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MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1) A stalled car is being pushed up a hill at constant velocity by three people. The net force on the
car is
A) up the hill and equal to the weight of the car.
B) down the hill and greater than the weight of the car.
C) down the hill and equal to the weight of the car.
D) up the hill and greater than the weight of the car.
E) zero.

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2) In the absence of an external force, a moving object will

A) move with constant velocity in a circular orbit.
B) gradually speed up until it reaches its terminal velocity.
C) stop immediately.
D) move with constant velocity in a straight line.
E) slow down and eventually come to a stop.

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TRUE/FALSE. Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
3) The mass of an object is fixed, but its weight varies from location to location.

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SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question.
4) Explain how to draw free-body diagrams.

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5) State Newton's 3rd law in your own words.

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6) State Newton's 1st law in your own words.

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MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
7) Which one of the following free-body diagrams best represents the free-body diagram, with
correct relative force magnitudes, of a person in an elevator that is traveling upward with an

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unchanging velocity? F f is the force of the floor on the person and F g is the force of gravity on
the person.
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8) Two cars collide head-on. At every moment during the collision, the magnitude of the force the
first car exerts on the second is exactly equal to the magnitude of the force the second car exerts
on the first. This is an example of
A) Newton's second law.
B) Newton's first law.
C) Newton's law of gravitation.
D) Newton's third law.

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9) When you sit on a chair, the reaction to your weight is

A) your push down on the chair.
B) the Earth being pulled up.
C) the floor pushing up on the chair.
D) zero if in equilibrium.
E) the chair pushing on you.

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SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question.
10) A load of steel of mass 6000 kg rests on the flatbed of a truck. It is held in place by metal
brackets that can exert a maximum horizontal force of 8000 N. When the truck is
traveling 20.0 m/s, what is the minimum stopping distance if the load is not to slide
forward into the cab?

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MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
11) If you blow up a balloon, and then release it, the balloon will fly away as the air rushes out. This
is an illustration of
A) Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation.
B) Newton's First Law.
C) Galileo's Law of Inertia.
D) Newton's Second Law.
E) Newton's Third Law.

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12) You are standing in a moving bus, facing forward, and you suddenly move forward as the bus
comes to an immediate stop. What force caused you to move forward?
A) force due to static friction between you and the floor of the bus
B) force due to kinetic friction between you and the floor of the bus
C) force of gravity
D) normal force due to your contact with the floor of the bus
E) no forces were responsible for your fall.

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13) Galileo's Law of Inertia is the same as

A) Newton's Second Law.
B) Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation.
C) Newton's Third Law.
D) Kepler's Law.
E) Newton's First Law.

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TRUE/FALSE. Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
14) The acceleration of an object depends only on the object's mass.

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15) Your mass on the moon will be about one-sixth of your mass on Earth.

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16) The acceleration of an object does not have to be in the same direction as the net force applied to
it.

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17) A force is required for an object to accelerate.

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SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question.
18) State Newton's 2nd law in your own words.

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MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
19) A ball is tossed vertically upward. When it reaches its highest point (before falling back
downward)
A) the velocity, acceleration, and the force of gravity on the ball all reverse direction.
B) the velocity is zero, the acceleration is zero, and the force of gravity acting on the ball is
directed downward.
C) the velocity is zero, the acceleration is directed downward, and the force of gravity acting
on the ball is directed downward.
D) the velocity and acceleration reverse direction, but the force of gravity on the ball remains
downward.
E) the velocity is zero, the acceleration is zero, and the force of gravity acting on the ball is
zero.

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20) Suppose you are playing hockey on a new-age ice surface for which there is no friction between
the ice and the hockey puck. You wind up and hit the puck as hard as you can. After the puck
loses contact with your stick, the puck will
A) speed up a little, and then move at a constant speed.
B) start to slow down.
C) speed up a little, and then slow down.
D) not slow down or speed up.

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21) The figure shows a graph of the acceleration of an object as a function of the net force acting on
it. The mass of this object, in grams, is closest to

A) 130.

B) 11.

C) 8000.

D) 89.

SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question.
22) Explain what is meant by a net or unbalanced force.

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MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
23) The figure shows two forces acting on an object, with magnitudes F 1 = 78 N and F 2 = 26 N.What
third force will cause the object to be in equilibrium (acceleration equals zero)?

A) 82 N pointing up
C) 82 N pointing down

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B) 52 N pointing up
D) 52 N pointing down

24) An 1100-kg car traveling at 27.0 m/s starts to slow down and comes to a complete stop in 578 m.
What is the magnitude of the average braking force acting on the car?
A) 340 N
B) 690 N
C) 550 N
D) 410 N

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25) An object is moving forward with a constant velocity. Which statement about this object MUST
be true?
A) The net force on the object is in the forward direction.
B) No forces are acting on the object.
C) The net force on the object is zero.
D) The acceleration of the object is in the forward direction.

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