General Physics 1 (PHYC-121)

WEEK 11
 LEARNING ACTIVITY 8
Question 1
A bucket in an old well is hoisted upward by a rope which winds up on a cylinder having a radius of 0.05
m. How many rev/s must the cylinder turn if the bucket is raised at a speed of 0.25 m/s?

b. 0.80 rev/s

Question 2
A solid sphere of radius R is placed on an incline that makes an angle O with the horizontal. The sphere rolls down the incline

b. 5/7 g sin O

Question 3
A uniform rod of length L and mass M is pivoted about one end. Attached to the rod is a mass M at its midpoint and at the e

a. 19ML2 / 12

Question 4
Two children seat themselves on a seesaw. The one on the left has a weight of 400 N while the one on the right weighs 300

a. 450 N·m
 Question 5
A baseball pitcher loosens up his pitching arm. He tosses a 0.20-kg ball using only the rotation of his forearm, 0.32 m in leng

d. 1.9 × 10−2 kg·m2

 SHORT QUIZ 8
Question 1
A uniform rod of length L and weight W is placed on a fulcrum a distance of 0.4L from the left end. On the left end is placed

d. 7/6 W, down

Question 2
A bucket of water with total mass 23 kg is attached to a rope, which in turn, is wound around a 0.080-m radius cylinder at th
that g = 9.8 m/s2.)

b. 72 N

Question 3
An 900-N billboard worker stands on a 4.0-m scaffold weighing 400 N and supported by vertical ropes at each end. How far

c. 1.2 m
 Question 4
A 0.30-m radius automobile tire rotates how many rad after starting from rest and accelerating at a constant 4.0 rad/s2 over a

a. 18 rad

Question 5
A ceiling fan is turned on and reaches an angular speed of 110 rev/min in 15 s. It is then turned off and coasts to a stop in an

d. -3

Question 6
A fan blade, initially at rest, rotates with a constant acceleration of 0.036 rad/s2. What is its angular speed at the instant it go

c. 0.85 rad/s

Question 7
Which of the first units given below can be units for angular acceleration while the second units can be units for angular vel

d. rad/s2, deg/hour

Question 8
A circular disk is rotating about a central axis with an angular velocity which is increasing at a constant rate. Point 1 on the d
Select one:

a. AC2/AC1

Question 9
A rod of length L is hinged at one end. The moment of inertia as the rod rotates around that hinge is ML2/3. Suppose a 2.0 m
position. The rod is released as the free end is allowed to fall. What is the angular acceleration as it is released?

c. 7.35 rad/s2
 Question 10
A woman who weighs 600 N stands on an 10.0 m long board that weighs 200 N. The board is supported at each end. The su

d. 1.7 m

WEEK 12
 LEARNING ACTIVITY 9
Question 1
Which of the following characterizes the net force on a particle falling through a fluid at its terminal speed?

c. It is zero.

Question 2
A figure skater with arms initially extended starts spinning on the ice at 3 rad/s. She then pulls her arms in close to her body

c. a greater rotational rate

Question 3
9.4 Angular Momentum and Kepler's Second Law of Planetary Motion
Perihelion, the near point to the Sun for the Earth in its orbit, occurs in January. In which of the following months is the orbi

a. None of the above answers is correct.

 Question 4
The bottom of a flat-bottomed aluminum boat has area = 4.1 m2 and mass = 61 kg. If two fishermen and their fishing gear w

e. 0.077 m

Question 5
A rotating flywheel can be used as a method to store energy. If it is required that such a device be able to store up to a max

a. 25 kg m2

 SHORT QUIZ 9
Question 1
A blimp is filled with 400 m3 of helium. How big a payload can the balloon lift? (The density of air is 1.29 kg/m3; the density o

e. 444 kg

Question 2
Which state of matter is associated with the very highest of temperatures?

a. plasma

Question 3
Water is sent from a fire hose at 25 m/s at an angle of 30° above the horizontal. What is the maximum height reached by th

c. 8 m
 Question 4
The standard kilogram is a platinum-iridium cylinder 22.0 mm in height and 30.0 mm in diameter. What is the density of the m

a. 64.3 g/cm3

Question 5
A bowling ball has a mass of 7.0 kg, a moment of inertia of 2.8 × 10−2 kg·m2, and a radius of 0.10 m. If it rolls down the lane w

b. 67.1 J

Question 6
A non-uniform round object of mass M and radius R is found to have its total kinetic energy to be given by KE=3/5 Mv2 whe

b. 1/5 MR2

Question 7
Water (density = 1 × 103 kg/m3) flows at 10 m/s through a pipe with radius 0.025 m. The pipe goes up to the second floor of

a. 0.03 m

Question 8
A solid sphere, a solid cylinder, and a hoop each have the same mass and radius. If they are spinning at the same angular ve

d. the hoop

Question 9
An object of mass m and moment of inertia I has rotational kinetic energy KER. Its angular momentum is:

d. (2 IKER)1/2.

Question 10
A fluid has a density of 1 040 kg/m3. If it rises to a height of 1.8 cm in a 2.0-mm diameter capillary tube, what is the surface t

a. 0.092 N/m
 WEEK 13
 LEARNING ACTIVITY 10
Question 1
How much heat energy must be removed from 100 g of oxygen at 24°C to liquefy it at −183°C? (The specific heat of oxygen

c. 9,600 cal

Question 2
Which of the following statements is true?

b. Objects do not contain heat.

Question 3
11.2 Examples of Simple Harmonic Motion

By what factor should the length of a simple pendulum be changed if the period of vibration were to be
quadrupled?

b. 16

Question 4
Carly places one end of a steel bar in a Bunsen flame and the other end in an ice cube. By what factor is the rate of heat flow

d. 2

Question 5
11.3 Harmonic Motion and Energy

A 0.40-kg object, attached to a spring with spring constant k = 10 N/m, is moving on a horizontal,
frictionless surface in simple harmonic motion of amplitude of 0.080 m. What is its speed at the instant when its displac

b. 35 cm/s
 WEEK 14
 LEARNING ACTIVITY 11
Question 1
How many calories are equal to one BTU? (One calorie = 4.186 J, one BTU = 1 054 J.)

d. 252

Question 2
The inside of a house is at 20°C on an early morning when the temperature outside is 15°C. The next morning the inside tem

c. The loss doubles.

Question 3
11.3 Harmonic Motion and Energy

Suppose a 0.30-kg mass on a spring that has been compressed 0.20 m has elastic potential energy of 1.0
J. How much further must the spring be compressed to triple the elastic potential energy?

a. 0.15 m

Question 4
A solar heated house loses about 5.2 × 107 cal through its outer surfaces on a typical 24-h winter day. What mass of storage
0.21 cal/g⋅°C.)

c. 6,300 kg

Question 5
What is the temperature increase of 5.0 kg of water when heated by an 1,000-W immersion heater for 7 min? (cw = 4 186 J/

c. 20.07°C
  SHORT QUIZ 11
Question 1
11.2 Examples of Simple Harmonic Motion

If a long spring with spring constant k is cut into 3 equal lengths, what is the spring constant of each of
the 3 shorter springs?

d. It is 3k.

Question 2
A waterfall is 140 m high. What is the increase in water temperature at the bottom of the falls if all the initial potential ener

a. 0.33°C

Question 3
11.1 General Features of Harmonic Motion
If a simple harmonic motion is described by x=4.0sin(6.0t), what is the period of oscillation and what is the maximum speed

b. (r/3)s,24m/s

Question 4
Which of the following best describes a substance in which the temperature remains constant while at the same time it is e

a. substance undergoing a change of state

Question 5
A machine gear consists of 0.1 kg of iron and 0.16 kg of copper. How much total heat is generated in the part if its temperat

e. 3,000 J

Question 6
11.2 Examples of Simple Harmonic Motion
A large spring requires a force of 100 N to compress it only 0.010 m. What is the spring constant of the spring?

a. 10,000 N/m

Question 7
Marc attaches a falling 500-kg object with a rope through a pulley to a paddle wheel shaft. He places the system in a well-in
and g = 9.8 m/s2)

a. 3.0 C°

Question 8
The thermal conductivity of aluminum is 238 J/s⋅m⋅°C and of lead is 34.7 J/s⋅m⋅°C. A rod of each material is used as a heat c

a. 6.859

Question 9
A slice of bread contains about 150 kcal. If specific heat of a person were 1.00 kcal/kg⋅°C, by how many °C would the tempe

b. 2.14°C

Question 10
A 4-g lead bullet traveling in 20°C air at 290 m/s strikes a flat steel plate and stops. What is the final temperature of the lead

e. 327°C
 WEEK 15
 LONG QUIZ 3
Question 1
An astronaut is on a 100-m lifeline outside a spaceship, circling the ship with an angular speed of 0.100 rad/s. How far inwar

c. 70.6 m

Question 2
A piece of aluminum has density 2.70 g/cm3 and mass 751 g. The aluminum is submerged in a container of oil (oil's density =

d. 278 cm3

Question 3
A 0.19-m radius grinding wheel takes 2.8 s to speed up from 3.0 rad/s to 12.0 rad/s. What is the wheel's average angular ac

d. 3.2 rad/s2

Question 4
Water pressurized to 3 × 105 Pa is flowing at 6.0 m/s in a pipe which contracts to 1/3 of its former area. What are the pressu

b. 1.6 × 105 Pa, 18 m/s

Question 5
A disk has a moment of inertia of 3.0 × 10−4 kg·m2 and rotates with an angular speed of 3.5 rad/sec. What net torque must b

a. 2.8 × 10−4 N·m

Question 6
A bucket of water with total mass 30 kg is attached to a rope, which in turn is wound around a 0.050 m
radius cylinder at the top of a well. A crank with a turning radius of 0.25 m is attached to the end of the
cylinder and the moment of inertia of cylinder and crank is 0.12 kg×m2. If the bucket is raised to the top
of the well and released, what is the acceleration of the bucket as it falls toward the bottom of the
well?
 d. 3.8 m/s2

Question 7
An ideal fluid, of density 0.85 × 103 kg/m3, flows at 0.27 kg/s through a pipe of radius 0.018 m. What is the fluid speed?

e. 0.31 m/s

Question 8
When a wool blanket is used to keep warm, what is the primary insulating material?

d. air

Question 9
A ceiling fan is turned on and reaches an angular speed of 60 rev/min in 20 s. It is then turned off and coasts to a stop in 40

a. 30

Question 10
A fan blade, initially at rest, rotates with a constant acceleration of 0.020 rad/s2. What is the time interval required for it to r

b. 28 s

Question 11
In order to overcome a surface tension of a fluid, a force of 1.35 × 10−2 N is required to lift a wire ring of circumference 12.0

b. 0.056 N/m

Question 12
Halving the mass of the bob on a simple pendulum will cause a change in the frequency of the pendulum swing by what fac

b. 1.0

Question 13
A 0.30-m radius automobile tire rotates how many rad after starting from rest and accelerating at a constant 3.0 rad/s2 over

c. 37 rad
 Question 14
A jet of water flowing from a hose at 16 m/s is directed against a wall. If the mass flow in the fluid stream is 2.0 kg/s, what for

a. 32 N

Question 15
How much power is theoretically available from a mass flow of 1 100 kg/s of water that falls a vertical distance of 110 m?

e. 1 186 kW

Question 16
9.4 Angular Momentum and Kepler's Second Law of Planetary Motion

The Earth's gravity exerts no torque on a satellite orbiting the Earth in an elliptical orbit. Compare the
motion of the satellite at the point nearest the Earth (perigee) to the motion at the point farthest from the Earth (apoge

b. the angular momenta are the same.

Question 17
The filament temperature of a light bulb is 2,050 K when the bulb delivers 45 W of power. If its emissivity remains constant,

d. 92 W

Question 18
A uniform rod of length L and weight W is placed on a fulcrum a distance of 0.2L from the left end. On the left end is placed

d. W, down

Question 19
A meterstick is supported by a knife-edge at the 50-cm mark. Doug hangs masses of 0.40 and 0.60 kg from the 5-cm and 70-

c. 80 cm
 Question 20
As I use sandpaper on some rusty metal, the sandpaper gets hot because:

a. frictional processes increase the internal energy of the sandpaper.

Question 21
A spool of thread has an average radius of 1.00 cm. If the spool contains 126 m of thread, how many turns of thread are on

c. 2000

Question 22
9.4 Angular Momentum and Kepler's Second Law of Planetary Motion

An astronomical unit (AU) is the average distance from the Earth to the Sun. An comet in orbit around
the Sun has a perihelion (near point to the Sun) of 0.50 AU and an aphelion (far point from the Sun) of
5.0 AU. If the comet's orbital speed at aphelion is v, what is its speed at perihelion?

a. 10v

Question 23
The water behind Grand Coulee Dam is 1 200 m wide and 200 m deep. Find the hydrostatic force on the back of the dam. (H

d. 23.52 × 1010 N

Question 24
Water (density = 1 × 103 kg/m3) flows at 15.5 m/s through a pipe with radius 0.040 m.The pipe goes up to the second floor o

c. 13 m/s

Question 25
A ventilation fan with a moment of inertia of 0.034 kg·m2 has a net torque of 0.11 N·m applied to it. If it starts from rest, wh

b. 0.99 kg·m2/s
 Question 26
Two hoops or rings (I = MR2) are centered, lying on a turntable. The smaller ring has radius = 0.05 m; the larger has radius = 0.

b. 0.0625 kg·m2

Question 27
11.1 General Features of Harmonic Motion

A mass on a spring vibrates in simple harmonic motion at a frequency of 4.0 Hz and an amplitude of 8.0
cm. If a timer is started when its displacement from equilibrium is a maximum (hence x = 8 cm when t = 0), what is the d

c. 0.025 m

Question 28
11.3 Harmonic Motion and Energy

A 0.20-kg block rests on a frictionless, level surface and is attached to a horizontally aligned spring with a
spring constant of 80 N/m. The block is initially displaced 4.0 cm from the equilibrium point and then released to set up
released from the 4.0-cm displacement point?

c. 0.72 m/s

Question 29
A cylinder with its mass concentrated toward the center has a moment of inertia of 0.2MR 2. If this cylinder is rolling without

b. 1/5

Question 30
A hot (85°C) lump of metal has a mass of 250 g and a specific heat of 0.25 cal/g⋅°C. John drops the metal
into a 550-g calorimeter containing 70 g of water at 24°C. The calorimeter is constructed of a material
that has a specific heat of 0.10 cal/ g⋅°C. When equilibrium is reached, what will be the final
temperature? cwater = 1.00 cal/g⋅°C.
 b. 44°C

WEEK 16
 LEARNING ACTIVITY 12
Question 1
On an average diet, the consumption of 12 liters of oxygen releases how much energy? (4.3 kcal are released per liter of oxy

d. 216 kJ

Question 2
Three Carnot engines operate between temperature reservoirs as follows: Engine A: Th = 1,100 K, Tc = 800 K; Engine B: Th = 1

c. A and C

Question 3
In an isothermal process for an ideal gas system (where the internal energy doesn't change), which of the following choices

c. the negative of its heat intake

Question 4
12.3 Examples of Waves

A wave is traveling in a string at 60 m/s. When the tension is then increased 60%, what will be the
resulting wave speed?

a. 76 m/s
 Question 5
A turbine takes in 2,100-K steam and exhausts the steam at a temperature of 200 K. What is the maximum theoretical effici

d. 90%

 SHORT QUIZ 12
Question 1
A person consumes 2,000 kcal/day while expending 3,500 kcal/day. In a month's time, about how much weight would this p

b. 11 pounds

Question 2
A 4-mol ideal gas system undergoes an adiabatic process where it expands and does 24 J of work on its environment. How m

a. zero

Question 3
12.8 Standing Waves

If the tension on a guitar string is increased by a factor of 2, the fundamental frequency at which it
vibrates is changed by what factor?

c. 21/2

Question 4
12.8 Standing Waves
A 100-m long high-voltage cable is suspended between two towers. The mass of the 100-m cable is 200 kg. If the tension in

b. 0.50 Hz

Question 5
12.8 Standing Waves

Tripling the tension in a guitar string will change its natural frequency by what factor?

d. 31/2

Question 6

System 1 is 3.3 moles of a monatomic ideal gas held at a constant volume of 2.34 L as it undergoes a
temperature increase. System 2 is 3.3 moles of a diatomic ideal gas held at a constant volume of 2.34 L as it undergoes

increase for system 1 is and for System 2 is during the temperature increases. What is the

ratio of ?

a. 1.00

Question 7
12.2 Describing Waves

If a radio wave has speed 3.00 × 108 m/s and frequency 99.7 MHz, what is its wavelength?

b. 3.01 m

Question 8
12.5 Superposition and Interference

The superposition principle has to do with which of the following?

c. how displacements of interacting waves add together

 Question 9
The surface of the Sun is at approximately 5 700 K and the temperature of the Earth's surface is about 290 K. What total ent

d. 3.01 J/K

Question 10
What is the change in entropy (ΔS) when one mole of silver (108 g) is completely melted at 966°C? (The heat of fusion of sil

d. 7.69 J/K

WEEK 17
 LEARNING ACTIVITY 13
Question 1
If a wave pulse is reflected from a free boundary, which of the following choices best
describes what happens to the reflected pulse?
d. remains upright

Question 2
What is the phase difference when two waves, traveling in the same medium, undergo
constructive interference?
a. 0°

Question 3
13.1 Sound Is a Longitudinal Wave
The speed of sound at 0°C is 331 m/s. What is the speed of sound at 32°C? (0°C = 273
K)
d. 350 m/s

Question 4
 Material 1 has Young's modulus Y1 and density ρ1, material 2 has Young's modulus Y2
and density ρ2, and material 3 has Young's modulus Y3 and density ρ3. If Y1 > Y2 > Y3
and if ρ1 < ρ2 < ρ3, which material has the highest speed of sound?
b. material 1

Question 5
13.3 Standing Sound Waves
A tuning fork is sounded above an adjustable length resonating tube (one end closed),
which resonates at a length of 0.250 m and again at 0.750 m. What is the frequency of the
fork when the speed of sound is taken to be 340 m/s?
b. 340 Hz

 SHORT QUIZ 13
Question 1
13.5 Reflection and Scattering of Sound
13.6 The Doppler Effect
While standing at a crosswalk, you hear a frequency of 540 Hz from an approaching police car.
After the police car passes, its frequency is 480 Hz. What is the speed of the police car? (speed of
sound = 340 m/s)
a. 20.0 m/

Question 2

The SI base units for spring constant are which of the following?

b. kg/

Question

If a radio wave has speed 3.61 × 108 m/s and frequency 94.1 MHz, what is its wavelength?
Select one: a. 1.92 m b. 4.9 m 

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13.5 Reflection and Scattering of Sound

13.6 The Doppler Effect

A sound source of frequency 1000 Hz moves at 40.0 m/s toward a listener who is at rest. What is
the apparent frequency heard by the listener? (speed of sound = 340 m/s)

a. 1130 Hz

Question

A tiny spring, with a spring constant of 1.2 N/m, will be stretched to what displacement by
a 0.0055-N force?

b. 4.6 mm

Question

13.2 Amplitude and Intensity of a Sound Wave

Doubling the distance between sound source and a listener will change the intensity, as detected
by the listener, by what factor

c. 1/4

Question 7

A 0.22-kg object is oscillating on a spring with a spring constant of k = 18 N/m. What is the
potential energy of the system when the object displacement is 0.051 m, exactly half the
maximum amplitude?

e. 0.023

Question 8

Two springs, each with spring constant k, are attached end to end in a series fashion. A second
pair of identical springs are also attached in series fashion. Then the pair of series attached
springs are attached in parallel to each other. What is the effective spring constant of the
resulting combination of springs?

c. k

Question 9
 An object moving in simple harmonic motion has an amplitude of 0.07 m and a maximum
acceleration of 50 m/s2. What is the frequency of the system?

c. 4.3 Hz

Question 10

A mass on a spring vibrates in simple harmonic motion at a frequency of 6 Hz and an amplitude

of 3 cm. If a timer is started when its displacement is a maximum (hence x = 3 cm when t = 0),
what…

WEEK 18
 LEARNING ACTIVITY 14
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A plane is traveling at Mach 0.95 through air at a temperature of 0°C. What is the plane's speed? (Speed of sound at 0°C is 33
Select one:

a. Mach number is undefined at 0°C.

b. 426 m/s
c. 331 m/s

d. 95 m/s

e. 314 m/s

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The speed of sound in air is a function of which one of the following?

Select one:

a. temperature

b. wavelength

c. frequency

d. amplitude

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If the tension on a guitar string is increased by a factor of 2, the fundamental frequency at which it
vibrates is changed by what factor?

Select one:

a. 4

b. 1/2

c.

d. 1/

e. 2

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How far away is a lightning strike if you hear the thunderclap 6 s after you see the lightning bolt strike?
(vsound = 340 m/s, vlight = 3 × 108 m/s)

Select one:

a. 340 m

b. 57 m

c. 2,040 m

d. 18 × 108 m/s

e. 1,700 m

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The Doppler shift of ultrasonic waves can measure the speed of blood in an artery. If the frequency of the stationary source is
Select one:

a. 1.3 m/s

b. 5.9 m/s
 c. 1 m/s

d. 2.6 m/s

e. 4.3 m/s

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 SHORT QUIZ 14
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If I double the mass per unit length of guitar string, its natural frequency changes by what factor?

Select one:

a. 2

b. 4
c. 1.41

d. 0.71

e. 1

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14.2 Temperature and Heat

A substance is heated from 15°C to 45°C. What would the same incremental change be when registered
in kelvins?

Select one:

a. 30

b. 20

c. 40

d. 313

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The speed of sound at 0°C is 331 m/s. What is the speed of sound at 30°C? (0°C = 273 K)

Select one:

a. 314 m/s

b. 349 m/s

c. 318 m/s

d. 313 m/s

e. 999 m/s

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14.8 Heat Flow by Radiation

What temperature increase is necessary to increase the power radiated from an object by a factor of
16?

Select one:

a. 2 K

b. about 68%

c. 100%

d. 8 K

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What phenomenon is created by two tuning forks, side by side, emitting frequencies, which differ by
only a small amount?

Select one:
a. the Doppler effect

b. beats

c. interference

d. resonance

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A 90-m-long high-voltage cable is suspended between two towers. The mass of the 90-m cable is 140 kg.
If the tension in the cable is 34,000 N, what is the lowest frequency at which this cable can oscillate?

Select one:

a. 1 Hz

b. 2 Hz

c. 3.29 Hz

d. 1.64 Hz

e. 0.82 Hz

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A sound source of frequency 1,010 Hz moves at 50 m/s toward a listener who is at rest. What is the
apparent frequency heard by the listener? (speed of sound = 340 m/s)

Select one:

a. 1,159 Hz

b. 861 Hz

c. 751 Hz

d. 880 Hz

e. 1,180 Hz

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14.6 Heat Conduction

The inside of a house is at 20°C on an early morning when the temperature outside is 15°C. The next
morning the inside temperature is the same, but the outside temperature is now 5°C. How much does
the energy per unit time lost by conduction through the walls, windows, doors, etc., change for the
house from the first morning to the second one.

Select one:

a. The loss reduces to 1/3.

b. Since the inside temperature stays the same, the loss is the same both days.

c. The loss triples.

d. The loss increases by 5/278 since we need to use the Kelvin scale for this calculation.

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In which part of the ear is the cochlea?
 Select one:

a. middle ear

b. inner ear

c. ear canal

d. outer ear

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How far away is a lightning bolt if it takes 13 s for the sound of the associated thunder to reach the observer?
Select one:

a. 13 miles

b. 1 mile

c. 6.5 miles

d. 4.4 miles

e. 3 miles
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For a standing wave on a string the wavelength must equal:

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a. the distance between adjacent antinodes.

b. the distance between adjacent nodes.

c. the distance between supports.

d. twice the distance between adjacent nodes.

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14.4 Phases of Matter and Phase Changes

A 3.00 g lead bullet is traveling at a speed of 300 m/s when it embeds in a wood post. If we assume that
half of the resultant heat energy generated remains with the bullet, what is the increase in
temperature of the embedded bullet? (specific heat of lead = 0.0305 kcal/kg· °C, 1 kcal = 4186 J)

Select

one: a.

137°C

b. 259°C

c. 176°C

d. 113°C
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12.8 Standing Waves

If I double the mass per unit length of guitar string, its natural frequency changes by what factor?

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a. 2.0

b. 1.4

c. 0.71

d. 1.0

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14.4 Phases of Matter and Phase Changes

A swimming pool heater has to be able to raise the temperature of the 30,000 gallons of water in
the pool by 10.0°C. How many kilowatt-hours of energy are required? (One gallon of water has a
mass of approximately 3.79 kg and the specific heat of water is 4186 J/kg · °C.)

Select one:

a. 1130 kWh

b. 1320 kWh

c. 216 kWh

d. 1960 kWh

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A mass of 0.4 kg, hanging from a spring with a spring constant of 85 N/m, is set into an up-and-down simple harmonic motion
Select one:

a. 0.7 m/s
 b. 1.3 m/s

c. 0.6 m/s

d. 1.8 m/s

e. zero

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In the afternoon, the decibel level of a busy freeway is 89 dB with 90 cars passing a given point every minute. Late at night, th
Select one:

a. 176 dB

b. 76 dB

c. 89 dB

d. 9 dB

e. 205 dB
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14.4 Phases of Matter and Phase Changes

A 0.0030-kg lead bullet is traveling at a speed of 300 m/s when it embeds in a block of ice at 0°C. If all
the heat generated goes into melting ice, what quantity of ice is melted? (Lf = 80 kcal/kg, the specific
heat of lead = 0.03 kcal/kg·°C, and 1 kcal = 4186 J)

Select one:

a. 3.2 × 10−3 kg

b. 2.6 × 10−4 kg

c. 1.47 × 10−2 kg

d. 4.0 × 10−4 kg

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What is the fourth overtone frequency for an organ pipe 2 m in length, closed at one end? The speed of
sound in air is 340 m/s.

Select one:

a. 383 Hz

b. 680 Hz

c. 1,360 Hz

d. 85 Hz

e. 43 Hz

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Standing waves can result from waves.

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a. longitudinal

b. transverse

c. both longitudinal and transverse

d. neither longitudinal nor transverse

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What is the cause of refraction of a wave traveling from one medium to another?

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a. There is a frequency change due to the change in the medium

b. None of the above are associated with refraction.

c. There is a speed change due to the change in the medium.

d. There is a change in wave amplitude due to the change in the medium.

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Bats can detect small objects such as insects that are of a size approximately that of one wavelength. If
bats emit a chirp at a frequency of 60 kHz, and the speed of sound waves in air is 339 m/s, what is the
smallest size insect they can detect?

Select one:

a. 6.7 mm

b. 7.7 mm

c. 3.7 mm

d. 4.7 mm

e. 5.7 mm

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A very loud train whistle has an acoustic power output of 96 W. If the sound energy spreads out
spherically, what is the intensity level in dB at a distance of 96 meters from the train? (I0 = 10−12 W/m2)

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a. 21 dB

b. 205 dB

c. 69 dB

d. 94 dB

e. 89 dB

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If one could transport a simple pendulum of constant length from the Earth's surface to the Moon's,
where the acceleration due to gravity is one-sixth (1/6) that on the Earth, by what factor would the
pendulum frequency be changed?

Select one:

a. about 2.5

b. about 6.0

c. about 0.41

d. about 0.17

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The number of overtones, and their relative intensities, is associated with what property of the tone generated by a musical in
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a. quality

b. interference pattern

c. range
d. attack pattern

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What is the lowest frequency that will resonate in an organ pipe 4 m in length, closed at one end? The
speed of sound in air is 340 m/s.

Select one:

a. 85.0 Hz

b. 42.5 Hz

c. 1,360 Hz

d. 2,720 Hz

e. 21.3 Hz

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A note is being played on a string on a guitar. The string is then pushed to the side while still in contact
with the same fret. What happens to the frequency of the note then played compared to the original
note?

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a. It is at lower frequency than the original note.

b. It is at higher frequency than the original note.

c. It can be either higher of lower frequency depending on whether the original note was above
or below middle C.

d. It is the same note since the same fret is being used.

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14.6 Heat Conduction

A silver bar of length 30 cm and cross-sectional area 2.0 cm 2 is used to transfer heat from a 100°C
reservoir to a 0°C block of ice. How much ice is melted per second? (For silver, k = 427 W / m · °C. For
ice, Lf = 334,000 J/kg.)

Select one:

a. 0.80 g/s

b. 0.085 g/s

c. 4.2 g/s

d. 0.043 g/s

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14.4 Phases of Matter and Phase Changes

A puddle holds 150 g of water. If 0.75 g of water evaporates from the surface, what is the approximate
temperature change of the remaining water? (Lv = 540 cal/g)

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a. +2.7°C

b. +0.27°C

c. -2.7°C

d. −0.27°C

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For a wave traveling in a string, by what factor would the tension need to be increased to triple the wave speed?

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a. 81

b. 3

c. 27

d. 1.7

e. 9
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A 2.11-kg block of ice is at STP (0°C, 1 atm) while it melts completely to water. What is its change in
entropy? (For ice, Lf = 3.34 × 105 J/kg)

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a. 2,581 J/K

b. 5,163 J/K

c. 1,291 J/K

d. 645 J/K

e. zero

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14.5 Thermal Expansion

An automobile gas tank is filled to its capacity of 20.00 gallons with the gasoline at an initial temperature
of 10°C. The automobile is parked in the Sun causing the gasoline's temperature to rise to 60°C. If the coefficient of volum
Select one:

a. 0.30 gallon

b. 1.74 gallons

c. 0.72 gallon

d. 0.96 gallon

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13.2 Amplitude and Intensity of a Sound Wave
 Which of the following best describes a sound level of intensity 10-6 W/m2?

Select one:

a. about that of a power mower

b. extremely loud

c. like a whisper

d. normal conversation

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Two loudspeakers are placed next to each other and driven by the same source at 500 Hz. A listener is positioned in front of t
Select one:

a. 1.47 m

b. 0.34 m

c. 0.17 m

d. 0.68 m

e. 2.94 m
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Spring #1 has spring constant 80 N/m. Spring #2 has an unknown spring constant, but when connected
in series with Spring #1, the connected springs have an effective force constant of 20 N/m. What is the spring constant fo

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a. 16 N/m

b. 90 N/m

c. 27 N/m

d. 60 N/m

e. 100 N/m

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In an isovolumetric process where the pressure increases, are the heat absorbed, work done by the
system, and the change in internal energy of the system positive, negative, or zero?
Select one:

a. Q is +, W is −, and ΔU is 0.

b. Q is +, W is 0, and ΔU is +.

c. Q is −, W is 0, and ΔU is −.

d. Q is +, W is +, and ΔU is +.

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13.2 Amplitude and Intensity of a Sound Wave

In the afternoon, the decibel level of a busy freeway is 80 dB with 100 cars passing a given point every
minute. Late at night, the traffic flow is only 8 cars per minute. What is the late-night decibel level?

Select one:

a. 74 dB

b. 77 dB

c. 70 dB

d. 69 dB

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A C note (f = 256 Hz) is sounded on a piano. If the length of the piano wire is 1.8 m and its mass density
is 2.9 g/m, what is the tension in the wire?

Select one:

a. 142 N

b. 1,485 N

c. 54 N

d. 742 N

e. 2,463 N

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The P-V diagram of a cyclic process shows a curve that encloses an area. The work done by the heat engine, represented by th
Select one:

a. clockwise
 b. It is always positive.

c. counterclockwise

d. It is always negative.

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A string is strung horizontally with a fixed tension. A wave of frequency 70 Hz is sent along the string,
and it has a wave speed of 51.4 m/s. Then a second wave, one of frequency 140 Hz, is sent along the string. What is the w

Select one:

a. 77.1 m/s

b. 25.7 m/s

c. 51.4 m/s

d. 102.8 m/s

e. 205.6 m/s

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A 520-Hz whistle is moved toward a listener at a speed of 20 m/s. At the same time, the listener moves at a speed of 45 m/s in
Select one:

a. 489 Hz

b. 479 Hz

c. 553 Hz

d. 426 Hz

e. 626 Hz

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14.8 Heat Flow by Radiation

At high noon, the Sun delivers 900 W to each square meter of a blacktop road. What is the equilibrium
temperature of the asphalt, assuming its emissivity e = 1? (σ = 5.67 × 10−8 W/m2×K4) .

Select one:

a. 91°C

b. 82°C

c. 99°C

d. 75°C

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Transverse waves travel with a speed of 100 m/s along a taut copper wire that has a diameter of 1.67 mm. What is the te

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a. 98 N

b. 195 N
 c. 391 N

d. 62 N

e. 782 N

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A buzzer with frequency f0 is thrown straight upwards. On the buzzer's trip down, what is the frequency behavior heard by an
Select one:

a. The frequency heard is still f0.

b. The frequency is a constant one greater than f0.

c. The frequency is an increasing one greater than f0.

d. The frequency is a decreasing one less than f0.

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The Earth's density increases with depth. If instead the Earth had uniform density, but the same angular
velocity and mass, how would its rotational kinetic energy compare to the actual value?
 Select one:

a. It would be less than the actual value.

b. More information is needed to find the answer.

c. It would be the same as the actual value.

d. It would be greater than the actual value.

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Sea breezes that occur near the shore are attributed to a difference between land and water with respect to what property?
Select one:

a. mass density

b. specific heat

c. emissivity

d. coefficient of volume expansion

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A non-uniform rod of length L and mass M is pivoted about one end. The moment of inertia of this rod

about its pivoted end is . Attached to the rod is a mass M at its midpoint and at the end opposite
the pivot is another mass 2M. What is the moment of inertia of this configuration about the pivot?

Select one:

a.

b. None of the above answers is correct.

c.

d.

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A source of sound has an intensity I1 and when its sound level is measured at a fixed distance the value found is 70 dB. The sou

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a. 26

b. 600

c. 400
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14.5 Thermal Expansion

Suppose the ends of a 20-m long steel beam are rigidly clamped at 0°C to prevent expansion. The rail has a cross-sectiona
Select one:

a. 5.6 × 104 N

b. 6.5 × 102 N

c. 2.6 × 105 N

d. 1.3 × 105 N

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 A 0.12-m radius grinding wheel takes 2.1 s to speed up from 2.0 rad/s to 11.0 rad/s. What is the wheel's average angular ac
Select one:

a. 4.3 rad/s2

b. 9.6 rad/s2

c. 0.33 rad/s2

d. 1.6 rad/s2

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I take 1.1 kg of ice and dump it into 1.0 kg of water and, when equilibrium is reached, I have 2.1 kg of ice at 0°C. The water wa
Select one:

a. 145°C.

b. -73°C.

c. one or two degrees below 0°C.

d. -145°C.

e. The whole experiment is impossible.

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11.2 Examples of Simple Harmonic Motion

A pendulum on the Earth has a period T. The acceleration due to gravity on Mars is less than that on the
Earth, and the acceleration due to gravity on the Moon is even less. Where would the period of an identical pendulum be
Select one:

a. on Mars

b. on the Earth

c. on the Moon

d. The period of a pendulum would be the same on the Earth, Moon, and Mars since the period
depends on the pendulum's length which is the same for identical pendula.

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When a sine wave is used to represent a sound wave, the crest corresponds to:

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a. region of low elasticity.

 b. condensation.

c. rarefaction.

d. point where molecules vibrate at a right angle to the direction of wave travel.

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A 2-m long piano string of mass 10 g is under a tension of 322 N. Find the speed with which a wave travels on this string.

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a. 508 m/s

b. 80 m/s

c. 254 m/s

d. 359 m/s

e. 127 m/s

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How deep under the surface of a lake would the pressure be double that at the surface? (1 atm = 1.01 × 105 Pa)
Select one:

a. 32.2 m

b. 9.80 m

c. 1.00 m

d. 10.3 m

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In cloud formation, water vapor turns into water droplets which get bigger and bigger until it rains. This will cause the temper
Select one:

a. will not affect the temperature of the air in the clouds.

b. get warmer.

c. There is no air in clouds.

d. get cooler.

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A fan blade, initially at rest, rotates with a constant acceleration of 0.025 rad/s2. What is its angular
speed at the instant it goes through an angular displacement of 10 rad?

Select one:

a. 0.46 rad/s

b. 0.11 rad/s

c. 0.71 rad/s

d. 0.025 rad/s

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Suppose a power plant uses a Carnot engine to generate electricity, using the atmosphere at 300 K as the low-temperature re
Select one:

a. zero on both days.

b. greatest on Day Two.

 c. greatest on Day One.

d. the same on both days.

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A 0.50-m radius automobile tire accelerates from rest at a constant 3 rad/s2. What is the centripetal
acceleration of a point on the outer edge of the tire after 6 s?

Select one:

a. 9.0 m/s2

b. 16.2 m/s2

c. 90.0 m/s2

d. 9.4 m/s2

e. 162 m/s2

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An ice cube with a small solid steel sphere frozen inside floats in a glass of water filled to the brim. What happens to the lev
Select one:

a. It goes up, overflowing.

b. It depends on air pressure, thus the answer is indeterminate.

c. It goes down.

d. It stays the same.

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Two hoops or rings (I = MR2) are centered, lying on a turntable. The smaller ring has radius = 0.050 m;
the larger has radius = 0.10 m. Both have a mass of 6.0 kg. What is the total moment of inertia as the turntable spins? Ign
Select one:

a. 0.038 kg·m2

b. 0.0075 kg·m2

c. 0.075 kg·m2

d. 0.030 kg·m2
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A tuning fork is sounded above a resonating tube (one end closed), which resonates at a length of 0.2 m and again at 1 m. Wh
Select one:

a. 408 Hz

b. 283 Hz

c. 425 Hz

d. 1,700 Hz

e. 340 Hz

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A ceiling fan is turned on and reaches an angular speed of 60 rev/min in 10 s. It is then turned off and
coasts to a stop in 20 s. In the one minute of rotation, through how many revolutions did the fan turn?

Select one:
 a. 300

b. 30

c. 60

d. 80

e. 40

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A grindstone spinning at the rate of 20 rev/s has what approximate angular speed?

Select one:

a. 126 rad/s

b. 63 rad/s

c. 6.4 rad/s

d. 31 rad/s

e. 40 rad/s

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If it takes 7 N to stretch a spring 6 cm and if the spring is then cut in half, what force does it take to stretch one of the halv

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a. 7 N

b. 3.5 N

c. 21 N

d. 14 N

e. 28 N

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The kinetic energy of the bob on a simple pendulum swinging in simple harmonic motion has its maximum value when the dis
Select one:

a. 1/2 the amplitude

b. equal the amplitude

 c. zero displacement

d. 1/4 the amplitude

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A tetherball is attached to a pole with a 2.0-m rope. It is circling at 0.20 rev/s. As the rope wraps around the pole, it shortens.
Select one:

a. 0.83 m

b. 1.8 m

c. 1.0 m

d. 1.2 m

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A simple pendulum has a mass of 0.27 kg and a length of 1.5 m. It is displaced through an angle of
40° and then released. After a time, the maximum angle of swing is only 14°. How much energy has
been lost to friction?
 Select one:

a. 1.05 J

b. 0.93 J

c. 0.81 J

d. 1.00 J

e. 0.12 J

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120 g of liquid nitrogen at its boiling point of 77 K is stirred into a beaker containing 520 g of 15°C water. If the nitrogen leave
Select one:

a. 20 g

b. 10 g

c. none

d. 80 g

e. 40 g

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A windowpane is half a centimeter thick and has an area of 0.7 m2. The temperature difference between the inside and ou
(Thermal conductivity for glass is 0.84 J/s⋅m⋅°C.)

Select one:

a. 3,600 J/s

b. 1,180 J/s

c. 2,100 J/s

d. 1,400 J/s

e. 1,800 J/s

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During an isobaric process which one of the following does not change?

Select one:

a. pressure

b. internal energy
 c. volume

d. temperature

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The Sun is a slightly variable star. What if the surface temperature of the Sun were to increase from 6000 K to 6100 K, what w
Select one:

a. 14%

b. 1.6%

c. 3.4%

d. 6.8%

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12.8 Standing Waves
 If a guitar string has a fundamental frequency of 250 Hz, what is the frequency of its third harmonic?

Select one:

a. 1000 Hz

b. 750 Hz

c. 250 Hz

d. 1500 Hz

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Which of the following best describes a sound level of intensity 1 W/m2?

Select one:

a. extremely loud

b. like a whisper

c. normal conversation

d. about that of a power mower

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9.4 Angular Momentum and Kepler's Second Law of Planetary Motion

Consider the use of the terms "rotation" and "revolution". In physics:

Select one:

a. the words have different meaning.

b. "rotation" is the correct word, and "revolution" should not be used.

c. the words are used interchangeably but "rotation" is the preferred word.

d. the words are used interchangeably.

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13.3 Standing Sound Waves

What is the lowest frequency that will resonate in an organ pipe 1.00 m in length, closed at one end?
The speed of sound in air is 340 m/s.

Select one:

a. 85.0 Hz

b. 680 Hz
 c. 170 Hz

d. 42.5 Hz

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When an object is moving in simple harmonic motion, which of the following is at a minimum when the displacement from eq
Select one:

a. the kinetic energy

b. the magnitude of the acceleration

c. the total mechanical energy

d. the magnitude of the velocity

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A turntable has a moment of inertia of 3.00 × 10−2 kg·m2 and spins freely on a frictionless bearing at 25.0
rev/min. A 0.600-kg ball of putty is dropped vertically onto the turntable and sticks at a point 0.100 m
from the center. What is the new rate of rotation of the system?

Select one:
 a. 22.7 rev/min

b. 20.8 rev/min

c. 33.3 rev/min

d. 27.2 rev/min

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9.2 Conservation of Energy and Rotational Motion

A solid disk of radius R rolls down an incline in time T. The center of the disk is removed up to a radius
of R/2. The remaining portion of the disk with its center gone is again rolled down the same incline. The time it takes is:
Select one:

a. more than T.

b. T.

c. requires more information than given in the problem to figure out.

d. less than T.

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The tungsten filament of a light bulb has an operating temperature of about 2,070 K. If the emitting area of the filament i
5.67 × 10−8 W/m2⋅K4)

Select one:

a. 64 W

b. 59 W

c. 637 W

d. 94 W

e. 56 W

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Which of the first units given below can be units for angular acceleration while the second units can be units for angular veloc
Select one:

a. rev/min2, m/s

b. deg/hour, rev/minute
 c. rad/s, rad/s2

d. rad/s2, deg/hour

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Water comes down the spillway of a dam from an initial vertical height of 170 m. What is the highest possible speed of the wa
Select one:

a. 18 m/s

b. 1 666 m/s

c. 58 m/s

d. 3 332 m/s

e. 6 m/s

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Quadrupling the distance between sound source and a listener will change the intensity, as detected by
the listener, by what factor?
Select one:

a. 16

b. 4

c. 1/16

d. 2.0

e. 0.25

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A 8.4-kg mass is placed at (3.0, 4.0) m. Where can a 4.2-kg mass be placed so that the moment of inertia
about the z axis is zero?

Select one:

a. (−1.5, −2.0) m

b. There is no position giving this result.

c. (−6.0, −8.0) m

d. (−3.0, −4.0) m

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A 0.40-m radius automobile tire accelerates from rest at a constant 2.0 rad/s2. What is the centripetal
acceleration of a point on the outer edge of the tire after 5.0 s?

Select one:

a. 4.0 m/s2

b. 400 m/s2

c. 44 m/s2

d. 40 m/s2

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Material 1 has Young's modulus Y1 and density ρ1, and material 2 has Young's modulus Y2 and density ρ2. If Y1 is 30% more than

Select one:

a. Material 2 has a speed of sound more than 80% higher than material 1.

b. Material 1 has a speed of sound more than 35% higher than material 2.
 c. Material 2 has a speed of sound 30% higher than material 1.

d. Material 1 has a speed of sound 30% higher than material 2.

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Which of the following choices is an appropriate unit for measuring entropy changes?

Select one:

a. J⋅K

b. J/K

c. J/s

d. N⋅K

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When heating 2 kg of ice from -40°C, 2 kg of water from 20°C to 50°C, and 2 kg of steam from 100°C to
125°C, which requires the most energy?

Select one:
 a. All three take the same amount.

b. The steam, it's obvious since it is the hottest.

c. the water

d. the ice

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14.6 Heat Conduction

Dmitri places one end of a copper rod in a heat reservoir and the other end in a heat sink. By what factor
is the rate of heat flow changed when the temperature difference between the reservoir and sink is doubled?
Select one:

a. 2.0

b. 1/2

c. 4.0

d. 1/4

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It takes 3.0 minutes to fill a gas tank with 40 liters of gasoline. If the pump nozzle is 2.0 cm in radius, what is the average spee
Select one:

a. 10.6 m/s

b. 1.2 m/s

c. 0.2 m/s

d. 13 m/s

e. 1.8 m/s

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A rotating flywheel can be used as a method to store energy. If it has 2.0 × 106 J of kinetic energy when

rotating at 350 rad/s, and if a frictional torque of 4.0 N m acts on the system, in what interval of
time would the flywheel come to rest?

Select one:

a. 190 min

b. 47.6 min
c. 32.7 min

d. 2 860 min