Regents Physics Holiday Homework The Bronx High School of Science

Suggested Study Outline Jean Donahue, Science Dept. A.P.

Please use the information in your class notes, textbooks, and Physics Reference Table to answer
the questions on the Midyear Review question sheet.

Textbooks:
Physics. Holt. 2002. (green laser system on the cover)
Physics. Holt. 2009 (green fluorescent light bulb on cover)

Day 1: Friday, Dec 24th

Review Holt (2009 pages 38-64, 2002 pages 38-64). Class notes on 1 dimensional motion, kinematic
equations, motion graphs. Worksheet Problems 1, 2, 4, 9, 13, 27, 33, 51

Day 2: Monday, Dec 27th

Review Holt (2009 pages 82-101, 2002 pages 82-104). Class notes on 2 dimensional motion
(“projectile motion” or “motion in a plane”). Worksheet Problems 20-25, 30, 31, 47

Day 3: Tuesday, Dec 28th

Review Holt (2009 pages 120-143, 234-247; 2002 pages 122-148, 253-265). Class notes on Newton's
Laws, Friction, Centripetal Force. Worksheet Problems 3, 5- 8, 12, 14, 28, 29, 32, 34, 36, 42, 48, 50

Day 4: Wednesday, Dec 29th

Review Holt (2009 pages 197-220, 2002 pages 206-230). Class notes on momentum, impulse, and
conservation of momentum. Worksheet Problems 10, 11, 35, 44-46

Day 5: Thursday, Dec 30th

Review (2009 pages 160-181, 2002 pages 166-189). Class notes on work, power, types of energy, and
conservation of energy. Worksheet Problems 15-19, 26, 37-41, 43, 49
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1) The maximum time allowed for the completion of this examination is approximately
A) 102 s B) 104 s C) 105 s D) 103 s
2) The diagram below represents the relationship between velocity and time of travel for four cars, A, B, C, and D, in straight-line
motion.

Which car has the greatest acceleration during the time interval 10. seconds to 15 seconds?
A) A B) B C) C D) D
3) The diagram below shows a block on a horizontal frictionless surface. A 100.-newton force acts on the block at an angle of 30.D
above the horizontal.

What is the magnitude of force F if it establishes equilibrium?

A) 187 N B) 50.0 N C) 86.6 N D) 100. N
4) Approximately how far will an object near Earth's surface fall in 3.0 seconds?
A) 88 m B) 44 m C) 9.8 m D) 29 m
5) A 5-newton force directed east and a 5-newton force directed north act concurrently on a point. What is the resultant of the two
forces?
A) 7 N northeast B) 10. N southwest C) 7 N southwest D) 5 N northeast
6) Into how many possible components can a single force be resolved?
A) three components C) two components
B) four components at right angles to each other D) an unlimited number
7) The graph below represents the relationship between the forces applied to an object and the corresponding accelerations
produced.

What is the inertial mass of the object?

A) 1.0 kg B) 2.0 kg C) 0.50 kg D) 1.5 kg
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8) What is the magnitude of the gravitational force between two 5.0-kilogram masses separated by a distance of 5.0 meters?
A) 5.0 x 100 N B) 6.7 x 10-11 N C) 3.3 x 10-10 N D) 1.3 x 10-11 N
9) What is the displacement of the mass hanger (H) shown in the diagram after a 0.20-kilogram mass is loaded on it? [Assume the
hanger is at rest in both positions.]

A) 13.30 cm B) 12.30 cm C) 12.70 cm D) 12.50 cm

10) Two cars having different weights are traveling on a level surface at different constant velocities. Within the same time interval,
greater force will always be required to stop the car that has the greater
A) kinetic energy B) velocity C) weight D) momentum
11) A 0.050-kilogram bullet is fired from a 4.0-kilogram rifle that is initially at rest. If the bullet leaves the rifle with momentum having a
magnitude of 20. kilogramdmeters per second, what will be the magnitude of the momentum of the rifle's recoil?
A) 20. kgdm/s B) 80. kgdm/s C) 0.25 kgdm/s D) 1,600 kgdm/s
12) A 2.0-kilogram mass weighs 10. newtons on planet X. The acceleration due to gravity on planet X is approximately
A) 20. m/s 2 B) 0.20 m/s 2 C) 5.0 m/s 2 D) 9.8 m/s 2
13) The graph below represents the motion of an object.

According to the graph, as time increases, the velocity of the object

A) remains the same B) increases C) decreases
14) A wooden block is at rest on a horizontal steel surface. If a 10.-newton force applied parallel to the surface is required to set the
block in motion, how much force is required to keep the block moving at constant velocity?
A) greater than 10. N B) less than 10. N C) 10. N
15) In the diagram below, a 20.0-newton force is used to push a 2.00-kilogram cart a distance of 5.00 meters.

What is the work done on the cart?

A) 100. J B) 150. J C) 40.0 J D) 200. J
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16) The diagram below shows two identical wooden planks, A and B, at different incline angles, used to slide concrete blocks from a
truck.

Compared to the amount of work done against friction by a block sliding down plank A, the work done against friction by a block
sliding down plank B is
A) more B) less C) the same
17) Two vacationers walk out on a horizontal pier as shown in the diagram below.

As they approach the end of the pier, their gravitational potential energy will
A) increase B) decrease C) remain the same
18) A girl weighing 500. newtons takes 50. seconds to climb a flight of stairs 18 meters high. What is her vertical power output?
A) 9,000 W B) 1,400 W C) 4,000 W D) 180 W
19) The graph below represents the elongation of a spring as a function of the applied force.

How much work must be done to stretch the spring 0.40 meter?
A) 4.8 J B) 9.8 J C) 6.0 J D) 24 J
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Questions 20 through 23 refer to the following:

A 1.00 x 103 -kilogram car is driven clockwise around a flat circular track of radius 25.0 meters. The speed of the car is a constant
5.00 meters per second.

20) What is the minimum friction force that must exist between the tires and the road to prevent the car described from skidding as it
rounds the curve?
A) 1.25 x 105 N B) 5.00 x 103 N C) 9.80 x 104 N D) 1.00 x 103 N
21) If the circular track were to suddenly become frictionless at the instant shown in the diagram, the car's direction of travel would
be
A) toward W B) toward N C) a clockwise spiral D) toward E
22) At the instant shown in the diagram, where is the car's centripetal acceleration directed?
A) toward E B) toward N C) clockwise D) toward W
23) Which factor, when doubled, would produce the greatest change in the centripetal force acting on the car shown in the diagram?
A) mass of the car B) radius of the track C) weight of the car D) velocity of the car
24) The path of a projectile fired at a 30D angle to the horizontal is best described as
A) circular B) parabolic C) hyperbolic D) linear
25) A projectile is launched with an initial velocity of 200 meters per second at an angle of 30D above the horizontal. What is the
magnitude of the vertical component of the projectile's initial velocity?

A) B) C) 200 m/s x sin 30D D) 200 m/s x cos 30D

26) Which two quantities are measured in the same units?

A) energy and power C) momentum and work
B) mechanical energy and heat D) work and power
27) Velocity is to speed as displacement is to
A) distance B) acceleration C) time D) momentum
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28) The diagram below shows a resultant vector, R.

Which diagram best represents a pair of component vectors, A and B, that would combine to form resultant vector R?

A) B) C) D)

29) A person is standing on a bathroom scale in an elevator car. If the scale reads a value greater than the weight of the person at
rest, the elevator car could be moving
A) upward at constant speed C) upward at increasing speed
B) downward at increasing speed D) downward at constant speed
30) The diagram below represents the path of an object after it was thrown.

What happens to the object's acceleration as it travels from A to B? [Neglect friction.]

A) It remains the same. B) It decreases. C) It increases.
31) A 0.2-kilogram red ball is thrown horizontally at a speed of 4 meters per second from a height of 3 meters. A 0.4-kilogram green
ball is thrown horizontally from the same height at a speed of 8 meters per second. Compared to the time it takes the red ball to
reach the ground, the time it takes the green ball to reach the ground is
A) twice as great B) the same C) four times as great D) one-half as great

32) The acceleration due to gravity on the surface of planet X is 19.6 meters per second 2 . If an object on the surface of this planet
weighs 980. newtons, the mass of the object is
A) 100. kg B) 908 N C) 490. N D) 50.0 kg
33) A basketball player jumped straight up to grab a rebound. If she was in the air for 0.80 second, how high did she jump?
A) 3.1 m B) 0.78 m C) 0.50 m D) 1.2 m
34) The force required to start an object sliding across a uniform horizontal surface is larger than the force required to keep the object
sliding at a constant velocity. The magnitudes of the required forces are different in these situations because the force of kinetic
friction
A) decreases as the speed of the object relative to the surface increases
B) increases as the speed of the object relative to the surface increases
C) is less than the force of static friction
D) is greater than the force of static friction
35) A 50.-kilogram student threw a 0.40-kilogram ball with a speed of 20. meters per second. What was the magnitude of the impulse
that the student exerted on the ball?
A) 4.0 x 102 Nds B) 1.0 x 103 Nds C) 78 Nds D) 8.0 Nds
36) A man is pushing a baby stroller. Compared to the magnitude of the force exerted on the stroller by the man, the magnitude of the
force exerted on the man by the stroller is
A) zero C) the same
B) smaller, but greater than zero D) larger
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37) The work done in moving a block across a rough surface and the heat energy gained by the block can both be measured in
A) watts B) joules C) degrees D) newtons
38) Two weightlifters, one 1.5 meters tall and one 2.0 meters tall, raise identical 50.-kilogram masses above their heads. Compared to
the work done by the weightlifter who is 1.5 meters tall, the work done by the weightlifter who is 2.0 meters tall is
A) less B) the same C) greater
39) A 45.0-kilogram boy is riding a 15.0-kilogram bicycle with a speed of 8.00 meters per second. What is the combined kinetic energy
of the boy and the bicycle?
A) 1,440 J B) 480. J C) 240. J D) 1,920 J
40) A 5-newton force causes a spring to stretch 0.2 meter. What is the potential energy stored in the stretched spring?
A) 0.5 J B) 0.1 J C) 0.2 J D) 1 J
41) A 40.-kilogram student runs up a staircase to a floor that is 5.0 meters higher than her starting point in 7.0 seconds. The student's
power output is
A) 29 W B) 280 W C) 1.4 x 103 W D) 1.4 x 104 W
42) A constant unbalanced force is applied to an object for a period of time. Which graph best represents the acceleration of the
object as a function of elapsed time?

A) B) C) D)

43) The graph below represents the kinetic energy, gravitational potential energy, and total mechanical energy of a moving block.

Which best describes the motion of the block?

A) falling freely C) being lifted at constant velocity
B) sliding up a frictionless incline D) accelerating on a flat horizontal surface
Questions 44 and 45 refer to the following:

An 8.00-kilogram ball is fired horizontally from a 1.00 x 103 -kilogram cannon initially at rest. After having been fired, the momentum of
the ball is 2.40 x 103 kilogramdmeters per second east. [Neglect friction.]
44) Based on the given information, calculate the magnitude of the cannon's velocity after the ball is fired. [Show all work, including
the equation and substitution with units.]

45) Based on the given information, identify the direction of the cannon's velocity after the ball is fired.

46) During a 5.0-second interval, an object's velocity changes from 25 meters per second east to 15 meters per second east.
Determine the magnitude and direction of the object's acceleration.
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47) A projectile has an initial horizontal velocity of 15 meters per second and an initial vertical velocity of 25 meters per second.
Determine the projectile's horizontal displacement if the total time of flight is 5.0 seconds. [Neglect friction.]

48) The driver of a car made an emergency stop on a straight horizontal road. The wheels locked and the car skidded to a stop. The
marks made by the rubber tires on the dry asphalt are 16 meters long, and the car's mass is 1,200 kilograms.

(a) Determine the weight of the car.

(b) Calculate the magnitude of the frictional force the road applied to the car in stopping it. [Show all work, including the
equation and substitution with units.]

(c) Calculate the work done by the frictional force in stopping the car. [Show all work, including the equation and substitution
with units.]

(d) Assuming that energy is conserved in the given situation, calculate the speed of the car before the brakes were applied.
[Show all work, including the equation and substitution with units.]

49) A 20.-kilogram block is placed at the top of a 10.-meter-long inclined plane. The block starts from rest and slides without friction
down the length of the incline.

(a) Determine the gravitational potential energy of the block at the top of the incline. [Show all calculations, including the
equation and substitution with units.]

(b) Determine the kinetic energy of the block just as it reaches the bottom of the incline.

(c) Sketch a graph of the gravitational potential energy of the block as a function of its kinetic energy for the complete slide.
Label your graph with appropriate values and units.
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50) A manufacturer's advertisement claims that their 1,250-kilogram (12,300-newton) sports car can accelerate on a level road from 0
to 60.0 miles per hour (0 to 26.8 meters per second) in 3.75 seconds.

(a) Determine the acceleration, in meters per second 2 , of the car according to the advertisement.

(b) Calculate the net force required to give the car the acceleration claimed in the advertisement. [Show all work, including the
equation and substitution with units.]

(c) What is the normal force exerted by the road on the car?

(d) The coefficient of friction between the car's tires and the road is 0.80. Calculate the maximum force of friction between the
car's tires and the road. [Show all work, including the equation and substitution with units.]

(e) Using the values for the forces you have calculated, explain whether or not the manufacturer's claim for the car's
acceleration is possible.

51) Two physics students have been selected by NASA to accompany astronauts on a future mission to the Moon. The students
are to design and carry out a simple experiment to measure the acceleration due to gravity on the surface of the Moon.

Describe an experiment that the students could conduct to measure the acceleration due to gravity on the Moon. Your
description must include:
(a) the equipment needed
(b) what quantities would be measured using the equipment
(c) what procedure the students should follow in conducting their experiment
(d) what equations and/or calculations the students would need to do to arrive at a value for the acceleration due to gravity
on the Moon