Exam 3: Force and Motion

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Two carts (A's mass = 4.5 kg and B's mass = 1.5 kg)are held against a strong,compressed spring.The carts are released simultaneously,and B moves off to the right with a speed of 2.0 m/s.What is A's initial velocity?

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What is the purpose of having automobile air bags?

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The natural tendency of an object to remain at rest or in uniform straight-line motion is called ______________.

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The gravitational pull of Earth acting on an object is zero when the object

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The acceleration of an object with a zero net force acting on it is ______________.

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A student stands on a chair.The forces acting on her or him are supplied by gravity acting downward and by the ______________ acting upward.

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A change in motion requires a(n)______________.

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Newton's third law of motion states that whenever one object exerts a force upon a second object,the second object exerts a(n)______________ and ______________ force upon the first object.

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A 6.0-kg object exerts a force of 8.0 N on a 2.0-kg object.What is the magnitude of the force on the 6.0-kg object?

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For Newton's third law,the action and reaction forces are equal in magnitude and ______________ in direction.

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In Newton's law of universal gravitation,F = Gm1m2/r2 for uniform objects,the quantity r is______________.

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If a person weighs 108 lb on Earth,that person's weight on the Moon would be

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An astronaut on the Moon has the same mass as when on Earth,but has a different ______________.

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The linear momentum of a 100.0 kg object moving around a 30.0 m circle at a constant speed of 2.20 m/s is

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The acceleration produced by an unbalanced force acting on an object is

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The law of conservation of angular momentum states that the angular momentum of an object remains constant if there are no external ______________ torques acting.

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Linear momentum

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The essentials of the first law of motion were initially developed by

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The angular momentum of a 100.0 kg object moving around a 75.0 m circle at a constant speed of 3.90 m/s is

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The variables m1 and m2 that appear in the equation F = Gm1m2/r2 are

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