Exam 3: Energy and Conservation Laws

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A spacecraft can gain energy by passing near a planet.

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Consider a situation where a skater pulls her arms inward, causing her rotation rate to speed up. -Kinetic energy

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Consider a situation where you exert a force F on a crate of mass m, moving it at a speed v a distance d across a floor in a time interval t. -The kinetic energy of the crate is 1/2 mv2.

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A kid slides down an icy (frictionless) hill starting from rest. At the top his gravitational potential energy is 500 J. -Suppose after reaching the bottom he then continues sliding up another icy slope on the other side of the valley.When he finally comes to a stop he will have reached a height

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You carry a 20-N box 5 m horizontally across a room.The work you do is 100 N-m.

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A watt is equal to 746 horsepower.

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A 50-kg ice skater moving at 6 m/s collides with a second stationary skater with mass 70 kg.The skaters cling together after the collision and move without friction.Compute their speed after the collision.

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When a car comes to a stop its kinetic energy is converted to internal energy in its brakes,heating them up.

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In a closed system,the kinetic energy plus the potential energy is a constant.

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To be able to do work,a system must have _______.

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An object moving in a circle at a steady speed has

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​Match each item with the correct statement below.​ -the measure of a system's capacity to do work

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Consider a situation where you exert a force F on a crate of mass m, moving it at a speed v a distance d across a floor in a time interval t. -The quantity 1/2 mv2 is

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Centripetal force changes linear momentum but not angular momentum.

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Consider a situation where you exert a force F on a crate of mass m, moving it at a speed v a distance d across a floor in a time interval t. -The work you do on the crate is Fv.

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Consider a situation where you exert a force F on a crate of mass m, moving it at a speed v a distance d across a floor in a time interval t. -The quantity Fd is

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The energy of a body moving across a horizontal surface is an example of kinetic energy.

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Consider a situation where a constant force of 25 N acts on an object having a mass of 2 kg for 3 seconds. -What is the magnitude of the change in the object's momentum?

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What is the kinetic energy of a 5,000-kg truck traveling at 25 m/s?

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Consider a situation where you carry a 20-N box up a flight of stairs, raising its elevation by 5 m. -After the dropped box hits the floor,its kinetic energy is converted into ____________.

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