EXAM 2

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1
Ignoring air resistance, does the horizontal velocity component change within a projectile?
No, it does not
2
What does an object that is free to move generate when a constant net force acts on it?
Constant Acceleration
3
What is the magnitude of the acceleration of a vertical object at maximum height?
9.8 m/s^2
4
What does a vector quantity possess?
Magnitude and Direction
5
What within a projectile can change at a constant rate?
Vertical Velocity Component
6
What term refers to the actual path length traveled?
Distance
7
What formula is a statement of Newton’s Second Law?
a = F/m
8
When is a mass considered to be accelerated?
Unbalanced Force acting on it
9
What is the constant acceleration of a freely falling object?
9.8 m/s^2
10
What SI unit is used to express weight?
Newtons
11
What term refers to the natural tendency for an object to remain at rest or in motion?
Inertia
12
What term refers to the continuous change in position?
Motion
13
What can we be sure of if the magnitude of the velocity of an object increases?
The object is accelerated
14
What is necessary for an object to move in a circle?
Centripedal Force
15
What term refers to the rate at which an object’s velocity changes with time?
Acceleration
16
What is similar to speed, though with the addition of direction?
Velocity
17
If a block slides down a frictionless incline, does the acceleration remain constant?
Yes
18
What term denotes distance covered per unit of time?
Speed
19
Displacement divided by time refers to what?
Velocity
20
Do objects dropped from the same point fall at different rates?
No, they’ll reach the ground at the same time
21
What only has magnitude?
Scalar Quantities
22
What term denotes the straight-line distance between two points?
Displacement
23
What kind of quantity is distance?
Scalar
24
What’s the formula for distance traveled by a dropped object? (g = 9.8 m/s^2)
d = 0.5(g)(t)^2
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