Name:_______________________________________ Yr & Section: _______ Date: __________ Score: _____

MULTIPLE CHOICE. Write the letter of your CORRECT answer on the space provided before each number.
____1. Suppose a cart is being moved by a force. If suddenly ____6. A girl carries a heavy suitcase quickly up a flight of
a load is dumped into the cart so that the cart's mass stairs. A boy of the same weight carries the same
doubles, what happens to the cart's acceleration? suitcase slowly up the flight of stairs. Which
a) It quarters. statement is true?
b) It halves. a) The girl did less work and had less power than the
c) It stays the same. boy.
d) It doubles. b) The girl had less power than the boy.
____2. Acceleration is produced by: c) The girl did more work and had more power than the
a) net forces boy.
b) velocities d) The girl had more power than the boy.
c) accelerations ____7. Mrs. Nathalie holds his cat fluffy over his head. As she
d) masses holds the cat motionless in the air, a strict
____3. A player hits a ball with a bat. The action force is the interpretation of the laws of physics shows that Mrs.
impact of the bat against the ball. What is the
Nathalie...
reaction to this force?
a) is not doing any work nor expending power
a) The force of the ball against the bat.
b) is not doing any work but is expending power.
b) The weight of the ball.
c) is doing work but not expending power.
c) Air resistance on the ball.
d) is doing work and expending power.
d) The grip of the player’s hand against the bat.
____8. When the speed of an object doubles, it’s kinetic
____4. A brick hits you on your toe (OUCH!). The greater
energy...
force of impact will be on
a) halved c) quadruples
a) the brick
b) doubles d) squared
b) your toe
____9. As a pendulum swings back and forth
c) same force on both
a) at the end points of its swing, its energy is all
d) not enough information
potential.
____5. Suppose a girl is standing on a pond where there is no
b) at the lowest part of its swing, its energy is all kinetic.
friction between her feet and the ice. In order to get
c) kinetic energy is transformed into potential energy.
off the ice, she can
d) potential energy is transformed into kinetic energy.
a) bend over touching the ice in front of her and then
____10. A car accelerates from an initial speed to a higher
bring her feet to her hands.
final speed while the engine puts out constant power.
b) walk very slowly on tiptoe.
During this time period, what is the magnitude of the
c) get on her hands and knees and crawl off the ice.
car’s acceleration?
d) throw something in the direction opposite to the way
a) increasing
she wants to go.
b) decreasing
c) constant
d) unpredictable

Give the theoretical definition and equation of the following terms. (2pts each)

1. Newton’s 2nd law of motion

2. Work

3. Power

4. Potential energy

5. Kinetic energy
Problem Solving. Solve the following problems and write your solution neatly on the space provided. Box your final answer and
express it to correct significant figures. (3pts each)

1. What is the kinetic energy of a 80.0 kg football player running at 8.0 m/s?
2. How fast must a 0.0050 kg bullet travel if it is to have the same kinetic energy as a 2.0x10 4 kg locomotive traveling at 2.0 m/s?
3. What is the potential energy of a 2.3g penny that is held at the top of the CN tower (553m)?
4. A roller coaster car of mass 465 kg rolls up a hill with a vertical height of 75 m from the ground. What is the change in
potential energy relative to the ground?
5. A box is pushed by a 600.0 N force that acts at a 30° angle with the ground. The force pushes a 500.0 N box 10.0 meters from
rest. How much work is done?
6. A car exerts a force of 1.00x104 N while driving on a horizontal stretch of road. How much work is done when the car travels
100.0 m?
7. A runner exerts 2.0x103 J of work while traveling 10.0m along a horizontal stretch of track. What average force was exerted by
the runner?
8. A 6.58 x 103 N upward tension force is exerted on a 521-kg downward-moving freight elevator. Determine the acceleration of
the elevator.
9. A falling skydiver is accelerating in the downward direction at 3.29 m/s/s. The mass of the skydiver (including parachute gear)
is 67.2 kg. Determine the air resistance force on the skydiver (and accompanying parachute).
10. The power of a pump motor is 4.0kW. How much water in kg/minute can it raise a height of 20.0m?
“Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous fall.” –Psalm 55:22