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Intermediate
Conceptual
MCQ

Three pendulums are set in motion, oscillating through small amplitudes. Each has the same mass. Rank the period of the pendulums from shortest to longest.

Beginner
Conceptual
MCQ

A car suddenly stops and a passenger lurches forward. This motion is best explained by Newton’s ____ Law.

Beginner
Conceptual
MCQ

Can an object’s average velocity equal zero when object’s speed is greater than zero? Explain using the formula for average velocity vs speed.

Intermediate
Conceptual
MCQ

A spinning ice skater on extremely smooth ice is able to control the rate at which she rotates by pulling in her arms. Which of the following statements are true about the skater during this process?

Advanced
Proportional Analysis
GQ

The distance from earth to sun is \(1 \, \text{AU}\). The distance from Saturn to sun is \(9 \, \text{AU}\). Find the period of Saturn’s orbit in years. You can assume that the orbits are circular.

Intermediate
Mathematical
GQ

How large must a heating duct be if air moving \( 3 \ \frac{\text{m}}{\text{s}} \) along it can replenish the air in a room of \( 300 \ \text{m}^3 \) volume every \( 15 \) minutes? Assume the air’s density remains constant.

Advanced
Conceptual
MCQ

A simple pendulum oscillates with amplitude \(A\) and period \(T\), as represented on the graph above. Which option best represents the magnitude of the pendulum’s velocity \(v\) and acceleration \(a\) at time \(\frac{T}{2}\)?

Beginner
Conceptual
GQ

According to Newton’s third law, each team in a tug of war pulls with equal force on the other team. What, then, determines which team will win?

Advanced
Mathematical
FRQ

Refer to the diagram above and solve all equations in terms of \(R\), \(M\), \(k\), and constants.

Advanced
Mathematical
GQ

A child slides down a slide with a \( 34^\circ \) incline, and at the bottom her speed is precisely half what it would have been if the slide had been frictionless. Calculate the coefficient of kinetic friction between the slide and the child.

Beginner
Proportional Analysis
MCQ

Two uniform disks have the same mass but different radii: disk \( 1 \) has a radius \( R \) and disk \( 2 \) has a radius \( 2R \). What is the ratio of the moment of inertia of the first disk to the second disk?

Intermediate
Mathematical
GQ

The driver of a car traveling at \( 30.0 \) \( \text{m/s} \) applies the brakes and undergoes a constant negative acceleration of \( 2.00 \) \( \text{m/s}^2 \). How many revolutions does each tire make before the car comes to a stop, assuming that the car does not skid and that the tires have radii of \( 0.300 \) \( \text{m} \)?

Intermediate
Mathematical
FRQ

A seagull first flies \( 160 \, \text{m} \) North, then heads \( 120.65 \, \text{m} \) at \( 18.43^\circ \) North of West. After it lands:

Advanced
Mathematical
GQ

Find the downward acceleration of an elevator, given that the ratio of a person’s stationary weight to their weight in the elevator is \(5:4\).

Beginner
Mathematical
MCQ

A miniature, solid globe with mass \( 0.25 \) \( \text{kg} \) and radius \( 0.10 \) \( \text{m} \) is spinning in place about a vertical axis with the equator horizontal, as shown. A point on the globe’s equator, represented by the dot in the figure, has a linear speed of \( 4.0 \) \( \text{m/s} \). The rotational inertia of a solid sphere of mass \( m \) and radius \( r \) is \( \tfrac{2}{5}mr^{2} \). The rotational kinetic energy of the globe is most nearly

Intermediate
Mathematical
GQ

Determine the force needed to push a \( 150 \) \( \text{kg} \) body up a smooth \( 30^\circ \) incline with an acceleration of \( 6 \) \( \text{m/s}^2 \).

Intermediate
Conceptual
MCQ

The motions of a car and a truck along a straight road are represented by the velocity–time graphs in the figure. The two vehicles are initially alongside each other at time \(t = 0\). At time \(T\), what is true of the distances traveled by the vehicles since time \(t = 0\)?

Beginner
Conceptual
GQ

Why do pilots sometimes black out while pulling out at the bottom of a dive?

Intermediate
Proportional Analysis
MCQ

Two disks, A and B, each experience a net external torque that varies over an interval of \( 5 \) \( \text{s} \). Disk B has a rotational inertia that is twice that of Disk A. The graph shown represents the angular momentum of the two disks as functions of time between \( t = 0 \) \( \text{s} \) and \( t = 5 \) \( \text{s} \). The average magnitudes of the net torques exerted on disks A and B from \( t = 0 \) \( \text{s} \) to \( t = 5 \) \( \text{s} \) are \( \tau_A \) and \( \tau_B \), respectively. Which of the following expressions correctly relates the magnitudes of the average torques?

Intermediate
Conceptual
GQ

A 100-pound rock and a 1-pound metal arrow pointed downwards are dropped from height \( h \). Assuming there is no air resistance, which one hits the ground first and why?

Advanced
Mathematical
GQ

A \( 1.5 \) \( \text{kg} \) block is pushed to the right with just enough force to get it to move. The block is pushed for five seconds with this constant force, then the force is released and the block slides to a stop. If the coefficient of kinetic friction is \( 0.300 \) and the coefficient of static friction is \( 0.400 \), calculate the amount of time that passes from when the force is applied to when the block stops.

Advanced
Mathematical
FRQ

A soccer ball with an initial height of \(1.5 \, \text{m}\) above the ground is launched at an angle of \(30^\circ\) above the horizontal. The soccer ball travels a horizontal distance of \(45 \, \text{m}\) to a \(9.0 \, \text{m}\) high castle wall, and passes over \(3.20 \, \text{m}\) above the highest point of the wall. Assume air resistance is negligible.

Beginner
Conceptual
MCQ

What is the relationship between the period \( T \) and frequency \( f \) of an object in simple harmonic motion?

Intermediate
Conceptual
MCQ

A net torque is applied to the edge of a spinning object as it rotates about its internal axis. The table shows the net torque exerted on the object at different instants in time. How can a student use the data table to determine the change in angular momentum of the object from \( 0 \) to \( 6 \) \( \text{s} \)? Justify your selection.

Time \( (\text{s}) \) Net Torque \( (\text{N} \cdot \text{m}) \)
0 0
2 1.5
4 3.0
6 4.5

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