Physics Exam 2 (final)

Physics

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If you push an object twice as far while applying the same force, you do
Twice as much work
A job is done slowly, while an identical job is done quickly. Both jobs require the same amount of work, but different amounts of
Power
If an object is raised twice as high, its potential energy will be
Twice as much
A ball rolling down an incline has its maximum kinetic energy at
The bottom
No work is done by gravity on a bowling ball that rolls along a bowling alley becauuse
The force on the ball is at right angles to the ball's motion
A jack system will increase the potential energy of a heavy load by 1000 J with a work input of 2000 J. The efficiency of the jack system is
50%
A moving object has
Speed, velocity, momentum, and energy
A feather and a coin dropped in a vacuum fall with equal
Accelerations
Which moves faster in m/s on a merry-go-round: a horse on the inside or a horse on the outside near the rim?
Outside horse
An industrial flywheel has a greater rotational inertia when most of its mass is
Nearest the rim
A coin and a ring roll down an incline starting at the same time. The one to reach the bottom first will be the
Coin
Put a pipe over the end of a wrench when trying to turn a stubborn nut on a bolt, to effectively make the wrench handle twice as long, you'll multiply the torque by
Two
When a twirling ice skater brings her arms inward, her rotational speed
Increases
Consider a rotating donut-shaped space habitat where living quarters are on the inside surface farthest from the axis. If the rotational speed of the habitat increases, the apparent weight of people inside
Increases
For a system in mechanical equilibrium the resultant forces and torques must
Both be zero