Winter 2015 - Physics

161

- Exam 1

Instructions: AIi work must be shown on this exam packet. No work on scrap
paper will be accepted. No books or calculators. No notes except for a 3x5
notecard.

(2 points each) For problems 1-10, circle the best answer.

1.

If a flower is 6.5 cm wide, its width expressed in millimeters is x mm,

where x is
Iess than 6.5.

greater than 6.5.

2. When adding two numbers, the number of significant figures in the sum
is equal to the number of significant figures in the least accurate of the
numbers being added.

(a) Tlue

hput."

3, 0.0001776 can also be expressed

(a\

as

x 10-3
((b))1.776 x lo-a
(c) 17.72 x lOa
(d) 1772 x 105
(e) 177.2 x t07
.F<

1.776

4. If, in a parallel univetse, zr has the value 3.14149, express

to four significant figures.

zr

in that universe

\g)a.tat
(b) 3.142
(c) 3,1415
(d) 3.14i4
5. If the acceleration of an object is negative, the object must be slowing
down.

(a) Tlue

@"'*

6. If the graph of the position as a function of time for

IllQ tnat object cannot be accelerating.

an object is a horizontal

\Q!rlue
(b)

False

7. When can we be certain that the average velocity of an object is always

equal to its instantaneous velocity?

(a) always
(b) never
GNonly when the velocity is constant
(d) only when the acceleration is changing at a constant rate
8. While an object is in projectile motion (with upward being positive) with
no air resistance

(a) the horizontal component of its velocity remains constant and the
o. - horizontal component of its acceleration is equal to -g.
\U\fr" horizontal component of its velocity remains constant and the
\Jertical component of its acceleration is equal to -g.
(c) the horizontal component of its velocity remains constant and the
vertical component of its acceleration is equal to zero.
(d) the vertical component of both its velocity and its acceleration remain
constant.

(e) the vertical component of its velocity remains constant and the vertical component of its acceleration is equal to -g.
9. For general projectile motion, when the projectile is at the highest point
of its trajectory

(a) its acceleration is zero.

a\
'QDr.

velocity is perpendicular to the acceleration.

(c) its velocity and acceleration are both zero.
(d) the horizontal component of its velocity is zero.
(e) the horizontal and vertical components of its velocity are zero.

10. Suppose that an object is moving with constant nonzero acceleration.

Which of the following is an accurate statement concerning its motion?
(C) In equal times its speed changes by equal amounts.
((U))tn equal times its velocity changes by equal amounts.
equal times it moves equal distances.
(d) A graph of its position as a function of time has a constant slope.
(e) A graph of its velocity as a function of time is a horizontal line.

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11. (20 points) A sailboat is traveling east at 5 m/s' A sudden gust of
6
gives the boat an acceleration o: (rtmfs2,45" north of east). After
s, the gust subsides.
(a) What is a,, the acceleration in eastern direction? What is ay, the
acceleration in northern direction?

{,,y ov
-I

{n q ,'qo _vL_Vl
/.t
=D@IY
=14
4.u
='P
s>
S,
I
(b)Whatareo,andu,,thevelocitiesintheeasternandnortherndirec.
tions, at the time the gust subsides?

&a,^= AJ

Jbt

r/x

=59*-

({.pf :

tl

*( t)(a': -- 6

vY=

(c) What is the speed of the sailboat after the gust

<w

/ftt*6'
<rL
= I ItV s

(z

subsides?

\ =/(Ltr)G

-W

(d) what is the angle, north of east, of the sailboats direction after the
gust subsides?

{^O'?^
vt

e: +6^' tr)

12. (20 points) A Porsche accelerates from a stoplight at 5.0 m/s2 for four
seconds, then coasts for three more seconds.

(a) Draw a motion diagram complete with all relevant variables for

each

of the three events (rest, beginning of coast, end of coast).

et

=5'o

fl

a*o ?"

=0

1r=1'O5
KL=

Y'otO

Vz=

Vo'o

Vr-Vo

\>

=ct-tt

L,-fo

L-.{
Ll

(c) How far has it traveled the instant it stops accelerating?

Vqz

z*

=/;L +Zc*bS
i C +zG,oj(,-n;

@
(ot =K,
(d) How far

has

it

traveled after the full seven seconds?

Xi +v.^t + ;"@q>
Xz= Kt + V,O .d) *).c ,@),
X+-*

Xz'z

VC,,t

+e ff

-- U0'^ +60

h4

o') +o
(00 rrx

Kr

= lDDm