) a gravitational force

_____ 11. The gravitational force with which the earth attracts the moon _____________.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

is less than the force with which the moon attracts the earth
is the same as the force with which the moon attracts the earth
is more than the force with which the moon attracts the earth
varies with the phase of the moon

_____ 12. An astronaut inside an orbiting satellite feels weightless because ____________.
(A) he or she is wearing a space suit
(B) the satellite is falling toward the earth just as fast as the astronaut is, so
there is no upward reaction force on him or her
(C) there is no gravitational pull from the earth so far away
(D) the suns gravitational pull balances out the Earths gravitational pull
_____ 13. How long does a car whose acceleration is 2 m/s2 need to go from 10 m/s to 30
m/s?
(A) 10 s
(B) 20 s

(C) 40 s
(D) 400 s

_____ 14. The weight of 400 g of onions is ____________.

(A) .041 N
(B) .400 N

(C) 3.90 N
(D) 3920 N

_____ 15. The radius of the circle in which an object is moving at a constant speed is
doubled. The required centripetal force is ________.
A

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

one-quarter as great as before

half as great as before
twice as great as before
4 times as great as before

_____ 16. A car rounds a curve at 20 km/h. If it rounds the curve at 40 km/h, its
tendency to overturn is ________.
(A) halved
(B) doubled

(C) tripled
(D) quadrupled

_____ 17. If the earth were 3 times as far from the sun as it is now, the gravitational force
exerted on it by the sun would be _________.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

three times as large is it is now

nine times as large as it is now
one-third as large as it is now
one-ninth as large as it is now

_____ 18. A man whose weight is 800 N on the earths surface is in a spacecraft at a
distance of one Earths radius above the Earth. His weight here is ________.
(A) 200 N
(B) 400 N

(C) 800 N
(D) 1600 N

_____ 19. An object at rest may have _________.

(A) velocity
(B) momentum

(C) kinetic energy

(D) potential energy

_____ 20. When the speed of a body is doubled, _______________.

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

its kinetic energy is doubled

its potential energy is doubled
its rest energy is doubled
its momentum is doubled

_____ 21. An object that has linear momentum must also have __________.
(A) acceleration
(B) angular momentum

(C) kinetic energy

(D) potential energy

_____ 22. A 40-kg boy runs up a flight of stairs 4 m high in 4 s. His power output is ____.
(A) 160 W
(B) 392 W

(C) 640 W
(D) 1568 W

_____ 23. Two balls, one of mass 5 kg and the other of mass 10-kg, are dropped
simultaneously from a window. When they are 1 m above the ground, the balls
have the same _________.
(A) kinetic energy
(B) potential energy

(C) momentum
(D) acceleration

_____ 24. The operation of a rocket is based upon _________.

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

pushing against its launching pad

pushing against the air
conservation of linear momentum
conservation of angular momentum

_____ 25. When a spinning skater pulls in her arms to turn faster, ________.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

her angular momentum increases

her angular momentum decreases
her angular momentum remains the same
any of the above, depending on the circumstances

_____ 26. The work done in holding a 50-kg object at a height of 2 m above the floor for
10 seconds is _________.
(A) 0 J
(B) 980 J

(C) 1000 J
(D) 9800 J

_____ 27. Car A has a mass of 1000 kg and is moving at 60 km/h. Car B has a mass of
2000 kg and is moving a 30 km/h. The kinetic energy of car A is ___________.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

half that of car B

equal that of car B
twice that of car B
4 times that of car B

_____ 28. A 30-kg girl and a 25-kg boy are standing on frictionless roller skates. The girl
pushes the boy, who moves off at 1.0 m/s. The girls speed is _________.
(A) 0.45 m/s
(B) 0.55 m/s

(C) 0.83 m/s

(D) 1.2 m/s

_____ 29. When a vapor condenses into a liquid, _____________.

(A) its temperature rises
(B) its temperature falls

(C) it absorbs heat

(D) it gives off heat

_____ 30. According to the kinetic theory of matter, at a given temperature _______.
(A) light gas molecules have lower average kinetic energies than heavy gas
molecules
(B) light gas molecules have higher average kinetic energies than heavy gas
molecules
(C) all the molecules in a gas have the same average kinetic energy
(D) all the molecules in a gas have the same average speed
_____ 31. A kilowatt-hour is equivalent to _____________ Joules.
(A) 1000
(B) 3600

(C) 60,000
(D) 3,600,000

_____ 32. Atoms and molecules are normally _____________.

(A) electrically neutral
(B) negatively charged

(C) positively charged

(D) ionized

_____ 33. The electric force between a proton and an electron ___________.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

is weaker than the gravitational force between them

is equal in strength to the gravitational force between them
is stronger than the gravitational force between them
is any of the above, depending on the distance between the proton and the
electron

_____ 34. An object has a positive electric charge whenever ____________.

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

it has an excess of electrons

it has a deficiency of electrons
the nuclei of its atoms are positively charged
the electrons of its atoms are positively charged

_____ 35. Electric power is equal to ____________.

(A) current * voltage
(B) current / voltage

(C) voltage / current

(D) resistance * voltage

_____ 36. The electric energy lost when a current passes through a resistance _________.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

becomes magnetic energy

becomes potential energy
becomes heat energy
disappears completely

_____ 37. An electromagnet __________________.

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

uses an electric current to produce a magnetic field

uses a magnetic field to produce an electric current
is a magnet that has an electric charge
operates only on alternating current.

_____ 38. A transformer can change _______________.

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

the voltage of an alternating current

the power of an alternating current
alternating current to direct current
direct current to alternating current

_____ 39. The voltage needed to produce a current of 5 Amperes in a resistance of 40

Ohms is _______.
(A) 0.125 V
(B) 5 V

(C) 8 V
(D) 200 V

_____ 40. The equivalent resistance of three (3) Ohm resistances connected in parallel
with each other is _______.
(A) 27 Ohms
(B) 0.37 Ohms

(C) 9 Ohms
(D) 1 Ohm

IV. IDENTIFY
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
(F)

Conservation of Angular Momentum

Newtons Second Law (Classical)
Newtons Second Law (Relativistic)
Second Law of Linear Kinematics
Third Law of Linear Kinematics
First Law of Linear Kinematics

_____ 1. T2 / R3 = constant
_____ 2. F = m a
_____ 3. s = vo t + (1/2) a t2
_____ 4. F = - ( m v2 / r ) r
_____ 5. Io o = If f
_____ 6. Q = m c T
_____ 7. vf = vo + a t
_____ 8. F = p / t

(G)
(H)
(I)
(J)
(K)
(L)

Calorimetry Equation
Centripetal Force Equation
Keplers Second Law
Newtons First Law
Keplers Third Law
Universal Law of Gravitation

ANSWER SHEET
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