Exam 2: Newtons Laws

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The sensitive dependence upon initial conditions of the evolution of some physical systems is a feature of

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Match each item with the correct statement below.​ -motion in a straight line with decreasing speed

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A ball is thrown straight up,and reaches the top of its trajectory,the acceleration

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A car and driver have a total mass of 945 kg.While rounding a curve on a flat road at a speed of 29 m/s,the net force acting on the car and driver is determined to be 56,767.5 N.The radius of the curve is__________.

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A ball on a string is being whirled around overhead when the string breaks.The ball will move in the direction of the centripetal force the moment the string breaks.

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​Match each item with the correct statement below.​ -air resistance is one example

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Starting from rest,a 2-kg body acquires a speed of 8 m/s in 2 seconds.The net force acting on the body is __________.

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A 160 lb person has a mass of 160/32 = 5 slugs.A 160-lb person steps into an elevator and stands on a bathroom scale.Determine the scale reading for the given scenarios. -The elevator accelerates upwards and is now moving at a constant speed.

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The direction of a field line at a point in space shows the direction of the force that would act on a body placed at the point.

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During the period of one day,the number of high tides at a given point is about

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The vertical acceleration of a projectile

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During the period of one day,the number of high tides at a given location is about __________.

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A 3,000 kg truck experiences a net force of 2,000 N.What is its acceleration?

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A car moving at a constant speed goes around a curve of 400-ft radius and then goes around a second curve of 200-ft radius.The centripetal force acting on the car as it goes around the 200-ft radius curve is ___________ the value of the centripetal force acting on the car as it goes around the 400-ft radius curve.

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A certain speed boat weighs 4,900 N.It can accelerate from 0 to 20 m/s in 5 seconds. (a)What is the mass of the boat? (b)What is the acceleration? (c)How large is the net force acting on the boat?

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You push on a wall,and the wall pushes back on you with the same force.This is an example of Newton's third law.

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The acceleration is zero.

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​Match each item with the correct statement below.​ -the area of the sheet of paper you are looking at

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Match each item with the correct statement below.​ -As the radius of a turn being made by an aircraft increases,the centripetal acceleration on the aircraft

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Where is the Sun located relative to a planet's orbit about it?

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