Conceptual Questions: Work and Conservation of Energy

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A cart starts at the top left of the roller coaster shown above. Ignoring air resistance and friction, the farthest position or region attainable by the cart is: a. region A b. position B c. region C d. position D e. E or beyond 2. A yo ng girl wishes to select one of the frictionless playgro nd slides ill strated below to give her the greatest possible speed when she reaches the botto! of the slide.
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"hich of the slides ill strated in the diagra! sho ld she choose# a. A b. B c. C d. D e. It doesn$t !atter, her speed wo ld be the sa!e for each. %. A bric& is lifted to a given height and then dropped to the gro nd. 'e(t, a second identical bric& is lifted half as high as the first and also dropped to the gro nd. "hen the second bric& stri&es the gro nd it has a. half as ! ch &inetic energy as the first b. as ! ch &inetic energy as the first c. twice as ! ch &inetic energy as the first d. fo r ti!es as ! ch &inetic energy as the first e. i!possible to tell A bric& is lifted to a given height and then dropped to the gro nd. 'e(t, a second bric&, which weighs twice as ! ch as the first, is lifted * st as high as the first and then it too is dropped to the gro nd. "hen the second bric& stri&es the gro nd, it has a. half as ! ch &inetic energy as the first b. as ! ch &inetic energy as the first c. twice as ! ch &inetic energy as the first d. fo r ti!es as ! ch &inetic energy as the first e. i!possible to tell If yo lift one bag of groceries p five flights of stairs, how ! ch wor& do yo do co!pared to lifting the sa!e load p only one flight of stairs# a. five ti!es as ! ch b. ,wice as ! ch. c. ,he sa!e a!o nt d. -ne fifth as ! ch.

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As a pend l ! swings bac& and forth, potential energy is transfor!ed into &inetic energy. its energy is all &inetic at the lowest part of its swing. its energy is all potential at hte end points of swing. All of the above. "hat is the so rce of energy in s nshine# A friend says the energy of oil and coal is act ally a for! of solar energy. Is yo r fiend correct or "hy is it easier to stop a lightly loaded tr c& than a heavier one that has e3 al speed#

4obin 5ood wants to shoot an arrow sing a bow. ,o deter!ine the potential energy of the drawn bow, wo ld it be an nderesti!ate or an overesti!ate to ! ltiply the force with which he holds the arrow in its drawn position by the distance she p lled it# "hy do we say the wor& done is the average force ( distance# "hy do long6range cannons have s ch long barrels# 7o and a flight attendant toss a ball bac& and forth in an airplane in flight. Does the 8E of the ball depend on the speed of the airplane# E(plain. "hen the !ass of a !oving ob*ect is do bled with no change in speed, by what factor is its &inetic energy changed# 7o have a choice of catching a baseball or a bowling ball, both with the sa!e 8E. "hich is safer# "hy does the force of gravity do no wor& on a bowling ball rolling along a bowling alley# A satellite in circ lar orbit aro nd the Earth# A crate is p lled across a hori9ontal floor by a rope. At the sa!e ti!e, the crate p lls bac& on the rope, in accord with 'ewton:s third law. Does the wor& done on the crate by the rope then e3 al 9ero# E(plain. -n a slide a child has potential energy that decreases by 1.. ; while her &inetic energy increases by 2.. ;. "hat other for! of energy is involved, and how ! ch# Consider a ball thrown straight p in the air. At what position is its &inetic energy at a !a(i! !# "here is its gravitational potential energy a !a(i! !# An apple hanging fro! a li!b has potential energy beca se of its height. If it falls, what beco!es of this energy * st before it hits the gro nd# "hen it hit the gro nd# "ith what force does a roc& that weighs 1. ' stri&e the gro nd if dropped fro! a rest position 1. ! high# In fact, the 3 estion cannot be answered nless yo &now !ore. "hy# 5ow can wor& be done when the net force e3 als 9ero#

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A stone is dropped fro! a certain height and penetrates into ! d. All else being e3 al, if it is dropped fro! twice the height, how ! ch farther sho ld it penetrate#

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