Momentum, Work, and Energy Practice Unit Exam



1. At what point in its fall does the KE of a freely falling object equal its PE ?
at the start of the fall halfway between the start and the end at the end of the fall at all points during the fall

2. A crate is pulled 6.0 m up an incline with a force of 50 N. If the PE of the crate increases 250 J,
the total work done against friction in moving the box is
0 J 50 J 250 J 300 J

3. If the KE of a given mass is to be doubled, its speed must be multiplied by
8 2 square root of 2 4

4. If the velocity of an automobile is doubled, its KE
decreases to one-half doubles decreases to one-fourth quadruples

5. A weightlifter lifts a 2000 N weight a vertical distance of 0.5 m in 0.1 s. What is the power
output ?
0.0001 W 0.0004 W 10,000 W 40,000 W

6. As an object slides down a frictionless incline, the sum of the gravitational PE and the KE of
the object will
decrease increase remain the same

7. The work done on a 10.0 kg mass to give it a speed of 5.00 m/s is
50.0 J 2.00 J 125 J 250. J

8. A 20 kg mass moving at a speed of 3.0 m/s is stopped by a constant force of 15 N. How many
seconds must the force act on the mass to stop it ?
0.20 s 1.3 s 5.0 s 4.0 s

9. A 2.0 kg mass falls freely for 10. m near the surface of the Earth. The total KE gained by the
object during its free-fall is approximately
400 J 200 J 100 J 50 J

10. A net force of 12 N acting north on an object for 4.0 s will produce an impulse of
48 kg*m/s north 48 kg*m/s south 3.0 kg*m/s north 3.0 kg*m/s south

11. What is the spring constant of a spring of negligible mass which gained 8 J of potential energy as a result of being
compressed 0.4 m ?
100 N/m 50 N/m 0.3 N/m 40 N/m

12. The work done in raising an object must result in an increase in the object’s
internal energy kinetic energy gravitational PE elastic PE

13. Which term is a unit of power ?
Joule Newton Watt Newton*meter

14. A rocket with a mass of 1000 kg is moving at a speed of 20 m/s. The magnitude of the momentum is
50 kg*m/s 200 kg*m/s 20,000 kg*m/s 400,000 kg*m/s

15. An unbalanced force of 6.0 N acts eastward on an object for 3.0 s. The impulse produced by the force is
18 N*s east 2.0 N*s east 18 N*s west 2.0 N*s west

16. What is the magnitude of the velocity of a 25 kg mass that is moving with a momentum of 100 kg*m/s ?
0.25 m/s 2500 m/s 40. m/s 4.0 m/s

17. What is the maximum distance that a 60 W motor may vertically lift a 90 N weight in 7.5 s ?
2.3 m 5.0 m 140 m 1100 m

18. Two objects unequal in mass falling freely from the same point above the earth’s surface will experience the same
acceleration decrease in PE increase in KE increase in momentum

19. A 20 kg object is moved a distance of 6.0 m by a net force of 50 N. The total work done is
120 J 300 J 420 J 1000 J

20. A 2 kg object is thrown vertically upward with an initial KE of 400 J. The object will rise to a height of approximately
10 m 20 m 400 m 800 m

21. Which is a scalar quantity ?
acceleration momentum force energy

22. A simple pendulum whose mass is 1.00 kg swings to a maximum height of 0.200 m above its lowest point.
Neglecting friction, the KE of the pendulum bob at the lowest point in its swing is
0.980 J 1.96 J 9.80 J 19.6 J

23. A bullet fired from a rifle emerges with a KE of 2400 J. Neglecting friction, if the barrel of the rifle is
0.50 m long, the average force on the bullet in the barrel is approximately
600 N 1200 N 2400 N 4800 N

24. Which is a vector quantity ?
power weight energy mass

25. If an object weighing 1.00 N falls a vertical distance of 4.00 m, the object’s loss in gravitational PE is
1.00 J 9.80 J 39.2 J 4.00 J

26. A 2 N force acts on an object. If the momentum of the object changes by 120 kg*m/s, the force must have acted for
8 s 30 s 60 s 120 s

27. A 20. N block falls from a shelf 3.0 m above the ground. Its KE at 1.5 m above the ground is
20. J 30. J 60. J 120 J

28. If the KE of a 10. kg mass is 80 J, its speed is
1 m/s 0.125 m/s 8 m/s 4 m/s

29. A force of 70 N must be exerted to keep a car moving with a constant speed of 10 m/s. What is the rate at which
energy must be supplied ?
0.14 W 7.0 W 700 W 7000 W

30. A 2 kg mass moving along a horizontal surface at 10 m/s is acted upon by a 5 N force of friction. The time required
to bring the mass to rest is
10 s 2 s 5 s 4 s

31. Two carts of masses 5.0 kg and 1.0 kg are pushed apart by a compressed spring. If the 5.0 kg
cart moves westward at 2.0 m/s, the magnitude of the velocity of the 1.0 kg cart will be
2.0 kg*m/s 2.0 m/s 10. kg*m/s 10. m/s

32. Two carts resting on a frictionless surface are forced apart by a spring. One cart has a mass
of 2 kg and moves to the left at 3.0 m/s. If the second cart has a mass of 3 kg, it will move
the right with a speed of
1 m/s 2 m/s 3 m/s 6 m/s

33. An 80. kg skater and a 60. kg skater stand at rest in the center of a skating rink. The two
skaters push each other apart. The 60. kg skater moves east at 10 m/s. What is the velocity of
the 80. kg skater ?(neglect frictional effects)
0.13 m/s west 7.5 m/s west 10. m/s east 13 m/s east