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PSI AP Physics B
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1. A driver in a 2000 kg Porsche wishes to pass a slow moving school bus on a 4 lane road.
What is the average power in watts required to accelerate the sports car from 30 m/s to 60 m/s
in 9 seconds?
(A) 1,800
(B) 5,000
(C)10,000
(D)100,000
(E) 300,000
2. A force F is at an angle above the horizontal and is used to pull a heavy suitcase of weight
mg a distance d along a level floor at constant velocity. The coefficient of friction between the
floor and the suitcase is . The work done by the force F is:
(A)Fdcos - mgd
(B) Fdcos
(C) - mgd
(E) Fdcos 1
3. A force of 20 N compresses a spring with a spring constant 50 N/m. How much energy is
stored in the spring?
(A) 2 J
(B) 5 J
(C) 4 J
(D) 6 J
(E) 8 J
4. A stone is dropped from the edge of a cliff. Which of the following graphs best represents the
stone's kinetic energy KE as a function of time t?
(A)
(B)
(D)
(C)
(E)
5. A 4 kg ball is attached to a 1.5 m long string and whirled in a horizontal circle at a constant
speed 5 m/s. How much work is done on the ball during one period?
(A) 9 J
(B) 4.5 J
(C) zero
(D) 2 J
(E) 8 J
6. A student pushes a box across a horizontal surface at a constant speed of 0.6 m/s. The box
has a mass of 40 kg, and the coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.5. The power supplied to the
box by the person is
(A) 40 W
(B) 60 W
(C) 150 W
(D) 120 W
(E) 200 W
8. What happens to the kinetic energy of the ball when it moves from point 1 to point 2?
(A) increases (B) decreases (C) remains the same (D) zero (E) more information is
required
9. What is the velocity of the ball at the lowest point 2?
(A) 2.2 m/s (B) 3.5 m/s (C) 4.7 m/s (D) 5.1 m/s (E) 6.3 m/s
10. A block with a mass of m slides at a constant velocity V0 on a horizontal frictionless surface.
The block collides with a spring and comes to rest when the spring is compressed to the
maximum value. If the spring constant is K, what is the maximum compression in the
spring?
(A) V0 (m/K)1/2
(B) KmV0
(C) V0K/m
(C) m V0/K
(D) V0 (K/m)1/2
(E) (V0m/K)1/2
Questions 1112
A 2 kg block released from rest from the top of an
incline plane. There is no friction between the block
and the surface.
11. How much work is done by the gravitational force on the block?
(A) 80 J
(B) 60 J
(C) 50 J
(D) 40 J
(E) 30 J
12. What is the speed of the block when it reaches the horizontal surface?
(A) 3.2 m/s
13. A crane lifts a 300 kg load at a constant speed to the top of a building 60 m high in 15 s.
The average power expended by the crane to overcome gravity is:
(A) 10,000 W
(B) 12,000 W
(C) 15,000 W
(D) 30,000 W
(E) 60,000 W
14. A satellite with a mass m revolves around Earth in a circular orbit with a constant radius R.
What is the kinetic energy of the satellite if Earths mass is M?
(A) mv2
(B) mgh
(C) GMm/R2
(D) GMm/R
(E) 2Mm/R
Questions 15-16
An apple of mass m is thrown in horizontal from the edge of a
cliff with a height of H.
15. What is the total mechanical energy of the apple with respect to the ground when it is at the
edge of the cliff?
(A) 1/2mv02
(B) mgH
16. What is the kinetic energy of the apple just before it hits the ground?
(C) mgH
(D) mv02
(B) 20 m/s
(C) 30 m/s
(D) 40 m/s
(E) 50 m/s
(B) 20 m/s
(C) 30 m/s
(D) 40 m/s
(E) 50 m/s
19. Two projectiles A and B are launched from the ground with velocities of 50 m/s at 60 and 50
m/s at 30 with respect to the horizontal. Assuming there is no air resistance involved, which
projectile has greater kinetic energy when it reaches the highest point?
(A) projectile A
(B) projectile B
(C) they both have the same none zero kinetic energy
(D) they both have zero kinetic energy at the highest point
20. What is the total work done on the object at the end of 6 meters?
(A) 200 J
(B) 150 J
(C) 170 J
(D) 190 J
(E) 180 J
(B)25 m/s
(C)300 m/s
(D)12.25 m/s
23. A toy car travels with speed V0 at point X. Point Y is a height H below point X. Assuming
there is no frictional losses and no work is done by a motor, what is the speed at point Y?
(A)(2gH+1/2 V02)1/2
(B) V0-2gH
(E) V0+2gH
24. A rocket is launched from the surface of a planet with mass M and radius R. What is the
minimum velocity the rocket must be given to completely escape from the planets gravitational
field?
(A) (2GM/R)1/2 (B) (2GM/R)3 (C) (GM/R)1/2 (D) 2GM/R
(E) 2GM/16R2
(E) kmg
Questions 26-28 In a physics lab a student uses three light frictionless PASCO lab carts. Each
cart is loaded with some blocks of equal mass.
26. The same force F is applied to each cart and they move equal
distances d. In which one of these three cases is more work done
by force F?
(A) cart I
(B) cart II
(E) more
27. The same force F is applied to each cart and they move equal
distances d. Which cart will have more kinetic energy at the end of
distance d?
(A) cart I
(B) cart II
28. The same force F is applied to each cart and they move equal distances d. Which cart will
move faster at the end of distance d?
(A) cart I
(B) cart II
29. A box of mass M begins at rest with point 1 at a height of 6R, where 2R is the radius of the
circular part of the track. The box slides down the frictionless track and around the loop. What is
the ratio between the normal force on the box at point 2 to the boxs weight?
(A)1
(B)2
(C)3
(D)4
(E) 5
30. A ball of mass m is fastened to a string. The ball swings in a vertical circle of radius r with
the other end of the string held fixed. Neglecting air resistance, the difference between the
strings tension at the bottom of the circle and at the top of the circle is:
(A) mg (B)2mg
(C)3mg
(D)6mg
(E) 9mg
What is the coefficient of kinetic friction between the sled and the surface?
3. A 5 kg block is released from rest at the top of a quarter-circle type curved frictionless
surface. The radius of the curvature is 3.8 m. When the block reaches the bottom of the
curvature it then slides on a rough horizontal surface until it comes to rest. The
coefficient of kinetic friction on the horizontal surface is 0.02.
a. What is the kinetic energy of the block at the bottom of the curved surface?
b. What is the speed of the block at the bottom of the curved surface?
c. Find the stopping distance of the block?
d. Find the elapsed time of the block while it is moving on the horizontal part of the
track.
e. How much work is done by the friction force on the block on the horizontal part of the
track?
4. Spring gun with a spring constant K is placed at the edge of a table which distance
above the floor is H and the apparatus is used to shoot marbles with a certain initial
speed in horizontal. The spring is initially compressed by a distance X and then
released. The mass of each marble is m.
a. How much work is done by the spring on the marble?
b. What is the speed of the marble at the edge of the table?
c. What is the total energy of the marble at the edge of the table with respect to floor
level?
d. How much time it will take the marble to reach the floor level from the table?
e. What is the horizontal range of the marble?
f.
What is the kinetic energy of the marble just before it strikes the floor?
6. A 900 kg roller coaster car starts from rest at point A rolls down the track and then goes
around a loop and when it leaves the loop flies off the inclined part of the track. All the
dimensions are: H = 80 m, r = 15 m, h = 10 m, = 30.
a. What is the speed of the car at point B?
b. What is the speed of the car at point C?
c. What is the speed of the car at point D?
d. What is the force applied by the surface on the car at point B?
e. What is the force applied by the surface on the car at point C?
f.
PSI Physics AP B
41. C
42. C
43. 4.2W
44. 2057s
45. 1500N
1. a.
F
f
mg
b. 447.2 J
c. 0
d. 0
e. -123.1 J
f. 324.1 J
g. 324.3 J
2. a.
FN
f
F
m
g
b. 974.3 J
c. 0
d. 0
e. -974.3 J
f. 0.47
g. 0
3. a. 190 J
b. 8.7 m/s
c. 190 m
d. 43.5 s
e. 190 J
4. a. W =
b. v = x
1
KX2
2
K
m
c. ET =
d. t =
e. r = x
f. ET =
1
KX2 + mgH
2
2H
g
2KH
mg
1
KX2 + mgH
2
5. a. 200 J
b. 250 J
c. 10 m/s
d. 340 J
e. 340 J
f. 11.7 m/s
6. a. 40 m/s
b. 31.6 m/s
c. 37.4 m/s
d. 105, 000 N
e. 52, 440 N
f. 136 m