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Review Exercise 4-2

 

Chapter 6

Work and Energy

 

Provide definitions or appropriate response for questions 1 through 7 and circle the correct answer for questions 8 through 13.

 

1.  Clearly state the work energy principle in words - do not use an equation

 

     The net work done on an object is equal to the change in the object's kinetic energy.

 

2.  Clearly define a conservative force in words - do not use an equation. 

 

     Forces for which the work done does not depend on the path taken but only upon the initial and final positions.

 

3.  List a conservative force: _____________________  gravity

 

4.  List a non-conservative force: ________________________ friction

 

5.  Clearly define total mechanical energy of a system in words - do not use an equation.

 

     It is the sum of the kinetic and potential energies at any moment.

 

6.  What is the requirement for the total mechanical energy of a system to be conserved?

 

     When no non-conservative forces are acting - when only conservative forces are acting.

 

7.  Clearly define average power in words - do not use an equation.

 

      Average power is defined as th e work divided by the time to do it.

 

8.  What is the correct unit of work expressed in SI units?

 

     A) kg m/s2      B) kg m2/s      C) kg m2/s2        Answer: C            D) kg2 m/s2

 

9.  What is the correct unit of energy expressed in SI units?

 

     A) kg m/s2              B) kg m2/s     Answer: B     C) kg m2/s2        D) kg2 m/s2

    

10.  A 70-N object was lifted 3.0 m vertically and is being held there.  How much work is being done in holding the box in this position?

 

     A) more than 100 J     B) 100 J          C) less than 100 J, but more than 0 J    D) 0 J   Answer: D

 

11.  If you walk 10.0 m horizontally forward at a constant velocity carrying a 5-N object, the amount of work you do is  

 

       A) more than 50 J.   B) equal to 50 J        C) less than 50 J, but more than 0 J.    D) zero.   Ans: D

 

12.  Does the centripetal force acting on an object do work on the object?

 

       A) Yes, since a force acts and the object moves, and work is force times distance.

       B) Yes, since it takes energy to turn an object.

       C) No, because the object has constant speed.

       D) No, because the force and the displacement of the object are perpendicular.    Answer: D 

 

13.  If the net work done on an object is negative, then the object's kinetic energy

 

       A) decreases.        Answer: A    B) remains the same   C) increases.           D) is zero

 

Chapter 12

Sound

 

List the information required for question 1; circle the correct answer for questions 2 through 6.

 

1.  The text discussed 3 aspects of sound in the introduction to the chapter. One of these is a vibrating object. List the other 2 below.

 

     a._____________________________________________________________________________

 

     b._____________________________________________________________________________

 

     Energy transferrred from source in form of longitudinal sound waves

     Sound is detected by ear or a microphone

 

2.  Which of the following is a false statement?

 

     A) Sound waves are longitudinal pressure waves.

     B) Sound can travel through a vacuum.      Answer: B

     C) Light travels very much faster than sound.

     D) The transverse waves on a vibrating string are different from sound waves.

     E) "Pitch" (in music) and frequency have approximately the same meaning.

 

3.  What determines "loudness" of a musical note?

 

     A) frequency      B) velocity              C) phase     D) amplitude      Answer: D

 

4.  A sound source departs from a stationary observer.  The frequency heard by the observer is  

 

     A) higher than the source.         B) lower than the source.     Answer: B           C) the same as that of the source        D) equal to zero.

 

5.  You double your distance from a sound source that is radiating equally in all directions.  What happens to the intensity of the sound?  It reduces to

 

     A) one-half its original value.                                        C) one-sixteenth its original value.

     B) one-fourth its original value.   Answer: B              D) none of these answers

 

6.  Which of the following increases as a sound becomes louder?

 

     A) frequency    B) wavelength      C) amplitude   Answer: C       D) period           E) velocity

 

Chapter 22

Electromagnetic Waves

 

List information required for question 1 through 3; circle the correct answer for questions 2 through  7.

 

1.  Given that  an electromagnetic wave travels north and its electric field is oscillating in a plane that is oriented in an East-West direction. Describe the direction of the

     magnetic field vector for this wave. 

 

     We know that, for an EM wave, the direction of travel, the magnetic field, and the electric field are all perpendicular to each other.

     We can view the situation on a flat surface as the wave going north and its electric field as going horizontally (E-W) back and forth

     The magnetic field, therefore, must be oscillating up and down.

 

2.  Given that the wavelength of a wave is 1.0 cm, what is its frequency? Give both a number and the correct units for the answer.

 

     We use the relationship c = fl   where c is the speed, f is the frequency, and l is the wavelength      f = c/l = (3.00x108 m/s/1.0 x10-2 m) = 3.0 x 1010 Hz

 

3.  Maxwell's equations are the basic equations for all electromagnetism.  Three of them are based on works of other pioneers. List these pioneers below.

 

    a. __________________________________  Coulomb's law or Gauss' law

 

    b. __________________________________  Ampere's law

 

    c. __________________________________  Faraday's law

 

4.   An electric field is produced by a  

 

      A) constant magnetic field.                             C) either a constant or a changing magnetic field.

      B) changing magnetic field.     Answer: B   D) none of the given answers

 

5.  An electromagnetic wave is traveling to the east.  At one instant at a given point its E vector points straight up.  What is the direction of its B vector?

 

     A) north                 B) down              C) east               D) south        Answer: D

 

6.  The strength of both the electric and magnetic fields in the radiation field are found to decrease

     with distance as  

 

     A) 1/r.         Answer: A        B) 1/r2      C) 1/r3         D) 1/r4.

 

7.  Electromagnetic waves are

 

      A) longitudinal.                                        C) both longitudinal and transverse.

      B) transverse.      Answer: B                D) neither longitudinal or transverse