Question 1 An object moving in a circle at constant speed is accelerated
Question 2 A bullet is fired upward. As it rises,
Question 3 The radius of the path of an object moving in a circle at constant speed is halved. If the speed remains the same, the centripetal force needed is
Question 4 If the moon were half as far from the earth as it is now, the gravitational force it exerts on the earth would be
Question 5 Relative to what she weighs on the earth, an astronaut visiting another planet
Question 6 A moose weighing 3 kN is standing still. The force the ground exerts on the moose is
Question 7 A snail travels 45 cm in 20 min. Its average speed is
Question 8 Which of the following units could be associated with a vector quantity?
Question 9 Of the following, a molecule is best described as
Question 10 The properties of several different materials are being compared. If the samples all have the same volume, the one with the greatest mass also has the greatest
Question 11 Which of the following is not true of molecular motion in a gas?
Question 12 The circulation of hot air in a room is an example of transfer of heat by
Question 13 When heat is added to a body of matter, the resulting temperature increase does not depend upon
Question 14 The pressure at the bottom of a barrel filled with liquid does not depend on the
Question 15 The temperature of a gas sample in a rigid container is reduced. The pressure the gas exerts on the container walls decreases because
Question 16 Ice floats in water because
Question 17 The concept that gravitation is a distortion of space-time is part of
Question 18 Which of the following quantities is always the same to all observers?
Question 19 The angular momentum of spinning object depends, in part, on its mass and how fast it is spinning. Consider the following situation: a skater spins slowly on one skate, with her arms and the other leg extended. As she pulls in her arms and extended leg, she spins faster. This is because
Question 20 The linear momentum of a 400-kg giraffe galloping at 5 m/s is
Question 21 An object that has linear momentum must also have
Question 22 The watt is a unit of
Question 23 What never changes when two or more objects collide is
Question 24 On a molecular level heat is
Question 25 The current with which a transformer is used
Question 26 Coulomb's formula F = KQ1Q2/R2 gives the force between two charges in free space. The value of K
Question 27 Which of the following statements is not true?
Question 28 A negative electric charge
Question 29 An object has a positive electric charge whenever
Question 30 A drawing of the field lines of a magnetic field provides information on
Question 31 The relationship between voltage, current, and resistance in a metallic wire:
Question 32 When an observer moves past a stationary electric charge, she detects
Question 33 When first proposed, a scientific idea is usually called a
Question 34 The period of the earth's orbit around the sun is
Question 35 If the earth had no moon
Question 36 Stars and planets are round because
Question 37 The scientist who showed that gravity accounts for Kepler's laws of planetary motion was
Question 38 What distinguishes the scientific method from other ways of looking at the natural world is
Question 39 Scientific theories
Question 40 In which one or more of the following is the earth assumed to be the center of the universe?