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1. Which TWO of the following will NOT affect the amount of work you do in
lifting a book onto a shelf? - ANSWER The path that the book takes as you
lift it to the shelf, and the time it takes you to lift it to the shelf
2. What is the process of producing change in the environment called?
A) Energy
B) Force
C) Power
D) Work - ANSWER D) Work
3. What is the unit of both energy and work? - ANSWER JOULES
4. Which of the following changes will decrease the amount of work done by a
force - ANSWER a) Make the force as large as possible
b) Increase the angle between the force and the displacement
c) Apply the force over a larger displacement
d) Apply the force in the same direction as the displacement
Answer: B
5. Which of the following could be a unit for power?
A) Candelas
, B) Horsepower
C) Amperes
D) Volts - ANSWER B) Horsepower (and Watts)
6. Which of the following changes will maximize the work done by a force? -
ANSWER Apply the force in the same direction as the displacement
7. How can a waiter apply a force to a tray and NOT do any work on it? -
ANSWER Either apply the force in a direction that is perpendicular to the
displacement, have no displacement
8. When the energy of a system decreases, what type of work is most likely
done ON that system? - ANSWER zero work
9. When the energy of a system increases, what type of work is most likely
done ON that system?
A) Positive work
B) Negative work
C) Zero work
D) There is no relationship between work and energy - ANSWER A)
Positive work
10.Explain why that force does no work. - ANSWER Large amount of
GRAVITATIONAL FORCE and normal force, but no DISPLACEMENT,
so no work has been done
11.True or False: A football is kicked into the air. As it rises, its kinetic energy
decreases and its gravitational potential energy increases. - ANSWER true
, 12.If you wanted to make the kinetic energy of a thrown ball larger, which
TWO of the following changes would make the kinetic energy of the ball
FOUR times bigger? - ANSWER Make the mass of the ball four times
bigger, and Double the speed of the ball
13.Which of the following forces is NOT an example of a conservative force?
A) Gravity
B) Electric
C) Magnetic
D) Friction - ANSWER *D) Friction*
examples of conservation force
Gravity, Electric, Magnetic, Elasticity
14.True or False: To increase the gravitational potential energy of an object, I
could increase its mass. - ANSWER True
increases the gravitational potential:
Increase the height of the object above the reference frame Increase the mass of
the object
15.True or False: Object A has a velocity of 4.0 m/s, and Object B has a
velocity of 2.0 m/s. Object A must have the larger kinetic energy. -
ANSWER False
16.Which of the following statements is the best description of energy?
A. Energy is the ability of an object to do work.
B. Energy is the ability of an object to produce change in the
environment or change in the object itself.
C. Both A and B
D. Energy is the rate of doing work. - ANSWER C. Both A and
B