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Complete the following exercises.
- Jane is collecting data for a ball rolling down a hill. She measures out a set of different distances and then proceeds to use a stopwatch to find the time it takes the ball to roll each distance. a. What is the independent variable in her experiment? The independent variable is the ball. b. What is the dependent variable in her experiment? The stopwatch is the dependent variable. c. Give one control variable for her experiment. The distance is the control variable.
- Consider an experiment where you drop an object. a. Briefly describe your proposed experiment. (Make sure it is controlled). For my experiment, I will drop my phone off a 10ft ledge at different heights. b. What would be the independent variable for your experiment? The independent variable is my phone. c. What would be the dependent variable for your experiment? The distance of the 10ft ledge is dependent for this experiment. d. Give one control variable for your experiment. The overall heights in which I chose in conducting my experiment.
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Consider a freely falling object. V = a * t
e. What is the acceleration (in m/s^2 ) after 5 seconds of fall? 5 seconds = 9.8 m/s^2 f. What is the acceleration (in m/s^2 ) after 10 seconds of fall? 10 seconds = 9.8 m/s^2 g. What is the velocity (in m/s) after 5 seconds of fall? 49 m/s h. What is the velocity (in m/s) of 10 seconds of fall? 98 m/s
- A sign is hung between two cables as illustrated below. If the sign weighs 350 N, what is
the te nsion (in N) in each cable?
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- Describe the speed and acceleration of the ball released from the
top of the track shown in the figure below.
This is a circular motion and also the ball is rolling down.
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As the ball rolls down its speed increases! Acceleration does also pointing towards the center of the curve.
- Describe the speed and acceleration of the ball released from the
top of the track shown in the figure below.
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the air is pocketed in the parachute which pushed the parachute upwards creating an upward draft so that the person can control the parachute. The parachute is open and therefore the AIR RESISTANCE goes up making the person slow down as a result.
- A net force of 24 N is acting on a 4.0-kg object. Find the acceleration in m/s^2. 24 = 4(a) 24/4 = 6 = a Answer: 6 m/s^2
- A person pulls horizontally with a force of 64 N on a 14-kg box.
There is a force of friction between the box and the floor of 36 N. Find the acceleration of the box in m/s^2. Show your work.
The remaining questions are multiple-choice questions:
- One difference between a hypothesis and a theory is that a hypothesis A. is a guess that has not been well tested, whereas a theory is a synthesis of well- tested guesses. B. is testable, whereas a theory is not testable.
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C. can be revised, whereas a theory cannot be revised. D. is not testable, whereas a theory is testable.
- A car starts from rest and reached a speed of 24 m/s in 6 seconds.
What is the acceleration of the car? A. 144 m B. 6 m/s^2 C. 4 m/s^2 D. 10 m/s^2 E. 0 m/s^2
- Which of the following forces is NOT a contact force? A. Friction force B. Support force C. Force of gravity D. Tension force
- If you pull horizontally on a desk with a force of 150 N and the
desk doesn't move, the friction force must be 150 N. Now if you pull with 250 N so the desk slides at constant velocity, the friction force is A. more than 150 N, but less than 250 N. B. 250 N. C. more than 250.
- Suppose a particle is accelerated through space by a constant 10 N
force. Suddenly the particles encounters a second force of 10 N in a direction opposite to that of the first force. The particle A. is brought to a rapid halt. B. theoretically accelerates to speeds approaching the speed of light. C. continues at the speed it had when it encountered the second force. D. gradually slows down to a halt.
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B. a larger distance than in the second before. C. with the same instantaneous speed. D. with the same average speed.
