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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 without slipping. What is its acceleration?

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 end opposite the pivot is another mass M. What is the moment of inertia of this
configuration about the pivot?

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 N. The fulcrum is at the midpoint of the seesaw. If the child on the right is not at
the end but is 1.50 m from the fulcrum and the seesaw is balanced, what is the torque provided by the
weight of the child on the left? (Take ccw as positive.)

a. 450 N·m

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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 length, to accelerate the ball. What is the moment of inertia of the ball alone as it
moves in a circular arc with a radius of 0.32 m?

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 a mass of weight 2W and on the right end a vertical force F is applied to keep the
system in balance. What are the magnitude and direction of the force F?

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 the top of a well. A crank with a turning radius of 0.25 m is attached to the end of the
cylinder. What minimum force directed perpendicular to the crank handle is required to just raise the
bucket? (Assume the rope's mass is negligible, that the cylinder turns on frictionless bearings, and
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 would the worker stand from one of the supporting ropes to produce a tension of
830 N in that rope?

c. 1.2 m

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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 3.0-s interval?

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 additional 45 s. The ratio of the average angular acceleration for the first 15 s to
that for the last 45 s is which of the following?

d. -3

Question 6
A fan blade, initially at rest, rotates with a constant acceleration of 0.036 rad/s 2. What is its angular
speed at the instant it goes through an angular displacement of 10 rad?

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 velocity?

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 disk is located at a distance R1 from the center of the disk and point 2 on the disk is
located at a distance R2 from the center of the disk. If R2=2R, which of the following ratios is the largest?
1 and 2 refer to being at points 1 and 2 in the subscripts below, all values occurring at the same time.

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 rod with a mass of 3 kg is hinged at one end and is held in a horizontal
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

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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 support force at the right end is 3 times the support force at the left end. How far from
the right end is the woman standing?

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. Which of the following results?

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 orbital angular momentum of the Earth the greatest?

a. None of the above answers is correct.

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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 with total mass of 315 kg are placed in the boat, how much lower will the boat ride in
the water? (H2O density = 1.0 × 103 kg/m3)

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 maximum of 2.00 × 106 J when rotating at 400 rad/s, what moment of inertia is
required?

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 of helium is 0.18 kg/m3.)

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 the water?

c. 8 m

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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 material?

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 without slipping at a linear speed of 3.7 m/s, what is its total kinetic energy?

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 when rolling down an incline. What is this object's moment of inertia?

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 the building, 2.5 m higher, and the pressure remains unchanged. What is the radius
of the pipe on the second floor?

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 velocity, which one has the greatest rotational kinetic energy?

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 tension of the liquid? Assume a contact angle of zero.

a. 0.092 N/m

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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 gas is 0.218 cal/g⋅°C, and its heat of vaporization is 50.9 cal/g.)

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 changed when the bar's cross-sectional area is doubled?

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 displacement is 0.040 m? (Hint: Use conservation of energy.)

b. 35 cm/s

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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 temperature is the same but the outside temperature is now 10°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?

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 rock is needed to provide this amount of heat if it is brought up to initial
temperature of 59°C by the solar collectors and the house is maintained at 20°C? (Specific heat of rock is
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/kg⋅°C)

c. 20.07°C

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 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 energy goes into heating the water? (g = 9.8 m/s2, cw = 4,186 J/kg⋅°C)

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 during the oscillation? Assume SI units.

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 experiencing an inward heat flow?

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 temperature increases by 28 C°? (Specific heats of iron and copper are 450 and 390 J/kg⋅°C,
respectively.)

e. 3,000 J

Question 6
11.2 Examples of Simple Harmonic Motion

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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-insulated tank holding 35 kg of water. When the object falls, it causes the paddle wheel
to rotate and churn the water. If the object falls a vertical distance of 90 m at constant speed, what is
the temperature change of the water? (1 kcal = 4 186 J, the specific heat of water is 4 186 J/kg⋅°C,
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 conductor. If the rods have the same geometry and are used between the same
temperature differences for the same time interval, what is the ratio of the heat transferred by
aluminum to the heat transferred by the lead?

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 temperature of a 70.0-kg person increase if all the energy in the bread were
converted to heat?

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 bullet? (Assume the bullet retains all heat.) The melting point of lead is 327°C.
The specific heat of lead is 0.128 J/g⋅°C. The heat of fusion of lead is 24.5 J/g.

e. 327°C

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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 inward can she be pulled before the centripetal acceleration reaches 4g = 39.2 m/s2?

c. 70.6 m

Question 2
A piece of aluminum has density 2.70 g/cm 3 and mass 751 g. The aluminum is submerged in a container
of oil (oil's density = 0.650 g/cm3). How much oil does the metal displace?

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 acceleration?

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 pressure and speed of the water after the contraction? (Density of water = 1 × 103 kg/m3.)

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 be applied to bring it to rest within 3.7 s?

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?
(Assume rope's mass is negligible, that cylinder turns on frictionless bearings and that g = 9.8 m/s2.)

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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 s. In the one minute of rotation, through how many revolutions did the fan turn?

a. 30

Question 10
A fan blade, initially at rest, rotates with a constant acceleration of 0.020 rad/s 2. What is the time
interval required for it to reach a 8-rad displacement after starting from rest?

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 cm. What is the surface tension of the fluid?

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 factor?

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 a 5.0-s interval?

c. 37 rad

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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 force is the water applying to the wall if backsplash is negligible?

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 (apogee). At these two points:

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, what power is delivered when the filament temperature is 2,450 K?

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 a mass of weight 3W and on the right end a vertical force F is applied to keep the
system in balance. What are the magnitude and direction of the force F?

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-cm marks, respectively. Where should Doug hang a third mass of 0.20 kg to keep
the stick balanced?

c. 80 cm

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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 the spool? "Average radius" allows us to not need to treat the layering of threads
on lower layers.

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. (Hint: the total force = average pressure × area)

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 of the building, 3.5 m higher, and the pressure remains unchanged. What is the
speed of the water flow in the pipe on the second floor?

c. 13 m/s

Question 25
A ventilation fan with a moment of inertia of 0.034 kg·m 2 has a net torque of 0.11 N·m applied to it. If it
starts from rest, what angular momentum will it have 9.0 s later?

b. 0.99 kg·m2/s

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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 = 0.1 m. Both have a mass of 5.0 kg. What is the total moment of inertia as the
turntable spins? Ignore the mass of the turntable.

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 displacement of the mass when t = 3.7 s?

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 a simple harmonic motion. A frictional force of 0.3 N exists between the block and
surface. What is the speed of the block when it passes through the equilibrium point after being
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 0.2MR2. If this
cylinder is rolling without slipping along a level surface with a linear speed v, what is the ratio of its
rotational kinetic energy to its linear kinetic energy?

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.

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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 oxygen consumed.)

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 = 1,100 K, Tc = 700 K; Engine C: Th = 550 K, Tc = 400 K. Which two engines have the
same thermal efficiency?

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 best corresponds to the value of the work done on the system?

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

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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 efficiency of this system?

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 person lose if the loss were essentially all from body fat? (Body fat has an energy
content of about 4 100 kcal per pound.)

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 much heat is received by the system?

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

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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 the cable is 20,000 N, what is the lowest frequency at which this cable can oscillate?

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 a temperature increase equal to the temperature increase of System 1. The pressure

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

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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 entropy change occurs when 920 J of heat energy is transferred from the Sun to the
Earth?

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 silver is 8.82 × 104 J/kg.)

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

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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 

c. 3.84 m d. 2.8 m e. 7.59 m Check Feedback Correct Marks for this submission:
1.00/1.00. Accounting for previous tries, this gives 0.33/1.00.

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Question 4 Correct Mark 0.67 out of 1.00 Flag question Question text

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

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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

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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

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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…

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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 331 m/s.)

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a. Mach number is undefined at 0°C.

b. 426 m/s

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d. 95 m/s

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

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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?

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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)

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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 105 kHz and the reflected sound has a Doppler shift of 180 Hz, what is the blood
flow speed? (The speed of sound inside the body is 1 500 m/s.)

Select one:

a. 1.3 m/s

b. 5.9 m/s

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

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d. 0.71

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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?

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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)

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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?

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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?

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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)

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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?

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c. ear canal

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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?

Select one:

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. What is the speed of the mass when moving through a point at 0.05 m
displacement? The starting displacement of the mass is 0.1 m from its equilibrium position.

Select one:

a. 0.7 m/s

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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, the traffic flow is only 5 cars per minute. What is the late-night decibel level?

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)

Select one:

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 instrument?

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a. quality

b. interference pattern

c. range

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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?

Select one:

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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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)

Select one:

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 volume expansion for gasoline is 9.6 × 10−4/°C, what volume runs out the overflow tube?
Assume the change in volume of the tank is negligible.

Select one:

a. 0.30 gallon

b. 1.74 gallons

c. 0.72 gallon

d. 0.96 gallon

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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 the two speakers and on the line separating them, thus creating a constructive
interference at the listener's ear. What minimum distance would one of the speakers be moved back
away from the listener to produce destructive interference at the listener's ear? (The speed of sound =
340 m/s.)

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 for Spring #2?

Select one:

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?

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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 the enclosed area, is positive when the path around the area proceeds in which
of the following fashions?

Select one:

a. clockwise

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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 wave speed of the second wave?

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 a direction away from the whistle. What is the apparent frequency heard by the
listener? (The speed of sound is 340 m/s.)

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 tension in the wire? (The density of copper is 8.93 g/cm 3.)

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a. 98 N

b. 195 N

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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 observer below?

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?

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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?

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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 source then has its intensity increased to I2 and when its sound level is measured at
the same distance the value found is 96 dB. What is the ratio I2/I1?

Select one:

a. 26

b. 600

c. 400

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d. 14

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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-sectional area of 15 cm2. What force does the beam exert when it is heated to 40°C? (αsteel =
1.1 × 10−5/C°, Ysteel = 2.0 × 1011 N/m2)

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 acceleration?

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 was originally at 0°C. The specific heat of water = 1.00 kcal/kg⋅°C, the specific heat of
ice = 0.50 kcal/kg⋅°C, and the latent heat of fusion of water is 80 kcal/kg. The original temperature of the
ice was:

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 the least?

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.

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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.

Select one:

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 temperature of the air in the clouds to:

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/s 2. 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 reservoir. Suppose the power plant produces 1 × 106 J of electricity with the hot
reservoir at 500 K during Day One and then produces 1 × 106 J of electricity with the hot reservoir at 600
K during Day Two. The thermal pollution was:

Select one:

a. zero on both days.

b. greatest on Day Two.

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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/s 2. 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 level of water in the glass as a result of the ice melting?

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? Ignore the mass of the turntable.

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. What is the frequency of the fork when the speed of sound is taken to be 340 m/s?

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?

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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 halves 3 cm?

Select one:

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 displacement from equilibrium is at what point in its swing?

Select one:

a. 1/2 the amplitude

b. equal the amplitude

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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. How long is the rope when the ball is moving at 6.0 m/s?

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?

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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 leaves the solution as soon as it turns to gas, how much water freezes? The heat of
vaporization of nitrogen is 48 cal/g and that of water is 80 cal/g.

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 m 2. The temperature difference between
the inside and outside surfaces of the pane is 15 °C. What is the rate of heat flow through this window?
(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?

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a. pressure

b. internal energy

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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 would be the increase in total power radiated assuming no other changes such
as radius or emissivity?

Select one:

a. 14%

b. 1.6%

c. 3.4%

d. 6.8%

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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/m 2?

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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

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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 equilibrium is zero?

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?

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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 is 0.9 cm2, and its emissivity is 0.68, what is the power output of the light bulb? (σ =
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 velocity?

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a. rev/min2, m/s

b. deg/hour, rev/minute

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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 water at the end of the spillway?

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?

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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/s 2. 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 Y2 and ρ1 is 30% less than ρ2, which material has the higher speed of sound and
how much higher is it?

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.

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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?

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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 speed of the gasoline as it leaves the nozzle? (1 000 liters = one cubic meter)

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

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c. 32.7 min

d. 2 860 min

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